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Lighting the Capitol Green for Runaway & Homeless Youth Month November 7th, 2011
November is recognized in California as Runaway and Homeless Youth Month.
To raise awareness and support the California Coalition for Youth will be lighting the state capitol green. The event will be held on Saturday November 12 at 6:30 with a lighting ceremony with the building being lit up at 7:00. This event coincides with Second Saturday Art Walk and we will be working with the local businesses to hang green lights and leave out information about RHY as well as the California Youth Crisis Line.
Why are we doing this?
There are thousands of homeless youth in California. We don't know exactly how many and estimates vary widely because homeless youth are hard to find and hard to count. What we do know is that during 2008-09, about 81,000 services, ranging from shelter beds to street outreach contacts, were provided to homeless youth in California. Many more homeless youth do not receive any services. It is likely that 200,000 youth ages 12 to17, along with thousands of 18 to 24 year-olds, experience homelessness over the course of a year in California.
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To raise awareness and support the California Coalition for Youth will be lighting the state capitol green. The event will be held on Saturday November 12 at 6:30 with a lighting ceremony with the building being lit up at 7:00. This event coincides with Second Saturday Art Walk and we will be working with the local businesses to hang green lights and leave out information about RHY as well as the California Youth Crisis Line.
Why are we doing this?
There are thousands of homeless youth in California. We don't know exactly how many and estimates vary widely because homeless youth are hard to find and hard to count. What we do know is that during 2008-09, about 81,000 services, ranging from shelter beds to street outreach contacts, were provided to homeless youth in California. Many more homeless youth do not receive any services. It is likely that 200,000 youth ages 12 to17, along with thousands of 18 to 24 year-olds, experience homelessness over the course of a year in California.
To learn more go to Article Source
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