streetseen
04-15-2005, 06:21 AM
Former homeless person and former drug addict, Jamie McCoy, has launched his own platform for homeless people to make their views known. Jamie’s Big Voice weblog will give a commentary on the British General Election campaign, challenging candidates to participate and giving homeless people the chance to express their opinions.
Explaining his motivations, Jamie said: “I am angry that homeless people have the right to register to vote, but their views are not being heard and homelessness does not look like being a major issue in this election. I want to create a place where the issues can be debated from the point of view of homeless people and I’m inviting all election candidates to visit my blog and discuss these with me.”
Jamie, who is now a poet and author, plans to take the views of homeless people and present them to politicians through his weblog, but anyone, whether election candidate or member of the public, can participate.
Jamie is being supported in his effort by the homelessness charity Crisis, Irish anti-Poverty Paper Street Seen and the Hansard Society, an independent non-party organisation, although the content of Jamie’s blog will be his own. Jamie hopes that people will visit the site at www.jamiesbigvoice.com and comment on the issues of the day in the run up to the election.
http://www.jamiesbigvoice.com
Explaining his motivations, Jamie said: “I am angry that homeless people have the right to register to vote, but their views are not being heard and homelessness does not look like being a major issue in this election. I want to create a place where the issues can be debated from the point of view of homeless people and I’m inviting all election candidates to visit my blog and discuss these with me.”
Jamie, who is now a poet and author, plans to take the views of homeless people and present them to politicians through his weblog, but anyone, whether election candidate or member of the public, can participate.
Jamie is being supported in his effort by the homelessness charity Crisis, Irish anti-Poverty Paper Street Seen and the Hansard Society, an independent non-party organisation, although the content of Jamie’s blog will be his own. Jamie hopes that people will visit the site at www.jamiesbigvoice.com and comment on the issues of the day in the run up to the election.
http://www.jamiesbigvoice.com