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  2. Empowerment Plan - Wikipedia

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    The Empowerment Plan was established as a 501 (c)3 nonprofit corporation in 2011, by Veronika Scott, who was a student at the College for Creative Studies in Detroit. Beginning as a school project, Scott initially designed the sleeping bag coat, called "Element S (urvival)" from the Tyvek home insulation and wool army blankets to help the ...

  3. Veronika Scott - Wikipedia

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    At one point during her visits at the shelter, Veronika was approached by a woman who stated that "We don't need coats. We need jobs." Scott went on to hire and train homeless mothers to make the coats. Scott's idea for her class project quickly evolved into a non-profit organization known as Empowerment Plan. The mission according to their ...

  4. Louisiana man makes sleeping mats for the homeless out of ...

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    Abadie's plastic bag interest turned-hobby not only benefits the less fortunate, but it's also eco-friendly. "I made about 15 mats and I donated them to the First Baptist Church on Canal Street ...

  5. SocialWorks - Wikipedia

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    The initiative was created through a partnership with The Empowerment Plan to help raise $100,000 U.S. dollars for winter coats through donations. These donations would be used to fund the employment of homeless people from Detroit, who would create coats that were capable of being turned into sleeping bags for homeless people in Chicago.

  6. Should cities be allowed to punish people for sleeping ... - AOL

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    Right now, cities across the nation answer that question differently. In most of the country, so-called camping bans, which empower local governments to break up homeless encampments and fine or ...

  7. Heroic 'bag ladies' weave plastic bags into sleeping mats for ...

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