Homelessness No Longer “Out of Sight, Out of Mind” for Filmmakers and Their Communities

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<p><em>"The Beast Inside" is one of four animated shorts produced by the <a href="http://www.seattleu.edu/artsci/departments/communication/strategic-communications/film-project/">Film & Family Homelessness Project</a>. Co-director and animator Drew Christie told us that making this film helped him understand how "institutional racism, bigotry, misunderstandings and fear" contribute to homelessness.</em></p> — "The Beast Inside" is one of four animated shorts produced by the Film & Family Homelessness Project. Co-director and animator Drew Christie told us that making this film helped him understand how "institutional racism, bigotry, misunderstandings and fear" contribute to homelessness.

...homework. This problem doesn’t get much media coverage, and is largely invisible to many community members. To build awareness, Seattle University created the Film & Family Homelessness Project and invited...

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“This Is Our Place”: A Journey From Illness and Homelessness to Stability and Community

Nick Hodges and Charlotte Wheelock experienced homelessness with their two young sons after Nick became ill with spinal stenosis. They talk about their journey from homelessness to stability in a <a href="http://kuow.org/post/homeless-and-sick-i-would-just-go-restroom-and-cry" target="_blank">StoryCorps conversation</a> that airs on KUOW today. Image by StoryCorps. — Nick Hodges and Charlotte Wheelock experienced homelessness with their two young sons after Nick became ill with spinal stenosis. They talk about their journey from homelessness to stability in a StoryCorps conversation that airs on KUOW today. Image by StoryCorps.

...Check out a list of 10 things you can do to help, compiled by Seattle University’s Project on Family Homelessness. HEAR MORE STORIES Listen to more “Finding Our Way” stories...

“Stepping Into Homelessness”: Domestic Violence and the Power of Empathy

Vince Matulionis and Catherine Hinrichsen talked about ending homelessness in their StoryCorps recording. Photo courtesy of StoryCorps.

...Written by Haley Jo Lewis, Seattle University student and project assistant, Seattle University’s Project on Family Homelessness Lisa Gustaveson vividly remembers a day in 1999 when she and Vince...