Recent Events: Stevenson University "Living on the Streets"

Last Friday some of us here at the Faces of Homelessness Speakers' Bureau went to Stevenson University and got a warm welcome from their students at an event called "Living on the Streets."  Purman and Carroll spoke about their individual experiences and Laura from Project PLASE and myself (Joanna from Beans & Bread Center) spoke a bit about our organizations.  It was a fun event and the students presented us with donations for our respective organizations after we spoke.  Beans & Bread got about 125 peanut butter & jelly sandwiches which were handed out on Saturday at the meal program.  Project PLASE got loads of hygiene kits which were distributed by Laura and Carroll.  I'm posting some pictures from the event.  Again, a big THANKS to Stevenson!

(Pictures courtesy of Stevenson University Photography Club)



~Joanna Gervais

WHAT I WOULD GIVE?

HOMELESS PERSON'S PLEA
By: Bonnie Lane


What I would give to have a home of my own
with a picket fence!
I am tired of sleeping on this park bench!
What I would give to be able to buy new clothes!
I am tired of these used rags
and shoes walking out of their soles!
What I would give to be treated like
everyone else!
Instead of laughed at or ignored
as a bum or a wreck!
I would give everything I am
just to have enough!
I am not greedy
I don't need it all
just to have enough to live comfortably.
What I would give not to eat my meals in a soup kitchen!
but to prepare my own feast!
What would I give for all these things?
I would give everything I am.
I am not greedy.
I don't need it all
Just enough to live comfortably.

"A Bench is not a Bed,” 
an episode of our WLOY radio show "Both Feet In" from last years sleep out during National Hunger and Homelessness Awareness Week is a National finalist for Best Podcast at the 2011 National Student Production Awards!  


Click  here to listen to the episode!


This year National Hunger and Homelessness Awareness Week is November 12-19th. 
Events are going on all week at area colleges and across Baltimore.
Participate in this years' Sleep out Nov 19th at City Hall as part of National Hunger and Homelessness Awareness Week (NHHAW) 
Contact nhhaw2011@gmail.com to get involved or to find out more information about NHHAW visit facebook.com/NHHAWBaltimore


Want the Faces of Homelessness Speakers' Bureau to come talk to your school or organization during NHHAW? Contact faces.of.homelessness.speakers@gmail.com