A Very Warm Welcome to the Trojan Street Aid Blog

Trojan Street Aid was founded with a clear and urgent mission: to support Los Angeles’ unhoused and recently housed communities through direct access to essential resources. Our work centers on three critical pillars: medical care, health and well-being, and social reintegration, all rooted in compassion, dignity, and sustained community engagement.

We believe that access to basic human needs is not a privilege, but a right. By collaborating with healthcare providers, social workers, and student volunteers, Trojan Street Aid is working to close the gap between systemic neglect and individualized care; one person, one service, and one connection at a time.

This past year, our efforts received university wide recognition when our founder, Talha Rafique, was awarded The Order of the Laurel and the Palm, USC’s highest undergraduate honor. While individual recognition was never the objective, the award helped bring critical visibility to the work being done through Trojan Street Aid, and the broader need for student-led solutions to social inequity.

Our mission has always extended beyond campus. We exist to challenge the boundaries of what student advocacy can achieve, and to ensure that our academic environments don’t isolate us from the needs of the communities that surround them.

We invite you to take part in this work. Whether it’s by volunteering your time, donating to support our programs, or simply learning more about the structural issues that lead to housing insecurity, your involvement matters. Every action brings us closer to a future where care is accessible, and where no one is left behind.

Thank you for supporting Trojan Street Aid. Together, we can transform awareness into action.