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Improving The Quality Of Life Of A Homeless Person Using Co-Design And Paul Polak's 12 Steps To Practical Problem Solving, Nana Ama Ofei-Tenkorang
Improving The Quality Of Life Of A Homeless Person Using Co-Design And Paul Polak's 12 Steps To Practical Problem Solving, Nana Ama Ofei-Tenkorang
Senior Honors Projects
Improving the Quality of Life of Homeless Persons using Co-Design and Paul Polack’s
12 Steps for Practical Problem Solving
Nana Ofei-Tenkorang
Sponsor: Vinka Oyanedel-Craver, Civil and Environmental Engineering
The Stewart B. McKinney Act (1994) defines a homeless person as one who lacks a fixed, regular, and adequate night-time residence; and has a primary night time residency that is (A) either a publicly or privately supervised operated shelter designed to provide temporary living accommodations, (B) a public or private place not designed for, or ordinarily used as, a regular sleeping accommodation for human beings and, (C) an institution that provides a …
Of/By/For: The Rhode Island Student Political Boot Camp, Scott Andrews
Of/By/For: The Rhode Island Student Political Boot Camp, Scott Andrews
Senior Honors Projects
Of/By/For/RI: The Rhode Island Student Political Boot Camp
Scott Andrews
Sponsor: Maureen Moakley, Political Science
“Election? What Election?” The 2011 Princeton Review rankings selected the University of Rhode Island in this category as one of the 20 most apathetic colleges in the country. When I asked students on URI’s campus why they did not engage in activism, the most common answer was they felt they lacked the knowledge and skills to be effective. I wanted to create a community of youth activists at URI and other colleges and high schools throughout Rhode Island who feel empowered to take action on …