Liberty One Radio contacted US Army veteran Maurice Martin by phone on Monday December 21st, to talk about his advocacy work regarding San Diego's homeless veterans.
Mr. Martin works with some of the directors of Veterans Village of San Diego, which operates a winter survival shelter for vets.
Additionally, Martin is doing outreach with San Diego's Bethel AME Church, which is part of a church network offering holiday sanctuary to San Diegans without homes, and is working to bring over 600 Christmas meals.
Martin is a member of the Hugh Thompson chapter of Veterans for Peace, lobbying US military veterans through legislation, as well as active outreach with homeless veterans.
According to Maurice, "We can't leave a fellow veteran out there on the street."
Mr. Martin is not only an staunch advocate for improved mental and physical health services for veterans, and for the growing San Diego population without permanent housing -- he is also currently a homeless vet himself.
(Martin notes that his own journey to eventual homelessness did not occur immediately after his discharge; it began ten years later.)
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- Mike Copass
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