Those Who Wander Quotes

“And in spite of recent efforts pushing to clear encampments and criminalize sitting or lying down on sidewalks,”
― Vivian Ho, Those Who Wander: America's Lost Street Kids

“Not all wanderers are lost, and not all who remain in one place are found.”
― Vivian Ho, Those Who Wander: America's Lost Street Kids

“But for the kids we pass every day on the street, it is their day-to-day. We can live, but they can only survive. And we hate them for it. We criminalize their existence, making it illegal for them to sit or sleep or be. We donate our money to soup kitchens and homeless charities, but complain when we see someone panhandling in front of our establishments or using a public restroom. We send them the same message over and over again that they are not welcome. Their existence is a nuisance. Their humanity is no longer.”
― Vivian Ho, Those Who Wander: America's Lost Street Kids

“When you’re traveling down a path paved with gold, the last thing you want to pass is a homeless encampment, a reminder of the stark poverty that still exists outside the tech bubble.”
― Vivian Ho, Those Who Wander: America's Lost Street Kids

“All kids are guilty of bad ideas, and it is completely dependent on their level of privilege how irreversible and harmful those ideas end up being.”
― Vivian Ho, Those Who Wander: America's Lost Street Kids

“Youth growing up in situations where there is violence, whether it’s witnessing it happen to someone they love or experiencing it themselves, it’s just too much,” said Doug Styles, the executive director of San Francisco’s Huckleberry Youth Programs. “Trauma and significant trauma alter the functioning of the brain, and the more instances there are and the more severe they are, you are actually changing the physiology of people.” All”
― Vivian Ho, Those Who Wander: America's Lost Street Kids