Digging Around for Any Excuse: Dialogue Through Desperation
Location
Beaman A&B
Presentation Type
Presentation
Start Date
14-9-2011 12:00 PM
Description
The Contributor, a street newspaper in Nashville, provides a platform for currently and formerly homeless individuals to publish their stories through poetry, news, essays and opinion pieces. Perhaps more importantly, though, thousands of times every day, The Contributor creates an opportunity for an interaction between individuals who have experienced homelessness and those who have not. Tasha French, founder and executive director of The Contributor, will discuss the power of giving a voice and a face to homelessness as well as her own process of searching for and creating her own voice in the non-profit and newspaper worlds.
Recommended Citation
French, Tasha, "Digging Around for Any Excuse: Dialogue Through Desperation" (2011). Humanities Symposium. 28.
https://repository.belmont.edu/humanities_symposium/2011/2011/28
Digging Around for Any Excuse: Dialogue Through Desperation
Beaman A&B
The Contributor, a street newspaper in Nashville, provides a platform for currently and formerly homeless individuals to publish their stories through poetry, news, essays and opinion pieces. Perhaps more importantly, though, thousands of times every day, The Contributor creates an opportunity for an interaction between individuals who have experienced homelessness and those who have not. Tasha French, founder and executive director of The Contributor, will discuss the power of giving a voice and a face to homelessness as well as her own process of searching for and creating her own voice in the non-profit and newspaper worlds.
Comments
Convocation Credit: Personal & Professional Growth