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...Lipman began his Harvard community service during the First-Year Urban Program before orientation week. Since then, he has worked at homeless shelters such as the University Lutheran Shelter in the Square for programs affiliated with Phillips Brook House Association (PBHA). He also worked at the St. James Summer Shelter in Cambridge for two summers...
Since September, Lipman has been fighting with the Cambridge Eviction Free Zone committee in an effort to stop landlords from evicting lower-cost tenants so they can raise rents. He contacted state and city officials to help his cause. Because of Lipman's contributions, not one person has been evicted from his building and the first scheduled rent increases have been delayed...
...Lipman recently began an internship at "Solutions At Work," an organization run completely by homeless people at the Old Cambridge Baptist Church...
Through this particular organization, Lipman said he hopes to motivate homeless people to improve their life situations by instructing them in reviewing care systems critically and in thearticulation of their arguments. He has plans tomake the organization politically active as well...
...Lipman said he intends to use the scholarshipfor his law school education. He plans oncontinuing his advocacy for thehomeless--especially helping homeless peopleimprove their own lives...