Specific Purpose: To persuade my audience to help fight homelessness Central Idea: With more help for the homeless we can make America better for everyone Attention I. Imagine for a moment that you're not in this classroom. A. Instead your outside, but you not walking to class or your dorm, your living there. B. Imagine for a moment that you yourself are homeless. 1. You have no shelter 2. When it rains your wet 3. When its cold your freezing 4. You have no money C. This is what life is like for many Americans each day D. Today I would like to encourage you to donate your time or money to help fight the homeless epidemic in our nation. (Transition: Let’s start by taking a closer look at the homeless problem in America) Need I. Homelessness effects many different kinds of people A. According to National Coalition for the Homeless last year over three million people were homeless 1. Statistics show that people living in poverty are most likely to become homeless. 2. Economically they are at a high risk of losing what little they already have. 3. The average age of a homeless person is mid to upper thirties. B. Homelessness affects families 1. The number of homeless families has significantly increased over the past decade. 2. They are among the fastest growing segments of the homeless population 3. They are approximently 40% of people who are homeless. 4. 50% of homeless adults were also homeless as children C. Homelessness affects veterans 1. It is estimated that 1/3 of the homeless are veterans. II. Why are these people homeless? A. I asked my friend his opinion and he replied, “It’s their own fault. They do it to themselves by being lazy or with their drug habits.” 1. Typically people have the impression that homeless people are sloppy, lazy, and irresponsible. 2. Many people believe the homeless should help themselves by getting jobs. 3. People also believe that drug habits have caused people to become homeless. B. A survey in 30 cities by the U.S. Conference of Mayors in 1998 found that almost 1/5... ... middle of paper ... ...s. 2. Some crime may also be eliminated. Visualization I. The homeless epidemic is getting better, and with your help, it can end quicker. A. Many cities and some states have plans in place to end homelessness. B. The National Alliance to End Homelessness has a ten year plan to end homelessness. II. You can also visit www.homeless.org to read testimony from former homeless people. A. Listening to their story might give you a better understanding of what kind of lives these people endure. (Transition: Know you understand how big the problem of homelessness is and how you can help) Action I. By helping the homeless you are also helping your country. A. If you have the extra time I encourage you to donate it. B. Help anyway you can. II. For further information you can contact the National Alliance to End Homelessness, National Coalilition for the Homeless, or the U.S. Department of Housing and Rural Development. Works Cited: http://www.hud.gov/homeless/index.cfm http://www.endhomelessness.org http://www.homeless.org.au/people
Most individuals would suggest creating a homeless shelter, but that solution is unrealistic due to budgets, and the lack of funds from the community and Calvary Chapel. The cost of these solutions is reasonable and within reach. The solution will provide jobs and offer a sense of self-esteem most homeless have lost. The homeless as well as the community will thrive from this program and lives will be changed. Individuals, who were stuck on the street cold and alone, will be given the opportunity to go out and make a change in their lives. Although, many might suggest that many homeless are ex drug addicts or alcoholics, there are many who do not have the financial stability to survive and live a life of normality but will do what it takes to change their situation. Hess suggests that, “What many people need is an opportunity to get back on their feet and develop their own income” (Feuer, 2012, para.15). My solution offers this opportunity and by implementing it, homeless will have the power to change their
C. Even families hit the streets before they’ll stay in shelters. This means there are hundreds of children on the streets, too.
A. “He who gives himself entirely to his fellow-men appears to them useless and selfish; but he who gives himself partially to them is pronounced a benefactor and philanthropist.”
Homelessness is a vast predicament in America and around the world. It is severely overlooked as people don’t really think of homelessness as real world problem. However, there have been ways that people have tried to fix the problem. They have come up with homeless shelters, emergency shelters, food banks and soup kitchens. These solutions have limitations though, which will hopefully come to an end.
The homeless population across the United States has become a problem, not a problem that is a large burden on the country, but a problem that persistently takes from our economies greatest potential. According to the International Journal of Psychosocial Research, the estimated homeless population in the United States can range from 600,000 to 2.5 million. The research conducted that 1.37 million of the total homeless population are children under the age of 18, 40% are families with children, 41 % are single males and 14% are single females. With government agencies seeking to lower and ultimately eliminate the homeless population, resources are being expended in order to discover how. With multiple government grants and large amounts of money being put into resources, there are constantly evolving solutions that present themselves. With these solutions being implemented throughout the country, a positive outcome being reached would source the solution to a worldwide problem. When the homeless population in the United States is reviewed, there are major occurrences that are repeating. The four main socio economic factors that affect the homeless population in the United States are alienation of the homeless, substance abuse, government involvement and police brutality.
...is to understand the factors that lead people into homelessness, that keep them homeless, and how they can recover from homelessness. Advocates for the homeless have proposed policies range from taking preventative measures, such as making housing and health care affordable, to policies that deal with individuals that are already homeless, such as rapid rehousing and redefining what it means to be homeless. Although many of the experts disagree on how the homeless epidemic should be handled, many acknowledge that the federal government plays an inexpendable role in helping the homeless. Homelessness is, obviously, a complex issue, but like all difficult issues it must be undertaken. It has become clear that homelessness is not something that will eradicate itself given time, homelessness will continue to grow and evolve unless an outside force stops it in its tracks.
The many causes of the homelessness issue has arisen from global conflict, unemployment increase, education tuition costs rising, and the increase of poverty. Homelessness is affecting all ages, ethnicities, and religions striking in both urban and rural communities. “Just last year, the national poverty rate rose to include 13.2% of the population. 1 in 7 people were at risk of suffering from hunger in the United States. In addition, 3.5 million people were forced to sleep in parks, under bridges, in shelters or cars.”
The six-stroke engine is an ingenious invention that has the potential to increase engine efficiency by around 30 percent. As fossil fuels are increasingly more expensive to produce and utilize, many have been seeking for answers to these problems. The six-stroke engine seeks to solve some of these problems by exploiting heat that would normally be lost in the four-stroke engine. It does this by utilizing an extra pump to produce more torque and power. In the following graph, the conventional four-stoke is compared to a 6-stroke using a Yamaha TT 500c.
Terrorism is defined as the calculated use of unlawful violence or threat of unlawful violence to inculcate fear; intended to coerce or to intimidate governments of societies in the pursuit of gals that are generally political, religious, or ideological by The United States Department of Defense("Terrorism research-what is," ). Terrorism can be classified in two different categories: International terrorism; not within the United States Jurisdiction and Domestic terrorism; within the United States Jurisdiction.
Homelessness does not necessarily mean sleeping outdoors; it can also mean staying in motels, transitional housing, shelters and other temporary accommodations. This rises from personal vulnerabilities including mental or physical disabilities, chronic health issues, addictions and lack of education. It turns out that the obvious solution is simply giving people homes, both in terms of addressing the problem and reducing expenditures. It makes sense from both a financial and humanitarian standpoint. It’s true that many homeless people have made mistakes that have contributed to their homelessness. But they are in the minority. I’ve seen firsthand, most homeless people want to improve their
The issue I am concerned about is of homelessness. There are many people who are living in the streets, hungry, cold and lonely. According to estimates, 100 million people worldwide are literally homeless. They have no shelter: they sleep in doorways, in parks or under bridges. Or they sleep in public buildings like railway or bus stations, or in night shelters set up to provide homeless people with a bed. (Leach, Monte. "A Roof Is Not Enough - a Look at Homelessness Worldwide, by Monte Leach, Share International Archives." N.p., 12 Jan. 2016).
The four-cycle I.C.E. Developed by Nikolaus Otto was not the first attempt at an I.C.E., but it was the best by far of its time. “It was [Nikolaus] Otto's four-cycle design that transformed the internal combustion engine into a viable means of transportation for the masses” (Motoring). As its name implies it runs on a basic four-cycle system of: intake, compression, power, and exhaust that is: Fuel mixes with air in the combustion, or piston, chamber; the mixture is compressed by the piston and ignit...
On a normal of our everyday life, we find ourselves going to work or heading somewhere to meet up with a friend. While on the way there we pass someone that we don’t know sitting down on the ground alongside with him is a cart from a store filled with old clothes that either found or got from someone, some trash, maybe something small to eat to help with his hungry stomach growling throughout the day. You wonder how he got themselves into a position like that? Yet sometimes we know how he got there, although, we don’t always know someone else’s story. You leave some money by his foot to help get himself somewhere for a short time. Homelessness has increased over the years, from 1990s up until now. I believe that we can help these get back into a better environment for their life with the help of local shelters, food banks, donations from churches and schools, and many more things we can do in Licking County.
People should help the homeless by aiding them with healthcare, housing, and childcare. Homelessness is not a new trend and is growing more everyday. Homeless people should not be different from anyone else when it comes to getting a helping hand.
This great nation of awesome power and abundant resources is losing the battle against homelessness. The casualties can be seen on the street corners of every city in American holding an ?I will work for food? sign. Homeless shelters and rescue missions are at full capacity. There is no room at the inn for the nation?s indigent. Anyone who has studied this issue understands that homelessness is a complex problem. Communities continue to struggle with this socio-economic problem while attempting to understand its causes and implement solutions. The public and private sectors of this country are making a difference in the lives of the homeless by addressing the issues of housing, poverty and education.