I really enjoyed the visit that was given to our class for Justice Studies, Hunger and Homelessness, we had two guest speakers to come and share the topic of being homeless today and their personal life experiences of their personal journey that brought them to the Chicago Coalition for the Homeless. The first speaker was Charles and he shared his experiences of being an athlete in school and excelling in football and other sports and coming from a large family that were always there for one another. He stated that he became addicted to drugs and it had taken him on a road of despair and the years of hardship to put his life together to be a better person. Today he shares his life experiences and represents the Chicago Coalition for the homeless.
Under his direction, he lobbies for the homeless where needed to make certain that the homeless population is fairly represented and continues to visit schools or wherever he is needed to spread the work that must be done to represent the homeless, another associate that works closely with him is also named Charles.
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