Main topic – Mental Health De-escalation. Marc Oomen, Executive Director of NAMI-Eastside (Eastside chapter of the National Alliance on Mental Illness). Marc will give a preview of longer training NAMI provides to address mental health crisis with CALM (communicate, assess, listen, mediate).
PANEL PRESENTATION: Growing Food to Help our Communities
Moderator – Tammy Waddell, Nourishing Networks
- Jim Eichner – Associate Rector at Episcopal Church of the Holy Cross and General Farm Manager at Food Bank Farm
- Cindy Coleman and Michelle Raymond– Overlake Park Presbyterian and Marymoor Gardens
- Zsofia Pasztor – Founder & Executive Co-Director Farmer Frog
MAIN PRESENTATION: Developing Affordable Housing on the Eastside
A Regional Coalition for Housing (ARCH). ARCH is a partnership of the County and East King County Cities working to preserve and increase housing for low and moderate-income households in the region. Presentation by Sophie Glass, Government Affairs, Policy, and Communications Manager. Joined by Lindsay Masters, Executive Director.
SPOTLIGHT: Anything Helps. Anything Helps is on a mission to create and clear paths to stability for people experiencing chronic homelessness. Presenters: Mike Mathias, Executive Director; Mark Garrett, Board Chairman.
MAIN PRESENTATION: Impact of Budget Cuts on Hunger, Homelessness, and Housing
- Claire Lane, Director, Anti-Hunger and Nutrition Coalition
- Hali Willis, Community Policy Manager, Seattle/King County Coalition on Homelessness
- Po Leapai, Advocacy Organizer, Washington Low Income Housing Alliance
SPOTLIGHT: Khizer Sheriff, Essentials First. When Immigration Knocks – Advice for Service Providers
MAIN PRESENTATION: Do our shelters meet the needs of people experiencing homelessness in our communities?
- Kiki Serantes and Tony Machada, King County Regional Homelessness Authority;
- Troy Christensen, Director of Development and Communications, Porchlight.
- Marc Vermouth, Development Director, The Sophia Way.
SPOTLIGHT: Jewish Community Services. Ellen Weiss Phelps, Temple B’nai Torah