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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Hello everyone,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">A special social media campaign is getting underway this weekend in hopes of changing the perception and ending the stigma around homelessness.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">The #ICouldHaveBeenHomeless challenge is an idea that came from a volunteer at a local homeless shelter, who through conversations with her own circle of friends, realized that t</span><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:EN-CA">here
was a perception by many that when someone experiences homelessness, it's their own fault.
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Kelly Ann Moulds then came up with the idea of sharing a bit her story about how she may have been homeless herself, if not for the support of her family.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:EN-CA">That sparked the #ICouldHaveBeenHomeless challenge and the hope that others will share a time when they struggled and help break down the stigma surrounding homelessness.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:EN-CA">I encourage everyone to share, using the hashtag #ICouldHaveBeenHomless and then nominate 3 friends to take the challenge as well.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:EN-CA">All the details can be found here:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:EN-CA"><a href="http://icouldhavebeenhomeless.com/"><span style="color:blue">http://icouldhavebeenhomeless.com/</span></a>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:EN-CA">many thanks,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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