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If you've ever been homeless - or are now - here's a new list just for you. It spans three continents and a range of world views and backgrounds. While some posts are personal, most focus on news, views and solutions to homelessness. In our first month (10-97), list members posted over 500 letters. We average 10-20 letters most weekdays, and often considerably more on weekends.
Our members are mainly in the USA and Canada, but also England, Germany and Australia. We represent a large range of world views and backgrounds. Via HPN, homeless people working with activist groups, street newspapers and other homeless-run projects (such as squats, centres, shelters and housing) can share information daily.
POSTING GUIDELINES
HPN will not censor posts. Still, we encourage members to:
1) address how to end homelessness,
2) treat facts and theories fairly, (and)
3) write in a tone of personal respect.
TOPICS
Once you join, consider posting HPN an Introduction about yourself and the groups and projects which draw your commitment. The following are just a few of the topics us homeless folks have discussed.
*news and views
*reviews of policies, projects and resources
*criminalisation of poverty,
*how to prevent and end homelessness,
*problems and prospects for homeless-run groups,
*'systemic' vs. 'personal deficit' models of homelessness,
*voting vs. direct action,
*homeless economic development,
*innovative housing,
*writing an organisers' manual for homeless-led groups (and)
*aims for HPN.
Feel free to write on those topics, or any others you choose.
TO JOIN HPN
E-mail Tom Boland, HPN listowner, at: wgcp@earthlink.net. Leave the subject line blank, and in the first line of text write: 'subscribe hpn [yourname@address]' (where you want mail sent)
Also include the sentences:
'I am currently or formerly homeless.'
'I will post and reply to HPN and it's members under one name only.'
'I will forward HPN members' words elsewhere only with permission'.
Finally, add where you found out about HPN.
Once you're signed up, HPN will send you a welcome post, which cites addresses to join, unjoin or get help with bounced posts. Thanks and welcome to our family at Homeless People's Network.
Tom Boland [wgcp@earthlink.net]
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