Seattle University Project on Family Homelessness

08/31/2020

Farewell and thank you for 10+ years.

08/29/2020

As our project nears its end on Monday, Aug. 31, our assistants Anneke and Mary created this retrospective slide show about some of our favorite projects and people over the years. Featuring new illustrations by Anneke and a special GIF at the end.

https://bit.ly/2EQI5d5

08/12/2020

Part 2 of our COVID Kit for young people is here! This section is all about distancing - how and why - with five new pages featuring images created by Anneke and copy by Mary. Please share with the young folks in your life!

08/10/2020

NEW from our team: Wear a mask and help keep yourself & others safe, with these handy tips created especially for young people - like the thousands of students who will be starting the Seattle University fall quarter in four weeks.

Did you know: Young people ages 20-39 make up 39 percent of COVID cases in Washington state - the largest of any age group? Our new grads Anneke & Mary talked to dozens of friends and acquaintances and found there's still confusion about the right way to wear a mask, distance and get tested. So they created this COVID Check-in Kit. Part 1, today: Wearing a mask - How, where, why.

More information: Public Health - Seattle & King County, Washington State Department of Health, UW Medicine and more.

08/09/2020

Coming soon - COVID Kit, a guide for young people about life during the pandemic. Our assistants and recent Seattle U grads Anneke and Mary created this series on masking, distancing and testing, after talking to dozens of young people and hearing what they still wanted to know. Please help us get the word out starting tomorrow, especially as students around our state prepare for back to school.

08/08/2020

On a Saturday afternoon in fall 2016, we gathered at The Seattle Public Library to explore how to create change with art. Our then-design assistant Mandy wrote about the profound experience, and shared the beautiful paintings she made as a reflection on the day. https://projectonfamilyhomelessness.org/2016/11/16/create-change-a-day-to-change-how-we-think-about-art-advocacy-and-homelessness/

"Create Change" was part of our "Streetwise: Revisited" partnership with SPL and Firesteel - YWCA.

This past week we've been remembering some of our favorite design work by our students designers on our Twitter page (twitter.com/sufamhomeless) and in the coming week we'll share some of their best data visualizations and infographics for partners. Check it out!

08/04/2020

It's Election Day in Washington state! And this is the last one our project will be around for. So here are some memories from the voter engagement projects we've hosted with partners. Remember to submit your ballot today!

Read more about our voter engagement project, including candidate questionnaires, voters guides, debates and forums, with partners such as Solid Ground, Housing Development Consortium, Seattle-King County Coalition on Homelessness, Resolution to End Homelessness and Tech 4 Housing: http://projectonfamilyhomelessness.org/portfolio/be-a-housing-voter-our-voter-education-work-in-2019/

07/31/2020

One month from today our project will come to an end, after 10+ years of journalism, storytelling, art and advocacy with amazing partners, and the funding of the Gates Foundation. We'll spend the next 31 days reminiscing about some of our favorite projects, and the amazing people and partners we've been fortunate to work with.

Photo by Dan Lamont, SU Journalism Fellow on Family Homelessness, 2010.

07/23/2020

Learning about racism and housing means un-learning a false narrative, says our project assistant Mary. Starting with the film 13th - 2016 Netflix Movie, Mary shares some of the films, books and online conversations that opened her eyes to the long-lasting impacts of racism, especially on housing and homelessness.

By Mary Lacey, project assistant, Seattle University’s Project on Family Homelessness     Like many others during quarantine, I have turned to film and TV to learn about institutional rac…

07/16/2020

Another honor for Mercy Housing Northwest: First, their Magnuson Park building won an award for historic preservation; then their brand-new Gardner Place and Allen Family Center won a different award, the Gold Nugget Award, for innovation in design, planning and building. Affordable housing for low-income families can be a model for the industry.

Other local nonprofit developers who were honored with a Gold Nugget Award: Low Income Housing Institute, Community Roots Housing (formerly Capitol Hill Housing) and DESC. Congrats to all these nonprofits, as well as their builders, architects and designers!

07/09/2020

Congratulations to our colleague Dr. Graham Pruss; his paper on vehicle residency in Seattle was published in the HUD publication Cityscape.

The goal of Cityscape is to bring high-quality original research on housing and community development issues to scholars, government officials, and practitioners. Cityscape is open to all relevant disciplines, including architecture, consumer research, demography, economics, engineering, ethnography...