Emory Homeless Immersion Project

Working with Peachtree and Pine Shelter (also known as the Metro Atlanta Task Force for the Homelewss), the largest homeless shelter in Atlanta, during the homeless immersion trip in 2016, my heart sink to hear the shelter is finally going to close down after battling the City of Atlanta, Emory Hospital and other organizations for years. I don't know the whole story of who is right or wrong and the legal matters involved, but all I remember was the kindness and dedication the volunteers and staff there had toward the men and women who had no other options other than this shelter. It was a hellish place compared to the other shelters because it was severely underfunded and accepted most individuals. Despite these circumstances, the staff continued working to serve the people at the shelter. It was the last resort for many other than the streets. Many did choose the streets rather than live there. I just hope that the City of Atlanta (and even Emory) can live up to its promise in making sure all the men and women in the shelter are housed in other facilities before the end of the year.

What's next for the homeless at Peachtree-Pine shelter? Although Atlanta’s largest homeless shelter is scheduled to change hands at the end of August, it will remain open for at least another month until its residents have been placed in other facilities and housing programs. That’s the first message that Jack Hardin, co-chairman of the Regional Commissi...

Check out this awesome blog of the 2016 Homeless Immersion by Asmita Gathoo!

fivehundredshadesofhomeless Day 1 The white Emory van pulled into the circle by the DUC at around 8AM on Sunday morning. Seven strangers slowly piled in, rubbing the sleep out of their eyes. I didn’t know any of them, but I was about to spend the most intense week of my life by their side. I was going to wake up shivering on t…

Just about 3 weeks until the Homeless Immersion trip applications are due! Get your application in stat!
Apps available at volunteer.emory.edu

The Face of Homeless Youth - Philanthropy In Greater Atlanta alone, we have approximately 2,500 youth living in homelessness. Unlike their adult counterparts – many of whom live on the streets – homeless youth often live with friends and family, moving from place to place, sleeping on …

Interested in exploring the issue of homelessness in Atlanta but unable to participate in our Alternative Spring Break Homelessness Immersion Project?

Check out our Homelessness Awareness Alternative Weekend Trip, taking place from November 13th to 15th. Applications are being accepted until October 19th.

Apply at: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/14RdhN52Knz92_10kwSjF5VesCVhWs3oa0gQFkAUtmrQ/viewform

Read more at: http://osls.emory.edu/volunteer_emory/alt_break/awt_homelessness_2015.html

homelessness is more than just a state, it's a story.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=THxtcWNw3QA

Cardboard Stories | Homeless in Orlando asked our friends to write down a fact about themselves that other people wouldn't know just by walking past them. Their answe...

Before we can help, we need to know the issues and what's at stake.
https://www.aclu.org/blog/not-having-roof-over-your-head-can-mean-jail-time-criminalization-homelessness

Not Having a Roof Over Your Head Can Mean Jail Time: The Criminalization of Homelessness Kilee Lowe was sitting in a park when cops picked her up and booked her into jail overnight. After she got out the next morning, she returned to the park. The same officer who had thrown her into a cell not 24 hours before had booked her again. It was back to jail for Kilee. Kilee has been cycling i…

how awesome!
http://www.huffingtonpost.ca/2014/06/30/homeless-bus-bench-photos-vancouver_n_5544338.html

LOOK: Genius Bus Benches Help The Homeless An innovative bus bench campaign designed to give homeless people some dignity has thrust a Canadian ad firm into the international spotlight. Last fall, Spring Advertising used five transit be

Join Kim and take out time from your busy schedule to give back and take that next step towards alleviating homelessness!

http://www.newtoncitizen.com/news/2015/jun/18/activist-is-8216walking-across-america8217-to-aid/

Activist is ‘Walking Across America’ to aid homeless Kim Denmark is in Conyers, Ga., and will be walking to nearby Covington on a mission to walk across every state in the nation to assist homeless people, especially homeless veterans, and other persons in need.

http://www.nytimes.com/2015/02/23/us/shelter-resists-order-to-stop-helping-all-it-can.html?contentCollection=us&action=click&module=NextInCollection®ion=Footer&pgtype=article

St. Louis Shelter Resists Order to Stop Helping All It Can St. Louis has ordered the New Life Evangelistic Center, a shelter known for taking in just about anyone, to cut its intake drastically after complaints of its impact on a revitalized district.

Social Justice Dialogue tomorrow Wednesday at 6:30 @ White Hall 101!

Want to talk about social justice issues? How to break barriers? Stereotypes? Share your insights. Receive feedback. Learn how your gifts and talents can contribute to making a change. platform for advocacy. Join us! The dialogue will be led by our special guest and long time HOAP friend Carlton Mackey, Director of the Ethics & the Arts Program, at the Emory Center of Ethics. He has a passion for social justice and a passion for the arts! It's going to be great :)

http://carltonmackey.com/about/

About I am being watched over by a mighty cloud of witnesses.I am on a journey.I am on a quest to discover parts of me that I never knew existed.I am an artist. I believe in the power of art to transform the world.I am broken but am being made whole.I am intricately linked to the earth.I am part of God’s…