For an art project that was designed to help others, a Muir College student tasted the flavor of being homeless for 12 hours. The project for the class, ‘Visual Arts 2: Introduction into Making Two-Dimensional Art Practices’, gave Shanelle Sherlin, a sophomore at UCSD the opportunity to see the life of people without a roof over your head very closely.
Sherlin went through trashcans, collected bottles, begged for money, and interviewed other homeless people for good 12 hours on the streets of downtown San Diego. To show the agony and suffering of the homeless, she herself pretended to be one of them and recorded the experience with photos. She got into old clothes and was shocked to see the dirty looks and disregard that she experienced. During her stay, she collected $27 worth of bottles.
After having seen the pain of the down-and-out, she went back to the same place to feed and interviewed the homeless people. Sherlin is a communications major and foundation chair of the Sigma Kappa sorority, which is dedicated to providing women with lifelong opportunities and support for social, intellectual and spiritual development. She also involves herself in philanthropic and community service activities. Such noble efforts are truly commendable.
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