Poverty in America
Mitch Snyder
Sunday, 07 Feb 1988 at 8:00 pm – Great Hall, Memorial Union
Mitch Snyder is an activist with the Community for Creative Non-Violence and runs the Second Street shelter for the homeless in Washington, D.C. His dramatic actions to raise funds and call national attention to the plight of the homeless were dramatized in a CBS television movie starring Martin Sheen. He continues to fast and organize sit-ins and other actions to keep the country focused on those needs.Part of the National Affairs Series.
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