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Jung
11/7/15
B
IMD
350
Studio
Elements
Project
Validation
Project
RUSH
is
an
art
project
that
focuses
in
the
dehumanization
of
the
homeless
in
Seattle.
For
the
validation
process,
I
did
research
on
similar
projects
in
the
Seattle
area
and
interviewed
a
worker
from
a
homelessness
agency
in
King
County.
As
I
was
browsing
the
internet,
I
came
across
All
Homes
website,
which
is
an
agency
in
King
County
that
works
to
end
homelessness.
On
their
homepage,
there
are
many
infographics
that
proves
that
homelessness
is
a
crisis
in
King
County.
In
2015
alone,
nearly
10,000
people
are
experiencing
homelessness
on
any
given
day,
and
nearly
40
percent
are
unsheltered
(All).
On
January
23,
2015,
the
One
Night
Count
in
King
County
tallied
3,772
people
living
unsheltered,
on
sidewalks,
in
cars,
and
tents
(All).
Looking
at
this
data
led
me
to
contact
All
Home
for
an
interview
because
I
wanted
to
find
out
more
about
this
agency.
I
felt
that
speaking
with
a
representative
would
be
a
gateway
to
finding
out
how
to
make
my
project
more
successful.
I
had
a
20-minute
phone
interview
with
Danielle
Winslow,
an
assistant
director
at
All
Home.
Since
every
demographic
has
different
needs,
All
Home
is
broken
into
teams
with
separate
focuses
such
as
single
moms,
children,
and
families
facing
homelessness.
Danielles
focus
is
on
families.
When
asked
to
describe
what
All
Home
is,
she
said
they
are
all
about
bringing
people
together,
policy
setting,
and
they
are
highly
data
driven.
They
analyze
data
from
a
variety
of
database
systems
(ex:
Homeless
Management
Information
System)
and
create
visual
representations
of
the
data
to
inform
stakeholders
and
achieve
their
goal
of
making
homelessness
rare,
brief,
and
one-time.
She
further
explained
to
me
that
All
Home
is
undergoing
a
name
change
to
Committee
to
end
homelessness.
This
is
to
create
a
collaborative
way
to
work
together
by
bringing
together
different
funders
to
end
homelessness.
They
have
a
four-year
plan
to
end
homelessness
through
community
engagement
strategies.
I
next
asked
her
what
online
platforms
have
had
success
with
All
Home.
She
listed
social
media
sites,
local
newspapers,
and
community
engagement
strategies,
but
the
one
thing
that
really
caught
my
attention
was
when
she
advised
to
hit
people
close
to
home
with
data.
For
example,
opposed
to
reading
that
10,000
people
are
homeless,
people
are
more
likely
to
react
when
they
learn
that
10
people
at
their
school
is
homeless.
This
led
me
to
think
of
having
another
feature
on
my
website:
an
interactive
map
that
shows
the
number
of
homeless
people
in
the
selected
region
in
the
Seattle
area.
For
the
few
remaining
minutes
of
the
interview,
I
asked
her
what
people
can
do
to
help
All
Home.
She
said
that
since
they
are
an
agency,
there
is
not
much
to
do
to
help
them,
but
some
other
ways
of
getting
involved
in
the
project
to
end
homelessness
is
to
look
into
non-profits
and
think
of
ways
to
integrate
this
crisis
into
every
day
life.
She
said
that
money
is
not
the
only
option;
we
must
all
think
of
little
things
we
can
do
to
help.
Because
of
this
advice,
I
will
be
adding
a
how
you
can
be
a
part
of
the
change
section
on
my
website,
instead
of
just
having
a
donation
link.
The
last
interesting
thing
Danielle
told
me
was
about
a
new
legislation
that
just
passed
called
Best
Starts
for
Kids.
Best
Starts
for
Kids
is
an
initiative
to
improve
the
health
and
well-being
of
King
County
by
investing
in
prevention
and
early
intervention
for
children,
youth,
families,
and
communities.
A
portion
of
the
first
years
levy
funds
will
be
used
to
create
a
youth
and
family
homelessness
prevention
initiative
modeled
on
a
successful
pilot
project
led
by
the
Gates
Foundation
(Constantine).
She
told
me
that
another
way
to
end
homelessness
is
to
have
your
voice
be
heard
through
legislation.
With
the
help
of
government
officials,
we
can
put
an
end
to
homelessness.
I
have
never
thought
about
government
officials
being
stakeholders.
I
will
be
adding
them
as
a
user
for
my
website.
When
I
explained
to
Danielle
what
Project
RUSH
is,
she
shared
another
website
with
me
called
Facing
Homelessness.
It
is
a
project
that
is
highly
similar
to
mine.
Their
mission
is
to
remove
the
negative
stereotype
against
those
living
on
the
streets;
they
have
an
interactive
gallery
of
portraits
of
the
homeless.
Since
this
project
is
so
similar
to
mine,
I
examined
their
webpage
for
ideas.
They
have
a
donate
page
that
links
to
PayPal,
a
contact
page,
an
exposure
page
that
informs
users
to
contact
them
if
they
would
like
to
get
involved
in
one
of
their
community
events,
and
a
be
the
change
page
that
has
information
on
how
to
help.
I
think
that
having
an
event
page
would
make
a
positive
impact
on
my
website.
I
will
have
it
list
local
community
events
related
to
homelessness.
This
will
be
useful
for
the
activist
personas
since
they
like
to
get
involved.
After
having
performed
the
validation
process,
I
am
more
confident
that
the
needs
and
wants
of
my
stakeholders
will
be
met
through
my
website.
I
have
thought
of
more
useful
features
to
add
and
more
user
personas.
I
learned
that
there
are
many
efforts
being
taken
within
my
community
to
cease
homelessness.
The
most
important
strategy
for
this
plan
is
community
engagement.
I
need
to
figure
out
how
to
implement
community
engagement
in
my
project
so
that
users
are
more
inclined
to
help
make
a
change.
Works Cited
All Home . N.p., n.d. Web. 8 Nov. 2015.
Constantine, Dow. "Best Starts for Kids." King County. N.p., 5 Nov. 2015. Web. 8 Nov. 2015.
Facing Homelessness. N.p., n.d. Web. 8 Nov. 2015.