Helping The Homeless Find A Haven for Hope

By Darrell Duke

Once in a while a book comes along that changes the prevailing thinking on a particular issue and starts a social movement. Helping The Homeless Find A Haven for Hope is that book. Brace yourself for the reality of homelessness as "truth is stranger than fiction." With great candor, Author, Darrell Duke exposes the inhumane, unjust and illicit treatment of individuals experiencing homelessness. We are not transforming the lives of individuals experiencing homelessness in America; we are merely recycling them, by targeting homeless individuals, and the mentally ill through the creation of laws, statutes and ordinances that criminalize homelessness. The U.S. criminal justice system is a system of social control---imprisoning and traumatizing generations of disenfranchised individuals. This book is a "clarion call" to Americans to get involved. Since the beginning of homelessness in North America when first European colonist arrived on these shores in the early 1600's, and still today (in 2019), individuals and families experiencing homelessness are frowned upon, made to feel "not apart of society." They are still targets of law enforcement, falsely imprisoned, treated unfairly, discriminated against, treated inhumanely, neglected, used and abused. They have endured the worst kinds of trauma imaginable, emotional, sexual, physical, and psychological abuse. Years of being controlled and today the same social control tactics are still at play. We are still violating the human rights of individuals and families experiencing homelessness. We are now seeing what the impact of decades of unmeasured traumatic injury has produced. Helping The Homeless Find A Haven for Hope explores the violations and crimes perpetrated on homeless individuals throughout history. The author ask Americans to evaluate themselves, their behaviors, attitudes and assumptions toward homelessness and offers possible solutions. It's time we begin to build strong individuals and families by ensuring the well-being, mental and medical health of generations to come.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 109068052X
• ISBN13: 9781090680525
• Release Date: March 2019
• Publisher: Independently published
• Length: 114 Pages
• Weight: 0.45 lbs.
• Dimensions: 8.5" x 0.3" x 5.5"