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Tulane Homeless Awareness Event Draws Controversy and Interest

Date: 10/12/2009 3:35 pm

A sleep-out event organized by  the Hunger and Homelessness Action Team (HATT) of Tulane University generated controversy and discussion about homelessness and the organization’s tactics.  At the event, students slept outside and listened to advocates for homeless persons in order to raise awareness about homelessness and poverty.

Sally Higgins, the President of HATT, said that interactions with passersby were mostly constructive and that “people were definitely interested.”

However, an unruly late night crowd targeted the event. “There were a few opinionated drunks, but that’s to be expected,” Higgins said. “It’s a mixed blessing. They had very strong opinions, but they were also interfering with the structures themselves and prodding the boxes.”

Other students, who were not inebriated, were more vocal about their distaste for the awareness project. Sophomore Ryan Judd called the event “silly” and said that he didn’t “see how that event (did) anything for the homeless cause.”

The controversy and discussions prompted by the event have encouraged the organizers. The Tulane “campus really isn’t aware of homelessness,” Vice President of HATT Samantha Cook said. “The incidents on Saturday highlighted that.” This, according to Senior Amy Brown, “is exactly why they needed to do it.”


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