Let's Demystify Housing Advocacy.

As the urgency for housing advocacy heats up, many individuals and organizations across the region are trying to get involved and lend a collective voice for change, and yet often find the field too complex and mystifying to truly make a difference. The Affordable Housing Advocacy Forum, hosted by Rise Together, is bringing together our region's most active and effective affordable housing advocates to help demystify housing advocacy for the rest of us, and plug us in to effective advocacy opportunities.

Please join us to learn about local and regional processes and intiatives that are making progress on affordable housing, and upcoming advocacy opportunities that can leverage big change. Get involved in ongoing housing advocacy efforts.

Who is this forum for?

• Any individual or organization wanting to get more involved in affordable housing advocacy in the Bay Area

• Any individual or organization wanting to learn more about current local, regional and state policy and advocacy intiatives for affordable housing

Forum Topics:

• Why Housing, Why Now: Senator Jim Beall

• Open Remarking: Stephen Menendian, Assistant Director; Haas Institute

• Renter's Rights Advocacy 101: Tony Samara, Director of Land Use and Housing; Urban Habitat

• Prop 10: The Potential of Repealling Costa Hawkins: Zuleika Godinez, Policy Coordinator, Ensuring Opportunity Campaign to End Poverty in Contra Costa County

• Local Advocacy Making a Difference: Gloria Bruce, Executive Director; East Bay Housing Organizations

• CASA - Regional Game Changing Solutions to the Housing Crisis: Julie Combs, Santa Rose City Council & CASA Steering Committee Member

• State Housing Ballot Initiatives 101 & What You Can Do to Help Them Pass: JR Starrett, Director of Advocacy and Community Engagement; Non Profit Housing Association of Northern California

• A Focus on Suburban Poverty and The Housing Crisis: Will Dominie, Policy Manager for Housing Affordability and Equitable Development; Bay Area Regional Health Inequities Initiative

• The Promise of Inclusionary Ordinances and Why They are Worth Pursuing: Will White, Senior Director of Policy and Government Affairs; United Way Bay Area

Thank you to our event co-sponsors:

East Bay Housing Organization

Ensuring Opportunity Campaign to End Poverty in Contra Costa County

Non-Profit Housing Association of Northern California

Thrive Alliance San Mateo County

United Way Bay Area

*Please Note: This is not a Library sponsored program.