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Sunday
Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
Thursday
Friday
Saturday
Evening:
build shanty
on the quad;
spend night
there
Course
introduction,
discussion of
key ideas
AM: fly to
DC
PM: settle in
at shelter;
dinner;
evening
lecture
Day on the
streets
Evening:
dinner and
discussion
Morning of
volunteer
work at the
shelter
Evening
discussion of
welfare
policy
free time
AM: Senator
Durbin’s staff;
Rep. Weller’s
staff
PM: Rep.
Johnson’s
staff
AM:
Congressional
Research
Service
PM: group
discussion
AM: US
Conf. of
Mayors
PM: time to
write
reflection
paper
AM:
breakfast w/
Sens. Durbin
& Fitzgerald;
Urban
Institute
PM: Heritage
Foundation
Eve: taping of
Crossfire
program
AM: Ntl.
Alliance to
End
Homelessness
PM: free time
AM: group
discussion
PM: free time
free time
AM: Martha’s
Table
PM:
Community of
Hope; group
discussion
AM: fly to
Chicago;
settle into
hostel
PM: overview
from host
staff
AM: Baptist
church visit
PM: United
Church of
Hyde Park
All day:
public
housing
complex
AM:
presentation
on public
housing
PM: work at
shelter; spend
night there
free time
free time
All day: tour
of Chicago’s
south side
neighborhoods
AM: visit
NGO job
placement
center
PM: Chicago
Housing
Authority
AM: Chicago
Coalition for
the Homeless
PM: return to
campus
Convention