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Albert Leslie Cochran (June 24, 1951 – March 8, 2012) was an American homeless man, peace activist, cross-dresser, urban outdoorsman, and outspoken critic of police treatment of the homeless. Cochran was known in Austin as Leslie. [1] Cochran was considered the man who personified "Keep Austin Weird". [2] [3] [4]
On any given night in the U.S., an estimated 650,000 people are experiencing homelessness, and the nation's capital has the highest rate in the country, with 73 out of every 10,000 people being ...
As a college student, Linton would give change in his pocket to help the needy. [5] Linton has written about homeless youth [6] and homelessness. [7] Linton has described the homeless world as an "Invisible World." [8] Linton works in art-book by day and published I Have a Name, a 96-page soft-cover book. [2] Other artists have contributed to ...
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Peter Joseph Bis (c. 1951 - August 16, 2012) was a homeless man in Washington, D.C., known by the Capitol Hill community for his social personality and keen, savant-like memory. [1] His usual daytime location was the corner of Second Street and Massachusetts Avenue NE , sitting on a crate under a tree outside an Exxon station by Washington ...
A man is recovering in the hospital after bravely acting as a human shield for his 21-year-old girlfriend during a near-fatal carjacking in Washington, D.C. The couple was sitting in their car in ...
[6] In 1986, the organization became the Washington Legal Clinic for the Homeless. [7] It was incorporated on May 14, 1987. [8] Mary Ann Luby, a nun, served as outreach worker at the Washington Legal Clinic for the Homeless for 15 years. Prior to joining the Clinic, she served as the first director of the privately run Rachael's Women's Center.
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