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I NEED YOU TO DROP IT

STEREOTYPES

“The ideal solution isso

theynot

to do somethingthat can visibly seethe homeless”

THE DECLINING ECONOMY

the face of homelessness

he could be homeless

2,500,000

to

600,000

“ ‘I was a white

boyhome

suburbanafraidlesspeople’”

1. SPEAK OUT

2. SUPPORT

3. MAKE GOALS

4. VOLUNTEER

acknowledgments

Mrs. Ward: For the support during

this semester, especially when I could

not find a place to volunteerDr. Valenza: For

continuing to be the best librarian ever and providing me with tons of valuable resources

T. and E. Korich: My dad, who listened to me practice this presentation

a lot of times and my mom, who volunteered with me every week

Brian Jenkins: The owner of Chosen 300 Ministries

welcomed me with warmarms

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Works Cited

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Schoeller, Martin. Homeless Teens at Covenant_House_110408_28_FR9_F. 21 Jan. 2009. Flickr Creative Commons. Yahoo! Inc. 21 Jan. 2009. Web. 4 Jan. 2011. <http://www.flickr.com/photos/do1thing/3215643350/>Sonnenmair, Jan. Homeless Youth on the streets of Downtown Portland, Oregon. 8 Dec. 2008. Flickr Creative Commons. Yahoo! Inc. 6 Mar. 2009. Web. 4 Jan. 2011. http://www.flickr.com/photos/do1thing/3215641070/

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