{"product_id":"when-we-walk-by-forgotten-humanity-broken-systems-and-the-role-we-can-each-play-in-ending-homelessness-in-america","title":"When We Walk by: Forgotten Humanity, Broken Systems, and the Role We Can Each Play in Ending Homelessness in America","description":"\u003cbody\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eTitle: \u003c\/b\u003eWhen We Walk by: Forgotten Humanity, Broken Systems, and the Role We Can Each Play in Ending Homelessness in America\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor: \u003c\/b\u003eKevin F Adler\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN: \u003c\/b\u003e9781623178840\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher: \u003c\/b\u003eNorth Atlantic Books\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished: \u003c\/b\u003e2023\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding: \u003c\/b\u003ePaperback\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage: \u003c\/b\u003eEnglish\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eNumber of Pages: \u003c\/b\u003e328\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition Note: \u003c\/b\u003eExcellent, unmarked copy with little wear and tight binding. We ship in recyclable American-made mailers. 100% money-back guarantee on all orders.\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher Description: \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eHow to end homelessness in America: a must-read guide to understanding housing instability, supporting our unhoused neighbors, and reclaiming our humanity. \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eA deeply humanizing analysis that will change the way you think about poverty and homelessness--for the socially engaged reader of Isabel Wilkerson's \u003ci\u003eCaste\u003c\/i\u003e and Matthew Desmond's \u003ci\u003eEvicted\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThink about the last time that you saw or interacted with an unhoused person. What did you do? What did you say? Did you offer money or a smile, or did you avert your gaze? \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eWhen We Walk By\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e takes an urgent look at homelessness in America, showing us what we lose--in ourselves and as a society--when we choose to walk past and ignore our neighbors in shelters, insecure housing, or on the streets. And it brilliantly shows what we stand to gain when we embrace our humanity and move toward evidence-based people-first, community-driven solutions, offering social analysis, economic and political histories, and the real stories of unhoused people. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAuthors Kevin F. Adler and Donald W. Burnes, with Amanda Banh and Andrijana Bilbija, recast chronic homelessness in the U.S. as a byproduct of twin crises: our social services systems are failing, and so is our humanity. Readers will learn: \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWhy our brains have been trained to overlook our unhoused neighbors\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe social, economic, and political forces that shape myths like \"all homeless people are addicts\" and \"they'd have a house if they got a job\"\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWhat conservative economics gets wrong about housing insecurity\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWhat relational poverty is, and how to shift away from \"us versus them\" thinking\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThat for many Americans, housing insecurity is just one missed paycheck away\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWho \"the homeless\" really are--and why that might surprise you\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWhat you can do to help, starting today\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003eA necessary, deeply humanizing read that goes beyond theory and policy analysis to offer engaged solutions with compassion and heart, \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eWhen We Walk By\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e is a must-read for anyone who cares about homelessness, housing solutions, and their own humanity.\u003c\/body\u003e","brand":"North Atlantic Books","offers":[{"title":"When We Walk by: Forgotten Humanity, Broken Systems, and the Role We Can Each Play in Ending Homelessness in America | Kevin F Adler | Paperback | 9781623178840 | Used: Like New | Back Stacks G 1705846","offer_id":48165620547736,"sku":"1705846","price":10.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0492\/1609\/4360\/files\/81RF9lw55cL.jpg?v=1771924298","url":"https:\/\/roundaboutbookstore.com\/products\/when-we-walk-by-forgotten-humanity-broken-systems-and-the-role-we-can-each-play-in-ending-homelessness-in-america","provider":"Roundabout Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}