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Topic: Homelessness

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British Short Film Serves as Stunning Appeal for Homeless A powerful long-form PSA

You can't handle the truth. Or can you?      Director Lucy Tcherniak's The Truth About Stanley is an intentionally disjointed, intensely sad 20-minute PSA/film that tells the story of Sam, a…

April 16 2012

McKinney makes game about homelessness

If you were $10 away from living on the streets, would you pocket money from your kid's birthday card? If you could only afford to pay one bill, would it…

February 14 2011

Death prowls streets in homelessness effort

A while back, Publicis Conseil and Samu Social showed the homeless literally melting into sidewalks. In this new campaign, tagged "Indifference kills," street people sink even deeper—several feet under—as…

June 10 2010

Animals are homeless in new Born Free ads

A new Born Free campaign from WCRS in London drums up support for animals who've lost their habitats by portraying them as homeless people. It could be construed as…

May 04 2010

Homeless man sits on billboard to get home

A homeless man named Danny has been sitting atop a billboard in Austin, Texas, since Tuesday morning as part of marketing stunt by a local homelessness advocacy group. The…

April 28 2010

Homeless in Ireland are like Christmas trees

It's a little early to think about throwing your Christmas tree to the curb, if you even have one yet. But the discarded trees—which enjoy a stay indoors…

December 02 2009

Pimp This Bum: salvation or exploitation?

Marketing specialist Kevin Dolan and his son Sean were looking for a way to test out a campaign to generate buzz for Ascendgence, their Internet marketing startup, when they…

March 27 2009

Radiohead sets vibe for homelessness PSA

The National Coalition for the Homeless uses a darkly ambient Radiohead snippet in this new PSA, titled "It Can Happen to Anyone," from the ad agency Knarf. The band donated…

January 12 2009

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