Colby Wallace, a 42-year-old father from Seattle, recently heard about the suicides of four high school students in his county. This prompted him to launch the “You Matter” campaign under

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Shouldn’t the ability to wear washed, clean clothes be one of our basic rights? Unfortunately, for hundreds of people living on the streets of LA, this is not the case.

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