In 2016, we launched an educational platform grounded in understanding, acknowledgement and perspective – to provide insight around the process of confronting the community crisis that is homelessness in America. This is an opportunity to empower dialogue and learning for a long-term solution while continuing to provide essential survival aid to those in desperate need - right now.
The US Department of Housing and Urban Development named LA the number one city for chronic homelessness in 2016 – with growth in youth homelessness being the largest contributors. The County and City of Los Angeles City remain as the area with the largest chronic homeless population in the nation. U.S. Senate Housing Committee Fact Sheet on Homelessness
Read our Charter/Mandate for The Giving Spirit's Education and Community Development Committee here...
TGS has consistently been called an effective teaching tool for children and families in the areas of poverty, community empowerment and entitlement in LA by parents, teachers and kids. We want to honor that, stand by it and build on it.
At our December Outreach last winter 2023, we held two of our Learning Experience educational program sessions. These sessions ran in conjunction with our survival kits assembly - and dozens of our dedicated volunteers took to the opportunity to listen and learn.
"Homeless Youth - Our Future Abandoned and Vulnerable"
-A look at the concerning rise in homelessness among our youth from experts and those who have been there
"The Human Animal Bond: Veterans, Companion Animals and Navigating Homelessness"
- A dialogue with experts and lived experienced storytellers focused on the role of companion animals in helping unhoused veterans