Summer 2020
Homelessness
Summer 2019
Finding home
The Summer 2019 issue of Washington State Magazine examines the social role of public libraries, an environmental field station that highlights western Washington, health-care outreach to homeless people and their pets, and much more. » More ...
Summer 2019
Medicine that lands on all fours
Pets can be a vital anchor for people caught in the slow-motion disaster of homelessness. In Spokane and Seattle, Washington State University nursing and veterinary medicine students work together with the University of Washington and nonprofit partners to deliver vital care to both homeless people and their animal companions. » More ...
Summer 2019
How may we help you?
The changing role of public libraries includes services for homeless people, seeds, equipment, and community involvement. » More ...
Summer 2019
WSU Tri-Cities students explore homelessness at Tri-City Union Gospel Mission
Summer 2015
At home at school
Even though they are out of school, homeless and impoverished children in southwest Washington receive high-quality summer educational experiences, thanks to a WSU Vancouver program.
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Spring 2014
Backyard boarders
Last fall 10 Washington State University architecture students wandered into Seattle-area backyards to work with the notion of the backyard cottage.
In Seattle, they’re called DADUs or detached accessory dwelling units. These spaces could be homes for older family members, rentals for college students and others on a tight budget, or just homes for folk seeking a small dwelling in a big city.
Such structures were approved by the city in 2009 and have been options in communities all around the Puget Sound including Redmond, Shoreline, and Clyde Hill. Because of the high demand for low-cost housing, the Seattle City Council anticipated a flood of … » More …
Winter 2012
No Room of Her Own: Women’s Stories of Homelessness, Life, Death, and Resistance
Desiree Hellegers
Palgrave Macmillan
2011
“As a form of social punishment, homelessness is far sterner in many respects than sentences handed out in court for most criminal offenses,” writes Desiree Hellegers, an associate professor of English and founding co-director of the Center for Social and Environmental Justice at WSU Vancouver, in her introduction. In presenting the individual stories of 15 women in Seattle collected over two decades, Hellegers offers a view … » More …