Expressions of Homelessness

Nevada Volunteers’ higher-education initiative has worked on Nevada’s campuses for the past 2 ½ years to promote volunteering among college youth. One of the highlights of this effort has been the Expressions of Homelessness poetry project organized through the University of Nevada Reno’s Honors Program by our VISTA, Alexandra Ellison. An eight week poetry workshop was held for the Reno Family Shelter residents with the help of faculty from UNR’s English Department. Two UNR photography students, Jennice Rodriguez and Arielle Murphy, took portraits of the poets to display with the poems in this exhibition, celebrating the moving words of the shelter residents.