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August 4, 2009

Student homelessness and the White House

Written by Jared @ 12:18 pm

Insideschools is one of many projects housed at Advocates for Children of New York. Jared Stein is our colleague at NYS-TEACHS, which strives to ensure that the educational rights of homeless children are both recognized and implemented in New York State.

HearUS posted a link to an electronic petition requesting that President Obama meet with a determined 14-year- old who is completing an 1,100 mile walk to raise awareness about child/youth homelessness. HearUs writes:

“14-year-old David Ashby has walked 700 of 1,100 miles to meet President Obama to urge more national efforts to help homeless kids.

We need petitioners to get the President’s attention.

It won’t hurt if David’s amazing effort inspires people to do something local to help homeless kids.” (more…)

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