Pfeiffer University is hosting a weeklong series of events during National Hunger and Homelessness Week Nov. 16-20.
Pfeiffer’s student organizers will join other college students and campuses around the country to raise awareness about the issues that surround hunger and poverty.
The lineup of activities and events will begin today with a canned food collection, which will kick off a week-long canned food competition.
A host of educational programs will start at 7 p.m. Monday in the student center lounge with a documentary presentation of “Kicking It,” which tells of a homeless world cup soccer team.
On Tuesday at 4 p.m., Street Soccer 945 will scrimmage against the Pfeiffer soccer teams at the N.E. Lefko Soccer Field. Operated by Charlotte Urban Ministries, Street Soccer 945 is a program that incorporates the sport as a way to lift people out of homelessness.
Dr. Laura Stivers, chair of the Department of Religion and Philosophy at Pfeiffer, will discuss the details of her extensive research on homelessness and housing in America on Nov. 18 at 6:30 p.m. in the Stokes Student Center Blue Room.
A discussion with the Faces of Homelessness panel of Washington, D.C., at 8 p.m. on Nov. 20 will precede an all- night effort by Pfeiffer students to experience homelessness by sleeping outside in cardboard boxes in a “Box City.”
For more information, call 704-463-3441 or e-mail Suzie Hinman at smhinman@my. pfeiffer.edu or Lindsey Rearigh at lmrearigh@my. pfeiffer.edu.