March 3
Town Hall: Housing Access in Illinois: What will it Take?
7:00 pm — 8:30 pm
Everyone Deserves to Have Stable Housing. How do we get there? Explore challenges faced by those looking for access to affordable housing, confronting racial discrimination, and building permanence in housing. Learn how you can help advocate for new laws that strengthen and enforce tenants’ rights and civil rights. Be the change – Take Action!
- Jane Ramsey – Moderator, Founder of Just Ventures; University of Chicago, Crown Family School of Social Work, Policy and Practice.
- Bishop Tavis Grant National Field Director for Rainbow PUSH Coalition – Lead in bringing the deplorable living issues at Concordia Place in Roseland to HUD’s attention, resulting in the cleanup and re-vitalization of this affordable housing.
- Micaela Alvarez Program Counsel for the Equitable Community Development and Housing practice area, Chicago Lawyers Committee for Civil Rights.
- Nancy Heil M.D., FAAP Board certified, general pediatrician. Is Co-Chair of their housing project, First Steps: Improving Child Health and Housing. She is also on the leadership team of the Collaborative on Child Homelessness- Illinois.
- Sen. Ram Villivalam Illinois State Senator and co-sponsor of the Homelessness Prevention bill
- Mike Rohrbeck Executive Director of Voice of the People, working on housing issues on the north side of Chicago in Uptown and Edgewater
Sponsored by Promote Equity IL: AAUW Naperville, Chicago Women Take Action, IL NOW, League of Women Voters lllinois, LWV Chicago, LWV of Naperville, LWV Southside, NAACP of DuPage County, National Association of University Women-Windy City Branch, NCJW Chicago North Shore, NCJW South Cook, Protest to the Polls, Rainbow PUSH Coalition, SEIU Healthcare IL/ IN/MO/KS, She Votes IL, Women’s March Chicago, Women of the 7th Congressional District