Gabrielle Harvey ’27 writes opinion piece for The Greenville News

Furman University junior Gabrielle Harvey writes an opinion piece about nonprofits and homelessness in The Greenville News. Harvey, a Riley Institute Summer Experience (RISE) intern, says getting direct input from those served by nonprofit agencies is essential to providing the best solutions for those facing homelessness or home insecurity.

Over the summer, Harvey interned with United Way’s Greenville Together: A Home for All. Working with the group’s Lived Experience Council, she created a strategic marketing plan designed to challenge misconceptions held by the Greenville community with facts, data and storytelling. Harvey, a double major in business marketing and communication studies who is on the pre-law track at Furman, says including people with lived experience at every level of decision-making is the first step toward effecting meaningful change.

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