CURIS

One Night Without a Home

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During One Night Without a Home, members of the University of Michigan and Ann Arbor communities gathered in the diag for a night of speakers and activities to help raise awareness and reduce stigmatization of homelessness. This event was hosted in partnership with the Shelter Association of Washtenaw County (SAWC) and MReach. You can find links to activities from this night and information about speakers below.

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Speakers:

• Various SAWC clients shared their individual experiences with homelessness

• Gabby Morin - speaker from The Dot Org

• Trevor Betchel - speaker from Poverty Solutions

 

Activities:

• Scenario based discussions about causes of homelessness:

  • CURIS members led small groups in discussion about a variety of theoretical scenarios that might lead to a person losing their housing.

• SNAP Challenge activity for food insecurity awareness:

  • Participants were divided into teams and given the challenge to buy a week’s worth of food to fulfill government nutrition requirements on an average SNAP budget.

Food Insecurity Research

 

Our committee researched the intersection between COVID-19 and growing food insecurity. As the pandemic has affected social determinants of health such as SES and employment, more populations have been experiencing food insecurity. Our article posted on Michigan Daily focuses on what resources are available for those who need help and how we can help as a community.