Life is the Sum of All Your Choices
40 Days of Homelessness:
Lessons learned
40 Days of Homelessness
In 2010, Sapphire Jule King voluntarily lives homeless to understand the needs of vulnerable families as a continuation of the Walk a Week in Your Shoes campaign. Her journey of discovery quickly turns into unexpected territory where she learns hidden truths about the treatment of vulnerable individuals and her own beliefs. 40 Days of Homelessness: “Baring” the Chains of Psychological Slavery is the real-time account of her 40-day journey in a shelter and five months in Single Room Occupancy (SRO) transitional housing that lead to her vision, research, writing, and advocacy for the Rhode Island Homeless Bill of Rights.
Week 29: Released From Homelessness?
40 Days of Homelessness:
Week 28: Dressed, ready to go, waiting on God to move, and remaining steadfast in faith
Week 28: My Prayer
40 Days of Homelessness:
Week 28: Now What?
Week 28: Vision Quest – You Can’t Take It With You
40 Days of Homelessness:
Week 28: More purging
Week 28: Packed and Ready to Go
40 Days of Homelessness:
Week 28: Physical purging
Week 28: The Countdown – Transitioning Out of Homelessness
40 Days of Homelessness:
Week 28: Fasting for clarity. Sworn in as Executive Committee Member of the NAACP Providence Branch while a shelter worker stared in awe
Week 26: Finding Home
40 Days of Homelessness:
Week 26: Your home is your truth
Week 22: Ms. King’s Explosive Radio Interview
40 Days of Homelessness:
Week 22: Dr. Gregg Thomas interviews Sapphire Jule King about her experience of homelessness
Week 21: Presented Homeless Bill of Rights to Mayor Angel Taveras at Civil Rights Roundtable
40 Days of Homelessness:
Week 21: Mayor Taveras and the Civil Rights Roundtable
Week 13: Letter to NAACP- Providence Branch President
40 Days of Homelessness:
Week 13: Where do we go from here? Psychological slavery or freedom for individuals experiencing homelessness