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What Are Your Basic Living Needs?

Philanthropy 30 August 2009 | Comments

In my goal to help people who are truly in need, I’d like to explore basic living needs. I don’t mean absolute bare minimums, but necessities to live respectably. I’ve compiled a basic list here, but I would love to hear your suggestions. I’m thinking about the existing institutions in place that may or may [...]

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Socialism Doesn’t Work, But We Need Something

Philanthropy 12 July 2009 | Comments

Just recently I was discussing with a good friend of mine, Tyler Lozano, about a variety of topics ranging from personal dissatisfaction with personal social lives to the greater dissatisfaction with what is defined as a normal life. About how he refuses to accept standards of life, like a house with a white-picket fence, and [...]

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Homelessness

Philanthropy 22 June 2009 | Comments

For a photojournalism project, I (with the help of a fellow student) went against the suggestion of my teacher and did a project on homelessness in Orlando, Florida. She was concerned about the sensitivity of the topic, and was afraid of disturbing, offending, or being assaulted by, the homeless.
When we went, we were both rather [...]

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