![]() ![]() In an effort to empower people who are homeless and tell their stories, Allred has collaborated with Meghan “Roadkill” Johnson, formerly homeless, to hold a writing workshop and publish an issue of Street Sheet, a COH journal that publishes works by writers who are homeless. Pen to Power partners with the Coalition on Homelessness (COH), a nonprofit that works with homeless people in the city. She graduated from the MFA in Writing program in December. In 2019, Allred founded Pen to Power, a campus student organization for writers to address homelessness, gentrification, immigration, and other issues related to social justice. “What can I do as a writer to address social issues?” Allred asked herself. ![]() And the people led her to examine economic disparities and homelessness. ![]() They were one of the first things Darcy Allred MFA ’19, of Fairgrove, Missouri, noticed in San Francisco: shoes left for and by people who were living on the streets. ![]()
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