As the sun set over Corpus Christi Thursday night, dozens of neighbors laid out cardboard mats and blankets across the pavement, choosing to sleep outside to shine a light on youth homelessness.
For hundreds of young people in the Coastal Bend, sleeping outdoors or in unstable conditions is not a one-night event, but a daily reality.
“It’s heavy is what it is,” educator, Melanie Sanchez, said as she participated in the community sleep-out. Sanchez said she sees the struggle firsthand in some of her students…