Let’s each resolve to do our part to end homelessness
Let’s make 2012 the year Minnesota resolves to end homelessness.
We know we cannot end homelessness in one year, but we can significantly move public will.
Will you make a resolution to (continue to) do your part in 2012?
Here’s how it works: Record a short video that includes the words “I resolve…” with your personalized message. Email your video clip to videos@mnhomelesscoalition.org and we will share it through social media and other sources. This initiative is sponsored by Heading Home Minnesota, the Minnesota Coalition for the Homeless, and dozens of partners around the state.
Instructions & Tips
a. Please keep video to one minute or less. Consider sharing your name, vocation, location and resolution.
b. Clear sound is crucial - please record in an environment without background noise.
c. Be aware of backlight - if you’re in front of a bright window, it will be hard to see you.
d. Title your video - consider using your city/region or resolution theme
e. Please consider resolving to do actions that truly get at ending homelessness. Think about where do you have influence? What can you do with that influence to help end homelessness?
f. Email your video to videos@mnhomelesscoalition.org
g. Examples of actions you might consider taking:
I resolve to…
ü Use social media to share updates from the homeless advocacy community
ü Have my business contribute volunteers and financial resources to build and sustain housing.
ü Open my house as a host home for a homeless youth
ü Give my employees the option to participate in employee giving
ü Deliver a sermon/lecture/paper on homelessness
ü Participate in Homeless Day on the Hill on March 8, 2012
ü Dedicate a percentage of my rental units to housing people who are transitioning out of homelessness
ü Host a brown bag lunch for my employees and have a guest speaker educate us on homelessness
ü Raise $1,000 to help homeless advocacy and/or my local homeless program
ü Greet warmly every homeless person i meet
ü Meet with my legislators to share facts about homelessness
ü Have my organization sponsor an essay contest on homelessness
ü Visit my local homeless program to educate myself about homelessness
ü Sponsor one family transitioning out of homelessness by helping to stock their apartment with kitchen and bathroom necessities
ü Volunteer on one Habitat for Humanity house
ü Mentor/tutor a homeless child
ü Include people experiencing homelessness in my daily prayers
ü Have my students do a book/research report on homelessness.
ü Provide a free taxi ride to a homeless person who needs a ride to shelter.
ü Provide pro bono legal assistance to a homeless family.
ü Volunteer at a Project Homeless Connect or Operation Community Connect.
ü Hire a homeless veteran.
ü Donate fresh fruits or vegetables from my garden to a homeless program/person.
ü Donate food from my farm to somebody transitioning out of homelessness to stock their fridge/freezer.
ü Offer a free haircut to a homeless person at my salon.
ü Make our next company party be a volunteer event or fundraiser to help end homelessness.
