Black lights, wall projections and a moving set helped tell the story of homeless youth battling addiction, abusive relationships and survival.
Tag Archives | homelessness
Sex trafficking needs to end
Sex trafficking is a horrifying issue dominating the globe, and what many fail to realize is that this issue is not only effecting other countries, it is effecting the United States. From 2007 to 2017, the National Human Trafficking Hotline, operated by Polaris, has received reports of 34,700 sex trafficking cases inside the United States.
Happenings
Campus community art events for the week of March 29, 2019.
Prop. 2 will help curb homelessness
On Nov. 6, California voters have a chance to deal a blow to the state’s homeless problem with Proposition 2.
Pomona looks to new shelter to tackle homelessness issue
The number of unsheltered homeless people in Pomona has decreased almost 38 percent since the 2015 count conducted by the Los Angeles Homeless Services Authority, an agency that addresses homelessness in Los Angeles County.
Enactus tackles youth homelessness
The University of La Verne’s Enactus team gave students, faculty, and their family members a preview of their team presentation Wednesday in Morgan Auditorium before they compete in the Enactus National Exposition in Kansas City, Missouri.
L.A. finally cares for homeless
Eric Garcetti, mayor of Los Angeles, plans to improve the homeless crisis plaguing the city by proposing that $20 million be divided up by 15 council districts and build 1,000 bed shelters in the next fiscal budget.
OC homeless need solutions
Orange County’s 2017 Point-In-Time count showed 57 percent growth in the homeless population since 2013. The number of homeless, or “unsheltered” people has greatly risen in recent years, and although the problem has been obvious, there is still no long-term solution for the issue in sight. Point-In-Time is a calculation of people who are without […]
Empowering women with period parties
Roxanna Pena of Upland, Alexia Madigan of Temple City and Ehmandah Ramsey of San Dimas put together bags of feminine products March 17 at the She Stories headquarters in Claremont.
On The Calendar
Campus and community events for the week of Nov. 17, 2017.