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Shelter : where Harvard meets the homeless / Scott Seider.

by Seider, Scott.

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Continuum, c2010.

Shelters for the homeless -- Massachusetts -- Cambridge.

Harvard Square (Cambridge, Mass.)

9781441185617 (pbk.)

1441185615 (pbk.)

vii, 293 p. ; 22 cm.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Privilege and poverty -- The Cadillac of homeless shelters -- Doing passion well -- Seeking connections -- Outside the box -- Sheltered from the ivory tower -- The best class at Harvard -- Learning to lead -- Enough committed fleas -- Something that lives on -- Appendix: research methods.

Every winter night the Harvard Square Homeless Shelter brings together society's most privileged and marginalized groups under one roof: Harvard students and the homeless. What makes the shelter unique is that it is operated entirely by Harvard College students. It is the only student-run homeless shelter in the United States. "Shelter" demonstrates how the juxtaposition of privilege and poverty inside the Harvard Square Shelter proves transformative for the homeless men and women taking shelter there, the Harvard students volunteering there, and the wider society into which both groups emerge each morning. In so doing, "Shelter" makes the case for the replication of this student-run model in major cities across the United States.

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