Advocacy, Outreach, and Education

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National Organizations

• National Alliance to End Homelessness
• National Coalition for the Homeless
• National Student Campaign Against Hunger and Homelessness

Zero:2016 - A National Campaign to End Veteran and Chronic Homelessness 

Zero: 2016 is a movement of communities working to end veteran and chronic homelessness by the end of 2016. Coordinated by Community Solutions, the national effort supports participants in optimizing local resources, tracking progress against monthly housing goals, and accelerating the spread of proven strategies.

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Host a Screening of the Documentary "Dream On"

DREAM ON presents a sobering look at poverty in America. The film's producers are inviting community groups to host screenings of the film at no cost.  You can see the film's trailer here.

Veronika Scott is a CNN Hero who is also profiled in DREAM ON. In 2010, Veronika designed a convertible coat for the homeless. Today, she and her Detroit nonprofit hire the homeless to help manufacture it. You can learn more about her story here.

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Host a Screening of the Documentary "The Homestretch"

​The Homestretch follows three homeless teens as they fight to stay in school, graduate, and build a future. Each of these smart, ambitious teenagers - Roque, Kasey and Anthony - will surprise, inspire, and challenge audiences to rethink stereotypes of homelessness as they work to complete their education while facing the trauma of being alone and abandoned at an early age.

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Social Entreprenuership

Books

• Be a Changemaker: How to Start Something the Matters
• The Teen Guide to Global Action: How to Connect with Others (Near & Far) to Create Social Change
• The Social Entrepreneur's Playbook, Expanded Edition: Pressure Test, Plan, Launch and Scale Your Social Enterprise

Education and Mentoring

• ​Young Entrepreneurs Academy - delivering experience-based entrepreneurship programs to young people

Online Courses (Free)

• America's Poverty Course  - Stanford University course exploring wealth inequality, racial and gender inequality, extreme poverty, and social mobility.
• Social Entrepreneurship - University of Pennsylvania (Course is not actively running, but you can still view lecture videos) ​
• Social Entrepreneurship - Copenhagen Business School 

Funding Sources

• Youth Service America - Youth Changing the World
• The Awesome Foundation - $1000 grants awarded monthly
• Ashoka Youth Venture

Critical Views

• Tackling Heropreneurship:  Why we need to move from “the social entrepreneur” to social impact
• Social Entrepreneurs Need to Think Beyond the Business
• Social Entrepreneur is an Oxymoron 

Support Organizations

• Bab​ele enables society to collaborate and solve the most urgent challenges of our time. It is an open innovation center that helps impact entrepreneurs in refining their strategies through crowd- mentoring and peer-learning. We enable experts and ordinary citizens to take an active role in developing solutions for the greater good, by supporting social enterprises from all-over the world to build viable and sustainable business models.

Farash Prize for Social Entrepreneurship - Recognizes social entrepreneurs in Ontario and Monroe Counties in New York.  The winner is awarded a $100,000 prize.

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Videos

Documentary: Ending Homelessness in Miami, Florida 

The video to the right is a production of the Homeless Trust organization in Miami. FL.  More educational materials can be found here.

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Ending Homelessness in Texas

The video to the right is a production of the Texas Homeless Network, a statewide organization working to end homelessness in Texas communities through education, resources, and advocacy.  

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How can I bring dignity to the homeless? 
Joel Hunt at TEDxSaltLakeCity

​Joel Hunt shares his stories of bringing medicine to the street people of downtown Salt Lake City, offering dignity as the very best medicine for resilience and hope.

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The Unexpected Face of Homelessness:
​Bee Orsini at TEDxMacquarieUniversity

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No One Expects To Be Homeless:
​Betty Palmer at TEDxColbyCollege