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# Facing ‘The Homeless’: Stories from the street belie stereotypes

 4 August 2021

[jdancisak](https://blog.insighthousing.org/news-resources/author/jdancisak)

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Maddie was eating in a Berkeley cafe when she overheard two young women sharing their thoughts about “the homeless.” Plucking up her courage, she walked to their table, apologized for interrupting, and asked, “What does a homeless person mean to you?”

Read the full story from the East Bay Express: [https://eastbayexpress.com/facing-the-homeless-stories-from-the-street-belie-stereotypes/](https://eastbayexpress.com/facing-the-homeless-stories-from-the-street-belie-stereotypes/)

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