by Brenda Wiewel & Ben Pack For the past two years, USC students have been helping their homeless neighbors receive a special gift: reconnection to their lost loved ones. The students are part of the class Writing and Critical Reasoning – Community Engagement taught by …
A New Tool for Skid Row Community Arts Alliance
By Alexandra Brouke Nestled in an easy-to-miss spot amidst the loud strip-mall signage and distractions from the bustle of downtown Los Angeles is the Los Angeles Poverty Department’s (LAPD) Skid Row History Museum and Archive. Surrounded by some of the most renowned art institutions, such …
USC’s Street Medicine Delivers on Three Fronts; Service, Symposium, HOUSED BEDS
Street Medicine does the work on the ground, facilitates conversation between professionals and the community, and creates practical tools to standardize medical outreach. July 25, 2019 launched the first annual LA Street Medicine Symposium presented by the Dean Laura Mosqueda from the Keck School of …
Helping The Homeless
USC Viterbi writing students offer engineering solutions to a local provider of homeless services to improve operations.
Inside LA’s Homelessness Crisis: ‘They’re Not Just Drug Addicts And Criminals’
Homelessness in LA provides an example of the effect of growing income inequality, but the problem isn’t irreversible.
Special four-part series: Homeless on the Streets of L.A.
Students in JOUR 499: Reporting on the Homeless, a class in USC’s Annenberg School for Communication and Journalism taught by Mary Murphy and Sandy Tolan, recently published a four-part series in the Huffington Post. “This Is Life On The Streets Of Hollywood When You’re Young, Queer And Homeless” (Huffington Post, …
Surviving Skid Row: Women’s Stories Of Assault, Fear, And Finding Friendship
(Huffington Post, April 14, 2018) A third of L.A.’s homeless population are women — and “once a shelter is full, it’s full.” LOS ANGELES ― Every time Graciela Fernandez gets off the bus at Skid Row, she clutches her industrial-grade, cross-body bag with thick straps. She …
In Los Angeles, Bitter Tensions Over Where To House The Homeless Rile Communities
(Huffington Post, April 14, 2018) Voters approved a plan for supportive housing, but disputes over where to put it have stalled progress. LOS ANGELES — Tony Rosado sits in the silent back room of El Mercado with a giant stack of papers piled in front of …
This Is Life On The Streets Of Hollywood When You’re Young, Queer And Homeless
(Huffington Post, April 14, 2018) While struggling to find stability, homeless queer youth face an additional battle — one for their own identities. LOS ANGELES ― On her first night without a home, Kaityanna Phillips cried herself to sleep on a sidewalk in front of a …
Advances in Care: USC Research Team Studies Aging in Place to Care for Formerly Homeless
A USC social work research team, led by Dr. Benjamin Henwood, is currently conducting a study and exploring topics that will help in the design of housing services for people as they age. Dr. Henwood, is a co-author of the book, “Housing First”. The book …
Something to Smile About
Ostrow dental clinics offer free services to Skid Row’s underserved population. TroDent, Fall 2017 | Michelle McCarthy A year ago, James Hartley, 51, was at what he refers to as his “road’s end.” Homeless, living on the streets of Skid Row and battling alcohol addiction, he …
USC Ostrow Dental Volunteers at Homeless Connect Day
To show support for the homeless community, volunteers from USC’s Herman Ostrow School of Dentistry participated in the Homeless Connect Day put on by the St. Francis Center. The event was held on Thursday, October 26th, 2017 in downtown Los Angeles; it focused on giving …
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