Posts in Homelessness and privilege

Throughout my life, I’ve heard many things to describe, or maybe even justify, why people are homeless. It’s their fault; …

Texas to California I grew up in an upper middle-class suburb of Houston, Texas, in a town once nicknamed the …

The cool breeze of the Danube River swept through my long, brown hair. Wearing my black Duke windbreaker and faded …

Last Thursday, the 15 DukeEngagers and our site coordinators had dinner with Duke alum and Seattle City Council member Mike …

Throughout the DukeEngage program, we had various enrichment activities after work and on the weekends. Although the majority of my …

As a communications intern, my goal is to gather and tell stories. Here, however, you will find my own. I applied …

To be honest, I came to San Francisco without expectations. Despite the talks about reeking streets, strong emotions, the “life …

There’s a Mark Twain quote that says, “The coldest winter I ever spent was a summer in San Francisco.” He’s …

I barely washed my hands all week. It wasn’t from laziness or gross hygiene habits though. Almost every sink in …

“They’re looking at us like we’re zoo animals,” a client mumbled under his breath to his friend as our aggressively …