Architecture in Small Spaces: Students Create Affordable Housing Designs for the Homeless Community by Xinyi Liu Two USC Architecture students, Anshia Badyal (‘2021) and Aishwarya Pai (‘2021), partnered with Alex Tucciarone of Volunteers of America, Los Angeles (VOALA) to design small house units for the …
Crosstown: They were homeless, now they’re dead
By Ethan Ward On the first day of 2020, the unresponsive body of Corinna Ortega, a Latina woman, was discovered by a friend in a tent in Parnell Park in Whittier. The coroner would rule that Corinna, 22, died of a fentanyl and methamphetamine overdose. That same …
Urban Voices Project Choir Premieres First Single “A Holiday Called Home”
We are so excited to celebrate the premiere of the UVP Choir’s first original single and music video, A Holiday Called Home, this Saturday, December 12, at 5pm PT! The event is free with a suggested donation of $10. We will be supported by an outstanding line-up of guest …
Homeful.LA’s Weekend to End Homelessness
You’re invited to Homeful.LA’s Weekend to End Homelessness on October 9th, 10th, & 11th! University Student Groups from UCLA, USC, LMU, CSUN, Pierce College, and SMSC are competing in a three-day virtual community service event to advocate, volunteer, and donate to prevent and end homelessness: Day …
Free College Must Include Help for College Students Experiencing Homelessness
by Matthew Lee Being in college is hard, even if all of your basic needs are met. However, on top of maintaining a good GPA, staying committed to extracurriculars, and working a part-time job, college students all over the nation are experiencing homelessness. While an …
USC CAIS / School on Wheels Virtual Backpack Drive
Please consider donating to this virtual backpack drive sponsored by The USC Center for Artificial Intelligence in Society and School on Wheels. This fundraising drive will be held until September 15th, and we are 39% towards the goal of purchasing 200 backpacks stuffed full of school supplies. …
USC Students create Water Drop LA to deliver thousands of gallons of water to Skid Row
by COLETTE KANBARIAN Aria Cataño, Kate Montanez and Catie Cummings spend their Sundays bringing clean water to thousands of people experiencing homelessness on Skid Row. With eight water drops to date, the group has raised more than $365,000 in funds, according to Cataño, and has …
Abundant Housing LA Special Action Alert
From Abundant Housing LA’s newsletter This is critical. SB 1120 is a bill currently under consideration in Sacramento. Currently as in right now. And we really need you to take action. SB 1120 would make it possible to build two homes on every property currently zoned for single-family …
Urban Voices Project Presents STILL I WILL RISE Summer Concert Fundraiser
Urban Voices Project is thrilled to announce our Summer Concert Fundraiser STILL I WILL RISE Thursday, August 20 | 6pm PDT Registration is FREE Click on flyer below for registration & donation information
COVID-19 Homeless System Response: Rehousing Activation and Racial Equity – HUD Exchange
Aggregated deaths from COVID-19 in these 40 states and the District of Columbia have reached new highs for allgroups:• 1 in 1,850 Black Americans has died (or 54.6 per 100,000)• 1 in 4,100 Asian and Latinx Americans has died (or 24.3 and 24.9, respectively, per …
Link Between Homelessness and Racism
2020 homeless count results announced by the Los Angeles Homeless Services Authority (LAHSA) in June yielded current evidence of the long standing and persistent racial disparity in numbers of homeless persons for Black people in Los Angeles. The 2020 count echoed conclusions from the Report and …
Students Craft New Policies to Reduce Veteran Homelessness
A specially designed course, (639 Policy Advocacy and Social Change), led by Professor Renee Smith-Maddox, allows master’s level social workers to learn the theory and practice of policy development through the lens of homelessness. As Smith-Maddox has emphasized, there is an intersection with homelessness and housing …