August 2009
D-Quip
Swim upstream.
Even a dead fish
can go with the
flow.
Jim Hightower
BTW...
Miss last month’s
newsletter? Want to sign up to receive this monthly
newsletter? It’s free, we give your email address to NO ONE, and we don’t
bug you. Please share it with your circle of compassionate friends!
Want to share your
hard-earned money with a worthwhile group? Donations to HEAR US are
tax-deductible and greatly appreciated. Make a 1-time or monthly donation. Your
choice—CLICK HERE.
|
|
|
Greetings!
Back to school time means you're busy. So I'll keep this short. HEAR US makes BTS time easier when it comes to homeless students. We help you by providing powerful, user-friendly awareness-raising tools to inspire and inform staff, students, policymakers, and the public.
So get back to work, but don't forget to order our stuff. Let me know if I can make that task easier.
Thanks!
Diane
|
|
Enlightened States
Mississippi, Massachusetts,
and Kansas joined other enlightened states utilizing HEAR US materials to help school communities be more aware of
and sensitive to homeless students. Here are products they've ordered:
·
My Own
Four Walls, a DVD with powerful, informative and short documentaries
featuring homeless students and covering key elements of McKinney-Vento;
·
Crossing
the Line: Taking Steps to End Homelessness, Diane’s insightful,
reader-friendly book on homelessness, including stories of how today’s McK-V
homeless ed law came to be;
·
It’s About the
Children, Pat Van Doren’s endeavor, offers a touching series (3) of children’s books
sure to inform and inspire both children and adults.
Purchase orders and credit cards accepted. Discounts for bulk orders.
|
 See a short trailer of My
Own Four Walls,
the most powerful video tool
to increase awareness
of homeless children and youth….
|
|
FREE! HEAR
US Help 4 Higher Education!
|
|
HEAR US wants future educators, social workers and other
 human service staff to be prepared for inevitable encounters with homeless
students when they leave the ivy-covered walls.
HEAR US offers a great—and free!—curriculum unit on homelessness called Jonathon’s Heart.
It has helpful resources for all kinds of uses beyond the college scene. Share it with your favorite professors! Check Out Jonathon's Heart!
|
REACH: 11-Minute M-V Review for All
|
|
 REACH, a HEAR US project, has a FREE video review of
homeless education that is great for parents, caretakers, educators, social
service workers, legal service providers, and more. View it free then order copies
of the REACH DVD for $20 +s/h (inquire for bulk
order discounts). REACH is also on the MOFW 09 DVD.
|
KEEP UP! Best-Selling Author Hits Mississippi and More!
|
- Reader-Friendly Look at Homelessness Selling 400 Crossing
the Line books in one state at one time probably qualifies Diane as “Best
Selling Author of the Day” or something! She presented to their
statewide conference on Aug. 17-19 in Jackson.
Next month to Indiana and Michigan…check her schedule and make plans for her to visit
your state or community.
- HEAR US LEARNING CURVE
EXPRESS coming soon!
NEW CROSS-COUNTRY TOUR!
Filming interviews with families & youth doubled-up and in motels then connecting them with Congress
OCTOBER: NY and New England
- In November, following the NAEHCY conference, My Own Four Walls will be screened in CALIFORNIA at the Paso Robles Digital Film Festival. Check the list of celebs slated to attend!
- Enrollment "flap" in Aurora, IL--for those following the story of how a school district (West Aurora 129) removes 400 kids for alleged residency violations without any being homeless, here's more of the story. Similar incidents elsewhere? Inquiring minds (Diane) wants to know.
|
HEAR US is a nonprofit 501(c)(3) organization
www.hearus.us
|
|
