Event

Homelessness: It's a Crime

A day of education leading to action and change, with a keynote, panel, lunch, workshops, networking, seeking to identify and challenge stigma, hearing how criminalization happens and propose recommendations for change, looking near and far term seeking to alleviate ways the laws meant to protect too often harm too many.
And how all this detracts from
creating the political will to end homelessness.

Keynote by Lisa Daugaard, Defender Association Seattle
Panel with Sara Rankin, Seattle U. School of Law and Tim Harris, Real Change News

Workshops
Public Policy: City Bans, "off-limits," and "Move along, please."
Criminal Justice System: Diversion, Warrants, Fees, Tickets, Jail, and more
Traumatic Days: Being someone who is homeless and living at risk daily
Neighbors, Faith communities, and the Law: Encampments, vehicles, Ordinances, Temporary uses,
and building relationships

Lunch included. Event runs from 10 a.m. until 3 p.m.