The USC tradition of excellence was enhanced in 2019 by remarkable student involvement and contributions, including two students who each invested countless hours toward volunteer work to help people experiencing homelessness. Alec Vandenberg is completing his studies with a dual degree at the Sol Price …
Trojan Shelter created to help serve college students throughout L.A. who are housing insecure
After World War II, when the Japanese American community returned to Los Angeles after having been forced into internment camps, St. Mary’s Episcopal Church in Koreatown opened its doors to those who had nowhere else to go. Now, thanks to some committed Trojans, the church is once …
Helping USC’s Homeless
USC Viterbi’s Sandeep Suresh helped build a website that provides invaluable information to USC’s hidden hungry and homeless population. As a young boy, Sandeep Suresh often accompanied his parents to Kochi in the Indian state of Kerala, his mother and father’s birthplace. Suresh, now a …
Homelessness Awareness Week 2017
Begins November 6, 2017 Monday, November 6: Kickoff Documentary Night School of Social Work, 6:00 pm to 8:00 pm Screening of USC Professor Rafael Angulo’s mini-documentaries followed by an open discussion about what homelessness means. Tuesday, November 7: Activism and Fighting NIMBY-ism Office of Religious …