On a chill Friday night in Oakland, community members participated in a 'sleep out' to call attention to the plight of homeless youth.
OAKLAND -- On a chill Friday night in Oakland, community members participated in a"sleep out" to call attention to the plight of homeless youth."I definitely think I will have more empathy for seeing people that are unhoused and especially the youth. Just the extra struggles they go through being minors and having to deal with not having a home," August said.
"The vast majority of all our youth are former foster youth so over 50 percent of our youth are former foster youth. Of that, most of them were at their last placement for less than 6 months. and then a quarter of our youth have been sex-trafficked. Especially for that 13- to 17-year-old group, that's what led them to this experience," Vera Hannush, with the Covenant House, explained.
"... Losing all your belongings and you have nothing and it was really heart-wrenching because I was thinking I can go out and volunteer and do this but I have all these creature comforts some people don't have at all," August said.
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