This is the story of the one of the speakers, Patricia, who received services from a local nonprofit, St. Vincent de Paul, Beans & Bread Center
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!
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!
I Struggle
By: Bonnie Lane
I struggle day and night to end this plight.
It just isn’t right.
You see many of me.
But you never have known me.
I struggle to keep my patience
while standing in line waiting for food,
Waiting for clothes,
Waiting for shelter,
Waiting for a home
Many are cold.
Many are old.
Some die.
I ask how is this justified.
I ask when will it end?
I ask who’s willing to help? To fight?
and while I wait for answers…
I struggle.
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