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Stories About Home: a night of storytelling from people who know homelessness

Amanda Richer speaks about the first night she spent outside in Seattle during the Ignite Project Homeless event at Seattle University on June 7, 2018. This year, the event will be called “Stories About Home” and will be held on June 6. (Natalie Fobes for The Seattle Times)
Amanda Richer speaks about the first night she spent outside in Seattle during the Ignite Project Homeless event at Seattle University on June 7, 2018. This year, the event will be called "Stories About Home" and will be held on June 6. (Natalie Fobes for The Seattle Times)

The Project Homeless team wants to talk about home in the way we know best: through storytelling. We're putting on an event where twelve speakers will tell us what home means to them and how homelessness has reshaped them.

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