On April 18, a group of Hamilton students slept in a cardboard structure in the McEwen breezeway to support Habitat for Humanity and raise awareness about poverty housing and homelessness in America. The students constructed a simulated "shanty town" of cardboard boxes in the breezeway and spent the night in it. During the evening, College Chaplain Jeff McArn facilitated a discussion on poverty housing and what students can do to end it.
| Nate Stell '04, one of the sleep-out's organizers, spoke about the poverty housing crisis in America and what the Habitat for Humanity organization does to combat it. Stell said that students can combat the issue in various ways – giving time or money to organizations like Habitat, getting involved in political activism about this and other related issues, and raising overall awareness about poverty housing. |  |
| Students inside the cardboard structure they slept in |
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Chaplain McArn elaborated on Stell's remarks, talking about how fear and division within society create the belief that certain people deserve housing and others don't. McArn said that each of us has to think about how we can help the less fortunate, particularly by joining forces with others. He reminded students to be conscious of how they interact with the less fortunate. |
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College Chaplain Jeff McArn |
-- by Caroline O'Shea '07
