The Alliance of Students Against Poverty is hosting its annual Homelessness Awareness Week to raise awareness for poverty and homelessness in and around St. Louis for the week prior to Thanksgiving.

Bob Hansman is an associate professor in the architecture school and the founder of City Faces, an art instruction program to inspire children living in the projects. Hansman experienced homelessness first-hand in his early adult life. Student Life’s Evan Freedman sat down with Hansman to talk about his story.

Students leading Homelessness Awareness Week (HAW) aim this week to promote awareness of issues of homelessness in the community that some students feel are not addressed enough on campus.