Raleigh woman chooses homelessness for 48 hours as Wake County leaders share what’s working

By noon, Shirnetta Harrell had already walked nine miles.

“It’s 12 o’clock, and I’ve already walked nine miles. I’ve been on foot like everybody else. That creates fatigue. I’m tired,” Harrell said.

The executive director of No Woman, No Girl is spending 48 hours without a home to better understand the challenges faced by people experiencing homelessness and raise awareness about hygiene insecurity among unhoused women…

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