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SLEEP IN FOR THE HOMELESS
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END HOMELESSNESS
SLEEP-IN FOR THE HOMELESS
OCTOBER 8 (Friday Overnight)
6:30 PM to 6:30 AM
PITTSBURGH, PA
CITY COUNTY BUILDING - 414 Grant Street, Pgh. PA 15219
The Sleep-In for the Homeless raises awareness and funds for approximately 1,500 people facing homelessness in Allegheny County that Community Human Services (CHS) supports each year.
On any given night, approximately 2,468 individuals are homeless according to a 2010 point-in-time survey conducted by Allegheny County's Department of Human Services.
Similar to a charity walk or run, participants sleep-out overnight at the City-County building in downtown Pittsburgh donating a minimum of $25 in pledges given by family and friends in support of their experience.
Eviction Assistance
Challenges Entered:
The aim of the project is to deliver real time information to those facing eviction or other difficulties relating to rented housing. Often those threatened with eviction feel powerless where they are unable to access timely information regarding their rights as tenants. Mobile phone technology (based on GPS location functionality and data streaming from website aggregation) can make available relevant, location-based information to those in difficulty needing advice.
Location
Glasgow
United Kingdom
See map: Google Maps
The “It's Real†Project: Mobile authentication of human rights evidence, title, patent, copyright, and contract documentation.
Challenges Entered:
Authentication of documents can be the difference between real power and cheap paper. The "It's Real" Project will foster cheap and simple experiments in third-party authentication to apply voicemail/SMS/MMS/email/online technologies to authenticate documents and agreements.  If the simple techniques demonstrated by the "It's Real" project are widely copied, it will have succeeded.Â
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