A2: Homelessness

On the Huron Beacon blog, Donald Michael Schwartz describes his experience being interviewed by a Detroit News reporter about being homeless in Ann Arbor. Schwartz says he was “grossly misrepresented” in the article: “My homeless experience has shown me that, a wide range of people can find themselves homeless. Recently, I sat next to a man, at the free St. Andrews breakfast, who was a graduate of Columbia University. He worked most of his life as a social worker, but has come upon hard times. There is a mechanical engineer who sleeps on the same floor as me in the Delonis shelter. The list can go on. So what have I learned from the homeless – mostly the importance of treating ourselves and others with human dignity.” [Source]