Through photography and audio recordings, Duke students in a service learning course this semester got to know 11 Durham residents and gained a direct and personal understanding of the complex causes of homelessness.
“Before spending time at the Phoenix House,” junior public policy major John Refling says, “I was able to largely ignore the anonymous faces on the street. This class illustrated that every single person on the street has a story, and it’s probably more complicated than I initially believed.”
