Many Americans have felt the impact of the recession, but the hardest-hit have been the nation’s poor and unemployed citizens, who have seen conditions worsen in recent years as resources and opportunities dwindle. However one Seattle University club is working to change this, providing workshops and educational seminars to help disadvantaged citizens gain employment, and find work in a challenging economy.

Such was the case last Friday, when a group of students from Seattle University’s SIFE club crowded into a university van to speak at the Union Men’s Gospel in Pioneer Square, a facility for homeless and disadvantaged men in the Seattle area. Speaking for one hour before a crowd of roughly 50, the students demonstrated interview tactics, presented  tips and advice, and delivered professional clothing collected from students on campus.

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