Before & After: A Charitable Renovation for The Ali Forney Center in NYC
For LGBTQ youth, homelessness is often a common place many find themselves in as they’re misunderstood or cast away by family, lacking support and empathy from society, and so many more waves of adversity. Founded in 2002 in memory of Ali Forney, a gender nonconforming teen who was murdered in Harlem, The Ali Forney Center […]
For LGBTQ youth, homelessness is often a common place many find themselves in as they’re misunderstood or cast away by family, lacking support and empathy from society, and so many more waves of adversity. Founded in 2002 in memory of Ali Forney, a gender nonconforming teen who was murdered in Harlem, The Ali Forney Center in New York City works around the clock to provide a safe haven for LGBTQ youth. “The Ali Forney Center is the largest and most comprehensive organization dedicated to housing homeless LGBTQ youth,” says AFC Founder and Executive Director Carl Siciliano. “Nearly 40% of the homeless youth population is LGBTQ. Homeless LGBTQ youth are eight times more likely to experience violence, discrimination and suicide. AFC houses 124 youths each night, and provides services to over 1,400 homeless young people per year.” A place that sees ample foot traffic and provides a welcoming atmosphere to struggling teens can become well-worn with time, and one of AFC’s living spaces was in desperate need of some love. The communal room was dark and poorly lit, the flooring was in bad shape, the room lacked ...
For LGBTQ youth, homelessness is often a common place many find themselves in as they’re misunderstood or cast away by family, lacking support and empathy from society, and so many more waves of adversity. Founded in 2002 in memory of Ali Forney, a gender nonconforming teen who was murdered in Harlem, The Ali Forney Center in New York City works around the clock to provide a safe haven for LGBTQ youth. “The Ali Forney Center is the largest and most comprehensive organization dedicated to housing homeless LGBTQ youth,” says AFC Founder and Executive Director Carl Siciliano. “Nearly 40% of the homeless youth population is LGBTQ. Homeless LGBTQ youth are eight times more likely to experience violence, discrimination and suicide. AFC houses 124 youths each night, and provides services to over 1,400 homeless young people per year.” A place that sees ample foot traffic and provides a welcoming atmosphere to struggling teens can become well-worn with time, and one of AFC’s living spaces was in desperate need of some love. The communal room was dark and poorly lit, the flooring was in bad shape, the room lacked ...
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