The summit, which was hosted by the advocacy and outreach group Housing Opportunities for People Everywhere and sponsored by the University's urban studies department, included keynote speakers, breakout sessions and workshops led primarily by representatives from student groups and community organizations.
Among the workshop leaders were individuals who have experienced homelessness, including Jesse Hardy, founder of Jesse's Homeless Outreach Project in New Haven, Connecticut.
“I want people to see that love … that we should have for each other, whether you're homeless or not,” Hardy told The Herald. “You don't always have to have money to help each other, you can just talk to people.” It is important for students to hear from speakers like Hardy to remember the importance of working with, and not for, people experiencing homelessness, Gabriel Zimmerman '18, executive director of HOPE and Nathaniel Pettit '20, HOPE's education chair, said.
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