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Review for Chicago Coalition to End Homelessness, Chicago, IL, USA

Rating: 5 stars  

I am a teacher at Tilden High School, and had the opportunity to work with Hannah Willage this February. She and her co-workers did an excellent job working with my students to help them earn service learning hours while they learned about homelessness. Hannah made many trips to our school, where seh presented a well -thought out Power Point presentation, supplied students with handouts of important information, and helped the students write letters for their aldermen. My students particularly enjoyed meeting with former homeless people who came with her as guest speakers. She accompanied us on our field trip to City Hall, even riding in our bus! She worked with a smaller group of students to help them have the chance to meet with the aldermen, as well. Her work, and that of her co-workers, was above and beyond what I expected. It was a pleasure working with her and I plan to do so again in the future.

I've personally experienced the results of this organization in...

My students enjoyed learning about the homeless and discovering ways they can become active in politics to help others.

If I had to make changes to this organization, I would...

None.

Role:  General Member of the Public & I participated with Hannah, other volunteers and my students to protest the tabling of a city proposal which would set aside TIF dollars for affordable housing. We went to City Hall on February, 9th, 2011.