OMAHA, Neb. —

Open Door Mission CEO Candace Gregory is spending 24 hours on a bench to raise awareness for people experiencing homelessness.

She said it's a hot topic right now, and she's hoping to break down the social barriers.

"I'm hoping, through Conversations on a Bench, that we can educate people that number one, panhandlers aren't living in our homeless encampments, and number two, that people living in our homeless encampments need resources, but they need relationships first. So I'm hoping that we can talk about some of the things that are surrounded about social issues and the complexity of homelessness and poverty," she said.

The Open Door Mission is livestreaming "Conversations on a Bench" on Facebook and YouTube.

You can ask her questions until 2 p.m. on Friday.

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