homelessness – Youth Voices

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Philadelphia’s 24/7 Homeless Shelters

Audrey, February 9, 2021, Homelessness, Civic Engagement & Social Justice, Reduced Inequalities, Spring 2021, Showcase, Judge Memorial Catholic High School, Philadelphia, Operation Rio Grande, homelessness, 0

We all know how huge Philadelphia is, but did you know that they have one of the smallest homeless...

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Teen Homelessness

Yamile, November 7, 2020, Homelessness, This is America, homelessness, youth, showcase, Orange Cove High School, 0

In the article, “No Place to Call Home” by Jessica Press and Rebecca Zissou I learned that there is...

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Homeless

Fanny, May 18, 2020, Spring 2020, Showcase, Upstander, #upstander, homelessness, Oakland, Life Academy of Health and Bioscience, 2

Dear Oakland Teenagers who do not know other teens who are homeless, We are writing to you because we...

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Listen up: Child homelessness

Erika, May 18, 2020, Upstander, Spring 2020, Showcase, Oakland, #upstander, Life Academy, kids, homelessness, 0

Dear Oakland Teenagers who do not know other teens who are homeless, We are writing to you because we...

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Housing Epidemic in the Bay Area

Theo, January 22, 2020, Showcase, Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions, Housing, Fall 2019, Decent Work and Economic Growth, homelessness, Berkeley High School, 3

The Bay Area housing crisis is an important issue to me for the sole reason that I have grown...

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Struggles Being Homeless In Oakland

Jaqueline, December 19, 2019, Responsible Consumption and Production, Decent Work and Economic Growth, Showcase, Fall 2019, Oakland, homelessness, #oakland #thetown, #lifecademy, 11

Why do you think people are homeless and living on the streets? Do you think it is their fault?...

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What Happens When You Increase the Rent of Your House?

Aida, December 19, 2019, Oakland, Responsible Consumption and Production, Decent Work and Economic Growth, Partnerships for the Goals, Showcase, Fall 2019, Displacement, Rasingrent, homelessness, Oakland, Life Academy of Health and Bioscience, 5

By: Aida Pablo There are 4,071 homeless people in Oakland. So why are homeless people in the streets? There...

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Does Oakland Really Care For The Homeless?

Angel, December 19, 2019, Fall 2019, Oakland, Partnerships for the Goals, Showcase, homelessinoakland, homelessness, Oakland, Life Academy of Health and Bioscience, #Oaklandlife, 7

What is Homelessness? Homelessness is the state of having no home including living on the streets, basically having no...

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The issue of homelessness within CPS

Luis, June 4, 2019, Spring 2019, Summer 2019, Fall 2019, Showcase, homelessness, Back of the Yards College Preparatory High School, Civic Engagement & Social Justice, 1

What we think can help We believe that we can help this issue by trying to get boarded up...

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Final Reflection

Amira, May 24, 2019, Showcase, Spring 2019, homelessness, helpingthehomelessnyc, nychomelessness, betterhomelessshelters, homelessnessmultimediaproject, 0

Our project, Helping The Homeless NYC, aimed to spread awareness about the growing homelessness crisis in New York City....

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Raising Awareness For The Homeless NYC

Fahmia, May 24, 2019, Sustainable Cities and Communities, Showcase, Homelessness, Spring 2019, helpingthehomelessnyc, homeless, homelessness, helping others, homelessshelters, 0

The overall goal of our project was to spread as much awareness for the homelessness issues in NYC. Our...

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Our Progress- Homes For Tomorrow

Shirley, May 23, 2019, Spring 2019, Showcase, #newyorkcity, #homesfortomorrow, #helpthehomeless, homelessness, #alone #nohome #homeless #no family # help, 0

My blog ‘Homes for Tomorrow’ was created to address the ongoing issue of homelessness in NYC. Prior to the...

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Our Progress and Results

Amy, May 23, 2019, Homelessness, No Poverty (Economy), Raise Your Voice, Spring 2019, Sustainable Cities and Communities, Showcase, homeless, homelessness, #homesfortomorrow, 0

My group’s overall goal in this project for homelessness is to spread awareness through our blogs, social media, petition,...

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Help The Homeless

Muhammad, May 23, 2019, Homelessness, Spring 2019, Sustainable Cities and Communities, Showcase, homeless, homelessness, reflection, #homesfortomorrow, #helpthehomeless, #endhomelessness, 1

The goal of our project is to try and decrease the number of homeless people and try and help...

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NYC Homelessness: Solutions

Amira, May 17, 2019, Showcase, Spring 2019, homelessness, NYC, helpingthehomelessnyc, homelessnesssolutions, everyonedeservesahome, 0

Have you enjoyed my video? I hope so because I invested time and effort in it. Here’s more information...

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Things You Can Donate to Help The Homeless Community

Fahmia, May 17, 2019, Homelessness, Spring 2019, Sustainable Cities and Communities, Showcase, homelessness, homelessshelters, helpingthehomelessnyc, helpinghomelessshelters, donating, 0

The reason we chose this digital activism topic is because we wanted to spread awareness throughout our community about...

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From “Rags To Riches”

Amy, May 16, 2019, Homelessness, No Poverty (Economy), Spring 2019, Responsible Consumption and Production, Sustainable Cities and Communities, Showcase, homelessness, #homesfortomorrow, #helpthehomeless, #shelters, homeless, 0

Everyday thousands of NYC citizens plunge into homelessness. There are many reasons people become homeless and yet there aren’t...

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Homeless and their opinions on homeless shelters

Vanessa, May 16, 2019, Showcase, Homelessness, Decision Making, Homeless LGBTQ, Spring 2019, Sustainable Cities and Communities, homelessness, #helpthehomeless, 1

Homelessness in America, specifically New York City, is a big problem. The issue has increased over the decade and...

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The Growth of Homelessness in NYC

Shirley, May 16, 2019, Spring 2019, Showcase, #homesfortomorrow, #helpthehomeless, homelessness, NYC, 0

I created this presentation to address the rapid growth of homelessness in NYC. Homelessness has been an ongoing issue...

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Homeless Organizations

Muhammad, May 16, 2019, Homelessness, Homeless LGBTQ, Spring 2019, Sustainable Cities and Communities, Showcase, homeless, homelessness, #homesfortomorrow, #ragstoriches, #helpthehomeless, 0

I made this video about various different homeless organizations with the purpose to give viewers a visual about the...

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Upstander Reflection

Martha, May 10, 2019, Spring 2019, Showcase, Art, homelessinoakland, homelessness, Life Academy of Health and Bioscience, BayArea, #upstander, 1

My project was about homelessness in the bay area. The action that we did to create awareness was make...

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A letter to the mayors.

Martha, April 26, 2019, Showcase, Responsible Consumption and Production, Sustainable Cities and Communities, Homelessness, Partnerships for the Goals, Drugs, Homeless LGBTQ, Upstander, Spring 2019, drug addiction, homelessness, Oakland, Life Academy of Health and Bioscience, #upstander, 3

April 22nd, 2019 Dear Mayors Libby Schaaf and London Breed: We are writing to you about the issue on...

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Gentrification is Hurting Us

Christina, January 8, 2019, Fall 2018, Showcase, Spring 2017, Gentrification, homelessness, Life Academy of Health and Bioscience, #GentrificationOakland, 8

Recently in Oakland it has been more apparent that people are moving out and others are moving in because...

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Homelessness: Are Politicians Doing Enough?

Lupita, January 8, 2019, Responsible Consumption and Production, Sustainable Cities and Communities, Showcase, Partnerships for the Goals, Homelessness, The Fifth Column, Fall 2018, #WhatWeCanDo, #FindTheSolution, homelessness, Life Academy of Health and Bioscience, 6

Homelessness: Are Politicians Doing Enough? “I would just say to the politicians, what if it was you? What would...

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Violence

Ulises, November 28, 2018, Fall 2018, Showcase, Life Academy of Health and Bioscience, #Shakespear, homelessness, Violence, Feelings, 3

I am Ulises a 9th grader from Oakland. My poem is about violence and how there is abusers that...

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Rags to Riches

Teo, October 30, 2018, Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions, Happiness, Showcase, American Dream, Responsible Consumption and Production, Immigration, Sustainable Cities and Communities, Sports, Goals, Reduced Inequalities, American Creed, Homelessness, Fall 2018, Lebron James, happiness, Real Life interview, Jimmy Butler, #alone #nohome #homeless #no family # help, Circumstances, Business, basketball, Immigration, LeBron, Money, homelessness, Perspective, 0

My independent reading book, The Inspiring Story of One of Basketball’s Greatest Players by Clayton Geoffreys, talks about LeBron...

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The Rise of Homelessness in NYC

Lena, April 10, 2018, Showcase, Sustainable Cities and Communities, Homelessness, Housing, Spring 2018, #weareallhuman, Help, homelessness, NYC, #helpthoseinneed, #asmallchangemakesabigdifference, #getinvolved, #nofamily, 2

Since the Great Depression, there has been a great rise of homelessness in NYC. There are various ways to...

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Mission to Bring the LGBT+ Community Home

Aurora, December 2, 2017, Showcase, LGBTQ+ Rights, Fall 2017, Homeless LGBTQ, homelessness, suicide, alone, coming out, LGBTQA, mission statement, self-acceptance, 1

Here at Out of the Closet into the Home we focus on LGBT+ youth who have become homeless due...

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Spare Change

Zoe, October 17, 2017, Call to Action, American Dream, Community, Decision Making, Fall 2017, Quality Education, Homelessness, Responsible Consumption and Production, Drugs, Sustainable Cities and Communities, No Poverty (Economy), salt lake city, Judge Memorial Catholic High School, homelessness, world view, 1

Panhandling: to stop people on the street and ask for food or money. Begging. We see this everywhere, from...

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Homelessness in SLC, UT

Marren, February 28, 2017, Spring 2017, homelessness, 0

Question/topic: How has homelessness evolved in Salt Lake City the last 50 years? Who were the homeless in...

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Go the Bernie Route!

Jorge, September 26, 2016, Showcase, Homelessness, No Poverty (Economy), Responsible Consumption and Production, 2nextprez, Sustainable Cities and Communities, Quality Education, 2nextprez, Letters to the Next President, College, College Costs, Letter2NextPrez, Minimum Wage, homelessness, College Tuition, 0

Dear Next President: I am writing you this letter to ask of you to focus on these topics that...

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#2nextprez

Oscar, September 26, 2016, Fall 2016, 2nextprez, homelessness, 0

Dear President, Hello there, My name is Oscar R. Kuc-Reyes. I am from Oakland C.A. I have one brother...

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Why we should help Homeless people

Paa Yangg, June 27, 2016, Summer 2016, Responsible Consumption and Production, Decent Work and Economic Growth, homelessness, 0

Pa Yang EOP English 302 27 June, 2016 Dear Future President, Today many homeless are holding signs begging...

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Letter to the Next President: Homelessness

Group, June 27, 2016, Homelessness, Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions, Sustainable Cities and Communities, Showcase, Summer 2016, 2nextprez, homeless, homelessness, change, president, 0

Dear President, There is a story of a young man named Chris McCandless. He was a well-educated student...