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MCTC Students Gather on Hennepin Avenue to Draw Attention to Homelessness

Students who are currently homeless or have experienced homelessness and their advocates gathered on Hennepin Avenue near the MCTC campus in Minneapolis today with signs such as, “My car, my study place, my home,” to bring attention to the need … Continue reading

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Working to Overcome Homelessness and Hunger — on Campus

This story originally appeared in MinnPost.com’s Community Sketchbook on September 26, 2010. By Cynthia Boyd Minneapolis Community and Technical College is a public college with the mission of encouraging students of color and the economically disadvantaged into its downtown classrooms. The … Continue reading

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Project Will Document Issues of Homelessness in our Community

This story originally appeared in MinnPost.com’s Community Sketchbook on September 14, 2010. By Cynthia Boyd Looking beyond the stereotypes of bag ladies on buses and panhandlers at freeway exits is only part of the idea behind a new photo project … Continue reading

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