Stephen Hwang and Harvard Square

Roxbury South Boston: He grew up in a privileged enclave in Southern California where no one was hungry or homeless, according to Hamilton Spectator. It came as a shock when he arrived in Boston for pre-med studies to see vast disparities in wealth. Stephen Hwang had never met a poor person before he attended university. Harvard Square, where the university was located, was pleasantly upscale, but neighbourhoods such as Roxbury and South Boston — in which poverty was deeply entrenched and had been for generations — opened his eyes and his mind. "I volunteered at shelters and food banks," he recounted. "These were real people who had dignity and strength and gave me more than I could give them" Hwang concept of Christianity also changed. I finished medical school knowing I wanted to serve marginalized people." On Canada Day 2015, Hwang, now equipped with three degrees — one as a biochemist, one as a doctor and another as a specialist in public health, plus 20 years of experience as a physician and researcher working among the homeless — became director of the Centre for Research on Inner City Health at St. His exposure to the predominantly African-American Christian Fellowship on campus convinced him that "the gospel calls us to lives of social justice and caring for the poor. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.