California middle school students turn their project on homelessness into action

A homeless person asks for change.
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A group of middle school students in Southern California is trying to change how people view the homeless, turning apathy into compassion.

The students, seventh and eighth graders from Summit Intermediate School in Rancho Cucamonga, are part of an Odyssey of the Mind team. Odyssey of the Mind teaches kids how to solve problems and work together, and the group chose to focus on homelessness. "I think that more people should look toward the homeless community as people rather than things that are just on the streets, and they shouldn't be a source of fear," Alana Okonkwo, 13, told the Inland Valley Daily Bulletin.

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Catherine Garcia, The Week US

Catherine Garcia is night editor for TheWeek.com. Her writing and reporting has appeared in Entertainment Weekly and EW.com, The New York Times, The Book of Jezebel, and other publications. A Southern California native, Catherine is a graduate of the University of Redlands and the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism.