Sidewalk Insights from the Streets of Chicago ft. Natalie Behling

Natalie Behling, Junior at Notre Dame, discusses her experience working with the Chicago Coalition for the Homeless through the Center’s Summer Service Learning Program. She shares how a visual communication design major ends up organizing bands for a punk rock festival in downtown Chicago, and gains a lasting experience meeting the homeless face-to-face on her daily commute. Natalie shares her definition of the word “kin," how that term has impacted her worldview, and opened her to a friendship with a man from Chicago named Myron. She also discusses what it means to think about the ways in which design can work for social good.