2024 California Philanthropy Convening on Housing Justice Agenda

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This agenda is subject to change without notice. Last updated 2/6/2024

Speaker Bios are located here.

8:30am PT

Check-In

Enjoy a light breakfast and networking before the convening officially starts.

9:00am PT

Welcome and Grounding 

  • Amanda Andere, CEO, Funders Together to End Homelessness
  • Jazmin Segura, Director, Fund for an Inclusive California

9:15am PT

Opening Keynote: Housing Justice is the Foundation to a Thriving California

  • Professor Ananya Roy, UCLA Luskin Institute on Inequitality and Democracy

9:45am PT

Session: The State of the Movement for an Equitable and Just California

This panel conversation will feature community leaders and organizers working on housing justice and its intersections for a look back at what has transpired over the past year and where there are opportunities for the future.

  • Saa'un Bell, Senior Associate Director, Power California
  • Chris Ko, Vice President, Impact and Strategy, United Way of Greater Los Angeles
  • Christina Livingston, Statewide Executive Director, ACCE Institute
  • Jewel Patterson, Director of Organizing and Programming, Congregations Organized for Prophetic Engagement (COPE)
  • Jazmin Segura, Fund for an Inclusive California (moderator)

10:45am PT

Break

10:55am PT

Funder Spotlight: Making the Case for Housing Justice & Table Discussions

  • Susan Thomas, President, Melville Charitable Trust 

11:50am PT

Lunch

Lunch is provided onsite. This is unstructured time to network and connect with your peers.

1:00pm PT

Breakout Sessions

During these breakout sessions, participants will dive deeper into the intersections of housing justice with other justice movements such as immigrant and worker rights, health equity, and environmental and climate. As we learn from community leaders and funders engaged in these spaces, we will also explore ways to advance housing justice through innovative solutions grounded in community.

Participants have the choice of attending one of the three options:

  • Advancing Immigrant and Workers Rights through Housing Justice
  • Community-Driven Solutions for Housing and Ending Homelessness
  • Innovations in Housing for Climate and Environmental Justice and Health Equity

2:30pm PT

Session: Power-Building for Housing Justice Policy Impact

  • Saa'un Bell, Senior Associate Director, Power California
  • Carla De Paz, Director of Organizational Strategy, Community Power Collective
  • Chione Lucina Muñoz Flegal, Executive Director, Housing California
  • Joseph Tomás McKellar, Executive Director, PICO California
  • Christa Brown, Associate Director, State Policy and Advocacy, San Francisco Foundation (moderator)

3:30pm PT

Closing

  • Rajib Guha, Director of Program Development, The James Irvine Foundation
  • Craig Martinez, Senior Program Manager, The California Endowment
  • Jazmin Segura, Fund for an Inclusive California
  • Amanda Andere, Funders Together to End Homelessness

4:00pm PT

Networking Reception

 

 


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