<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><?xml-stylesheet href="http://www.blogger.com/styles/atom.css" type="text/css"?><feed xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom' xmlns:openSearch='http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearchrss/1.0/' xmlns:georss='http://www.georss.org/georss' xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5432347</id><updated>2011-08-16T23:04:23.281-04:00</updated><title type='text'>VHJ Essays</title><subtitle type='html'>This is the blog page for any of the longer original articles, commentary, columns or essays concerning homelessness and related matters, which have been authored by individual writers who are either bloggers or friends of the Vermont Homeless Journal (VHJ) blog. Note: All Rights, concerning written material posted on the VHJ blog(s), revert and belong solely to their individual author(s).</subtitle><link rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#feed' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://vhj-essays.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5432347/posts/default?max-results=100'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://vhj-essays.blogspot.com/'/><link rel='hub' href='http://pubsubhubbub.appspot.com/'/><author><name>Morgan W. Brown</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_AuTtwFgCY4k/TQhbKFDrVsI/AAAAAAAABxY/v2otIK2FSQI/S220/mwb-121210.jpg'/></author><generator version='7.00' uri='http://www.blogger.com'>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>4</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>100</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5432347.post-106471972129849567</id><published>2003-09-28T16:25:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2004-04-19T19:24:56.110-04:00</updated><title type='text'>An Eye Opening 24-Hour Homeless Experience in Montpelier, Vermont</title><summary type='text'>by Dana Szegedy*Updated Post*Question of Perception Perception: something rarely thought of, but often used. What is your perception of a man walking the streets at night, tired, depressed, ragged looking? What's your perception of a former mental health patient? Or a clean, wise, helpful man who happens to be homeless? Is there a difference between these people? Before you say "he wanted </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5432347/posts/default/106471972129849567'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5432347/posts/default/106471972129849567'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://vhj-essays.blogspot.com/2003_09_01_archive.html#106471972129849567' title='An Eye Opening 24-Hour Homeless Experience in Montpelier, Vermont'/><author><name>Morgan W. Brown</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_AuTtwFgCY4k/TQhbKFDrVsI/AAAAAAAABxY/v2otIK2FSQI/S220/mwb-121210.jpg'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5432347.post-105414737492877097</id><published>2003-05-28T14:42:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2003-09-28T05:31:47.770-04:00</updated><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'>Updated PostMythsby Morgan W. BrownAmong the many negative (as if there are any that are positive) stereotypes that are probably as deeply cynical as they are rooted, as well as doing some of the most prolonged damage, concerning people who are living homeless (or any other perceived or actual group or class of people for that matter), are those portraying them as generally lacking an </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5432347/posts/default/105414737492877097'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5432347/posts/default/105414737492877097'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://vhj-essays.blogspot.com/2003_05_01_archive.html#105414737492877097' title=''/><author><name>Morgan W. 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BrownThis is a challenge to every person for whom housing, as well as all that goes with it, is something which easily gets taken for granted. Each person for whom housing or being homeless is not a constant personal worry and struggle should consider repeating certain questions to themselves and act upon them until homelessness is finally ended in their own </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5432347/posts/default/105414498393921007'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5432347/posts/default/105414498393921007'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://vhj-essays.blogspot.com/2003_05_01_archive.html#105414498393921007' title=''/><author><name>Morgan W. 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