What Role Models Mean For People-of-Color
America makes it hard for people of color to have role models. Our leaders not only face systematic murder, but surrender their legacy to our various oppressors. Speaking of my experience, I never...
View ArticleREPORT: 43 Percent of Black Gay Youth Have Contemplated or Attempted Suicide
A survey of black gay youth reveals that 43 percent of Black gay youth have thought about or attempted suicide; over half of those surveyed fear or have experienced family disownment. Our young people...
View ArticleINSPIRING! ATL Teen Fred Dukes Graduates HS; Heading To College Despite...
Check out the inspiring story of Fred Dukes, an ATL student who graduated from High School despite being homeless and having no support from family. BYP commends Fred Dukes for his perseverance, and...
View ArticleREPORT: Homeless Black Youth Are Largely Invisible to Service Providers
According to a new report, language and definitions surrounding homelessness render homeless black youth invisible to service providers. Homeless black youth often do not self-identify as homeless, and...
View ArticleHomeless Woman Sent to Prison for Sending Child to Better School Out of Her...
Tonya McDowell - a 34 year-old homeless woman - has been given prison time for sending her child to a better school out of her district. Should a parent receive jail time for securing a quality...
View Article23 Year-Old Joshua Williams Graduates from College Despite Homelessness;...
Williams, a senior at Bethune-Cookman College, will graduate this weekend with a degree in criminal justice. Even more astonishing? Joshua spent most of his college career without a place to live!
View ArticleChelesa Fearce Overcomes Homelessness; Will Start College as a Junior at Spelman
Georgia teen Chelesa Fearce spent most of her high school career homeless, oftentimes living out of her mother's car. But Fearce persevered. She achieved a 4.466 GPA, took all college courses during...
View ArticleYouth Homelessness is On The Rise in Illinois
According to a report in the Chicago Tribune, youth homelessness is on the rise. Though an official count has not been made since 2005, shelters and hotline data suggests that more and more youth are...
View ArticleNas Raises $29,000 for Homeless Family
After seeing a story about a family who had lost their home to a fire, Nas took to Twitter to help them, tweeting “I was moved by the sad story of Stanley Young-father of 7 now homeless. Help me give...
View ArticleRestaurant forced to stop feeding homeless after complaints from other...
A Lafeyette, Ind. restaurant has been forced to stop feeding the homeless amid complaints from fellow business owners. The Buttery Shelf, a small eatery owned by Cherrie Buckley, fed as many as 70...
View ArticleNew York Times article sheds light into life of homeless child
This story originally appeared in the New York Times. By: Andrea Elliot She wakes to the sound of breathing. The smaller children lie tangled beside her, their chests rising and falling under winter...
View Article7-year-old Blake Ansari makes Kohl’s Foundation Regional Philanthropist for...
By BYP @blackyouthproj 2:54 pm November 5, 2014 7-year-old Blake Ansari is a force to be reckoned with. Earlier this year, we talked about the amazing work that Blake is doing to make his city better....
View ArticleChance the Rapper fundraising for coats for Chicago’s homeless
This holiday season, Chance The Rapper proved again why he is a hometown hero in Chicago. In an effort to help the city’s homeless, Chance partnered with The Empowerment Plan, a Detroit-based...
View ArticleHomelessness remains a serious problem in the state of California
By: Chaya Crowder There is a homeless crisis in Los Angeles County. On a given night there are more than 46,000 people without homes in Los Angeles. Policy makers and community activists are drawing...
View ArticleINTERVIEW: Fight trans homelessness with J. Skyler Robinson
There are at least 1.4 million trans adults and around 150,000 trans youth living in the United States today. Although they only make up .6 and .7 percent of their respective populations, trans people...
View ArticleHomelessness among formerly incarcerated people is at a crisis point,...
According to a new report from the Prison Policy Initiative, homelessness among the 5 million formerly incarcerated people in America is ten times higher than it is for the rest of the country....
View ArticleOklahoma City school to be designed specifically for homeless students
According to CityLab, Positive Tomorrows, a non-profit organization in Oklahoma City, has decided to create a campus that is specifically designed to cater to the needs of homeless children. Gary...
View ArticleLGBTQ+ youth are disproportionately vulnerable to homelessness and survival...
by Maximillian Matthews This essay contains discussions of racialized sexual violence and mentions r/pe “There is probably no greater (or more misleading) body of sexual myths in the world today than...
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