55 year old Maurice Johnston lives in Boston, by way of Cleveland. He has a Masters Degree in Plasma Physics from Dartmouth College, and a masters in Electrical Engineering and acoustics from Purdue University. He's worked over 10 years at Lockheed Aerospace & Aerodyne Research Corp. Maurice has taught in Science and physics, and took care of both his parents in their time of need. Maurice is very well spoken, (he sounds like Obama) and is very kind, so why is Maurice homeless.....
Maurice is referenced in the Boston Globe here: http://bit.ly/mSFI0O
Maurice has an in depth "LinkedIn" profile here: http://linkd.in/lK0bdJ
Maurice's E-mail address is referenced in the video
Hi and Thank You for taking the time to watch this video, my name is Danny McGlashing and I run the 60 Days channel here on youTube, I work part time as an all around volunteer in my community. I am currently working on 2 large projects, 1 of them can be followed at www.community-volunteer.org and should explain itself. The other is alot more in depth and for the time being I´ll just say we want to assist musicians, artists, writers, and up and coming actors/perfprmers. The name of this project is United Street Artists or U.S.A for short, I can be contacted either on twitter @IKnowTheWayOut , on Facebook through this link: http://on.fb.me/kxuykS or at Danny@community-volunteer.com
Thank you for watching this video and please send Maurice all the support you can, preferably a job ;) Danny
Dr. Maurice Johnson. Despite holding a doctorate in plasma physics from Dartmouth College and a masters in electrical engineering and acoustics from Purdue University, Johnson, 55, claims that he is homeless and without a job.
Though he has apparently declined part-time jobs in other cities due to financial and travel constraints, this overqualified man has allegedly been without employment since last November. Currently, he resides in a homeless shelter, describing his current situation as “just simply bad luck.” In terms of his shelter experience, he says it is one he hopes to never have to repeat in his life. Below, watch him describe what he has gone through in a YouTube interview:
Time’s NewsFeed summarizes:
Johnson spent all of his savings and sold all of his earthly belongings, including his car, to prevent foreclosure on his parents’ house in Cleveland, Ohio so that his mother with Alzheimer‘s wouldn’t have to move.
“They paid my way through school,” Johnson said. “If it’s going to take ten years, I’m going to make their final years safe and comfortable.” He then moved to Boston expecting to take a job he had been offered, but found out when he got there that it had been given away.
But, Johnson isn’t giving up. He’s been sending his resume out and he is hopeful that he will be able to get into either education or the sciences. When it comes to the challenges he’s faced, though, he seems to believe that his race has caused him difficulties. Additionally, he blames the dry spell in employment on the fact that he is overqualified (after all, those degrees are pretty impressive).
The Daily What appropriately writes:
Maurice Johnson…challenges the popular perception of homeless people by being an unemployed aerospace engineer with two Master’s degrees.
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