IN PRINT: Advocates for homeless lauded in Princeton

Israel Maldonado remembers seeing the scores of homeless people in Penn Station twenty years ago.He bought bags of bagels and handed them out, but he still didn’t feel like he was doing enough.But Maldonado, the outgoing chair of the Mercer Alliance to End Homelessness, stood in front of a crowded room of supporters Thursday night on the second floor of the Paul Robeson Center for the Arts and said he no longer feels hopeless.“We’re on our way to ending homelessness in Mercer County tonight,” said Maldonado.The Alliance honored volunteers, politicians, and corporations and outlined an aggressive plan to combat homelessness over the next five yearsRead the full story at nj.com.