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Tag: Homelessness
Take Five: Middle Grade Novels Featuring Children Experiencing Homelessness and Poverty
Their stories and their voices are so important to have represented, not just for representation's sake, but to show other children surviving difficult situations and to offer hope and empathy.
Your Body Belongs to You, guest post by Ruchira Gupta
Through the practice of Kung Fu, Heera discovers the power of her body and learns that her body is not an object to be preyed upon but a vessel to take control of her life.
Book Review: Between the Bliss and Me by Lizzy Mason
While certainly not an easy read, this is an important one because of how it looks at the mental health and justice systems.
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Homeless: Seeing Past the Label to the Person, a guest post by Catherine Linka
Catherine LInka joins us to talk about her new book, chipping away at the stigma of homelessness, and reconsidering the words we use to talk about people experiencing homelessness.
Living on the Brink of Homelessness by Brenda Rufener, author of Where I Live
Growing up, my parents struggled financially, and for years we lived on the brink of homelessness. My parents couldn’t afford childcare, so on Saturdays my mother dropped my six-year-old brother and me off at the steps of our rural public library where the doors opened at 9:00 am, and we were greeted as patrons. At […]
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