NLIHC welcomes Thaddaeus Elliott as our new housing advocacy coordinator! Thaddaeus will work with the Coalition’s field team to expand membership and engage advocates in efforts to advance federal policy priorities. Before joining NLIHC, Thaddaeus completed a policy fellowship with the National Ministries of the United Church of Christ (UCC) in its Office of Public Policy and Advocacy in Washington, D.C. As a fellow, he educated and mobilized UCC churches and their members from all over the country to advocate on Capitol Hill for the denomination’s policy priorities relating to environmental justice, criminal justice reform, racial justice, and civil rights. Prior to his UCC fellowship, Thaddaeus worked at a local UCC church in his hometown of Miami, Florida, where he organized local youth mission projects supporting the work of Miami-based housing and hunger assistance programs and coordinated the direct assistance provided by the church to those in the community who were unhoused or experiencing economic hardship because of the high cost of housing. Thaddaeus holds an undergraduate degree in education and social policy from Northwestern University, with a specialization in community development and urban issues. He served as an NLIHC policy intern in 2012.