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Forgotten Voice - The voice of homeless people, formerly
homeless people, and homeless advocates in Nevada.
Forgotten Voice, formed in 2006, is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization based in
Las Vegas, Nevada. We offer a street paper in which
homeless and formerly homeless people, as well as homeless
advocates, write and produce. The goal is to empower
the homeless people and let their voices be heard. They may write
anything they would like to, including opinions on political issues,
poetry, fiction stories, or anything else they desire to write.
We would also love to print any artwork homeless people produce.The cost
of producing the newspaper is covered by donations and sponsorships.
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Amanda Haymond
Founder/Past President |Amanda Haymond is
dedicated and passionate about promoting the empowerment
of homeless people. She was a member of UASWS
(University Association of Social Work Students) and
SNAHP (Southern Nevada Advocates for Homeless People).
She has written previously for the Community College of
Southern Nevada newspaper, Coyote Press, as a staff
writer. She has also been a contributing writer
for the UNLV newspaper, The Rebel Yell. Amanda is
currently traveling abroad. |
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Simone Simpson
President/Editor in Chief |
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Simone Simpson is a senior at the University of Nevada
Las Vegas. She is majoring in biological science
with a pre-medical emphasis and is an advocate for
homeless people. |
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Gail Sacco
Director/Editor |
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Gail Sacco is a tireless advocate for the homeless, who
believes that all people deserve the right to food,
water, clothing, and safe affordable housing. She is a
retired restaurant owner and has been a resident of Las
Vegas since 1988. Almost everyday she shares hot
vegetarian and vegan meals to homeless, the working
poor, those in poverty, and anyone who is hungry at
local parks, side streets, empty lots, and wherever she
is needed. She also helps them apply for jobs, birth
certificates, identification, health cards, and
housing. Gail still faces a year and a half in jail and
three thousand dollars in fines for sharing food with
indigent people in a city "public" park without a permit
that is unattainable. |
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Bill Cole
Member |
e-mailWilliam Cole Sr. has recently received his
BA in political science from the University of Nevada
Las Vegas. He is currently a graduate student at
UNLV, major undecided. William has been written
about twice in local newspapers for being homeless and
going to college at the same time, and he is a strong
homeless advocate. |
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Leroy Pelton
Member |
e-mailLeroy H. Pelton is a professor in
and former director of the School of Social Work,
University of Nevada, Las Vegas. He is also a
professor emeritus of the School of Social Work at Salem
State College in Massachusetts. Dr. Pelton
received his Ph.D. in psychology in 1966 from Wayne
State University in Detroit. He also holds an M.A. in
psychology from the New School for Social Research in
New York, and an MSW from the Rutgers University School
of Social Work. He received his undergraduate degree
from Brooklyn College. Dr. Pelton has written
numerous journal articles and other publications on
psychology, social work, child welfare, and social
policy. He also edited the book, The Social
Context of Child Abuse and Neglect (Human Sciences
Press, 1981; re-issued in paperback, 1985), and authored
four others: The Psychology of Nonviolence (Pergamon
Press, 1974); For Reasons of Poverty: A Critical
Analysis of the Public Child Welfare System in the
United States (Praeger, 1989); Doing Justice:
Liberalism, Group Constructs, and Individual Realities
(State University of New York Press, 1999); and Frames
of Justice: Implications for Social Policy (Transaction
Publishers, 2005). |
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Linda Lera-Randle El
Member |
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Linda Lera-Randle El has been working with homeless
people for over 20 years. She is a renowned
homeless advocate and activist in Southern Nevada.
Lera-Randle El organizes annual vigils in honor of
homeless people who have died, and she is the founder
and executive director of Straight from the Streets, a
homeless outreach organization. Since November of
2005, Straight from the Streets has been a part of
O.U.T.R.E.A.C.H., a unified effort of a group of social
service providers working together to help homeless
people. |
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Howard Watts III
Member/Webmaster |
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Howard Watts III is a Las Vegas native who has been very
involved in his community in high school and is
especially concerned about issues surrounding
homelessness and poverty both at home and abroad. He
graduated from Las Vegas Academy majoring in Spanish,
and is now in his second year at UNLV studying Political
Science. Howard also works as the Youth Program
Coordinator at the Volunteer Center of Southern Nevada
and serves as a member of PLAN’s Nevada Young Activist
Project. He is very vocal in his opposition to any
policies which lead to social, economic, or
environmental injustice. |
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