So, as the complete opposite of most Metro Students, I have spent my last day of summer preparing for the new semester working at the Met. I shot two assignments related to the DNC issue that will be on the stands Aug. 14. I spent 45 minutes talking to Robert and Ronald, two homeless men who rely on the soup kitchen that is supported by St. Elizabeth church near Central Classroom on Auraria Campus.
We talked about the impact that the lock down of Auraria and how it is going to affect those who go to the soup kitchen. There are a lot of factors that we as middle class college-going students do not even consider. Robert used to be a professional painter, and after getting hernias and hepatitis C and D could no longer be around the chemicals.
Since the economy has been so terrible, he had no choice but to turn to the streets. Robert has been off and on the streets for over a year and a half.
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