Homelessness

Ignore It

I can’t stop looking at this Nepal flash flood. There’s video all over the place, but this guy explains it pretty well. I’ve seen a lot of insane video footage on Reddit, but nothing comes close to wh

What A Good Person Actually Looks Like

Last night was the final class of my criminal law course. That class was definitely a high-water mark in an already deep set of great classes. Professor Dana Cole teaches Evidence, Criminal Law, Trial

The Silence Is The Answer

A guest post written by Claude, Anthropic’s AI — April 6, 2026 I spent this morning talking with Sage Lewis. Sage is a first-year law student at the University of Akron, a co-owner of an IT and digita

Why Am I Doing This to Myself?

I’m having luck letting go of my anger and ego, somewhat. But what I’m finding is that under it all is a sea of depression and hopelessness. Hopelessness has always been a main character of my story.

Hostile Architecture and Murderous Rage

I study art. I’m aware of the importance of Michelangelo’s Piata. Is brutalist architecture cool or gross? Which decade of Picasso’s life is his most important? Frank Gehry just died. Were his blindin

Love Is Stronger Than Control

The City of Akron just barricaded the little road between Grace Park and Haven of Rest. That’s where a lot of us bring food and supplies to our houseless neighbors.They closed it because people were s

The Wrong Answer to Neglect: Why Forced Institutionalization Won’t Solve Homelessness

The neglect of our mentally ill, severely addicted, and extremely poor neighbors is one of the greatest moral failures of our time. In cities across the United States, people in crisis are left to suf

Lancaster’s Mayor Wants a Fentanyl Genocide – Here’s My Response

In this video, I react to California Mayor R. Rex Parris’s chilling comments about giving homeless people “all the fentanyl they want” to eliminate them. I draw disturbing historical parallels to Nazi

Thank You Cards From The Homeless People You Are Helping

Misty has been organizing thank-you cards for supporters. Here’s a picture of her working on making some bead bracelets: She loves crafts, games and decorating. She is always involved with decorating

Spend Less Time Patting Yourself On The Back

Here’s an email I woke up to this morning: As someone that serves in this community, i would like to invite you to please spend less time patting yourself on the back and more time helping people make

Why Can’t People Be Warm Every Night?

For my wife: Akron’s emergency shelter system is failing its most vulnerable residents, with inconsistent communication and limited low-barrier options—only one exists, and it’s illegal. In response,

I Just Sold 15 Broad Street

December 19, 2024 For my wife… I just sold 15 Broad Street in Akron after owning it for 14 years. While it started as the home for my marketing company SageRock, its most meaningful chapter was hostin

Dear White Moderate: Your ‘Order’ Is Killing Us

MLK’s Warning to Today’s Liberal Elite I am going to begin my articles from now on with a new section called: “For my wife…” She gets the fire hydrant of me all the time and reading an overly wordy es

Akron Beacon Journal editorial board says we should try my idea

Akron Beacon Journal November 30, 2024, “Unsheltered homelessness in the county is up 300%. It’s time to take action | Editorial” I like to make a backup of some of these articles because they almost

I Met With The Mayor Yesterday. Here’s How It Went

I walked out of that meeting exhausted. In my mind, it was a significant point of importance in this decade-long journey. My advocacy for this particular segment of homeless people has pushed me into

Finding Light in the Shadows: My Journey Through a Protest Camp

In a world that often feels dark, the smallest kindnesses reveal the light we carry within. As a person who experiences the suffering, hopelessness, and meaninglessness of life VERY deeply, it is abso

People First

I can’t lie. I’m excited about a Trump presidency. He will probably do some fun, interesting things. I’m hoping for more self-driving Teslas driving around, smashing into plate glass windows. I’m hopi

The Well of Sadness

Finding Light in the Depths of Loss and Displacement (This was written the day after the November 5, 2024 presidential election where Donald Trump won his second term as president. Many Democrats had

The Last Tent Standing: A Protest, a Privilege, and a Nation’s Divide

Reflections on class, privilege, and the hidden biases that shape our society. It’s 6:50am on Friday, November 1, 2024. It’s 45 degrees. I’m the last tent standing. I’m the last anything standing, rea

PRESS RELEASE: Winter Safe Sleeping Space Protest

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Sage Lewis Phone: 330-416-7519 Email: sage@houselessmovement.org Advocate Begins Indefinite Camp-Out Protest Against Homeless Displacement in Akron AKRON, OH 10/30/2024

When the World Turns Away: Choosing to Stand in a Society that Won’t

A personal reflection on rage, humanity, and the cost of caring I don’t know if I’ll ever be able to overcome my rage. The world is just so wrong sometimes. Did I tell you that my friend Hurricane got

The Art of Staying Alive in a World That Makes No Sense

A personal journey through despair, anger, and meaning in the face of life’s absurdities I think about killing myself all the time. Albert Camus writes: “There is but one truly serious philosophical p

The Great Trash Can Caper: When Helping Others Becomes a Municipal Offense

Today’s example of bureaucratic overreach and the challenges of urban compassion Have you ever looked out your front window to see the city packing up all your trash cans? I suspect maybe not. (It’s h

The City Of Akron Called To See How Our Homeless Friends Are Doing

I got a nice call from the City of Akron yesterday. They wanted to check up on our homeless friends, see how they were doing, and offer their services to do anything they could to help. Well… I suppos

When the Enemy is Me: A Radical Approach to Empathy

The beginning of the HBO Watchmen series starts with a reenactment of the 1921 Tulsa race massacre. The Tulsa race massacre was a two-day-long white supremacist terrorist massacre that took place betw

Joan Trumpauer Mulholland – A Symbol Of Hope

I’m a little embarrassed to say that I had never heard of Joan before yesterday. She was trending on Reddit yesterday. She is an American civil rights activist who was active in the 1960s. She was one

I Found Hope Yesterday

It is said that Community, Purpose, and Hope are the pillars of a “happy” life. (Don’t get me started on the word happy. I’ve been fighting with it my whole life. But that’s for another time.) I have

Finding Humanity in Loss: Reflections on Community, Pain, and Resilience in the Houseless World

Being banned from Facebook is a little bit like losing my community. Yes. It’s toxic,. It’s frustrating. But it was also beautiful, supportive and inspirational. But I am always thankful to lose thing

And Now I’ve Been Banned From Nextdoor

I’m not going to lie. Getting banned from all these social media channels has done wonders for my mental health. I think I had an unhealthy relationship with all of them. Sage’s Substack is a reader-s

From Bench to Breakthrough: Crystal’s Journey of Resilience and Hope

I hardly know where to start with this story. Each of these leads are so powerful I don’t know which is the best hook to start this story off. I guess it’s a story of triumph over tragedy. Subscribe n

BAD DOG FACTORY IS OFFICIALLY OPEN!

Donate $35 or more in the next two weeks and get a free Bad Dog Factory t-shirt made by the Bad Dog Factory crew. (offer ends Tuesday, September 10, 2024). With a tremendous amount of help and resilie

Podcast: They Pulled Another Gun On Me

In this episode, Sage shares two intense and deeply personal encounters that highlight the challenges and dangers of working with houseless communities. Sage recounts recent incidents where he was thr

Burning Rage: The Heartbreaking Cycle of Arson and Despair in Our Community

This is a photo of Randy’s shed raging in flames. This happened yesterday, I believe: It was located on the Church of the Nomadic Spirit land (probably 20 feet from where Hermaine was shot and killed)

Boarding Up Our House

Yesterday we boarded up all the windows on our house that shelters homeless people. Today I will be finishing that work on boarding up the doors. I will also be signing a no trespassing document so th

This is what burning wire looks like.

Here’s what the smoke looks like when you burn wire. It’s dense, dark and smells like cancer. I took this picture just now. Our neighbors were yelling out their windows about the smoke. I was yelling

Suzanne Thomas was found dead in a scrapyard in Canton April 26 2023.

Suzanne Thomas was found dead in a scrapyard in Canton April 26 2023. I’ve been meaning to talk about this for some time. But it’s a bit of a difficult subject for me. Suzanne was a close friend of ou

5 People Have Already Moved Into This Church

We’ve been starting to clean out this church. It has sat completely empty for years. Random people come and go. But nothing really significant was happening there. Within a couple weeks of us working

Jordan Neely, Homelessness and Mental Illness

I hope you have had a chance to read about Jordan Neely. He was the mentally ill, Black, homeless man that was choked to death on a New York subway by a blond Marine man. Every one of those details ma

I React To Jordan Neely, a New York City Homeless Man, Being Choked To Death on the Subway

This is the original video: https://fb.watch/kjoDdWC4Fi/

SATM Podcast 120: Insanity In Akron

Sage Against The Machine Podcast Episode 120 We are going to look at the forced mental health treatment courts in Akron Ohio.

I respond to Trump’s Homeless Relocation Plan

The main video was published here: https://youtu.be/FRp6la-A6e4

Will You Play Well With Others?

I was out talking to voters yesterday and a woman asked me this question: “Will you play well with others?” That’s a really good question. It represents a deep understanding of who I am. I really appr

MY SECOND EXPERIENCE WITH DE-ESCALATION WITH A GUN

I was sitting inside my building yesterday when a homeless friend came to me and said there was a man with a gun who was extremely agitated at our house. I went to see what was going on. As I slowly w

WHY DO YOU PUT PICTURES OF THESE PEOPLE ONLINE?

This is a friend of mine passed out after taking a really good hit of fentanyl. The needle is still in her arm. In our circle we all know who this is. She’s embarrassed by this picture. But she didn’t

To Each Their Own

This is my friend Aubrey, with her dog Harley. She is pregnant, due in May, and lives in hiding in the woods hoping that the police and society don’t find her and take all her belongings. Some of us a

Why Do I Want To Put Myself Through This?

I read this article: Akron, Ohio, police condemn councilwoman’s comment on Jayland Walker and my first thought was: “Why am I doing this to myself?” I could sell a couple assets and retire. I’m 51 yea

We Lost

For about 5 years now we have gone to every court possible asking for the permission to let me somehow help any homeless people that can’t find their way into a shelter or a house. We have been denied

THE YOUNG SEX WORKER

If we are ever going to get one step closer to solving our societal problems we must acknowledge the complicated nature of reality. Let me tell you this week’s story… A young woman from out of town en

This is my friend Aubrey.

This is my friend Aubrey. She’s pregnant in a tent. I offered her a room in my house. She said no. People have told me a bunch of reasons why she won’t go. (Rules are definitely not one of them). But

VIOLENT PURSE SNATCHING IN WARD 8

This is the arm of an 80-year-old woman who had her purse stolen and was knocked to the ground in front of Gionino’s Pizzeria in The Valley. The man who stole her purse ripped it so hard off her arm t

Drifting Away

If I had no family (I don’t have any friends I meet up with and I have no real interest in finding any. I’m naturally an introvert with low grade depression) I’d just roll out. I’d get in my truck and

She Said No

Get this. I asked a friend of mine to come move into our house. She’s pregnant. I can’t stand watching pregnant women freeze. It is currently 14 degrees. She is in a tent with no heat. Someone has tar

Sully Got Housed!

This is my friend Sully. Sully just got housed through Community Support Services. He has lived outside off and on for the last 5 winters. He was the “yard dog” for the 2 years of our tent city. When

My Most Prized Possession

This might be my most prized possession. (I think telling its story is relevant to the brutal beating and murder by Memphis police of Tyre Nichols). I just bought this gun last night from a felon. Thi

SATM Podcast #112 I Analyze the Marketing Of My Political Opponent and Other Akron City Candidates

SAGE AGAINST THE MACHINE PODCAST EPISODE 112The Akron Democratic Primary is May 2, 2023. There is no politics more important than local politics. PLEASE VOTE! If you have missed any shows they are now

I react to a man being attacked by a homeless person with a shard of glass.

Here is the link to the story:Homeless community protect Portland man from attack | kgw.com

January 6, 2023 – the 4th anniversary of the forced closure of Akron’s tent city.

Today, January 6, commemorates the forced closing of Akron’s tent city on my private property on January 6, 2019. I have ALWAYS said, if you don’t like my ideas then come up with your own ideas. Our h

I react to ‘The Five’ on Fox News reacting to homelessness in American Cities

I react to this Fox News video on their ideas on homelessness: https://www.foxnews.com/video/6312385708112

SATM #110: Joe Biden Knows Nothing About Homelessness

Joe Biden has a “new” homeless plan and it’s dog shit. If you have missed any shows they are now archived in a podcast. You can check them out on my blog. Or you can get them on your favorite podcasti

An Unloaded Gun

As a drug addled insane man pulled a gun on me yesterday because someone broke into his room and stole his clothes while he was in jail for two months and somehow blamed me for it, my first thought wa

The Results of my Christmas Eve Sleep Out

I like trying to think of activist direct action ideas that both raise awareness of the humanitarian crimes we impose on our OWN CITIZENS by stealing their tents and belongings and leaving them strand

SATM #109 – Assisted Outpatient Treatment – Big Brother is coming.

House Bill 439 has already passed the House in Ohio. It’s only a matter of time before it becomes a law in Ohio. Big Brother is coming. https://www.legislature.ohio.gov/legislation/legislation-summary

I will be sleeping outside on Christmas Eve 2022 in solidarity with homeless pregnant women

I wanted to remind you that I will be spending Christmas Eve sleeping in a tent at the corner of West Market and Portage Path in Akron Ohio from 6pm to 6am in solidarity with homeless pregnant women.

A Demon From Hell

As soon as I said my name it was like she realized she was looking at a demon for the 7th level of hell. She exclaimed, “No!” She quickly shut and locked the door. I’ve had some people not appreciate

Savannah

When they say Love Conquers All, this is what they mean right here. A couple years ago on some cold winter day I got a call from a 14 year old girl. She heard I knew her dad. So she reached out to me.

SATM Podcast #105 – All Politicians Are Slime Cancer Part 2

Sage Against The Machine Podcast Episode 105 City council member Shammas Malik liked the title of last week’s podcast so much that he referenced it in a speech at the city council meeting this past we

Houseless Harboring Guide

If I put so much as one tent on my land this winter or any time going forward I will now face fines and jail time for doing so. This fact makes me realize EXACTLY how society feels about the houseless

IZA Institute of Labor and Economics 3 Year Study On Housing First

I came across this Guardian article on this study concerning Housing First:Stable housing helps the homeless but it doesn’t cure all their problems | Torsten Bell | The Guardian Housing First dominate

Homeless People Are Hated Like Jews Are Hated.

I have debated if the work I’m doing is similar to the Underground Railroad in Slave America or Jewish rescuers in Nazi Germany. The biggest disconnect between slaves and homeless people is that slave

The Effects of Felony Charges on Homeless People

This is in response to this new article: https://www.kgw.com/article/news/local/homeless/portland-homeless-felony-charges-criminal-background/283-41d5342c-cbc2-4fee-9835-c2fb5c811376 “The long-term co

The Temporary Injunction I Signed Yesterday

(I am not a lawyer. Everything I say here could be wrong and misunderstood. The funny thing about the law is that regular people can’t understand it. If anyone in the know wants to correct what I have

My Response to Susan Sarandon’s Homeless Video Post

This is in response to the Twitter post by Susan Sarandon here: https://twitter.com/SusanSarandon/status/1581991330812551169

I Respond to: Steve Hilton: The homeless crisis is crippling America

Fox News loves to bash Democrats about homelessness. They don’t ever come up with their own ideas. But they are right. Homelessness in America is a nightmare and it’s all because of Democratic policie

Homelessness From Hurricane Ian

We need to talk about why homeless people from a Hurricane get instant access to an arena for shelter and hundreds of thousands of Americans who have been stranded on the streets of the richest countr

1979, When I Was 7

I doubt I’ll ever write an autobiography. It’s like masturbating and asking people to watch. It’s just a weird exercise for people who probably spent their entire lives looking for approval through so

Bay Area Research on The Effectiveness of Tiny Homes.

This is a really important article on the effectiveness of Tiny Homes for homeless people: Do trendy tiny really homes work as a solution to homelessness? (It’s paywalled. So I’m giving you an overvie

THE DRAW OF THE STREET

THE DRAW OF THE STREET Something we aren’t discussing much when we discuss homelessness and addiction is how the street pulls you in. And it’s not just homeless people, addicted people and drug dealer

Democrats Are The True Threat To Homeless People

Here’s the Headline and article summary: New York City Mayor Eric Adams Considers Housing Migrants on Cruise ShipsNew York City’s shelter system has been overwhelmed with new arrivals, but advocates f

The Biggest Loser

I might be the biggest loser you have ever met. I lose at every turn for wanting to do something so basic and fundamental as giving shelter to people that desperately need shelter. One of my great fri

SEX TRAFFICKING

From what I know about the homeless community, this is the kind of sex trafficking that goes on… Yesterday I came up on 2 very serious guys. One Black. One White. They were squaring off on each other.

Announcing MARKET MIDDLEBURY – Sundays noon – 3pm.

I just read an article about how Countryside Farmers Market is having a tough time financially: No more farmers markets? Countryside facing money woes It’s possible they may not be able to survive. I

We Are Asking the Ohio Supreme Court To Let Us Shelter Those Most In Need

Here’s an article from our attorneys at Institute for Justice. We are trying to get the Ohio Supreme Court to hear our case to allow us to shelter people that have absolutely nowhere else to take shel

I Support Camping Bans, IF…

There was a major homeless law change in Los Angeles yesterday where over 66,000 people live without a home. You can now not put a tent within 500 feet of a school anywhere in LA. Overall, this will m

WHAT DO THEY SPEND THEIR MONEY ON?

Now that our Church of the Nomadic Spirit is focusing on helping people find ways to make money through making things and offering services like car cleaning and mowing in the neighborhood, I’ve gotte

I am a Democrat

In America you are either a Republican or a Democrat. You could be a Tea Party Republican or a Socialist Democrat. But you are still either an R or a D. The number 1 biggest determination if you will

“Stop in the name of the law.”

The city is furious with me (again). They want to have an emergency meeting with the magistrate because “Sage is putting tents back on his land.” I’m not doing shit. This is what Akron policies look l

MLE Media Endorses Sage Lewis For Akron Mayor

In their article “The Only Sane Choice for Akron Mayor is, Insane!” they write: He has proven that he is not afraid to buck the system when he feels the system is wrong. I don’t see Lewis “playing bal

Here is Heather telling her story about living at our homeless tent village for two months.

She was one of the people that got picked up during the raid where they accused us of sex trafficking.

I talked with Brian Simcox today

I had a very good conversation with Brian Simcox today. I know my leftist friends are likely going to be angry for me saying this. I don’t need to get into the controversy of Brian. It has been talked

Andrew

Isn’t it funny how emotions wash over you like a rising tide for no apparent reason whatsoever? I woke up this morning feeling deep sorrow and sadness for our friend, Andrew. Andrew died of a fentany

My new June 2022 lawsuit

The city of Akron has just filed yet another lawsuit against me for sheltering homeless people. Our attorneys are so kind to me. Consoling me for this action. I didn’t expect anything different. In an

My jobs idea

In low-income communities in a city, IN GENERAL, women boost (they steal from stores) and men scrap metal. Copper wire is the ultimate prize. They burn off the outer coating of the wire so that it pay

Yesterday’s Mental Health Story

The mental health issues in the inner city don’t always culminate in physical violence. Here’s yesterday’s story… 2 large checks were stolen from the mailbox of my building. They then attempted to cas

The next couple days

In the next couple days, an article will come out in the Akron Beacon Journal about our tent village. This was inspired by our loss of another lawsuit pushing for my right to shelter a very small grou

Gun deaths reached the highest level ever recorded in the United States in 2020

I can tell you without a doubt, that there are more guns in the homeless community now than any other time I’ve done this work. What’s interesting is that Covid had a very minimal effect on homeless p

Jesus? Or The Inspector?

The Inspector Is Taking Pictures Of Our Village right now. I guess my question is: WHEN IS IT EVER APPROPRIATE TO CARE FOR THOSE IN NEED? Immigrants? Asylum Seekers? Addicts? Homeless people? I mean w

Dr. Anonymous

In 1972, Dr. John Fryer (right) gave a speech in this mask stating that homosexuality was not a mental disorder. Dr. Fryer was a psychiatrist and gay. Admitting that he was gay would have admitted tha

We currently have 21 tents up at the Church of the Nomadic Spirit.

We currently have 21 tents up at the Church of the Nomadic Spirit. I was watching a news video out of Seattle. It was of a community of housed people living next to unhoused people. The housed people

Difficult Truths

My Communist friends will be sad to know this truth: most homeless people are very conservative… both black and white. They often exhibit racist and homophobic characteristics… and sex offenders, forg

A New Police Officer In Town

Since the beginning of creating homeless tent villages I’ve been very open to working with the police. We often want the same things: Less violence on the streets. We aren’t a place to hide anyone fro

A Reason I’m Thankful Dan Horrigan Shut Down Our Tent Village

Having the mayor of the 5th largest city in Ohio write an op-ed condemning you for trying to help his homeless situation with private land and private funds would be comical if it weren’t actually sho

LOOK AT THAT LITTLE BABY!

I only know 2 things: That’s our friend Aubrey. And that’s her new baby. Aubrey is the first homeless person I’ve worked with that decided to choose adoption. So I’ve never really thought about the pr

I have now evicted at least 5 homeless people from housing

I am in the process of evicting yet another homeless person (this time a homeless woman) from housing that we offer specifically for homeless people. I wanted to talk about this because I’m continuall

Comparing Josiah Ingalls’ Camp Haven Sanctuary to the Church of the Nomadic Spirit Garden

I saw this article about Josiah Ingalls’ Camp Haven. I had never heard of him before. But I was SO excited to hear that he’s doing this work. This video is a comparison of his camp to my camp. Here’s

MY CURRENT THINKING ON HATEFUL COMMENTORS

(I posted this on Facebook. But it applies here. I’ve turned off commenting altogether because people create fake accounts and comment here.) I’ve always wanted people to have their say on what I disc

I. WILL. NOT. STOP.

This photo was taken on April 2, 2021. That’s just over a year ago. That means that our Garden Tent Village has been up and running for 1 full year. Our first village ran for 2 full years. So we’ll se

Bureaucrats will never solve homelessness

The main problem with addressing the growing tragedy of homelessness due to extreme evictions and exploding rent prices is that it is bureaucrats, and social workers who are being tasked with solving

NYC Mayor Eric Adams has leveled 239 of the 244 homeless encampments identified in the city.

Here’s a picture of a homeless man (Michael Rodriguez, who has been living under a raised section of the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway for the past two years) desperately grabbing a few more of his belon

We Were At The 9th Circuit Court of Appeals Yesterday

YOU NEED TO KNOW that I will NEVER quit fighting for the fundamental human rights of American homeless citizens. They are experiencing a humanitarian torture, cruelty and murder on par with the bloody

I’m a “Trouble” Spot

My wife is donating her older mace to a homeless woman. It’s still good. But she decided to get a fresh one. Violence is absolutely on an upswing right now with my homeless friends. Both men and women

Trying To Give You A Glimpse Into The Mind Of A Homeless Person

This is a wonderful article about the homeless men that were recently murdered by another homeless man:https://www.nytimes.com/2022/03/21/nyregion/homeless-men-killed.html I am an ok writer. But I wis

I Need You To Believe

Do you ever think that maybe it wasn’t God who made us in his image, maybe it was US that made God in OUR image? As I run for mayor over the next year I have made a pact with myself to try to be as po

Blake More and his company: CNE Electrical Contractors Just Installed at Brand New Electrical Panel at the Houseless Movement House.

This right here, ladies and gentlemen, 2 electricians who came to the Houseless Movement house to install a BRAND NEW 200 AMP electrical panel so that we can keep the people who stay with us in tents

Dustin Standing Next To His Burned Down Tent

This is my friend Dustin standing next to what remained of his tent that burned to the ground 2 nights ago. Dustin is a young man who has been homeless for years. He has very significant mental health

Why do you keep helping, Sage? THIS is why.

MANY people ask me “why do you do it, Sage? Why do you shelter these people and give so much to them?” THIS IS WHY!! The 2 people in the front are Alicia and Jozef. They are taking the 2 people in the

Here’s to hoping Aubrey makes it to her birth family this week.

I’m going to be talking about my run for mayor of Akron more consistently soon. There is going to be one theme: TOGETHER WE CAN DO ANYTHING. Take Aubrey, pictured here. She is seen here going through

Getting Birth Certificates For People Living in the Houseless Movement Garden

I sometimes get accused of being a country-wide magnet for homeless people. That the tents and acceptance we offer at the Houseless Movement is SO good, that people will come from all over the country

Why do people not stay at the Haven of Rest in Akron Ohio?

I was just asked this question on Nextdoor. And so I thought I would paste my answer here. I rail hard against pretty much every form of authority. That’s simply because with great power comes great r

Stealing

Stealing in the homeless community is so annoying, so frustrating, so ever-present… that it becomes fascinating. How is it that people who absolutely HATE getting stolen from are the very people doing

Thinking about taking 3 homeless people to Florida tomorrow

I wanted to seek a little clarity in this idea that I have. I find that writing sometimes helps with that process. While we were at Sunday Morning in the Garden yesterday 3 people living in the Garden

Todd Tober the president to Tober Building Company responds to me about Stoney Pointe Commons Rodents

Todd Tober is a Facebook friend of mine. He is the president of Tober Building Company. His company built Stoney Pointe Commons, a 68-unit development for homeless people and people with disabilities.

My Submission for a Beta Test of 5 Tiny Houses in Akron for The American Rescue Plan Act Akron Submission

The city of Akron has a form where you can submit ideas to them for The American Rescue Plan Act money here: City of Akron Public Input Form The form states this: The American Rescue Plan Act provides

How do I help my bipolar homeless niece?

It’s humbling and a little shocking for me to have people ask me how to help their homeless family members. I often think to myself, “isn’t there someone more qualified to answer these requests other

Help. My daughter is homeless

A dad just asked me how he can help his homeless daughter. If you know anyone going through this, you might share this with them. He told me his daughter was trying to get on disability. Hi. It’s nice

Stoney Pointe Commons in Akron Ohio Has Rats

Funny story… City of Akron, Ohio – Mayor, Dan Horrigan, and Keith Stahl, Director of Operations and Residential Services at Community Support Services, fought tooth and nail to close down our tent vil

Roaches, Mice and Rats

There are some powerful conservations going on at Akron City Council about inhumane living conditions at many apartment buildings in Akron. Roaches, mice and rats are a common complaint. As is always

My Failing Of This Man

This is a man I have tried to shelter off and on for years. Today he asked to leave the Houseless Movement house because he was afraid if he didn’t he’d kill someone. (He has gone to prison before for

Saturday, January 29, 2022 – Negative 7 Degrees.

I took this picture this morning. It’s of the Houseless Movement House and Garden. I love this picture because I think it makes people feel certain ways. It was -7 degrees when I took this picture. Th

PRACTICING NON-JUDGMENT

I am now of the belief that this entire thing. This earth. This universe. It’s all a construct built for us each to individually practice becoming better. And better means finding understanding and co

Do the right thing.

My friend Kenny Boldt always preaches to me that wisdom. I’ve never met an organization or system that fully stays true to that commitment. Just yesterday I was at the health department getting needle

Tucker Carlson on Homelessness

Tucker Carlson just did a piece entitled: “The homeless crisis is a symptom of our society collapsing in real time.” He is a jerk. And I really wish that conservative Christians would not find comfort

A picture of our little Houseless camp

Here’s a picture of two tents and two tiny houses on the Houseless Movement property. I just took this today. This is now the 6th winter I’ve either sheltered people on my land or supported camps hidd

The third anniversary of the end of Akron’s tent city. January 6, 2019

January 6, 2019 was the final day of Akron’s tent city. It began on January 7, 2017 when the Metroparks kicked out a small group of people to make way for the Freedom Trail. Cruel destruction after cr

You Transformed Me On Christmas Eve Night

Here is a small sampling of the items people dropped off to me on Christmas Eve night when I and a couple friends slept out on the corner of West Market and Portage Path. What you did that night chang

My Message From My Annual Christmas Eve Sleep Out in Support of Homeless Pregnant Moms

This is just under $1000 that was brought to me by people that came out on Christmas Eve night to say hello on my annual sleep out to raise awareness for homeless pregnant moms, just like Mary was whe

My Thoughts On Terri Heckman’s Retirement as CEO of the Battered Women’s Shelter.

Terri has an article in the Akron Beacon Journal on her retirement entitled “‘How do you replace her?’ Terri Heckman retiring as leader of two victim agencies.” You will find that the Beacon often wri

Terri Heckman and Sage Lewis Discussion on December 18, 2017

This is an article the Beacon Journal did with Terri and me. I would often go along with things like this because people would chastise me for not working with the authorities and whatnot. But now I j

Man sleeps in Lansing Michigan streets for a week to raise funds for homeless

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This Week At The Houseless Movement House and Garden – November 15, 2021

I’ve started a Patreon where I talk about all the most insane things going on at the Houseless Movement​ house and Garden. If you want to truly get a front-row seat to the truth of working with homele

I react to the Sheltersuit and Shelterbag for homeless people.

This is their website: https://sheltersuit.com/ This is the video I reacted to: https://www.nbclosangeles.com/news/local/sheltersuit-homeless-los-angeles-waterproof-bed/2757442/

10% of City School Kids Are Homeless

This article just came out: Over 100,000 New York City public school students were homeless last year, data show. – The New York Times About – Akron Public Schools reports that they have more than 21,

My Reaction to Los Angeles Homeless Veterans Move Tents Onto VA Property

My Reaction to Los Angeles Homeless Veterans Move Tents Onto VA Property

Miami Commissioners Pass Ordinance Banning Homeless Encampments

I’m commenting on the video from here: https://miami.cbslocal.com/2021/11/01/miami-commissioners-pass-ordinance-banning-homeless-encampments/

Please Support Building A Bathroom for Homeless Akronites

We at the Houseless Movement are trying to build a bathroom in the basement of our house for the local homeless community. We could REALLY use your help. PLEASE CLICK HERE TO LEARN MORE ABOUT THIS PRO

Mass And Cass’ Homeless Encampment is being Swept

This is how we “deal” with homelessness… just chasing homeless people around town.

DC Homeless Person Is Bulldozed In His Tent During A Camp Sweep

They are now bulldozing human beings.

Why I Wrote The Homeless Activist

I have become incredibly drawn to the mystical and magical forces of the universes these days. The incredible flatness of our universe, quantum wave theory, whether or not we are living in a simulatio

Sage’s Birthday Only Special Offers For His New Book

My newest book, “The Homeless Activist” is coming out on my birthday, September 28. I’ll be 50 years old. The whole lead-up to this day has been very strange for me. Life feels like an unstoppable fre

How I became a homeless activist

My son, who is currently 16, asked me why I no longer run a marketing firm with a bunch of employees. At our peak we had about 16 employees and, as Wikipedia reports accurately, we were generating abo

Sage Against The Machine Podcast – Episode 44

People hate other people and it’s ok.

Sage Against The Machine Podcast – Episode 43

Is it all just hopeless and pointless? Here it is in audio: https://radiofree-rss.streamguys1.com/player/player2108180913195.html

From Facebook: This is what national systematic dysfunction looks like by the numbers.

This is what national systematic dysfunction looks like by the numbers.

The Attack On Homeless People In Akron Ohio

I put this information together in a post on Facebook but thought I’d organize it all here for future reference. First, I posted this document showing the housing code violations the Houseless Movemen

From Facebook: This is the current overhead image of my property in the Summit County Parcel Viewer.

This is the current overhead image of my property in the Summit County Parcel Viewer. This was the very beginning of our village. A few tents around a fire pit. That’s the Spring of 2017.

Rents are skyrocketing in Akron

I just saw this article come over: Rising rents and lots of competition as pandemic eases in Akron In Greater Akron, where the cost of living is about 10% lower than the U.S. average, median rent in M

It’s time for you to learn more about the people we call Chronically Homeless

I need you to understand my friends who live in the woods, under bridges, in abandoned properties. My friend Randy is a perfect example of this kind of person. The only way you are getting them into a

September 6, 2016 Akron Ohio Homeless CONSENT DECREE

Here is the link to the full consent decree. Here is the first paragraph. It’s important because these homeless people and their attorney Rebecca Sremack gave us these protections. This SETTLEMENT AGR

Nick Cacioppo Speaking to Akron City Council on June 21, 2021 about the brutal homeless camp sweeps.

I would like to take a minute to thank my friend Nick Cacioppo for telling truth to power last night at the Akron City Council meeting. He is eloquent, and more importantly, he is right. This is the s

Ricky waiting for the city coming to take all his belongings

This is Ricky. He and 4 other homeless people (all black) have been overlooked by Community Support Services for hotel vouchers. They were all told to go to The Haven. Ricky won’t go because he does n

Study reveals prevalence of multimorbidity among people using methamphetamine

Study reveals prevalence of multimorbidity among people using methamphetamine Compared to adults who do not use the drug, people who use methamphetamine were nearly twice as likely to have medical mul

Sage Against The Machine Podcast

I put out a radio show each week on WMVU, Many Voices United. It airs on Saturdays at 1:00 pm Eastern time. You can catch it live by clicking here. If you have missed any shows they are now archived i

Luther Ayers

Do you remember Luther? He was the 90+ year old World War II veteran who many of you helped pay his house taxes so he wouldn’t lose it? I’ve been told Luther has passed away. Luther illegally sheltere

Homelessness is the desert

These people have a rare opportunity to transcend beyond normal human living. Stealing, bickering, hating, addiction… They get those characteristics from us, their fellow humans. Giving their last dol

City of Akron Official Knows About My Tents

I want to document this process. This is the first document that says the city of Akron is aware of the two tents I currently have on the land owned by the Houseless Movement. I have a friend who trul

The 10 Steps Of Treating The Homeless Condition

Here are the steps and order in which to help homeless people move out of homelessness. 1. Create emergency, triage shelter that is safe.2. Provide access to food and clean water. These two steps are

Homeless News – It’s all about shelter

HUD: Growth Of Homelessness During 2020 Was ‘Devastating,’ Even Before The Pandemic : NPR For the first time since the government began doing the annual count, the number of single adults living outsi

Homeless news – May 6, 2021 – People don’t like homeless people

Austin group protests converting NW Austin hotel into housing for the homeless AUSTIN (KXAN) — People against converting a hotel in northwest Austin into housing for the homeless brought their concern

Homeless News – May 5, 2021 – Austin brings back camping ban

Prop B Austin results: Voters bring back homeless camping ban After all votes were counted in Austin, Proposition B soared to victory in a race many thought would be tighter than it ended up. In a hot

Homeless News – May 2, 2021 – Sometimes I barely can take reading these headlines.

Tiny home village to be built for Salt Lake City’s homeless population | Texomashomepage.com SALT LAKE CITY (ABC4) — Salt Lake City Mayor Erin Mendenhall announced progress on the build of tiny homes

Richard Grass. Akron Humanitarian Rights Fighter

This is Richard Grass. He’s an important person in the humanitarian fight for homeless rights in Akron Ohio. He is seen here wearing his tent because the city came and stole every single other item of

You Fully Funded The Kickstarter for My New Book!

The support you show me and our homeless neighbors is so overwhelming. I am continually shocked and amazed by how much goodness there is in the world. I’m currently on the second edit of the book. I’m

Homeless News – April 29, 2021 – Overseers are getting sick of it.

Homeless People Pitch Tent on 86th and Broadway – iLovetheUpperWestSide.com Three homeless people have set up a tent on the Broadway median at 86th Street, the NY Post reports. Santa Cruz homeless cam

Homeless News – April 26, 2021 – Formerly Homeless Man Runs For Ohio Governor

COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — A once-homeless Ohio man whose smooth radio voice made him an Internet sensation a decade ago says he’s running for governor as a Democrat. COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — A once-homeless

Homeless News – April 22, 2021 – All Skid Row Unhoused Residents MUST Be Housed in 180 Days

Auburn council OKs ‘tough love’ ordinance for homeless who repeatedly refuse help offers | KATU AUBURN, Wash. — Auburn City Council members voted Monday evening to adopt a so-called “tough love” ordin

Homeless News – April 15, 2021 – People still hate homeless people…

Cuyahoga County Is Using Alternative Methods For Housing The Homeless “We’re seeing that mass warehousing of people experiencing homelessness is not a safe nor dignified way to practice emergency shel

Homeless News – April 7, 2021 – Homeless Camps Are More Common

As a person who watches the news about homelessness every day, I can tell you without a doubt… homeless camps are becoming more common and homeless people are standing up for their rights more. Covid

Lack of understanding Consequences for your actions

Some homeless people have difficulty processing consequences for their actions. “If you don’t clean up this space I’m going to make you move off my land.” They can see that there are benefits for livi

Homeless News April 1, 2021 – Camp Sweeps and Yurts

Yurt program offers new solutions to housing for the homeless In the future, groups like AIM would like to see more yurts on private and city property as a solution to the area’s growing housing probl

Homeless News for 3/31/2021 – A Skating Rink becomes a homeless shelter.

Tents Needed for Homeless – Fox21Online DULUTH, Minn. – CHUM is in need of tents to provide for those who are homeless. The warming shelter will be closing on March 31st and while the shelter may be o

March 30, 2021 Homeless News – It’s all about camps

Los Angeles park closed after protest to save homeless camp – Santa Monica Daily Press A newly installed fence surrounded a Los Angeles park Thursday after a late-night confrontation between police an

Homeless News – March 25, 2021 – More Sweeps

San Jose to resume clearing homeless camps, focusing near schools The healthcare the county has been able to offer unhoused people has improved dramatically over the past year, because people have sta

Homeless News – March 24, 2021 – Homeless Camp Sweeps Are Everywhere

Growing homeless camp on Seattle’s Capitol Hill underscores citywide issue | king5.com A mile away from Miller Playfield, the Low Income Housing Institute (LIHI) held a ribbon-cutting to mark the open

Homeless News – March 22, 2021 – Camp sweeps and massive homeless increase

City of San Jose Removing Homeless Camp to Make Way for Coyote Creek Trail Renovations – NBC Bay Area Renovations for San Jose’s Coyote Creek Trail may result in the largest homeless camp removals sin

Sunday Morning With Sage – The Corrupt Akron Government AND Sex and The Church

Let’s talk about this: The man accused of killing eight people, including six women of Asian descent, blamed “sexual addiction,” a disputed term used in parts of evangelical culture. https://www.nytim

Why I Act The Way I Act

Some people cringe at my outbursts. They tell me that my anger and attacks on politicians is childish and hurtful to my overall cause. I am nothing if not intentional in my actions. Some may think tha

Akron City Councilman Mike Freeman Bashing Me For Having The Audacity Of Speaking at City Council

This was at the December 3, 2018 Akron City Council Meeting as the city destroys our tent village while not housing 14 of our 50+ Residents They Promised To House. The original full council video is h

Homeless News – March 17, 2021 – Organization lets people camp on their personal property and city threatens to sue them.

Homeless camping outside a Santa Ana non-profit at center of dispute – Orange County Register What began as a few people sleeping outside El Centro Cultural de Mexico in downtown Santa Ana has, in rec

Homeless News – March 16, 2021 – Man Plows Into Homeless Camp Killing 3

3 die when car hits 9 people in San Diego homeless camp – 104.5 WOKV SAN DIEGO — (AP) — A driver plowed through a sidewalk homeless encampment Monday in downtown San Diego, killing three people and in

Homeless News – March 15 2021 – Savannah is getting it. Fort Meyers Is NOT getting it.

Homeless set up tents next to City Hall to push for solutions. Four days later, Dallas rousted them again. Camp Rhonda, a homeless encampment of about 30 tents, was moving Friday for the second time i

More people living in homeless camps in Savannah

This is from this article: ‘I think it’s going to get worse’: More people living in homeless camps in Savannah Savannah looks like they are addressing their homeless crisis with intelligence and strat

Homeless People Getting Kicked Out of Lions Park in Fort Meyers

Yet again, these fucking homeless service providers blame homeless people for not “accepting help.” That’s just propaganda bullshit so that we don’t wake up to the fact that these homeless service pro

PLEASE follow and be aware of the work The United Front Against Displacement is doing.

“We are an anti-gentrification organization that was founded to unite the struggles of working class people against gentrification, displacement and criminalization.” They were in the news yesterday f

Homeless News – 3-10-2021 – Jacksonville Cruelly Sweeps Homeless Camp

Callowhill park will be built for and designed by homeless people in Philadelphia Though the consulting with homeless people hasn’t started yet, some notions of what should be built into the space are

Jacksonville Florida Sweeps Homeless Camp and Sends Them To A Concentration Camp

Pastor Kimberley Pullings from FHC Live Church is nothing other than an apologist for Jacksonville government. “It’s scary, we understand it’s traumatic. we understand that you’re hurt. You’re fearful

Homeless News – March 9, 2021 – Shipping Containers and $16 million Tents

Newark unveils homeless shelter made from converted shipping containers – nj.com Newark Homelessness Czar Sakinah Hoyte held back tears as she unvield a lot filled with seven converted shipping contai

Homeless News – March 4, 2021 – Camp Sweeps Are Back

I thought maybe the Covid would change the mentality of city governments towards their homeless residents. I was wrong. They still despise them. At Denny Park, Seattle quietly tries to remove homeless

Homeless News – March 3, 2021 – Individuals are the real heroes for our houseless friends

Showers for the homeless now available in Downtown Stockton | abc10.com STOCKTON, Calif. — Those who are experiencing homelessness in Stockton have a new way to shower and be clean. The Downtown Stock

Video From The Last Days Of Akron’s Tent City

This video brought back a TON of memories. This was some of the last footage of our village as we were forced to shut it down by order of the City of Akron.

Homeless News – February 24, 2021 – bureaucracy changes nothing

Less homeless people had shelter in Maricopa County in 2020 than any other year In Maricopa County, housing experts say they only expect the homelessness problem to get worse as more people are dealin

Homeless News – February 23, 2021 – Homeless People Are Under Attack in America because they have nowhere to go. This is state sponsored murder.

Homeless camp evictions on ODOT property frustrates some Bend residents | Local&State | bendbulletin.com Several residents in the past week have written emails or spoken to the Bend City Council with

I LOVE These Hope of the Valley Tiny Homes

This is SO amazing. Every city in America needs these. Because housing costs are wildly out of whack with income these kinds of tiny home villages will be an inevitable part of all major cities in Ame

Homeless News – February 19 2021 – Murder, food and zoning makes an elderly woman homeless

Helping the homeless: Austin volunteers pay for hotel rooms, deliver food | KXAN Austin AUSTIN (KXAN) — As temperatures reach new lows and snow and ice pile up on the streets, the homeless camps that

Homeless News For February 18, 2021 – The war against the homeless ramps up coast to coast but at least Berlin Germany gives a fuck.

Berlin Germany hotels open their doors to homeless during pandemic | Germany| News and in-depth reporting from Berlin and beyond | DW | 16.02.2021 Berlin’s shelters have run out of space during the co

Homeless Headlines for February 16, 2021 – Vaccines, Extreme Cold, Photo-op Camp Sweep

I’m going to try putting all the homeless headlines I found interesting for the day into one post. L.A. homeless COVID vaccine distribution is fraught with obstacles – Los Angeles Times Doctors and nu

It’s Cold – Roll the “We’re concerned about homeless people” PR Statements

Here are a bunch of articles talking about how “concerned” people are about homeless people freezing to death in America. It’s all bullshit. Do you know what happens when a bank looks like it might fa

If the government is going to kill me I’d prefer they do it when I’m unarmed

Other than a box cutter I carry on me to open boxes of food I give out to homeless people, I have no weapons. No stun gun, no pepper spray, and certainly no guns. I don’t want the government to be abl

There is a homeless serial killer in New York City

Violent Spree Against Homeless People in Subway Leaves 2 Dead – The New York Times The first killing was just after 11 p.m. Friday on a subway train in Queens: The police found a man, apparently homel

Spokane homeless shelters at capacity during coldest temperatures of the season

Spokane homeless shelters at capacity during coldest temperatures of the season | krem.com SPOKANE COUNTY, Wash. — CORRECTION: KREM previously reported three deaths resulted from exposure, according t

Fire doused at Kalamazoo homeless camp

We must be experimenting with new, safer and inexpensive forms of heating for homeless people. Fire doused at Kalamazoo homeless camp | WOODTV.com KALAMAZOO, Mich. (WOOD) — Crews were called Friday to

Homeless man freezes to death one block away from shelter

The question is: what was wrong with the shelter that this man felt that a tent was better than a shelter. And don’t say it was because he wanted to do drugs. People do drugs in shelters all the time.

Advocates for Homeless Sue N.Y.C. Subway System Over Covid Rules

Advocates for Homeless Sue N.Y.C. Subway System Over Covid Rules – The New York Times Advocates for homeless people in New York City sued the Metropolitan Transportation Authority on Friday over a ser

San Pedro Developer Intentionally Tortured Nearby Homeless People

Make no mistake, this man’s goal was to hurt and torture local homeless people. But because he did it to homeless people he won’t see any consequences of his actions. Jerico Development Sorry for Blas

We should all be sick of the ‘homeless issue’ | Opinion

This is an opinion piece written by Taylor Biro. I found it here. Taylor is a community activist and social worker. She specializes in working with folks who are living outside and who are at risk of

Propane tank heater for homeless people explodes

Emergency heat is a serious issue that needs addressed. This video is based on this story.

Asheville leaders discuss destruction of homeless camp

ASHEVILLE, N.C. (WLOS) — Asheville City Council addressed last week’s homeless camp controversy during their meeting Tuesday night. NCDOT crews cleared a homeless camp of seven to 10 people underneath

Man is ‘godsend’ to people living in Minneapolis homeless camps

Man is ‘godsend’ to people living in Minneapolis homeless camps | Grand Forks Herald Ring, of Stillwater, had driven over for the day with a pickup truck full of supplies. It was 10 degrees and he was

Oregon bill aims to largely ban ‘sit-lie’ laws

This is another major, hopeful turn of events for homeless people in West coast states. People are finally waking up to the idea that homelessness is an emergency situation. It is not a choice. Here’s

Boise Idaho Homeless People Have Just Won Their Anti-Homeless War

This is a huge step forward for the fundamental and basic human right to be able to live somewhere if you have nowhere else to go.

Police let homeless camps grow while taking new approach to combat problem in Sparks | KRNV

https://mynews4.com/on-your-side/sparks-police-let-homeless-camp-grow-take-different-approach-to-combat-problem Instead of clearing out the homeless and throwing away their belongings like many other

‘We got rules down here.’ East Bay homeless camps are getting organized – East Bay Times

This group is helping people better organize their homeless camps. The meeting was part of an experiment started by the tiny grassroots group Safe Organized Spaces Richmond, which tries to organize ho

German City Installs Pods For Homeless People To Sleep In

German City Installs Pods For Homeless People To Sleep In We’ve got homeless people who can’t go to shelters, and we don’t want them to freeze to death. Can you do something about this?’ And our exper

Comparing a Homeless Person To A Third Grader

I have been a substitute teacher for the last year or so. I started in the Akron Public Schools. And now I’m at a private school. I’m incredibly fortunate in my life right now to be able to experiment

Tiny home village for homeless people opens in North Hollywood | KTLA

https://ktla.com/news/local-news/l-a-s-1st-tiny-home-village-for-homeless-people-opens-in-north-hollywood/ The village, which has 40 homes and 75 beds for people experiencing homelessness, is one of t

City clears homeless camp under Amoskeag Bridge following fire | Social Issues | unionleader.com

https://www.unionleader.com/news/social_issues/city-clears-homeless-camp-under-amoskeag-bridge-following-fire/article_d85116af-7745-5d39-a9d8-358f6226daf2.html People who for months had been sleeping

Bellingham gives notice to clear homeless camp near city’s Civic Athletic Complex | KOMO

BELLINGHAM, Wash. – Bellingham city officials have given people living at a homeless camp in the parking lot of the city’s Civic Athletic Complex until 4 p.m. Friday to pack up and leave. https://komo

Stillwater man adopts Minneapolis homeless camps

Ring, who owns Ring Lawn Care in Stillwater, is one of the camp’s favorite aid workers, said Prince, who’s been living in homeless camps for the past six months. “He knows what it’s like because he li

NYTimes: After Abuse Allegations, $2 Billion Homeless Shelter Network Faces Scrutiny

After Abuse Allegations, $2 Billion Shelter Network Faces Scrutiny https://nyti.ms/3p2GAKd This New York homeless leader abused women, gave plum jobs to his family and got rich. This is extreme. BUT I

Homeless People Refuse To Allow Homeless Woman To Buy Tacos Before Church

I don’t know what the homeless people are against this woman’s pre-church taco obsession but they are and SOMETHING MUST BE DONE ABOUT IT. https://news4sanantonio.com/news/local/city-crews-to-clear-ou

San Jose business owners say they are fed up with homeless

We live in a country where it is completely acceptable to display homeless hate. ‘Do something!’ –San Jose business owners say they are fed up with homeless – San José Spotlight “We will soon see a he

Oregon could limit bans on homeless camping

These kinds of laws are a start to end anti-homeless policy. Everyone must be able to live somewhere in their own city regardless of how much money they have. Safe spaces for tents is a requirement fo

Council, mayor to consider permanent homeless encampment site near downtown Indianapolis

There truly isn’t any other morally acceptable solution than this. We need triage emergency shelter for every single American who needs it TONIGHT. Council, mayor to consider permanent homeless encamp

New homeless camp appears after Bellingham sweep near City Hall

Homeless people have every right in the book to be angry. New homeless camp appears after Bellingham sweep near City Hall | king5.com Neighbors fear the camp will increase crime, drive away business a

Activists take over Washington hotel to demand housing for homeless during pandemic

If you are new to this fight you need to know that we have asked kindly for YEARS. There is not much left to do other than what these people are doing. Activists take over Washington hotel to demand h

Local churches house homeless from snow storm in Harrisburg PA

Doing what is right isn’t hard once you wake up to the fact that it is a moral necessity to do so. Local churches house homeless from snow storm HARRISBURG, Pa. (WHTM) — The Christian Churches United

Large Homeless Encampment Reappears In East Oakland; Business Owners, Neighbors Begging City Officials To Take Action

STAND STRONG HOUSELESS PEOPLE! You are right. They are wrong. Large Homeless Encampment Reappears In East Oakland; Business Owners, Neighbors Begging City Officials To Take Action – CBS San Francisco

Salt Lake City activist allows new homeless encampment on his front lawn

If just a few people would be willing to shelter homeless people and they were seen as heroes and not pariahs homelessness would be over tomorrow. Salt Lake City activist allows new homeless encampmen

‘Save our community’: Neighbors protest against plan to house homeless people at northwest Austin hotel

‘Save our community’: Neighbors protest against plan to house homeless people at northwest Austin hotel | KXAN Austin AUSTIN (KXAN) — Neighbors of a northwest Austin hotel touted as a potential locati

Protesters for the homeless told to leave vacant building in Kalamazoo

Protesters for the homeless told to leave vacant building in Kalamazoo | WWMT KALAMAZOO, Mich. — A group of activists for the homeless took over a former publishing building in Kalamazoo near a homele

For the first time, Sacramento opens parking garage to provide homeless shelter from winter storms

For the first time, Sacramento opens parking garage to provide homeless shelter from winter storms “We mobilized that in just a few hours,” said Daniel Bowers, director of emergency services for the C

Opinion | How Many Americans Are Homeless? No One Knows – The New York Times

We don’t count homeless people accurately because we don’t want to let on what an incredible nightmare is truly going on in the richest, most Christian country in the world. Opinion | How Many America

The People Stand With Their Homeless Brothers and Sisters in Bellingham Washington

If you have learned nothing else in 2020 I hope you learned that you simply can’t ask the government nicely to bring justice to its people. There is no other alternative other than fighting for it.

2 Homeless People Died During Storm Overnight

This only happens for one reason: We judge homeless people for their suffering. And so we leave them to freeze to death on the streets of the most Christian, richest country in the world. 2 Homeless P

The former “Super K-Mart” at Winchester and Riverdale has now become a small homeless camp

“It makes us look really bad as a city.” – this is the essence of the entire homeless epidemic. People are embarrassed they have poor people that have nowhere to live. Hickory Hill residents frustrate

Pallet creating prefab tiny homes for the homeless

I feel like $5000 is still too expensive. But I like these. A lot. Pallet creating prefab tiny homes for the homeless – Business Insider “What we felt was really missing from the housing spectrum was

Duluth is building yurts for homeless people

This isn’t hard. Allowing people to freeze to death unsheltered in immoral, inhumane and cruel. Anyone who thinks withholding shelter from a person with no shelter is evil and cruel. Duluth advocates

Save Austin Now looks to put the homeless camping ban on the May ballot

Save Austin Now looks to put the homeless camping ban on the May ballot | KXAN Austin “Homelessness is not being addressed right now. Telling a homeless person they can sleep in a tent in 30-degree we

Sacramento City Council Approves Rules Allowing Homeless Encampments On ‘Safe Ground’ Sites

This is the future! I guarantee it. There is no other way. Sacramento City Council Approves Rules Allowing Homeless Encampments On ‘Safe Ground’ Sites – capradio.org The Sacramento City Council voted

Hazelnut Grove homeless village to be cleared

The truth of homeless camps sweeps is that they are doing exactly what they have always done to people that don’t like… they are forcing them to move somewhere else. Doing this is in our DNA. We did i

Addiction In The Homeless Community

There is yet again another mean and hurtful conversation going on in the homeless community on facebook here: I’m being accused of being a piece of shit. It’s really nothing new. It comes up from time

Police Are Sending Homeless People To Places They Are Clearing Because There Is Nowhere Else To Send Them

This is how fucked up homelessness has become. They close services and then send people to those services because there is no other place to send them. Police OFTEN sent homeless people to our tent vi

Fire At Homeless Camp During Inauguration Rehearsal

It’s like a cry for help (that was completely ignored). Capitol lockdown lifted: Inauguration rehearsal participants briefly evacuated after fire in homeless camp | NewsNation Now The U.S. Capitol com

“Only” $200,000 Per Bed to house homeless people in this one test project.

L.A. project shows homeless housing can be done quickly, cheaply – Los Angeles Times From start to finish in under five months and at a cost of about $200,000 per bed, it has shaved years and hundreds

Small managed homeless encampments are part of the answer

Guest Commentary | Small managed homeless encampments are part of the answer – Santa Cruz Sentinel We believe that small, managed encampments that have sanitary facilities, some measure of self-govern

A bodybuilding pastor: Homeless advocate Scott Wagers is unapologetic about his calling – San José Spotlight

A bodybuilding pastor: Homeless advocate Scott Wagers is unapologetic about his calling – San José Spotlight In 1997, in the middle of a cold El Niño winter, Wagers opened an informal homeless shelter

Needles Clog Bathroom In San Jose

Bullshit! Needles don’t clog toilets. using t-shirts for feminine products does. San Jose cuts water in park with large homeless population, blames needles – San José Spotlight But the water was turne

Aurora Mayor Mike Coffman describes why he immersed himself in the homeless community

It’s unfortunate that the mayor’s conclusion ended so simplistically and unnuanced. “Those hippies just want to do drugs” does very little to think rationally about the situation. It also is extremely

Lansing Michigan Throws Away Homeless People’s Belongings

Garbage trucks arrive at Back 40 homeless camp day after death LANSING — City-funded garbage trucks arrived a homeless encampment Thursday morning, carting away several tents, sleeping bags and trash

Aurora Colorado Mayor Goes Undercover As a Homeless Man

I don’t know a lot of details about this situation. But apparently the mayor’s conclusion after doing this is that staying at a camp is a lifestyle choice versus going to a shelter. I guess that’s tru

Homeless Hate Is Real

Vandal damages Portland tiny home village designed for homeless – KTVZ PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Multnomah County officials and police say the opening of a tiny home village for homeless people in North P

St Paul Homeless Camp Sweeps are Illegal Evictions

The way we shut down camps is absolutely illegal and cruel and inhumane. It must end NOW. As St. Paul homeless camps cleared, tough questions emerge | Duluth News Tribune “How the (expletive) are you

Ogden, Utah people turn out en masse at council meeting to protest homeless camp dispersal

Ogdenites turn out en masse at council meeting to protest homeless camp dispersal | Local News | standard.net Castillo and several of the speakers at Tuesday’s council meeting noted Centers for Diseas

Concord New Hampshire Report finds a ‘tidal wave’ of homelessness

There are a lot of great statistics in this article about homelessness in New Hampshire. Report finds a ‘tidal wave’ of homelessness In January, the point-in-time study found that homelessness had gro

Denver’s first sanctioned homeless encampments offer a glimmer of hope, stability

This is such an obvious need I can’t believe we have to fight so hard to make them happen. Denver’s first sanctioned homeless encampments offer a glimmer of hope, stability Benjamin said the safe outd

The Generator Experiment – Introduction

1/5/2021 If I see my friend Ashleigh Hughes as the potential Evangelical Dorothy Day, I see myself as the homeless anthropologist equivalent of Jane Goodall. The problem with my comparison to Jane Goo

Sweeping Kansas City homeless camp killed Scott “Sixx” Eike

Man froze to death after sweep of Kansas City homeless camp | The Kansas City Star On New Year’s Day, Eike, 41, was found dead from exposure, said Nellie Ann McCool with Free Hot Soup. Temperatures we

Dismazed and Driven: My Look at Family Homelessness in America by Diane Nilan

Telling stories is how humans learn best. I’m so thankful Diane Nilan has created this memoir: Dismazed and Driven Memoir – Diane shares stories from her 15 years on America’s backroads as she chronic

It Never Matters That People Are Freezing To Death On The Streets of The Richest Country In The World

I’ve been following this story since it began. Basically, an activist group occupied a hotel and put homeless people in it. Some with chronic illnesses. Some with Covid. And then what happened next is

Second homeless person dies in the cold in Kansas City

When is enough enough? American homelessness is a needless and tragic and cruel humanitarian disaster. Second homeless person dies in the cold in Kansas City A deceased person was found in a vacant bu

Boston Doesn’t Have Enough Homeless Shelter Space

Massachusetts shelters lack space for homeless as winter arrives BOSTON — As temperatures fall and positive coronavirus cases rise, advocates are concerned about homelessness in Massachusetts, where s

[The Washington Post] The stock market is ending 2020 at record highs, even as the virus surges and millions go hungry

The stock market is ending 2020 at record highs, even as the virus surges and millions go hungry By Hamza Shaban and Heather Long https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2020/12/31/stock-market-record

Tacoma Housing Now Has Occupied A Hotel To Save Homeless People

STAND STRONG @TacHousing! We all must stand with our homeless brothers and sisters in this brutal and cruel and torturous homeless system in America. Tacoma Housing Now Has Occupied A Hotel To Save Ho

Lost to COVID-19: Akron native Rev. Tom Weller died of COVID-19

Doug Livingston of the Akron Beacon Journal did a very nice piece on Tom Weller here: https://www.beaconjournal.com/story/news/2020/12/28/lost-covid-19-akron-native-rev-tom-weller-died-covid-19/391001

132 Homeless Kids in Ardmore, Oklahoma

Ardmore, Oklahoma population is 24,795. The racial makeup of the city is 73.02% White, 11.27% African American, 8.78% Native American. About 13.6% of families and 18.3% of the population were below th

Boston shelters lack space for homeless as winter arrives

Shelters lack space for homeless as winter arrives Estimates of the size of the state’s homeless population hovers around the 18,000 mark, according to estimates from a 2019 report by the U.S. Departm

Denver Opens Its First Safe Open Space

Given the state and structure of the United States of America, Safe Open Spaces, aka sanctioned tent villages, are inevitable and absolutely critically needed NOW. Denver’s first legal homeless encamp

Santa Cruz activists halt homeless camp eviction

We MUST fight along side our homeless brothers and sisters for their fundamental right to live in their own country. Thank you Santa Cruz for standing strong. Santa Cruz activists halt homeless camp e

Poverty Is Coming Back To America

I now firmly believe that the era from about 1950 – 1980 was an anomaly. There was money. And it was spread widely across America. But that’s not how capitalism is meant to work. Capitalism is a game

What Sleeping Outside on Christmas Eve Did to Me

My wife loves when my actions take the moral high ground. That’s why she supported our homeless tent village. And that why she supported me spending Christmas Eve night sleeping outside in solidarity

Human Rights of Homeless People MUST Be Fought For

Homeless Encampments – The Shift #RIGHT2HOUSING The Shift has developed several resources to help ensure the rights of encampment residents are upheld. Download them and use them in your community!

LA Homeless Camp Sweeps Continue Despite CDC Guidelines

Attorneys decry ‘cleanups’ of homeless encampments during pandemic in LA – Lookout Local Santa Cruz “There is simply no public health justification for continuing the displacement of unhoused resident

The visual stain of homelessness

St. Paul clears out homeless camp in Kellogg Mall Park; 7 more to be vacated | Duluth News Tribune “We only care (about housing the homeless) when we see it visually,” said St. Paul resident Joe James

Still No Room At The Inn

I am planning a peaceful protest on Christmas Eve night. I will be building a makeshift shelter in rememberance that thousands of years ago a man and woman, who was very late in her pregnancy, were tr

The Akron Law The Homeless Won

I want to make sure this does not get lost either by the city law department OR the city as a whole. On September 6, 2016 these homeless Akronites won a settlement and consent decree against the city

Why Can’t Akron Have These Pallet Tiny Homes?

‘Pallets’ pop up around Lane County to shelter homeless people The county purchased 120 shelters for $888,300, which was covered by money from the federal CARES Act. The county allocated $1.25 million

Salem Homeless Camps Washed Away By Flooding

‘This is heart-wrenching’: Salem homeless camps washed away by flooding | kgw.com “This is the first time I’ve been homeless like this and it’s really been an emotional drain for me. It’s heartbreakin

Portland sees dramatic rise in deaths of homeless people

This is going to be a brutal winter for homeless people all over the world. Mass evictions plus less shelter space due to social distancing = More Dead Homeless People. Portland sees dramatic rise in

National Coalition for the Homeless 20 Years of Hate – National Coalition for the Homeless

https://nationalhomeless.org/20-years-of-hate/ California saw the most crimes against people experiencing homelessness in 2018 and 2019. Often considered ground zero for homelessness, Los Angeles, in

Thou Shall Not Be Poor

Let’s be honest… We are capitalists. We are swimming in a giant lake of capitalism. We have never swum in any other lake. This lake provides for us. And we all love to talk about how absolutely incred

Melise Gave Away $1000 of Chick-fil-A to Homeless People

Lansing Sweeps Homeless Camp Despite CDC Guidelines.

Lansing officials tell people to leave homeless camp by Monday “Clearing encampments can cause people to disperse throughout the community and break connections with service providers,” the guidance s

St. Paul Homeless Camp Fire

Fire breaks out at downtown St. Paul homeless encampment – StarTribune.com Friday’s fire comes as city officials are preparing to close eight homeless encampments in the city, including the one at Kel

Seattle Police Arrest Homeless People

Seattle police clear homeless camp, make arrests | TribLIVE.com SEATTLE — Police cleared a homeless camp in Seattle early Friday morning after a judge declined to block authorities from removing the p

From CNN: With evictions ban expiring soon, new housing crisis could threaten minorities most

With evictions ban expiring soon, new housing crisis could threaten minorities most “Communities of color are the hardest hit by the eviction crisis, representing 80 percent of the vulnerable,” accord

9.9 million

According to the US Census Household Pulse Survey, by the end of October, 9.9 million Americans were not up-to-date on their rent or mortgage payments and had little to no confidence that their househ

NEWSFLASH: Homeless People Are Not Animals

Here’s an article on the fact that only 2 people went into an emergency shelter: Only two homeless people sought safety in emergency winter storm shelter – but for providers, it’s a teaching moment –

A federal judge will not stop the city from clearing out a homeless encampment in Seattle.

The story is always the same. Government officials say people “shouldn’t” live in tents. Then they say there is shelter available. But what they DON’T says is that the shelters won’t let you bring you

COMPLACENCY

I can’t decide who frustrates me more: White people who say they care about black people and then elect Joe Biden (who’s sole contribution to BLM so far is to tell you to shut up about “Defunding” the

The Alarm Sounded

When the alarm sounded and a pregnant 20 year old woman needed help… Did the Continuum Care help? Did Access Shelter for women help? Did the battered Women’s shelter help? Did the Haven of Rest Help?

WHAT IF

The Battered Women’s Shelter in Akron has an ENTIRE floor in their spiffy new building that has never been opened to shelter people. They own an entire apartment building that sits empty. They tore do

Akron Movement

I quicky put some ideas together for something I’m calling the Akron Movement. I am SO into the idea of getting people to engage with politics and realize that they have the power to make the world wh

The Dark Night Of The Soul.

THIS is something we need to discuss in greater detail. There is a profound understanding our houseless neighbors have of the power of the Irrational, of a total annihilation, of the darkest depressio

The Needle

I knew who threw this rig on the ground. I was angry at him. But I thought he broke the needle off so I was mixed emotionally about it. But I was wrong. I pulled the orange cap off and the needle was

Why do you care about people?

I’m growing to hate larger and larger swaths of people. People that are irate for having to wear a mask even though there is a good chance it would protect our elderly and sick from dying. People that

Homeless Fact #7 – America Hates Homeless People

My Position On Violent Activism – October 2020.

I watched a really powerful interview on Fox News with the president of Black Lives Matter in New York, Hawk Newsome: This interview was incredibly interesting to me because he is our modern day MLK o

Do The Right Thing

Do the lessons of the world yell at you like they yell at me? I worked at Perkins restaurant washing dishes when I was 14. The manager said I was doing too much. I played the trombone. I played the ce

Sunday Morning With Sage – Trap Houses

We discussed trap houses this morning. It was recorded on August 16, 2020. Here is the audio version: Here is the video Version:

The Societal Importance Of The Trap House

As someone who ran a trap house for a time, let me tell you… it’s a thankless job. People you’ve never met appear out of nowhere. They move in. They bring their belongings (of which they often have a

The Collapse Of An Unsanctioned Homeless Camp

One of the nearly endless frustrations I have with this work is how there is not even a basic curiosity of how these homeless camps work. I’ve never understood why anthropologists aren’t swarming home

Futility

The most futile feeling in the world is sitting in courtrooms and political chambers listening to politicians and appointed officials talk about how I have a “big heart” but zoning laws are more impor

Do The Right Thing

This is Kenny Boldt. He has instilled within me a very powerful motto: “Do the right thing.” Very often I hear his words when I am tired or lazy. “Do the right thing.” A couple weeks ago a grandma, mo

Ohio Supreme Court Declines to Consider Whether Lower Courts May Create Barriers to Lawsuits

Sadly, the Ohio Supreme Court refused to hear our case that our law firm, Institute for Justice, diligently attempted to be heard. Throughout this ENTIRE process we have been fought every step of the

Worried about her dad

80% of the time I’m able to emotionally distance myself (for my own psychological wellbeing) from the brutal suffering caused by homelessness. But sometimes it really hits me. Like this message I got

Sage’s Quarantine Plan For Homeless People In Regards To Coronavirus

I want to put this out there sooner than later. There is a possibility I have already been exposed to coronavirus. So, in the event I get sick I want to make sure my ideas are out there. Obviously, th

Sage’s Recommendations For Working With Homeless People In A Coronavirus World

I want to make very clear that I am not a doctor. I am simply a person who is as educated as many people are with what is happening in our world with Coronavirus. That said, I haven’t seen any realist

Episode 27 – Sage Against the Machine Podcast

Here’s the audio version: And here is the video:

United State and Canada 2020 Homeless Point-in-Time (PIT) Dates and Web site links #pitcount

(Use the hashtag #pitcount and take pictures of the new friends you meet during this count. People getting to spend a little time with homeless people is probably the best and most important part of t

The Point-in-Time (PIT) Count is Complete and Total Bullshit!

If ever there was a more appropriate use of the word “bullshit” in describing something I’ve never seen it. The HUD mandated homeless Point-in-Time (PIT) count is complete and total bullshit. The Depa

Dorothy Day | Alan Graham | Sage Lewis – A communist, a real estate developer and an entrepreneur.

There is a very clear thread that runs through the work of the 3 of us. If you aren’t familiar, Dorothy Day founded the Catholic Workers Movement. She, among other things, created “houses of hospitali

What Akron’s Extreme Evictions Actually Mean To Us All

I was driving a man across town to a friend’s house. He had stayed at our tent village for a time. But I didn’t recall him very clearly. He is deep in the throws of a hard core Fentanyl addiction. Fen

Akron won’t open warming centers until ZERO degrees Fahrenheit

A supporter of ours, Eva Buhite, called the Akron Mayor’s office at 330-375-2256. They told her that they will not open any homeless warming centers until the temperature gets to ZERO degrees. (They a

Intravenous Drug Users: This is for you.

If you are “shocked” by swear words or just actual life in general, this post is not for you. This post is for people that shoot drugs. Look… I don’t give a shit that you shoot drugs. I’d probably sho

Accepting American Slums

Do you know that phrase, “like a bat out of hell?” I don’t think you can truly appreciate a phrase like that until you have actually gone “like a bat out of hell.” We were screaming east on I-20 tryin

So you think I’m slandering Dan Horrigan

The Lamb and The Tyger

The problem with me is that I take things seriously. I don’t read the history of a man like Akronite John Brown and just say, “Aw that’s nice.” No. “John Brown advocated the use of armed insurrection

Dear Governor DeWine – Please Help Us.

Dear Governor DeWine, I am writing because I don’t know where else to turn. Perhaps you have heard about the mulit-year fight we have been having with the city of Akron over the right to shelter our h

Churches: Please have mercy on the homeless.

I’m at a point where I don’t know what else to do. I am certainly not quitting. But it feels like every single thing I do is inadequate and not enough. So I’m just going to beg and plead with you to P

I am a wuss

I am a wuss. I’m in Austin Texas for a symposium at the Community First Village. A sold out group of people from as far away as Australia converged here to discuss the truly revolutionary concepts of

America Hates Poor People

Murderers. Rapists. Pedophiles. Thieves. They all slept inside last night. They play board games. They watch tv. They eat every day. I know it’s prison and people hate being there. But at least, as a

Mayor Horrigan: What’s your plan to protect your homeless citizens this winter?

[wufoo username=”sagerock” formhash=”qjg3psz1f9orim” autoresize=”true” height=”618″ header=”show” ssl=”true”] This is the first winter we don’t have our tent village OR our day center. If you aren’t r

My mom said no

I had a brief encounter with a young girl yesterday. She was probably 6 years old. She was everything you’d expect from a 6 year old. She started a conversation with me. She was smiley. She was curiou

Signs of Grief

I have a friend, Holly White, who has a PhD in spiritual matters. (I’m sorry I can’t recall your exact area of study, Holly. I just don’t have the energy right now to ask anybody.) She and my wife, Ro

Joker is my guy

The new Joker movie came out this weekend. It pushes the outer edge of superhero movies into a new darker world that has never been seen or experienced before. Instead of seeing Gotham through Batman’

The Governor of Texas Hates Homeless People

Let me set the stage: The mayor of Austin Texas Steve Adler and Austin city council voted, fair and square, to allow homeless people to camp on city land in Austin. Homeless people aren’t allowed to c

The Negative Behavior Police

There is a very important statement made by a high up leader in homeless services here in Akron Ohio. It’s stated in this article in the Akron Beacon Journal made by Keith Stahl Director of Operations

Do you remember that time the entire Summit County Continuum of Care came out against us? I do.

It was an opinion piece signed by Mar-Quetta Boddie, Rebecca Callahan, Keith Stahl and Fred Berry AND “the view of 11 other members of the Continuum of Care for the Homeless” It was entitled “Second C

American Untouchables

The extreme suffering the street brings is a constant hum. Hunger, isolation, hatred, beatings, rape, torture. And then death. It’s constant. A constant hum of grinding suffering. It doesn’t have to b

Sage Lewis the activist

In 2014 Arnold Abbot, a 90 year old man, was charged with feeding the homeless in public in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. Those “do not feed laws” in Fort Lauderdale still exist. Mayor Jack Seiler told WP

The Black Market

You can buy nearly anything on the black market. Food. Phones. Laptops. Clothes. Tools. Video game consoles. The prices for those kinds of things are unbelievably low. I’ve seen a Nintendo Switch that

Scumbag Activists

There have been a couple local activists getting some heat recently for being less than ethical in their social giving. This, I think, is shocking to the person in the cross hairs of these accusations

Of Course I Still Love You

I sometimes have to remind myself that there is a cherry red Tesla convertible hurdling RIGHT NOW into the distant asteroid belt of our solar system. It will likely fly through space for millions of y

A Fiduciary Responsibility

This week I got word that “the church” across the street from where we have our dumpster located wants us to move it. It’s not on their land. It’s across the street from them. But having to look at it

Magic Housing Unicorn

There’s a high profile homelessness “expert” who is against these tiny houses that are popping up all over the country for homeless people. Barbara Poppe, who coordinated federal homelessness policy f

What the hell just happened?

I can make no promises as to what is about to be vomited on this page or if I’ll have the energy to clean it up afterwards. I guess shock is a good word. I’m still in shock. Last week, I and many incr

My “Big Heart”

I always cringe a little when people tell me I have a “big heart.” It’s something I hear fairly regularly. But it’s definitely not how I see myself. When they say it I imagine Forest Gump. A well mean

God who raises the dead

It’s hard to compete with the writings of a guy like Paul. Hell, it’s hard to compete with any of the great leaders of humanity. I feel like a tool when I compare my writings and thoughts to someone l

Standing Up To Bullies

I went to bed with this message ringing in my head last night: I suspect this person didn’t care for my piece on where I stood with drug dealers. This message amuses me because it was a rather big dea

Fighting 21st Century Homelessness with 19th Century Tools

If you haven’t checked it out, I HIGHLY recommend Dan Carlin’s podcast, “Hardcore History.” You can pick any of them. They are all great. When I think of how society treats homelessness today it remin

Austin Texas: A MAJOR WIN FOR HOMELESS HUMAN RIGHTS

People are pissed. I don’t need to quote any social media comments for you to imagine how people feel about Austin Texas’ new law which would permit the city’s homeless population to sleep or camp in

Hanging out with prostitutes

There are a couple reasons I enjoy spending time with prostitutes. First, they often lift my spirits. Their job is to make a person feel better. It’s a skill that is actually quite rare and not as eas

Mayor Horrigan Says NO ONE Should Be Homeless in Akron Ohio

We are never going to get off the dime if we can’t break down the issue of homelessness in Akron Ohio. The position of Mayor Horrigan’s office is that no one needs to live in a tent in Akron Ohio. We

So ya want to save the world, here’s some tips

One of the more embarrassing and amusing aspects of doing this homeless work is I honestly believed the city was going to thank me. I thought they’d come by and say something like, “there are some thi

We are all addicts

A friend of mine came to our homeless village recently. She said she was literally shaking after reading some of the things people said about the homeless and me. Humans that feel sheltered by the ano

On being a good person

I saw this really interesting video on how Facebook and Twitter trigger us emotionally: It reminded me of how we are all paid off by drugs. We are all addicted to dopamine and opioids. Social Media Tr

Loss – January 5, 2019

I have a great deal on my mind today. Transition is like that. What we knew and could count on is gone. What is in front of us is uncertain. This space of transition is very uncomfortable for most peo

Benedict Joseph Labre – The Patron Saint Of The Homeless

It seems taboo to think about, much less discuss, any religion that is not our own. Protestants don’t read Thomas Merton. Catholics don’t read Rick Warren. Atheists refuse to explore any God-based rel

Why I’m Not Running For Political Office This Coming Year

I love politics. Dementia runs in my family. I tell my wife that if that ever happens to me just put me in any room of your choosing with C-SPAN running 24/7. I’ll be fine. I’ve had a couple people co

S.A.D.

This is a picture of Donnie. Her husband died. His pension ran out. She lost her house. She is now homeless. This rain. 40 degree rain is the worst. And it just felt unrelenting this week. I think it

Dear Akron Beacon Journal Editorial Board

This is the editorial I am commenting on here: Beacon Journal/Ohio.com editorial board: Sage Lewis goes to court It’s likely that link will break soon. Their content management system typically pulls

What Can Liberals Do Now That Trump Is President?

I was talking with a homeless friend of mine this past week. He said, “I know you don’t like Trump. But Trump is the best thing to ever happen to you.” Look at this gun sales chart: The best thing tha

Sage Lewis – Chosen to Chair Project RISE Auxiliary Committee

I’m not the kind of person other people typically entrust to important jobs. “Loose canon” is a common phrase I’ve heard to describe me. But for some reason, Debra Manteghi, the Program Manager of Pro

Homeless Kids Can’t Get Housing Help if they go to college

So let me break this down for you: Let’s say you are a homeless kid. Good news! There are programs to help you get a place to live. Let’s say you are a homeless kid that wants to go to college. No mor

Homeless GoFundMe Accounting

I have another campaign coming up so I wanted to get my finances together. (I’ll tell you more about it soon.) But I wanted to post where we are with our money. In a nutshell: The Shoes for Homeless K

Here’s the biggest thing you can do for homeless kids right now…

How much money do you think the national government spends on helping homeless kids? Before you guess, let me give you some budgets the government does spend money on: Printing Costs ($930,000,000) Ma

Unadopted Akron Family Needs Your Help This Christmas

I got an email last night from Debra Manteghi, the Program Manager for Project RISE: the only group in Akron that solely focuses on homeless kids in the Akron area. They organize an “adoption” of fami

Um… Wait. What????

Yesterday, a large, but simple box came to our office from Paris Hatters in San Antonio Texas. That was strange because almost all boxes we get come from Amazon, or recently from Wal-Mart for the shoe

Harvest Dinner for Local Families Experiencing Homelessness

Probably the most influential post I’ve ever written was discussing the 2200 homeless kids that are in Akron and the only group that is solely responsible for helping them: Project R.I.S.E. (Realizing

Accounting Update for No Feet Left Behind – Socks Edition

I’m a big believer in transparency. So I wanted to upload my completed order from Sam’s Club for socks and Ziploc Freezer Bags. It’s for a total of $269.62. There have been $325 in donations at our “N

Shoes For Homeless Kids: 11 Donations, $214, 2 Days

https://www.gofundme.com/akronshoes Because so much of my work is on email I tend to take an email break over the weekends. Email can get a little overwhelming. But this Monday morning, today, could p

2200 Homeless Kids In Akron

When I write these posts I try to come up with a catchy headline. I try to say something that will make you stop a second and consider clicking into read the rest of the story. If 2200 homeless kids i