Resources
Scarborough Library Common Reading Research Guide
“Hidden in Plain Sight”: America’s Promise 2016 Report on Student Homelessness
How Childhood Trauma Affects Health Across a Lifetime
Compilation of clips of Liz from across YouTube
Travis Smiley – Liz Murray – PBS
Liz Murray – “The ‘What If’ Voice”
Homelessness Videos
Lost Angels: Skid Row is My Home
How Do Homeless Women Cope with Their Periods?
Storied Streets – available with Amazon Prime
Google “Ted Talks Homelessness”
How I got Over – (available on Netflix) A documentary that follows a group of homeless women living in a shelter in DC through the process of creating and performing a show of their own stories with the help of a DC-based theater program. It’s quite powerful and highlights the often neglected power of art in the healing process.
ABC news: Homeless to Harvard – Child of Addicts Counsels Youths in Spirituality
Hidden in Plain Sight: Student Homelessness in America
| A similar story: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=btRO3KhkUWs |
More about Liz: http://www.meetcarolynblake.com/liz-murray-a-life-worth-living/
| LIZ MURRAY: A Life Worth Living – Meet Carolyn Blake |
| Homeless to Harvard (and Beyond!): Khadijah Williams | Where Are They Now | Oprah Winfrey Network
She was homeless…but not hopeless. In 2009, Oprah met Khadijah Williams, a young woman who grew up in shelters but never stopped believing in herself and the power … |
1 in 7 New York City Elementary Students Will Be Homeless, Report Says
For 1.3 Million Homeless Youths, ESSA Is a Beacon of Hope
Addiction & Recovery: Struggle for Sobriety (filmed in Charles Town, WV)