Hawks for the Homeless
Published October 28, 2009 @ 03:19PM PT
Looking for an interesting way to support the homeless? Try sporting a mohawk or fauxhawk. A new campaign out of LA - called Hawks for the Homeless - is all about raising awareness while raising funds for service providers. At the same time, you'll be razing your hair (the sides, at least) and raising carefully gelled spikes atop you head.
(Too far with the "raising" puns?)
This new campaign is a volunteer-led initiative happening in LA. It's simple: participants pledge to 'hawk their hair - mohawks and fauxhawks are both acceptable forms of hawking - and ask family and friends to support them with a donation. In LA, the cuts are taking place on November 12th at Bold Barbers.
I love this campaign because it's new, edgy, fun, and has the potential to catch on in cities across the U.S. (In fact, there are detailed instructions for bringing this campaign to your community.) I'd love to see celebrities, soccer moms, elected officials, and youth sporting this 'do. Imagine a world where we all sport the 'hawk until homeless is eradicated. It could be a beautiful thing.
Sure, a mohawk or fauxhawk isn't going to end homelessness (I hope that point is fairly obvious). But I'm all for ideas with broad appeal that have the potential to educate and raise money at a time when it's needed most.
So what are you waiting for? Get sheened.
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Shannon has worked in homeless shelters and service organizations in San Francisco, the Triangle region of North Carolina, and currently in the greater Boston area. She is a graduate student studying housing and urban policy at Tufts University.
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I appreciate most intents, efforts and actual help that practically benefits people that are homeless.
But I also have problems with stereotyping people too. This kind of haircut strikes me as about the same as "homeless fashion" deals, which wrongly portrays ANY certain personal style as representing "homeless people" at all. Especially the ones that are distinctly "different" than "other people".
It's also unfortunate that such frivolous and arbitrary means are deployed to "raise money". After all, just why should anyone be "sponsored" for a funny haircut? Donations are best on the basis of actually, directly what they're really for and about.
Posted by SlumJack Homeless on 11/01/2009 @ 08:59AM PT
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I don't think they're associating mohawks with the homeless at all... it's just an attention-grabber to raise awareness and try to prod people into donating. Why would anyone sponser someone to walk around a track all day? It's just as frivolous. But I think shaving your head gets more attention. As long as they are actually raising money for the cause, I think it's great.
Posted by Kristen Ridley on 11/03/2009 @ 10:59AM PT
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