What causes poverty? Are people who are experiencing poverty to be blamed for their circumstances? How do we as citizens address issues of urban poverty? Follow along as students of the INTD:076/LEAD:112 Explorations of Urban Poverty: Des Moines & New York City, an engaged citizen and experiential learning course at Drake University, collectively try to unpack the issue of urban poverty. Questions about this blog can be addressed to the instructor, renee.sedlacek@drake.edu.
Wednesday, January 14, 2015
Criminalizing Homelessness
Do we give the homeless a fair chance? Are our laws helping or hurting the homeless? These are the questions we need to find solutions for.
What do you think? How has your perspective of the answers to these questions changed over the course of this class?
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