Events such as those of the past two days not only raise awareness about the issues of homelessness, they also serve to combat inaccurate stereotypes about the people who are shelterless, and how they wound up in that state, notes Georgia Berland, Executive Director of the Sonoma County Task Force on the Homeless.

When met individually, every homeless person has a unique personal history and individual situation, adds, Homeless Action member Eric Straatsma. And they can be very different than might be expected.

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