Homelessness Awareness Week

Homelessness Awareness Week 2006!

2006-11-06T13:28:00.000-08:00

CONGRATULATIONS! Homelessness Awareness Week 2005 was a big success...now on to 2006!

This year, Washington University students are organizing an awe-inspiring week for Homelessness Awareness Week 2006. The goal during the week of November 12, 2006, is to raise awareness to the Washington University and St. Louis communities about the prevalent yet neglected issue of homelessness both nation-wide and in the St. Louis area.

An alliance of student groups on campus, all of which deal with an aspect of either homelessness or poverty, have come together in making this week a success. The groups include: Social Justice Center, Helping Hands (Campus Y), Alliance of Students Against Poverty (ASAP), Habitat for Humanity, SAE (fraternity), Feed St. Louis, WUTV, and Stone Soup. Each of these groups are committed to their cause and actively represent all that homelessness awareness encompasses in their local communities.

The goal for the week is to promote awareness to the Wash U community about the reality outside main campus and to initiate and reciprocate any social changes in homelessness in St. Louis and nation-wide. We fully appreciate everyone's support in making Homelessness Awareness Week a possibility and a success.

The scheduled events for Homelessness Awareness Week include:

Monday: Visual Awareness

Students will be situated in various locations on campus with information and statistics of homelessness. Passing students and staff can come face to face with what most do not acknowledge.

Tuesday: Movie Night

Time: 8:30 pm

Location: Ursa's

Activity: we will be showing an episode of Law & Order that deals with homelessness. Food will be provided, as well as an after-movie discussion.

Wednesday: Speaker Panel

Time: 8:00pm

Location: Wheeler Great Room

Speakers include Gay Lorberbaum of the architecture school, a representative for Habitat for Humanity's St. Louis Branch, and individuals who have previously been homeless. The discussion panelists represent a variety of disciplines and have all worked with minimizing the St. Louis homeless population in fantastically diverse ways.

Thursday: Symbolism

This day, along with Monday, will raise visual awareness on campus as the Wash U community learns the shocking truth of homelessness and the staggering numbers of homeless individuals in St. Louis

Friday: Service Project

Time: 2:30

Location: Clocktower on the South 40, then onwards to Gateway Homeless Services.

Students will work to help create a child-friendly space in the basement of the shelter. Gateway Homeless Services is a family-based shelter that has a true necessity for a playroom for children. Transportation will be provided, please bring your metrolink card and your student ID.

Saturday: Hunger Banquet

Time: 6.30pm

Location: Mudd Multipurpose Room

Students will witness firsthand how the homeless live and survive compared to the cushioned lives of the middle and upper classes. The price for plate is yet to be determined, but it will definitely be less than 5 dollars per plate of catered food.

Throughout the week these organizations will be tabling at Mallinckrodt to advertise these events and raise Homelessness Awareness on campus. Additionally, WUTV will be airing a student-created documentary on the Wash U channel throughout the week. Students can also watch the documentary at the Homelessness Awareness Week table in Mallinckrodt.

T-shirts are available for 8 dollars a piece and can be purchased at the Homelessness Awareness Week Table in Mallinckrodt from 11-1 Monday November 13th through Friday November 18th.

Kickoff:

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To kick off the week we'll be meeting on Sunday, November 13th at 7pm to paint the underpass w/the supercool design created by Celeste Eustis, artist extraordinaire. This week is going to be super cool!

Meeting notes from 11/6/05

2005-11-07T10:30:00.000-08:00

Here's a little update on what's going on:

Hunger Banquet
1) We're marketing this to our RA friends- it'd be a great floor program and relatively inexpensive, too!
2) People can also sign up during tabling throughout the week, but we only have 75 spots so sign up fast!
3) You can also sign up by posting a message here saying you want to get involved.
4) What is it? We can't tell you, except for that it's a really amazing experience and if you have a free dinner time on Saturday you should get involved.

T-shirts
1) Ordered!!!
2) The design is really cool. I'll post it in another post (what the front and back look like) but it's basically white on black. Order them quickly. Again, there are limited T-shirts (only 50- gasp!) and we're charging I think 8 dollars a T-shirt.
3) If you order them now they should be available on Monday so you can wear them and show solidarity all week long.

Schedule
1) Thanks to problems reserving rooms, our schedule is still not completely set, but we promise both a movie night and a discussion panel, whatever it takes, and regardless of which one is on Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, or Thursday.
2) Circle K is still valiantly setting up the service opportunity on Friday. Again, you can sign up for that at our info desk at Mallinckrodt or post message here and we'll get you signed up. It's free-although it does require a heart.

Lay-out
1) The miraculous Min-Sun is currently working on a sign-up sheet... when that gets done you all can just post message to say what period of laying out you'd like to take and we'll edit the post to show your desires. Please sign up! This is a big part of our week!

Okay, much love!!!

-Luz

Homelessness Awareness Week

2005-10-30T21:36:00.000-08:00

Schedule:

Tabling in Malin. Mon-Friday
Monday: Speaker
Tuesday & Wednesday: Layout
Thursday: Movie
Friday: Service Project
Saturday: Hunger Banquet