Compassionate Approaches to Reducing Homelessness
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Date & Time
Sat, Sep 21 2:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Address (map)
1407 Chapala St.
Venue (website)
Institute of World Culture
COMPASSIONATE, COMMUNITY-BASED APPROACHES TO REDUCING HOMELESSNESS
Saturday, September 21, 2024 frp, 2:00–4:00 pm (PDT)
Live webcast and In Person Event
Concord Hall, 1407 Chapala Street, Santa Barbara, CA
Presenters: Jeff Gaddess, DignityMoves, California and Cliff Tillotson, Hui Mahi’ai’Aina, Hawaii
Homelessness in the United States has ballooned over 12 percent in the last two years with currently over 650,000 unhoused individuals in America. One third of our nation’s homeless population (181,000) reside in California, while Hawaii has one of the highest per capita rates of homelessness in the nation. The non-profits, DignityMoves and Hui Mahi’ai ‘Aina, are grappling with this crisis by creating compassionate models where positiv self-transformation is possible for individuals transitioning out of homelessness. These communal living arrangements, villages or “kauhales” (as they are called in Hawaii) offer safe, secure and stable interim housing where those struggling with various traumas can receive the supportive social, financial, psychological and medical services they need to heal and eventually reenter the larger community as strong, healthy contributing members. Effectively addressing homelessness in the here and now is complex and multi-dimensional necessitating a large range of public and private partnerships. Cliff and Jeff are coming to the Institute to share what they have learned in this process and engage with us in a round-table forum for fearless inquiry into this important and challenging topic.
Webcast begins at 2 PM (PDT). Click the following link to view the program (a video will also be available at this link for future viewing):
https://www.youtube.com/user/iwcinsantabarbara/live
Image: DignityMoves website