Category: Homelessness
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Why I Wrote The Homeless Activist
I have become incredibly drawn to the mystical and magical forces of the universes these days. The incredible flatness of our universe, quantum wave theory, whether or not we are living in a simulation. These ideas, and so many others, fill my mind with endless exciting possibilities. Then throw in ideas of God and reincarnation…
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Sage’s Birthday Only Special Offers For His New Book
My newest book, “The Homeless Activist” is coming out on my birthday, September 28. I’ll be 50 years old. The whole lead-up to this day has been very strange for me. Life feels like an unstoppable freight train. There really isn’t anything you can do other than just keep riding it. Doing activist work has…
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How I became a homeless activist
My son, who is currently 16, asked me why I no longer run a marketing firm with a bunch of employees. At our peak we had about 16 employees and, as Wikipedia reports accurately, we were generating about $1.5 million in sales. (please keep in mind that top line revenue has nothing to do with…
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Sage Against The Machine Podcast – Episode 44
People hate other people and it’s ok.
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Sage Against The Machine Podcast – Episode 43
Is it all just hopeless and pointless? Here it is in audio: https://radiofree-rss.streamguys1.com/player/player2108180913195.html
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From Facebook: This is what national systematic dysfunction looks like by the numbers.
This is what national systematic dysfunction looks like by the numbers.
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The Attack On Homeless People In Akron Ohio
I put this information together in a post on Facebook but thought I’d organize it all here for future reference. First, I posted this document showing the housing code violations the Houseless Movement house has recently acquired. For the record, we received this notice earlier. My official response on social media was: Dear City of…
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From Facebook: This is the current overhead image of my property in the Summit County Parcel Viewer.
This is the current overhead image of my property in the Summit County Parcel Viewer. This was the very beginning of our village. A few tents around a fire pit. That’s the Spring of 2017.
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Rents are skyrocketing in Akron
I just saw this article come over: Rising rents and lots of competition as pandemic eases in Akron In Greater Akron, where the cost of living is about 10% lower than the U.S. average, median rent in March 2021 was $960, up 6.1% from 12 months earlier, Stessa said. We already have the highest…
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It’s time for you to learn more about the people we call Chronically Homeless
I need you to understand my friends who live in the woods, under bridges, in abandoned properties. My friend Randy is a perfect example of this kind of person. The only way you are getting them into a shelter is in handcuffs. They are too independent, too free. They are like the frontiers people who…
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September 6, 2016 Akron Ohio Homeless CONSENT DECREE
Here is the link to the full consent decree. Here is the first paragraph. It’s important because these homeless people and their attorney Rebecca Sremack gave us these protections. This SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT AND RELEASE (the “Agreement”) is madeand entered into this ‘2 111 day of September, 2016, by and among WILLIAMBUKER, NICOLE GOULD, CARL LYNCH,…
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Nick Cacioppo Speaking to Akron City Council on June 21, 2021 about the brutal homeless camp sweeps.
I would like to take a minute to thank my friend Nick Cacioppo for telling truth to power last night at the Akron City Council meeting. He is eloquent, and more importantly, he is right. This is the segment of his speech regarding the cruel, inhumane and torturous treatment of Akron houseless citizens at the…
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Ricky waiting for the city coming to take all his belongings
This is Ricky. He and 4 other homeless people (all black) have been overlooked by Community Support Services for hotel vouchers. They were all told to go to The Haven. Ricky won’t go because he does not agree with the religious requirements in order to eat each meal and sleep. He also needs to keep…
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Study reveals prevalence of multimorbidity among people using methamphetamine
Study reveals prevalence of multimorbidity among people using methamphetamine Compared to adults who do not use the drug, people who use methamphetamine were nearly twice as likely to have medical multimorbidity (two or more chronic medical conditions), more than three times as likely to have mental illness, and more than four times as likely to…
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Sage Against The Machine Podcast
I put out a radio show each week on WMVU, Many Voices United. It airs on Saturdays at 1:00 pm Eastern time. You can catch it live by clicking here. If you have missed any shows they are now archived in a podcast. You can check them out on my blog. Or you can get…
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Luther Ayers
Do you remember Luther? He was the 90+ year old World War II veteran who many of you helped pay his house taxes so he wouldn’t lose it? I’ve been told Luther has passed away. Luther illegally sheltered sex offenders, drug addicts and every imaginable criminal. He sheltered them in his house and on his…
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Homelessness is the desert
These people have a rare opportunity to transcend beyond normal human living. Stealing, bickering, hating, addiction… They get those characteristics from us, their fellow humans. Giving their last dollar, their last cigarette. That is the profound connection to God we non-homeless cannot even begin to imagine, much less experience. Yet it is the way of…
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City of Akron Official Knows About My Tents
I want to document this process. This is the first document that says the city of Akron is aware of the two tents I currently have on the land owned by the Houseless Movement. I have a friend who truly hates me and hates homeless people. He has been reporting the two tents on my…
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The 10 Steps Of Treating The Homeless Condition
Here are the steps and order in which to help homeless people move out of homelessness. 1. Create emergency, triage shelter that is safe.2. Provide access to food and clean water. These two steps are based on Maslow’s hierarchy of needs. #1: Physiological NeedsPhysiological needs are the lowest level of Maslow’s hierarchy of needs. They…
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Homeless News – It’s all about shelter
HUD: Growth Of Homelessness During 2020 Was ‘Devastating,’ Even Before The Pandemic : NPR For the first time since the government began doing the annual count, the number of single adults living outside — 209,413 — exceeded the number of individuals living in shelters — 199,478. Homeless in Austin: City shelter, housing plans amid camping…