I am pissed! I am so mad right now! I just hate ignorance! More on that in a moment.<\/p>\n
I met Lars in San Diego a few months ago. Lars was laid off from his job of 5 years, and when unemployment extensions ran out, he had no choice but to live in his car.<\/p>\n
Lars was lucky that he found Dreams for Change, a nonprofit that helps support people living in their vehicles. I wrote about the program here: People Living in Vehicles Need a Safe Place to Park, Not Fines or Jail<\/a><\/p>\n While traveling this last month I saw that Vista, California was trying to shut down one of Dreams for Change parking lot programs at a local church. I did happen to visit that church, but all the stories, except for the interview with Teresa Smith<\/a>, CEO of Dreams for Change, were recorded at another church parking lot outside of Vista.<\/p>\n Why I am so mad is I just learned that they did have to shut down the program at the church in Vista. This article says<\/a> neighbors started yelling obscenities at the homeless and volunteers and made angry phone calls to the church, which made the situation unsafe.<\/p>\n I just wrote and then backspaced a bunch of obscenities myself.\u00a0 Ignorance along with lack of any compassion or common sense makes me insanely mad!<\/p>\n Neighbors of Cornerstone Church in Vista – YOU SUCK!<\/strong> Homelessness is getting worse, and the best way to fight homelessness is to support programs like Dreams for Change that are helping people get out of homelessness.<\/p>\n