[Source: Janessa Hilliard, Special for The Republic] — A few extra homeless will be sleeping on the streets of downtown Phoenix on Friday night. Arizona Student Public Interest Research Group, in affiliation with students at Arizona State University, is hosting an overnight campout to raise awareness of hunger and homelessness. The event will take place on First Friday from 9 p.m. until midnight in the Shade Garden outside Taylor Place, the student residential complex on the ASU Downtown campus.
The students plan to spend the night sleeping in makeshift box housing and sleeping bags, creating what they are a calling Box City. In addition, those attending the First Friday art walk, will see students dressed to appear as part of the “homeless” community, carrying signs proclaiming “Keep Your Coins, We Want Change.” The goal is to educate fellow students and the public about the growing plight of the homeless in the Phoenix area. [Note: To read the full article, click here.]
Downtown Voices Coalition 