Monthly Archives: February, 2010
The Voices of the Children Calling
Do you hear them? In the United States, 1.5 million children are homeless; more than 500,000 children are in foster care; more than 20,000 are aging out of the system every year (most the day they turn 18). Of those 20,000, fewer than 50% have attained their high school diplomas. Within a [...]
The Blind Side Doesn’t Let Us Turn a Blind Eye To Homeless Kids
In his bestselling book The Blind Side, Michael Lewis does a masterful job of telling the unlikely but true story of Michael Oher, an African American homeless teen who got adopted by a wealthy white family in Memphis. He subsequently played football for Ole Miss and ended up getting drafted by the Baltimore Ravens. Now [...]