LABarometer survey on affordability and livability highlights how Los Angeles County residents prefer to solve homelessness and finds that 29% of residents who moved in the last year were forced to do so by rising rents, while 24% of all residents want to leave L.A.
Despite homelessness and family loss, Sophia Perez graduates this year and will head to law school, then on to continue advocating for underserved communities’ rights.
Sydney Kamlager ’14 wants to improve the lives of Black Californians by tackling inequality, especially in the criminal justice and housing fields. [4½ min read]
The COVID-19 pandemic hasn’t stopped students in Kamy Akhavan’s class “Doing Good” from bettering the world. [4¾ min read]
Students from USC and Hong Kong Polytechnic University participate in a service exchange program focusing on homelessness hosted by USC Dornsife’s Joint Educational Project (JEP). [4 ½ min read]
After spending her undergraduate and graduate years volunteering for homeless service organizations, a Trojan Family member makes solving homelessness a career mission. [3 min read]
USC Dornsife’s Joint Educational Project connects students with volunteer opportunities helping the homeless as part of the university’s commitment to reducing homelessness in Los Angeles County.
Alumnus Dan Johnson teaches reading skills to homeless students in Los Angeles with a textbook he created to speak to their experiences. [4 min read]
Who are the religiously unaffiliated in America? Richard Flory explains they are a complex and evolving category that includes people with “different relationships to religion.”
