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Matt Ryan-Bender ’13, Local Advisory Committee Member for DePaul USA, addresses students, faculty and staff
attending a discussion on the housing crisis, Nov. 18. PHOTO: SAHR KARIMU ’26/THE HAWK

Speakers highlight Homelessness Awareness Month

Sophia Galante ’26 and Liv Bielawski ’27 November 20, 2024

The Joseph William and Madeline Eberle Klein Fund sponsored its second dinner and discussion event highlighting housing insecurity amongst college students in Mandeville Hall Nov. 18.  November is...

Students sit on Campion Student Center’s courtyard during the sleep out, Nov. 9.
PHOTO: MATTHEW WINARTO ’26/THE HAWK

Students sleep outside in solidarity with the unhoused

Liv Bielawski ’27, News Reporter November 13, 2024

As the moon rose and the temperature dropped below 40 degrees Fahrenheit Nov. 9, eight students slept in Campion Student Center’s courtyard in solidarity with people experiencing homelessness.  The...

GRAPHIC: CARA HALLIGAN ’25/THE HAWK

Resources for people experiencing homelessness

Kiley O'Brien '25, Assistant Features Editor November 13, 2024

November is National Homelessness Awareness Month, a time dedicated to bringing attention to homelessness in America. It is an opportunity to recognize the lives of people experiencing homelessness and...

Grants Pass Oregon v. Johnson

Grace O'Meara '27, Special to The Hawk November 5, 2024

The Faith-Justice Institute hosted a St. Joe’s alum who discussed how a U.S. Supreme Court decision handed down this summer will impact the lives of people experiencing homelessness. In the case, Grants...

Center of Hope and Journey of Hope tip off at a Hoops 4 Hope basketball game.

Hoops 4 Hope strives to cater to ‘what it is to be human’

Mia Messina ’25, Sports Editor September 11, 2024

In 2015, Tori Urban was working as a substance use coordinator for Resources for Human Development (RHD) when she was tasked with creating an action learning project that would benefit those she worked...

Members of St. Joe's chapter of Circle K International and SSMLS work to assemble cold and flu kits, Feb. 23.

Students synergize service and science to stop sickness spread

Gavin Kuebler February 28, 2024

Student volunteers from the St. Joe’s chapter of Circle K International, a student-led service group, and the Student Society of Medical Laboratory Scientists (SSMLS) gathered Feb. 23 for an annual...

Carolyn Harper, the artist, stands with her piece titled “Dobb.” PHOTOS: Kaitlyn Patterson ’20

Facing the forgotten

Kaitlyn Patterson November 5, 2019

Philadelphia artist sheds light on homelessness epidemic There are approximately 5,700 people in Philadelphia that are considered to be homeless as of 2018, contributing to the 552,830 total individuals...

Sign outside Hub of Hope in Suburban Station. PHOTO: MITCHELL SHIELDS ’22/THE HAWK

City declared Code Blue

Alex Mark February 5, 2019

Student volunteers work with homeless through severe weather   As temperatures dropped into single digits last week, Philadelphia declared a Code Blue throughout the city. A Code Blue is called...

Emily Hopkins ’17 talks to Crystal Williams, a vistor to the Hub of Hope, in the recption area (Photo by Luke Malanga ’20).

The Hub of Hope helps the homeless

Charley Rekstis February 13, 2018

Project HOME relocates and revamps hub in Suburban Station When visitors leave the cold streets of the city and walk down the stairs into the Hub of Hope, they end up in a warm, well-lit reception area...

A home is not a house

Victoria Tralies October 25, 2016

Look up. Most likely, there is a ceiling over your head. It might seem like a blank abyss. Your eyes aren’t always focused there, but you can trust that it’s relatively strong and fairly reliable....

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