A public seminar to promote homelessness awareness will be held at the University of Colorado at Boulder on Saturday, Dec. 2, from 9 a.m. to noon.
Organized and sponsored by CU-Boulder students in the Presidents Leadership Class program, the seminar is titled "Inform and Empower: A Seminar on Homelessness," and will be held in the Muenzinger Psychology building auditorium, room E050.
The seminar will include a keynote speech by Jamie Van Leeuwen, project manager of "Road Home," Denver's program to drastically reduce homelessness. The seminar also will include four breakout sessions.
Breakout session speakers are: Jared Polis, founder of the Jared Polis Foundation; Beka Davis, case manager from Boulder Shelter for the Homeless; Elaina Verveer, director of the Boulder chapter of the Public Achievement project; and Reagan Walton, a CU-Boulder student and Puksta Scholar.
Students in the Presidents Leadership Class are selected to receive $2,000 to $10,000 merit-based scholarships and extensive leadership training over four years. Each year 50 first-year students are admitted to the program, which helps them develop leadership skills through coursework, community service and internships.
For more information call (303) 588-3776.