For Youth, By Youth: A Third Student-Run Homeless Shelter

This past winter, the third student-run homeless shelter in the United States came into being. Two recent Harvard graduates, Sam Greenberg and Sarah Rosenkrantz, who had volunteered at the Harvard Square Homeless Shelter as college students, saw a need within the Boston and Cambridge communities for...

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Published in:Journal of college and character 2016-10, Vol.17 (4), p.278-282
Main Author: Seider, Scott C.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
College students
Community service
Emergency Shelters
Greenberg, Sam
Homeless People
Interviews
Learning Experience
Massachusetts
Outreach Programs
Participant Satisfaction
Program Attitudes
Program Descriptions
Program Development
Rosenkrantz, Sarah
Shelters
Student Leadership
Student Organizations
Student Volunteers
Undergraduate Students
Young Adults
Youth volunteers
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Summary:This past winter, the third student-run homeless shelter in the United States came into being. Two recent Harvard graduates, Sam Greenberg and Sarah Rosenkrantz, who had volunteered at the Harvard Square Homeless Shelter as college students, saw a need within the Boston and Cambridge communities for a homeless shelter serving young adults. Drawing upon the Harvard Square Homeless Shelter's student-run model, Sam and Sarah worked with Harvard College undergraduates to open Youth-to-Youth (Y2Y) Harvard Square, a homeless shelter exclusively for young adults ages 18-24. This article features an interview with Sam and Sarah about their work to establish Y2Y Harvard Square and the experiences of the college students leading and staffing the shelter.
ISSN:2194-587X
1940-1639
1940-1639
DOI:10.1080/2194587X.2016.1230763