This weekend, another classmate and I went to the sustainability fair to teach the community about homelessness in the US and what some of the causes are that we have learned about.  We also addressed some of the stereotypes people often assume about the homeless population.  It was startling how many people believe exactly what we have learned is not true.  When asking what people thought was the issue with homelessness, most of them responded with answers involving blaming the homeless.  Whether it was that they don’t want to work or that they are drug addicts or alcoholics, most of the responses were directly related to the stereotypes we have learned about.  All this really did was further prove that this problem is as big as we are reading it is.  We attempted to educate the people that there are other ways to think about the homelessness problem and that it is out of these people’s control, but most said thank you and went on their way.  Of course some of the participants were extremely interested in what we had to say and were on board with our argument, but it wasn’t enough.  There has to be some way to educate the world and having them really listen.