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Co-Sponsored Webinar: Funder Briefing on Advancing Housing Justice and Health Equity

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Thursday, February 18, 2021 | 1:30pm ET / 12:30pm CT / 11:30am MT / 10:30am PT

Funders Together is excited to co-sponsor Human Impact Partners and Right To The City Alliance's Funder Briefing on Advancing Housing Justice and Health Equity. 

 

Health and housing stability have always been closely intertwined. But when our collective health depends on our ability to stay home, we all have a stake in ensuring that millions of us do not lose the roofs over our heads. This is an opportunity for health funders and housing funders to strengthen the connection between our sectors and learn about opportunities to fund power-building at this strategic nexus. 

Host Committee:
  • Amanda Andere, Funders Together to End Homelessness
  • Alex Desautels, The California Endowment
  • Caroline Brunton, W. K. Kellogg Foundation
  • Chris Kabel, Kresge Foundation
  • Giridhar Mallya, Robert Wood Johnson Foundation
  • Nile Malloy, NFG's Democratizing Development Program
  • Osula Evadne Rushing, Grantmakers In Health
  • TC Duong, Blue Shield of California Foundation  

As we look back on the toll of the past year and the long history of health inequities and housing precarity, we know a just recovery must center the demands set by our communities and our movements. Our partnership is strengthened by a shared vision where all of our communities, particularly low-income communities, have homes that are truly affordable, stable, and dignified, and where everyone has health, power, and belonging.

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February 18, 2021 at 1:30pm - 3pm

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