Shifting from Criminalization to Compassion

Join the Miriam’s Kitchen community for “Shifting from Criminalization to Compassion,” a live-streamed event to discuss the recent criminalization of homelessness and how it affects our unhoused neighbors in DC.

Watch on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VhjanDpRWMA

Watch on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/events/2452359801626945

This panel discussion, which will stream live on the Miriam’s Kitchen YouTube and Facebook pages, will include a roundtable conversation about the path forward for the next phase of our work in housing justice and beyond.

MK leaders and experts will touch on topics such as Grants Pass v. Johnson, DC’s budget season, and how we can move from criminalization to compassion when approaching the topic of homelessness. The panelists include:

Panelists:

Dana White, Director of Advocacy, Miriam’s Kitchen (Moderator)

Amanda Andere, CEO, Funders Together to End Homelessness

Juanita Driver, Director of Outreach, Miriam’s Kitchen

Kwaku Akowuah, Partner, Sidley

Lara Pukatch, Chief Advocacy Officer, Miriam’s Kitchen