When you see a homeless person on the streets how do you react? Do you turn your head and ignore them? Do you become angry that they are living on the streets? Do you feel frightened and avoid the situation all together? Or do you see these people as human beings and treat them in that way? Homeless people are "subjected to alienation and discrimination by mainstream society". (NLCHP) Most alienation and discrimination comes from the lack of education about homeless people.

There are numerous untrue myths about homeless people. Many people believe that homeless people "commit more violent crimes than housed people." (NLCHP) The reality is that homeless

people actually commit less violent crimes than people with homes do. Dr. Pamela Fischer, of John Hopkins University, studied ar

Flanagan, Chris. Food Not Bombs Seattle. 8 April, 2000. http://www.scn.org/activism/foodnotbombs/.

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