Title
Class Year
2014
Document Type
Blog Post
Publication Date
11-20-2013
Department 1
Center for Public Service
Abstract
I had been homeless for about 28 hours. I sat on a sidewalk in Georgetown with a friend holding a cardboard sign that read, “Put a Smile on Our Faces” with a Dunkin Donuts cup at our feet. In the two and a half hours we sat there, hundreds of people passed, hundreds of people avoided eye contact, hundreds of people detoured around the lamppost on the street side of the sidewalk. A few people glanced at our sign. [excerpt]
Copyright Note
This is the author's version of the work. This publication appears in Gettysburg College's institutional repository by permission of the copyright owner for personal use, not for redistribution.
Recommended Citation
Marshall, Elizabeth D., "Challenging Homelessness" (2013). SURGE. 51.
https://cupola.gettysburg.edu/surge/51
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Civic and Community Engagement Commons, Community-Based Learning Commons, Community-Based Research Commons, Inequality and Stratification Commons, Place and Environment Commons, Politics and Social Change Commons, Service Learning Commons, Social Psychology and Interaction Commons
Comments
Surge is a student blog at Gettysburg College where systemic issues of justice matter. Posts are originally published at surgegettysburg.wordpress.com Through stories and reflection, these blog entries relate personal experiences to larger issues of equity, demonstrating that –isms are structural problems, not actions defined by individual prejudice. We intend to popularize justice, helping each other to recognize our biases and unlearn the untruths. [excerpt]