b'APPROACHINGWHAT DO YOUNGER WORKERS WANT? HOMELESSNESSHuman Resource workers have faced challenges to keep up with evolving WITH GRACEexpectations from different generations of workers. In 2021, after more than a year of office and campus shutdowns, most seniors graduating from college Even where compassion andwanted office environments and experiences, as well as inperson interaction empathy exist, the complexitieswith coworkers. But 2022s graduates have shown a pivot from that attitude.around homelessness can make usGeneration Z has grown accustomed to working from home and in this years feel stuck, overwhelmed, or numb to theiCIMS survey of graduates, as existence of unhoused people in our citiesmany as 70 percent say they want and neighborhoods. In Grace Can Lead Usa job that accommodates remote Home: A Chris- work, with occasional office visits. tian Call to EndFlexibility lies at the heart of how Homelessness,and where they want to work. (Herald Press)The data shows that roughly half minister andof the class of 2022 feels strongly advocate Kevinthat a 9to5 work environment is Nye reportsno longer critical for a successful back from hiscareer and views a fulltime job as work in home just a job and not the sole focus less servicesof life. In the most recent LinkedIn and introducesWorkforce Confidence Survey, Gen readers to theZ employees were much more Christ hes metlikely than Baby Boomers to say in tents, shelters, and dropin centers. Hetheyd accept a pay cut for a job demystifies homelessness by journeying intothey find more enjoyable, offered a better work/life balance, or provided a complex issues like affordable housing, men stronger chance to grow into their role with the company. tal illness, and addiction, while reimagining our theological approach and showing thatSource: HR ExecutiveJesus has something to teach us all about gracesomething that could change the landscape of homelessness entirely.A STORY OF RESILIENCE In Invisible Child: Poverty, Survival & Hope in an American City (Random House), Pulitzer Prize winner Andrea Elliott follows eight dramatic years in the life of Dasani, a girl whose imagination is as soaring as the skyscrapers near her Brooklyn shelter. In this sweeping narrative, Elliott weaves the story of Dasanis childhood with the history of her ancestors, tracing their passage from slavery to the Great Migration north. As Dasani comes of age, New York Citys homeless crisis has exploded, deepening the chasm between rich and poor. She must guide her siblings through a world riddled by hunger, violence, racism, drug addiction, and the threat of foster care. SEPTEMBER/OCTOBER 2022 WWW.CITYGATENETWORK.ORG 55'