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Life Without Shelter in the US: Veterans and Homelessness Video Clips
educational resource
posted on 2021-02-10, 00:21 authored by Sandra SufianSandra Sufian, Matthew Gambino, Gwyneth MilbrathThe goal of this Health Humanities Portrait-- Life Without Shelter in the United States: Veterans and Homelessness--is to understand both the specificity and the commonality of being homeless as a veteran. Veterans have access to care through the Veterans Affairs (VA) medical system and are an object of historical reverence within American society. In many ways, however, the causes and experiences of their homelessness do not differ substantially from those of the general homeless population. The assigned transcripts and video clips capture historically significant issues relevant to our broad social theme, including the meanings of homelessness; the indignity of reliance on inadequate or poorly organized social services; the role of addiction and mental health concerns; housing instability and discrimination; work and the labor market; stereotypes and the stigma associated with homelessness; and the social obligation to veterans.
Funding
National Endowment for the Humanities Humanities Initiatives for Hispanic-Serving Institutions (AC-258909-18)
History
Publisher Statement
Memory in Context: Personal Narrative and Social Change in The Forgotten Fight Oral History Project Undergraduate Thesis by Kelsey Glander, April 25, 2016 American Studies Department Franklin and Marshall CollegeLanguage
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