Let's get it started! Advocacy Day 2014!
Alouise Urness, Community and Outreach Organizer
It is with tremendous joy that I announce the official opening of Housing and Homelessness Advocacy Day registration!
Emergence
Alouise Urness, Community and Member Organizer
A healthy home also means access to the basics, like food
Guest Blogger: Linda Stone
Senior Food Policy Coordinator at the Children's Alliance
On November 1, more than 1.1 million low-income people in Washington experienced a reduction in their food assistance benefits, when a temporary boost to the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program or SNAP, (formerly known as food stamps) expired. In this state, SNAP is known as the Basic Food Program.
Ed Brooke: Saluting a housing champion
Guest Blogger: Nancy Amidei, Civic Engagement Project
Watching events unfold in D.C. in recent weeks with so much partisan rancor, conjured up memories of working in D.C. My boss, U.S. Senator George McGovern (D-SD), regularly worked across the aisle with Republican Senators - Bob Dole, Chuck Percy, Jacob Javits, and others. And he was not alone; there was a different approach to governing.
Save the Date for December
Washington Low Income Housing Alliance
Annual Member Meeting & Reception
Housing Washington 2013
Rachael Myers, Executive Director
Introducing...
Margie Quinn, Intern
This is ridiculous.
Ben Miksch, State and Federal Policy Associate
The government shutdown is a travesty.
Save the Date AND Change the Date
Alouise Urness, Community and Member Organizer
If you're one of those stalwart advocates who already has Housing and Homelessness Advocacy on your calendar for 2014, thank you!
And I apologize for having to ask you to bring out your eraser – or virtual eraser. But, we are making a slight change.
Board Advocacy Project 2.0
Ben Miksch, State and Federal Policy Associate
For a long time, we've known the solutions to homelessness and housing instability. We know it's possible to give everyone in Washington the opportunity to live in a safe, healthy, affordable home. We just need to build the public will to demand implementation of these solutions.