Student Effort to Combat Homelessness to be Honored at the Forum

Contact: Molly Lanzarotta
Phone: (617) 495-1115
Date: March 05, 2008

Cambridge, MA —The role of Harvard students in combating homelessness in Massachusetts will be acknowledged on March 5 at the John F. Kennedy School of Government. A panel discussion marking the 25th anniversary of the Harvard Homeless Shelter will begin at 6 p.m. at the John F. Kennedy Jr. Forum, 79 JFK Street, Cambridge.

A conversation with:

  • JARRETT BARRIOS, president, The Massachusetts Blue Cross Blue Shield Foundation; Massachusetts state senator (2002-07); Massachusetts state representative (1998-2002); Harvard College 1990
  • ALICE WOLF, Massachusetts state representative; Harvard Kennedy School of Government, MPA 1978
  • JAMES SHEARER, president, Homeless Empowerment Project; co-founder, Spare Change News
  • JAMES YOUNG, Harvard Divinity School, MDiv 2009; board member, Harvard Square Homeless Shelter Corporation
  • JULIE WILSON (moderator), Harry Kahn senior lecturer in social policy; director, Malcolm Wiener Center for Social Policy

This event is co-sponsored by Harvard Square Homeless Shelter and the Institute of Politics. Journalists interested in attending should contact the Harvard Kennedy School Communications Office at (617) 495-1115 to reserve space on the press riser.

Watch the live web-stream: http://www.iop.harvard.edu/events_forum.html

To view this and other events after their conclusion, visit the Forum archive: http://ksgaccman.harvard.edu/iop/events_forum_listview.asp

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