Pitt-Bradford to Mark National
Hunger and Homelessness Awareness Week
The University of Pittsburgh at Bradford will hold a social sciences symposium to examine “Hunger and Homelessness in America” as part of National Hunger and Homelessness Awareness Week. The symposium will take place from 7:30 to 9 p.m. Nov. 11 in the Harriett B. Wick Chapel. It is open to the public, and refreshments will be served. Speakers will be the Rev. W. LeRoy Beckes; Pitt-Bradford student Matthew Bedekovich; Stephanie Eckstrom, coordinator of Pitt-Bradford’s Master of Social Work program: and Dr. Gautam Mukerjee, associate professor of economics at Pitt-Bradford. Beckes, an instructor of religion at Pitt-Bradford who has been active with The Friendship Table in Bradford, will discuss the issues of homelessness and hunger from a Biblical and theological perspective. Bedekovich is a criminal justice student from Monaca. He will address the relationship between homelessness, poverty and crime and how being homeless affects one’s...