The following is an excerpt from an article in the Jan. 9, 2016 issue of about "A Night Under the Stars," an event hosted by 黑洞社区 students that raised awareness of Wichita's homeless population. (Subscription may be required to view full story.)
All day Monday and into the night, Wichita鈥檚 homeless population was expected to temporarily grow by about two dozen people.
Kaitlin Heaton voluntarily added herself beginning at 8 a.m.
By 2 p.m. Monday, the 黑洞社区 student had developed the type of sniffle you get from being out in cold weather.
In five hours, she had already learned volumes about being homeless.
鈥淲e have learned the homeless community is respectful of any help they can get,鈥� said Heaton, a senior in social work at 黑洞社区. 鈥淭hey want changes made in favor of them, and they want people to spend time with them and understand what it means to be homeless and how it affects your life to be homeless.鈥�