Lucas Stumbaugh

Ms. Nourrie

Section S2-C

26 March 2020

Research Log #8 - Solutionary Project 2020 

Date: March 20, 2020   

Name:  Lucas A. Stumbaugh 
Essential Question: How can the community support the homelessness crisis?

Three Points to Prove: #1:  Positive impact on lives

                                        #2:  Promote awareness to higher level policy makers
                                        #3: Provide volunteer work to lessen the severity of homelessness

Point that this Source Proves:   #2

 
 
Excerpts (These should provide insight into the Point to Prove): 

When asked if the shelter projects in Hawaii are effective or not the response given was, “Yes it
provides individuals the opportunity to restart their lives.”

When asked what some of the factors of homelessness in Hawaii are the response given was,
“Rising cost of living, drug addiction, homeless relocation.”

The idea of laws about homelessness came up and when asked if there any laws needed to help
stop the crisis and idea was shared that, “yes we need to have a law to stop other states from
sending their homeless population to Hawaii.”

Analysis (How does this source support the Point to Prove?): 

This interview that was taken has helped me with my understanding and has given me a
new perspective on the crisis especially with the given information on what these policy makers
are not taking into account and neglecting to emphasize. With the insight given from the
interview taken over an email conversation it seems that government has made some strides to
tackle the issue but it is clearly not enough especially with the idea of states “sending” their
homeless population to Hawaii and we actually shouldn’t be surprised by the idea that Hawaii is
one of the states with the worst homeless issue. But I do want to recognize one of the factors
listed which is the cost of living. And my question is why this an issue is if you know that many
people suffer from this and it’s not done by themselves then why not take initiative and lower the
cost of living. That is one of the driving questions that I got out of the interview regarding policy
makers taking action and tackling this ongoing issue.

Work Cited (correct MLA format): 

Interview with Ikaika Anderson

This is a reputable and reliable article because this interview was taken with one of the
directors of the H4 project.