{"id":6814,"date":"2015-03-26T13:20:28","date_gmt":"2015-03-26T20:20:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/projecthomelessconnect.org\/staging\/?p=6814"},"modified":"2015-04-14T09:21:26","modified_gmt":"2015-04-14T16:21:26","slug":"town-hall-to-end-homelessness","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/projecthomelessconnect.org\/staging\/2015\/03\/town-hall-to-end-homelessness\/","title":{"rendered":"Town Hall to End Homelessness"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A big thank-you to everyone who attended the Town Hall to End Homelessness on March 11. We packed the Nourse Theater with over 600 curious and opinionated Bay Area residents, looking to join the conversation about change. The evening kicked off with a word of context from Kara Zordel, PHC\u2019s Executive Director, about the need for collaboration and coordination in homeless services.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/projecthomelessconnect.org\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/DSC_9409WEBWEB-X2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-6868 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/projecthomelessconnect.org\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/DSC_9409WEBWEB-X2.jpg\" alt=\"DSC_9409WEBWEB-X2\" width=\"641\" height=\"960\" srcset=\"https:\/\/projecthomelessconnect.org\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/DSC_9409WEBWEB-X2.jpg 641w, https:\/\/projecthomelessconnect.org\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/DSC_9409WEBWEB-X2-200x300.jpg 200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 641px) 100vw, 641px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The first half of the Town Hall showcased five ideas that could make a major impact on homelessness in San Francisco:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The recently-opened Navigation Center in the Mission (Sam Dodge, <em>Mayor\u2019s Office of HOPE<\/em>)<\/li>\n<li>Rapid rehousing and a community-wide challenge to address homelessness (Emily Nolan, <em>Rapid Results Institute<\/em>)<\/li>\n<li>Mobile shower buses (Doniece Sandoval, <em>Lava Mae<\/em>)<\/li>\n<li>Crowdsourced funding for individuals (Rose Broome, <em>HandUp<\/em>)<\/li>\n<li>Supportive tent villages (Arondo Washington Cox, <em>Camp Unity<\/em>)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The audience used an online Q&amp;A platform, moderated by our own Emily Cohen, to ask their most pressing questions. The platform, called <a title=\"Pigeonhole\" href=\"https:\/\/www.pigeonholelive.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Pigeonhole<\/a>, allowed members of the audience to submit questions through their smartphones, and vote on the questions they wanted to see answered. To make sure everyone in the room had a voice, questions were also accepted on index cards, and manually entered into Pigeonhole.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-6827 size-large\" src=\"http:\/\/projecthomelessconnect.org\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/IMG_3415-1024x712.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_3415\" width=\"1024\" height=\"712\" srcset=\"https:\/\/projecthomelessconnect.org\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/IMG_3415-1024x712.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/projecthomelessconnect.org\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/IMG_3415-300x209.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/>A panel discussion followed the presentations; another big thanks to our thought-provoking panelists: Supervisors Jane Kim &amp; Mark Farrell, Jeff Kositsky, Sherilyn Adams, and Joe Wilson. This diverse group of local leadership sat down with journalist Gary Kamiya to discuss the landscape of concerns and solutions San Francisco. Joe voiced concern that funding anti-poverty programs is not a priority for national leadership. Later, Supervisor Kim suggested that San Francisco could raise money to purchase any available units, and create a housing stock for use by the City\u2019s least affluent.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/lwong.smugmug.com\/Events\/SF-Townhall-on-Homeless-031115\/\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-6866 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/projecthomelessconnect.org\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/DSC_9563WEBWEB-X3.jpg\" alt=\"DSC_9563WEBWEB-X3\" width=\"1600\" height=\"1068\" srcset=\"https:\/\/projecthomelessconnect.org\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/DSC_9563WEBWEB-X3.jpg 1600w, https:\/\/projecthomelessconnect.org\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/DSC_9563WEBWEB-X3-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/projecthomelessconnect.org\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/DSC_9563WEBWEB-X3-1024x684.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1600px) 100vw, 1600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Feeling inspired? The <a title=\"Get involved!\" href=\"https:\/\/docs.google.com\/forms\/d\/1mFjlhpfOrhu73mBXLnfhKKhIzlCxLuCzswJ8YEBJ_94\/viewform\" target=\"_blank\">sign-up form<\/a> to get involved with some of these projects is still online. Our event co-host <a href=\"http:\/\/www.abettersf.org\/\" target=\"_blank\">A Better SF<\/a> will get in touch with you about next steps.<\/p>\n<p>PHC will continue this conversation through a series of quarterly Provider Connect events. These more intimate gatherings will offer a chance for homeless services providers to learn from a speaker, and share their own experiences in the field. The next <a title=\"Visit the Provider Connect Eventbrite page\" href=\"https:\/\/providerconnect423.eventbrite.com\" target=\"_blank\">Provider Connect<\/a> will be Thursday, April 23; see you then!<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Town Hall Speaking List<\/p>\n<p>Presentations:<\/p>\n<p>Rose Broome, <a href=\"https:\/\/handup.org\/\" target=\"_blank\"><em>HandUp<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Sam Dodge, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.sfmayor.org\/index.aspx?page=903\" target=\"_blank\"><em>Mayor\u2019s Office of HOPE<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Arondo Washington Cox, <a href=\"http:\/\/campunityeastside.com\/\" target=\"_blank\"><em>Camp Unity<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Emily Nolan, <a href=\"http:\/\/rapidresultsinstitute.info\/\" target=\"_blank\"><em>Rapid Results Institute<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Doniece Sandoval, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.lavamae.org\/\" target=\"_blank\"><em>Lava Mae<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Panel:<\/p>\n<p>Supervisor Jane Kim<\/p>\n<p>Supervisor Mark Farrell<\/p>\n<p>Sherilyn Adams, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.larkinstreetyouth.org\/\" target=\"_blank\"><em>Larkin Street Youth Services<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Jeff Kositsky, <a href=\"https:\/\/hamiltonfamilycenter.org\/\" target=\"_blank\"><em>Hamilton Family Center<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Joe Wilson, <a href=\"http:\/\/hospitalityhouse.org\/\" target=\"_blank\"><em>Hospitality House<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Moderator: Gary Kamiya, <em>author, \u2018Cool Gray City of Love\u2019<\/em> (Panel Moderator)<\/p>\n<p><em>\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A big thank-you to everyone who attended the Town Hall to End Homelessness on March 11. 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The evening kicked off with a word of context from Kara Zordel, PHC\u2019s Executive Director, about the need&hellip;&nbsp;<a class=\"more-link\" title=\"Read\u00a0More\" href=\"https:\/\/projecthomelessconnect.org\/staging\/2015\/03\/town-hall-to-end-homelessness\/\">Read\u00a0More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":6815,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[86,87,85],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v17.9 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Town Hall to End Homelessness - Project Homeless Connect<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/projecthomelessconnect.org\/staging\/2015\/03\/town-hall-to-end-homelessness\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Town Hall to End Homelessness - Project Homeless Connect\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"A big thank-you to everyone who attended the Town Hall to End Homelessness on March 11. 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