NLIHC’s Housing Policy Forum 2020: Ending Homelessness and Housing Poverty, taking place in Washington, DC, March 25-27 (register here) will feature a broad array of sessions, speakers, and panelists. Two more sessions announced today:
Our Homes, Our Votes 2020
NLIHC’s Our Homes, Our Votes: 2020 project asked all presidential candidates to address the most important issue impacting our economic well-being, health, educational success and so much more: affordable homes. The candidates responded—releasing robust policy proposals, participating in events, and using national platforms to talk about the affordable housing crisis. This session will highlight the progress made—and the critical need to engage all candidates and voters throughout the rest of this election cycle. Because affordable homes are built with ballots. Confirmed/invited speakers:
Mindy Woods, advocate, Resident Action Project, Washington State
Bambie Hayes-Brown, CEO, Georgia Advancing Communities Together
Joey Lindstrom, director of field organizing, NLIHC
Renee Willis, VP for communications and field, NLIHC
Housing and Homelessness Policy to Achieve Racial Equity
Because the affordable housing and homelessness crises disproportionately impact people of color, housing policies need a racial equity lens to be effective. This introductory training will help advocates and practitioners better understand and incorporate racial equity in their work. Speaker/facilitator:
Brittani Manzo, director of public policy, National Innovation Services
Other confirmed and invited keynote speakers include:
- Ibram X. Kendi, National Book Club Award-winning author of How to Be an Antiracist and Stamped from the Beginning
- U.S. Senator Rob Portman (R-OH)
- U.S. Representative Ayanna Pressley (D-MA)
- U.S. Representative Lacy Clay (D-MO)
- U.S. Representative Ilhan Omar (D-MN)
- U.S. Senator Mazie Hirono (D-HI) (invited)
Ken Burns film “East Lake Meadows: A Public Housing Story” – The Forum will also host a special 45-minute summary version of this Ken Burns executive-produced film, followed by a panel discussion with the film’s directors, a resident featured in the film, and policy experts.
Special Additional Sessions for Resident Leaders: NLIHC will offer additional low-income resident sessions starting on Tuesday, March 24, at 2:00 p.m., including a dinner with NLIHC state partners that evening. The special resident sessions will continue on Wednesday, March 25 at 8:30 a.m. prior to the full Forum start at 1:00 p.m.
Register for the Forum!
Housing Leadership Awards Reception: NLIHC will be honoring the following individuals at the 2020 Housing Leadership Awards Reception on the evening of March 26: Bill Faith, executive director, Coalition on Homelessness and Housing in Ohio, and former NLIHC board chair; Jennifer Ho, commissioner, Minnesota Housing; and Shauna Sorrells (posthumous), NLIHC board member and COO, Housing Opportunities Commission of Montgomery County.
Register for the Leadership Awards Reception! (A separate ticket from the Forum is required.)
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Your donation will be recognized in the Leadership Awards Reception program. The contribution will support NLIHC’s mission to achieve socially just public policy to ensure the lowest-income people have decent, affordable homes.