Speakers to address homelessness Sept. 30

Mikkel Beckmen (executive director of St. Stephens Human Services in Minneapolis) and Charlie Parr (Duluth-based blues musician) will dialogue about the problem of homelessness at 10:45 a.m. on Tuesday, Sept. 30, at the Damian Common Room at Watters Hall.

The pair are being hosted by the Lasallian Honors Program with the aim of fostering a dialogue, not only with honors students who are doing immersion experiences in Minneapolis through St. Stephens, but also with anyone interested in service-learning in general or in homelessness in particular.

The event will consist of a performance of four songs by Parr and a brief 5- to 10- minute lecture by Beckmen on homelessness and the work of St. Stephens. Additionally, students in LH 405 who have completed “A Day in the Life” will give short statements or testimonies.