Friday, October 23, 2009

homeless advocacy

GCU is proud to announce a new homeless advocacy group thanks to Dr. DasGupta! I attended the first meeting on the 21st, and there was a great turnout.
Our three main objectives are:
  • Advocacy
  • Support
  • Awareness
I suggested we plan a coffee house on campus to promote our new group and let people know what we're all about. We would have live music, (I would also be playing, hooray!) videos of visits to our local tent cities, and speeches about our group and our plans. Also, we have a petition we need signatures for so we can send it to the Ocean County Board of Freeholders to strive for an affordable housing trust fund for the homeless. I thought we could get most of the signatures at this event, it's just a matter of planning the whole thing.

Power to the people!

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