Big "Thanks!" to the students of the University of Rochester and their Newman Center for hosting two speakers on Friday, March 16. The group was in Baltimore for an Alternative Spring Break working in local schools and food pantries while learning about life in Baltimore City.
Mark and Garry shared their experiences with homelessness and battling poverty growing up to confronting the same issues in adulthood while raising a family.
"What can university students do?" was one of the big questions. What our speakers decided was to volunteer, get to know people that are different from yourself. Share your ideas and talk about issues in our society! People become marginalized because they become ignored. Ignoring problems does not make them go away. This group has already taken such large strides toward change simply by spending their spring break in Baltimore working to create change.
Thank you for your service, and thank you for your wonderful questions! We hope you had a wonderful time in Baltimore! Come back and visit!

Recent Events: Stevenson University "Living on the Streets"

Last Friday some of us here at the Faces of Homelessness Speakers' Bureau went to Stevenson University and got a warm welcome from their students at an event called "Living on the Streets."  Purman and Carroll spoke about their individual experiences and Laura from Project PLASE and myself (Joanna from Beans & Bread Center) spoke a bit about our organizations.  It was a fun event and the students presented us with donations for our respective organizations after we spoke.  Beans & Bread got about 125 peanut butter & jelly sandwiches which were handed out on Saturday at the meal program.  Project PLASE got loads of hygiene kits which were distributed by Laura and Carroll.  I'm posting some pictures from the event.  Again, a big THANKS to Stevenson!

(Pictures courtesy of Stevenson University Photography Club)



~Joanna Gervais