Joshua Munoz
12/1/13
Helping Homeless for the Holidays
The holidays are a great time to spend it with family and friends. Receiving
gifts and also giving as well. Well this Thanksgiving a person received a present
like any other, a home. Roger Anderson, 47, has been homeless for over 30 years.
He ran away from his home because he was abused by his father. Throughout
those years he has sheltering himself by 110 Freeway in bushes and bridges. An
organization called Joshua House Community Health Center helped him find an
apartment where he can move into. The story has very deep meaning and uses
ASGL’s GPOs.
The first GPO that is used is Investigate the World. The story demonstrates
it by showing a world problem, Homelessness. The photographer must have
really thought of a great problem that is happening not in America but the World.
An estimated 100 Million people are homeless in the world, stated by Homeless
World Cup. This problem is very important to our society because if it continues
to grow we will have streets full of homeless people.
Another GPO shown is Take Action. The organization, Joshua House
Community Health Center, really showed how to take action. Joshua House
Community Health Center is an organization that deals with health care, public
housing, and community health. In one of the pictures Roger is expressing his
happiness because that organization helped him find a home. This organization
helps many people just like Roger to find homes and personal care.
The photos had a great use of Recognizing Perspectives. There were a
couple of photos that show Roger when he was in the streets of downtown LA.
One of the pictures that stood out to me was the one that showed him looking for
his belongings in the bushes. In the caption, it stated he hid it because a brawl he
had with a fellow homeless person. Another photo that really hit was his
expression when he received gift cards and a new flat screen TV. Yes a flat screen
TV. The photos really showed his excitement and joy of the new apartment.
The final GPO expressed was Communicate Ideas. I think idea that
organization tried to show was when the holidays come around everyone thinks
of getting and not giving so why not give to people who need it. Like a home and
health care. Also makes us think of solutions to end homeless. Another idea the
photos showed was the holidays isn’t the happiest time for everyone but you can
make it up for them by help them with basic needs.
As I conclude, homeless people would appreciate and would be thankful if
this holidays they would be helped and taken in to support them as they try to
make a comeback to get a life again. If you were homeless wouldn’t you ask for
help? One less homeless means less people in the streets and more growth in the
economy. Also wouldn’t you like to that feeling that you help someone get back
on their feet?
http://framework.latimes.com/2013/11/29/first-apartment/#/0