Friday, April 21, 2006
Kristin Wilson remembers attending the Sleepout for Homelessness two years ago and listening to a man talk about the difficulty of getting back on his feet after being homeless.
He spoke about the lack of an effective safety net for people who are homeless and the vicious cycle of not being able to get a job without a place to live and not being able to get a place to live without a job.
“It’s just a regular person who’s been through hard times,” Wilson said. “It’s kind of eye-opening.”
Sleepout for Homelessness is part of Into the Streets Week an annual community service event coordinated by the Center for Community Outreach, which starts on Saturday. There will be homeless speakers at the event again this year, and, later in the week, a forum on the homeless in Lawrence. At the forum, community officials will respond to Lawrence’s ranking by the National Homeless Coalition as the second-meanest city to the homeless.
Wilson, Pittsburgh senior, is the co-coordinator for Into the Streets Week, which runs through Sat., April 29.
Events throughout the week highlight social issues like homelessness, hunger, literacy, cultural diversity and environmentalism.
“Volunteering for any of this sort of stuff is kind of a way to get a sense of how you can make a difference,” Wilson said.
Into the Streets Week coincides with National Volunteer Week this year. For the final event of the week, Day of Caring, the Center for Community Outreach is working with the Roger Hill Volunteer Center to organize service projects throughout Lawrence. Participants will meet and take buses to different locations.
“It’s just one day to get a lot of stuff done in Lawrence, basically,” Wilson said.
Anton Bengston, Salina junior and co-director of the Center for Community Outreach, said the center was careful to keep in mind that people have busy schedules, and made the events at different times every day.
“If people could come out to at least one event that would be a big help,” he said.
— Edited by Gabriella Souza
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