Our group is just coming together. Earlier I met with Emily to talk a little about our project focus and talked about specific things we might do to engage with the homeless population and activities we might facilitate to raise awareness for this population as far as current issues that might affect them and then connecting them with ways to voice their opinion. These two activities are ones we thought about in our discussion.
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Identify city representatives and the community
council in their area then provide an opportunity to meet discuss current
issues.
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Assist in
voting registration for those interested
We also decided to connect with a few contacts (staff at the Road Home Shelter, Volunteers of America, the Veterans Administration and 4th Street Clinic) to see their thoughts on conducting a focus group for current or formerly homeless individuals to engage in a discussion on applicable topics.
We added 2 other members to our group and will meet next week to discuss assignments.
