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To the streets

On March 31 roughly 800,000 people across the country will go to bed without a home. Where will you be sleeping? On that same night in cities, towns, and college campuses across the country, people will choose to spend the night outside in solidarity with those who don't have a choice.

Last year, students from across the Midwest got a small taste of the reality of homelessness. By spending a night on the streets of Chicago in mid-February, their lives were changed as they raised awareness and collected signatures for a rental housing support bill that they later helped make a reality. As a result, thousands of people across the state of Illinois were able to find or stay in housing. This year you can get involved in one of several ways. You can join other groups who are planning similar sleep outs in your own area or plan one by yourself or with others. You can help rally support for the Affordable Housing Trust Fund on a national level and target specific issues within your community. Be it through educating yourself and others, recruiting volunteers, rallying resources, or working for political change, there are so many ways that you can make a difference on the March 31. Though it takes more than one night to change a nation, one night is where it can start.

Whether you will be sleeping out alone, with friends, a congregation, or your school, send your information to tothestreets@gmail.com so that it can be posted at www.tothestreets.org.

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