Eradicating Child Homelessness in MA
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Monday, March 2
9 – 5 PM
Lesley University, University Hall, 1815 Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge
Good on Lesley University, one of the other institutions of higher education in Cambridge, MA, for hosting this conference.
At the risk of being thought simplistic, I'd like to point out that Utah’s cut its homeless population considerably simply by giving people housing. LA and other cities are suing to use public health money to house the most at risk homeless on the basis that it reduces health care costs for the community. MA should do the same. How many empty buildings and how many unhoused people?
Eradicate child homelessness in Massachusetts? Make damn sure everybody has access to a roof over their heads. We know it can be done.
9:25 AM
Greetings: Mary DeLorse Coleman, Dean of the College Liberal Arts and Sciences, Lesley University
9:30- 11:00 AM
Morning Panel: “Why Has Massachusetts Failed to Eradicate Homelessness and Child Poverty”
Speaker: Noah Berger, President, MA Budget and Policy Center
Respondents: Kelly Turley, Director of Legislative Advocacy, MA Coalition for the Homeless
The Honorable Rodney Elliott, Mayor of Lowell
11:30 – 1:00 PM
Child Homelessness in Massachusetts: Lesley University’s Role and Commitment
Occasion: Laurie Schoen, Founder of U.S. 4 Kids and the Lesley University Child Homelessness Initiative
Joseph Moore, President of Lesley University
Keynote Address: Elisabeth Babcock, President and CEO of Crittenton Women’s Union
“Using Brain Science to Create Pathways Out of Poverty”
1:30 – 2:45 PM
Afternoon Panel 1: “Preparing Teachers Who Work on the Front Lines with Home”
3:00 – 4:15 PM Afternoon Panel 2: ” A Governmental Response to Child and Family Homelessness