Emory Homeless Immersion Project

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…

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.

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…