Strathmore Speaker Series: Andrew Lunetta

Andrew Lunetta, founder and executive director of A Tiny Home for Good, Inc., will speak at the Strathmore Speaker Series at 7 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 13.

Lunetta, who lived in Syracuse as a child and attended Ed Smith Elementary through third grade, grew up in Massachusetts before returning to Syracuse in 2008 to attend Le Moyne College.  He graduated from Le Moyne in 2012 with a degree in Peace and Conflict Studies and went on to earn his masters in public policy from Syracuse University’s Maxwell School in 2014.

Drawn to helping others since a gap year spent substitute teaching in Cleveland, Ohio through the AmeriCorps program, Lunetta quickly sought out ways to help others upon his return to Syracuse. As a freshman at Le Moyne, he started volunteering regularly at the Brady Faith Center, an organization which would eventually invite him to join its board. Through the center, Lunetta became involved with helping the city’s homeless and quickly found his calling. He created a drop-in center, started a program that provides sandwiches and began a bike give away program for the Center’s homeless patrons.

His involvement with the center eventually led to the establishment of his latest endeavor, A Tiny Home for Good in 2014, which aims to provide affordable, safe and dignified housing for Syracuse’s homeless. With the help of volunteers, the project completed the construction of its first two-unit home on Rose Street in Syracuse this past summer.

This event is free and open to the public.