Speakers:

• Kathy Kinard, Dept of Commerce 
• Sunny Wonder, Council for the Homeless 
• Oliver Crain, City of Wenatchee 
• Sunaree Marshall, King County 
• Greg Winter, Opportunity Council
• Sharonne Navas, Equity in Education Coalition
• Rep. My-Linh Thai, 41st Legislative District &  alex.hamasaki@leg.wa.gov
• Bree Henshaw and Ben Merkel, Office of Sen. Patty Murray

ADVOCACY ACTIONS YOU CAN TAKE TODAY: 

Federal:

• Keep up the federal advocacy! Send an email urging your Members of Congress to resume negotiations to ensure that we don't see a massive increase in homelessness during COVID-19. On the page there's an advocacy toolkit, story collection tool, and more. Take action here! 

• Submit a comment on HUD's harmful proposed rule removing anti-discrimination protections for trans and nonbinary people experiencing homelessness. You can take action by submitting a comment via the #HousingSavesLives action page, and the National LGBTQ Taskforce has created a Partner Toolkit to assist you! 

Resources from the 9-2 Call:

• Register for the Virtual Conference on Ending Homelessness, Oct. 7-8!
  Info page for King County's Eviction Prevention and Rent Assistance program  
• If you are interested in connecting with Sharonne Navas at the Equity in Education Coalition about their work increasing equitable access to technology and resources for remote learning, please reach out to her at sharonne@eec-wa.org.
• Please attend the state legislature's upcoming virtual committee work sessions that Rep. Thai presented on. You can watch them on TVW at the following times:

• • Civil Rights & Judiciary – Wed. Sept. 16th 10am.
  • Housing, Community Development and Veterans - Sept. 23rd 10am.

• If your landlord is trying or threatening to evict you between now and October 15th, that is illegal in most cases, and the Attorney General's office is enforcing this. You can file a legal complaint with the AG here. And here is the link to the form in Spanish.