This November Is The First-Ever National Homeless Youth Awareness Month
eric g young says:
Please take a look at this article that I wrote at Civil Rights & Wrongs to find out what you can do to help end youth homelessness in America.
Hungry And Homeless: The Daily Struggle Of America’s Youth
Thanksgiving is just around the corner. Everywhere in America, grocery stores have laid out turkeys, hams, and roast beef.
Many of you may not know this, but this November is the first-ever National Homeless Youth Awareness Month. To throw some additional light on the disgraceful problem of homelessness in America, I am posting some information here at CRW about how you can get involved in reaching out to homeless youth.
According to the Homeless Youth Among Us Blog -
‘There are over 1,000,000 homeless kids on the streets of America right now! Living, and dying. That’s unacceptable anywhere, and especially in a country like the US that can fix this issue.
Many of these kids are fleeing homes where they are being physically or sexually abused, only to be preyed upon once they’re on the streets by child traffickers, drug dealers, or pimps. Between 17 and 35% of kids on the streets experience sexual abuse.
Read more at civilrightsandwrongs.wordpress.com
