{"id":7910,"date":"2006-03-15T17:31:26","date_gmt":"2006-03-15T22:31:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/newswire\/?p=7910"},"modified":"2011-07-06T08:30:44","modified_gmt":"2011-07-06T13:30:44","slug":"student-led-sleep-out-gets-national-attention","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/newswire\/2006\/03\/15\/student-led-sleep-out-gets-national-attention\/","title":{"rendered":"Student-Led &#8216;Sleep-Out&#8217; Gets National Attention"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>CHICAGO, IL (March 15, 2006)  &#8211; What began as a simple idea just more than a  year ago has turned into a national event spearheaded by students at  North Park University and attracting the attention of media across the  country.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>The national &#8220;Sleep-Out&#8221; event designed to raise public awareness of the  increasing number of homeless individuals is being held March 31. The  national event is the result of a sleep out organized last year in  Chicago that attracted 300 students from 10 states, organized by North  Park student Tim King (accompanying photo).<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/old.covchurch.org\/uploads\/4c\/As\/4cAsEcNnCS3HU9EQtO0X7w\/1285.jpg\" alt=\"Tim King\" hspace=\"20\" vspace=\"15\" align=\"left\" \/> The students, which included 100 from North Park, distributed  information about homelessness to people as they shopped along Chicago&#8217;s  famous &#8220;Miracle Mile,&#8221; which is a stretch of Michigan Avenue north of  the Chicago River that offers an upscale selection of well-known stores  and pricey condominiums. The group also has pushed for enactment of  legislation to address the needs of homeless people and reduce the level  of homelessness in this country.<\/p>\n<p>This year, a core group of 20 North Park students is organizing the  national and Chicago events, says King, now a senior. They are  maintaining a website to promote the event as well as provide  information on homelessness. The students also have put together  organizational packets for groups, answered emails from interested  participants and handled other logistical issues. To learn more, visit  the website at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.tothestreets.org\/\">To The Streets.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The students have enlisted the aid of several national organizations to  help with the event. Participating are Call to Renewal, the National  Coalition for the Homeless, the National Student Campaign Against Hunger  and Homelessness, and <em>Sojourners<\/em> magazine.<\/p>\n<p>Information on the group&#8217;s website outlines a number of ways that groups  and individuals can support the effort, including some that do not  include spending time in sleeping bags among the homeless, as many of  the students do:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Neighborhood sleep-out<\/li>\n<li>Sleep-out vigil<\/li>\n<li>Community sleep-out<\/li>\n<li>Virtual sleep-out<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>King says he already has been contacted by national media outlets that  may cover the event. Most of the major media outlets, including the  <em>Chicago Tribune<\/em> and <em>Chicago Sun-Times,<\/em> wrote about last  year&#8217;s sleep-out.<\/p>\n<p>The sleep-out was the result of an off-the-cuff idea that King mentioned  while sitting around a table with colleagues during a student-led  national conference on hunger and homelessness. &#8220;It&#8217;s kind of one of  those things that if I would have thought of this at first, I never  would have tried,&#8221; King said prior to last year&#8217;s event.<\/p>\n<p>To read more of last year&#8217;s event, please visit the following:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/old.covchurch.org\/cov\/news\/item4112.html\">Pre-event  news story<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/old.covchurch.org\/cov\/news\/item4134.phtml\">Post-event news  coverage<\/a><span style=\"color: #000000;font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif\"> <\/span>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif\">Copyright \u00a9 2011 The Evangelical Covenant Church.<\/p>\n<p><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"wp-report-this\"><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/newswire?moderation_action=report_form&#038;object_type=post&#038;object_id=7910&#038;width=250&#038;height=300\" class=\"thickbox\" title=\"Report This Post\">Report This Post<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>CHICAGO, IL (March 15, 2006) &#8211; What began as a simple idea just more than a year ago has turned into a national event spearheaded by students at North Park University and attracting the attention of media across the country. 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