Homelessness
Cafe Staffed By Homeless to Open Near Harvard Square In Fall 2018
Breaktime will offer vocational training, employment, and career mentorship to its employees, according to co-founders Connor Schoen ’21 and Tony Shu ’21.
Homeless Court’s Move To Harvard Square Brings Improved Accessibility
The Cambridge District Homeless Court has begun holding sessions at its new location in the First Parish Church, at the corner of Massachusetts Ave. and Church Street.
PBHA Holds Second Annual Housing Awareness Week
Harvard students collaborated with community organizations, called their legislators, and discussed increasing rates of homelessness as part of the Phillip Brooks House Association’s annual Housing Awareness Week.
Harvard Square Shelters Fight to Serve in Winter
In the wintertime, Y2Y and HSHS must navigate extreme weather conditions with a skeleton staff—watching the demand for overnight beds rise while the volunteer pool shrinks.
Winter for Cambridge’s Homeless
"We are fortunate to have all these other providers along with us, that though not connected to us, are contributing to this unified effort to help people stay out of the cold when the weather hits.”
Cambridge Senior Center
The new Warming Center for the homeless in Central Square is located in the basement of the Cambridge Senior Center.
First Parish Church
The Cambridge District Court will relocate its “homeless court” to the First Parish Church in Harvard Square in early December.
Cambridge District 'Homeless Court' to Move to Harvard Square
The Homeless Outreach Program of the Cambridge Police Department coordinated the move with the Cambridge District Court, the Harvard Square Business Association, and First Parish Church.
A Voice in the Square: Spare Change News
Spare Change News’ connection to Harvard goes beyond the newspaper’s location.
Downtown Boston Rotary Holds Sock Drive For Local Homeless Shelters
“We cannot raise $50,000 to build new classrooms, but what we can do is get socks,” said an organizer of the drive.
Furniture Nonprofit To Move To Square
Furnishing Hope—a nonprofit that provides furniture to help with the transition out of homelessness—is due to open in Harvard Square next month.
Youth Homeless Center Could Close After Budget Cuts
After severe state budget cuts, youth homeless center Youth on Fire is at risk of shutting down if it does not receive more money from the government this month.
Checking In With Y2Y: A Year in Review
Last December, a group of Harvard students, professors, and alumni joined forces to launch the nation’s first student-run youth homeless shelter. But Y2Y had a rocky beginning.
With Some Square Businesses Closed, Homeless Population Forced to Relocate
With Au Bon Pain closed for construction, some of Harvard Square's homeless have looked for new places to spend their days. For some, the Garage in Harvard Square has filled this gap.
As Temperatures Drop, Homeless Shelters Face Challenges
A recent blizzard and cold temperatures have proved challenging for Cambridge’s homeless population.
As Strike Continues, Dining Halls Donate Less to Youth Homeless Shelter
Student volunteers at the Y2Y overnight homeless shelter in Harvard Square were concerned earlier this week by a reduction in food donations from Harvard’s dining halls because of the ongoing strike.
At Y2Y’s Zumbathon, Dancing Students Raise Money for Youth Homeless Shelter
Braving dreary weather, dozens of students gathered Saturday in the Science Center Plaza to dance and raise money at Zumbathon, a charity event for the student-run youth homeless shelter Y2Y.
Youth Shelter Displays Art Exhibition
Aiming to bring awareness to youth homelessness through artwork, the Y2Y homeless shelter hosted an art exhibition on Saturday as part of this weekend’s Arts First Festival.
Spare Change
A seller of the Spare Change Empathy Project sits in the Harvard Square T Station with his newspapers.
Students to Step Into Shoes of Homeless Newspaper Vendors
Two local high school students are planning the Empathy Project, an initiative to raise awareness of homeless newspaper vendors on May 7, with the support of the Harvard Square Business Association.
Housing Awareness Week
A public art piece about homeless people’s thoughts on their situations in situated between the Science Center and Memorial Hall. The piece is part of Housing Awareness Week, a project of the Phillips Brooks House Association.
Posters Critique Impact of Smith Center Construction on Homeless
Posters inquiring “Who took our space?” and “Where is Brian?” littered the temporary construction fences surrounding the Smith Campus Center this weekend as part of a Harvard Graduate School of Design student’s efforts to start a conversation about how current renovations may affect life in Harvard Square.
Taking Small Steps: A Run with Back On My Feet Boston
The organizations is aimed at fighting homelessness through a combination of extending community resources and promoting fitness.
Assessing and Aspiring on Homelessness
Given the understandable limits on how much students can do to solve the homelessness problem, the responsibility of confronting it in the Square lies with larger, more capable institutions like Harvard.