What You Can Do!

As members of a global community, everyone is responsible for taking action where they are capable. By showing support, making a donation or volunteering, you can make a difference and change the lives of those around who who face poverty and homelessness on a daily basis.

Habitat for Humanity
Get involved by helping to build a home for a family in need.
http://www.habitat.ca/en/get-involved

Mobile One Moncton

Volunteer with this mobile soup kitchen or make a food donation.

http://www.mobileonemoncton.ca/public/index.cfm

United Way Centraide
Become an Agent of Change and help make a difference in your community.
http://www.gmsenbunitedway.ca/get-involved

Check out The Great Moncton Homeless Steering Committee website for more ways to get involved.
http://monctonhomelessness.org/partners.html

Youth Homelessness and Sociology

Social Stratification: when a group or inidividual is ranked as more derserving than another through the creation of a social heirarchy.
-The implication of Social Stratification upon those suffering from homlessness has resulted in an extreme separation between them and the upper class. This poses a problem because it often creates a wider margin between these two groups, making it harder for those in poverty to rise above their current situation.

Victim-Blaming: the act of blaming a victim for actions inflicted upon them.
-Those suffering from homelessness are often blamed for their own plight by those who do not know the circumstances. They can be accused of being lazy or incompitent when in fact there are many different reasons that one might be living on the streets, including mental illness, economic downfalls or domestic violence.

Social Inequality: When one has an unequal opportunity to access things such as privlege, wealth or power.
-By being denied not only the skills but the opportunity all together, those living in poverty are set back in the world and therefore have a harder time regaining their life.

Sources

Images
http://compassionate-news.blogspot.com/ (Image 1)
http://aaronreddin.com/?p=2106 (Image 2)
http://rurounijesus.tumblr.com/post/884994304/from-trippchicago (Image 3)

Information and Statistics
http://www.raisingtheroof.org/Get-Informed/Personal-Stories.aspx (Their Story)
http://monctonhomelessness.org/whatsnew.html (Statistics/ What You Can Do!)
http://stmarys.ca/~evanderveen/wvdv/class_relations/social_stratification.htm
http://www.nationalhomeless.org/factsheets/youth.html (What is Youth Homelessness?)
http://monctonhomelessness.org/documents/NB%20child%20poverty%20report%20card%202011%20eng.pdf (Statistics)