Greetings! The persistence of homelessness has attracted the attention of symbolic interactionists. Such attention acknowledges the obvious obdurate issues of poverty and inequality, and also keys on correlated issues pertaining to experiential trauma, substance abuse, mental illness, and the lack of affordable housing. Interactionists have also utilized the strengths of the perspective to examine prejudicial standpoints (that stigmatize the homeless), how the homeless manage their lived experiences (and deal with particular impressions), and agency among the homeless as they participate in the construction and reconstruction of their environments. From an interactionist perspective, homelessness is as much a cultural issue as much as it is an economic reality. Additionally, the variegated issues associated with homelessness became heightened in June, 2024, when the US Supreme Court ruled that state and local laws can penalize homeless people for sleeping outdoors. The ruling amplified the problem of interpreting what constitutes public vs. private spheres of existence and, borrowing from Mary Douglas (1966, *Purity and Danger: An Analysis of the Concepts of Pollution and Taboo*. London: Routledge and Kegan Paul), what is considered clean vs. dirty living. The right of the state to penalize those defined as homeless and perceived as out of place triggered a great deal of criticism. However, the subsequent acceptance of the Court's decision (and the enforcement of laws) also seemed, from the perspective of some activists, as a sign of societal apathy. In effect, symbolic interactionists are equipped with theoretical sophistication and methodological depth to tackle issues surrounding homelessness. In addition to conceptual dichotomies (e.g., public/private, clean/dirty, self /other, as well as self and society) an interactionist focus on identities, experiences, and histories (personal, social, and institutional) provides the tools for complex analysis and description. With this understanding, *Studies in Symbolic Interaction* invites submissions of abstracts that address issues surrounding homelessness. Issues to be addressed include, but not limited to: Public vs. private in homelessness Clean vs. dirty existence in homelessness Self vs. other in homelessness Self vs. society in homelessness How the homeless define their existence The lived experience and meaning of being homeless Crimes against the homeless Apathy associated with the existence of homelessness Substance abuse and homelessness Mental illness and homelessness Shelters and homelessness Institutional efforts to clear encampments Mobile technologies and the homeless Please send an abstract of no more than 750 words to Shing-Ling Sarina Chen (sarina.chen@uni.edu) by *January 15, 2025.* If the abstract is selected for inclusion, the final manuscript is due *July 31, 2025*. Looking forward to hearing from you. Sincerely, Shing-Ling Sarina Chen *Studies in Symbolic Interaction*