Boston Conservatory’s ‘Shelter’ gives voice to the unheard and overlooked
Boston Conservatory’s “Shelter” — which enjoys a Boston premiere on Thursday, June 6 — gives voice to a subset of women not often heard in our society, let alone in a pop-rock musical: members of the homeless community.
Homeless LGBTQ youth rehearse for Theatre of the Oppressed festival
Homeless LGBTQ youth from three shelters will be performing in an interactive theater festival this weekend.
Legislators join LGBT homeless youth in theater performance
City and state legislators will take to the stage with LGBTQ homeless youth to work out policy through interactive theater.
Report: Youth homelessness in Philadelphia has doubled
The number of homeless youth in Philadelphia more than doubled between 2009 and 2011, according to a People’s Emergency Center study on youth homelessness.
Report: Record 50,000 homeless now in NYC
A new Coalition for the Homeless report says in 2013, the number of homeless people in city shelters “surpassed 50,000 for the first time” in three decades.
ICycle: Locals cycle to end homelessness
For 11 straight hours, in one hour intervals, spin instructors led classes of people cycling to raise funds during the event called ICycle.