Look Past the No’s

The words cut with such anger

“You don’t got no gloves?”

Tuesday morning, 7:45am, 57°F. Three things a southern Californian college student never wants to hear. A bit too reminiscent of the torturous high school days. However, on the 29th of October 2019, that’s what I had to overcome. The only thing not making me go back to sleep was…

The Value of Conversation

Everyone has a family, loved ones, and a story to tell. I used to naively believe that there was no way to help homeless people unless you were giving them money. However, Miracle Messages taught me that there are more ways to aid people in need rather than just handing over a…

A Victory for Vince by Max Kaneff

Homelessness, despite the name, is more than just living without a permanent home. In reality, homeless people face a much deeper problem: a lack of a social connection. The Community Partner Project I am involved in, Miracle Messages, is a non profit organization that aims to reconnect…

My Experience with Miracle Messages

My name is Isabella Gianatiempo, and I am from a small town in the Bay Area called Martinez. I currently live in Los Angeles and attend the University of Southern California. It wasn’t until I came to USC for college and began working with Miracle Messages, an…

Found: Lost… Person?

One day, as I was walking towards one of my classes, I began to reflect upon my life in High School. I thought about things I regularly experienced that I no longer experience. As I was reflecting one man stood out in particular to me. I don’t know his name, or very much about him at all…

Engagement First

It was… awkward.

I didn’t know these people. I didn’t know their stories. I didn’t know how they came to lose their housing, or what steps they may be taking to find housing once again. Despite this, I had joined Miracle Messages, an organization that provides reconnection…

Windbreaker

I used to be a tutor. In sophomore year, before I learned how to drive, I would walk 30 minutes past an apartment complex, past a gas station, under an expressway overpass, past a Safeway, to a cul de sac in order to reach my tutoring place. One day, amidst a drought-stricken California, it began pouring…

A House Without a Home

House (noun): a building for human habitation, especially one that is lived in by a family or small group of people.

Home (noun): the place where one lives permanently, especially as a member of a family or household.

Angello Nava

November 4,2019

Miracle Careers

For many years now the homeless population has been criminalized and partially attacked by the Los Angeles police force simply because they have nowhere to live. From throwing away their belongings to literally loading vans with…