The Connection between Abandoned Buildings and Homeless People 2005
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Ecologists study the environment and how it changes. Our class decided to look into some problems in the environment of New York City: abandoned buildings and homeless people – buildings without people and people without buildings.
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First we interviewed four people who work with abandoned buildings and homeless people in New York City. To understand how old buildings can be remodeled and other housing issues, we spoke with Carmen Vasquez at Hope Community Inc. and Nellie Hester Bailey at Harlem Tenants Council. Then we interviewed Kristen Simpson at the NYC Department of Homeless Services and Lindsay Davis at Coaltion for the Homeless.
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After that, we transcribed the interviews, took pictures, made collages, drew maps, studied what we found, and discussed our thoughts. We want our project to provide information for those who can use this information to do something different.
Participants
Damon Rich, Educator, Project Coordinator
Paul Schuette, Educator
Saby Malary, Educator
Resources & Links
Organizations
| Coalition for the Homeless | Coalition for the Homeless is the nation's oldest advocacy and direct service organization helping homeless men, women, and children. |
| Harlem Tenants Council (HTC) | HTC organizes tenants in order to influence policies and programs that impact on low-income residents and neighborhood small businesses. To contact HTC, call 212-316-2240. |
| Heritage School (HS 680) | The Heritage School was founded in 1997, focusing its curriculum on the arts. CUP has worked with classes at Heritage since 2002. |
| Hope Community | Hope Community is a community development corporation based in the neighborhood of East Harlem in New York City. |
| New York City Department of Homeless Services | The Department of Homeless Services was established in 1993 and made an independent Mayoral agency in 1999. Since its inception, the work of DHS and its nonprofit partners has primarily focused on providing safe shelter, outreach services and, over the last few years, helping individuals and families transition to permanent housing. |
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