Updates on Atlanta Homeless Connect, Homelessness Awareness Week and September 11th Rememberance

Just a note to tell you what has been going on with the events:

- We now have a keynote speaker for Homelessness Awareness Week at KSU who went from homelessness to Harvard.

- Atlanta Homeless Connect is an initiative under President Obama's serve.gov and I received a letter of support by email to be used to get people motivated to serve.

- We are finally coming together as a team. I am very proud of this because it took us so long to get on the same page....... but God showed-up and showed-out!

- @goLiveid and @dreamwithfaith are really working hard on their ends to make change where they are and are helping organize "The Crusade"

- We are getting all kinds of resources for the event but we could always use more. I would like to have resources pour in from everywhere like manna from heaven.

We are making change........ all of us working together........ helping one person at a time. This is what "The Crusade" is all about....... this is what my mother dedicated 50 years of her life to...... making a difference for the less fortunate.

Please remember this day in 2001 the World Trade Towers were hit, killing thousands of people. Hold this as a constant reminder that we are better than this....... we are stronger........ we are one people, under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all...... forever. Amen.

Homelessness Awareness Week at Kennesaw State University

During the week of October 12th thru the 17th an amazing annual event, Homelessness Awareness Week (HAW), will take place on the campus of Kennesaw State University. Students, faculty and staff will be provided with the extraordinary experience of learning about and simulating homelessness as the campus field is turned into a homeless community.

The following is the agenda for the week:

October 12th - Homelessness Awareness 1st Annual Conference
Making Homelessness Visible: From Education to Engagement

October 13th and 14th - Breakout sessions in classrooms with outreach workers from the community

October 15th and 16th - A 48 hour homeless simulation where students sleep-out on the campus field for two nights and try to find the resources they need to survive.

October 17th - Debriefing of students and faculty with group discussions about individual experiences

HAW makes it possible for faculty, students and staff to have the opportunity to learn about this "invisible" sector of our society. The goal of the activities is to increase students knowledge and understanding of living without food shelter and sometimes living without hope.

To learn more about Homelessness Awareness Week at KSU visit http://www.cleopatrajones.org/ where you can view footage from HAW 2008. To register for Homelessness Awareness Week go to the following link: serve.gov.