Homelessness: Voices of Hope

Plenary

Paul Lucia: "Putting a Face on Homelessness"

Panel Discussions

• Who's Homeless in the Lehigh Valley
  
  Moderator: Rev. Richard Bauman
  -- Tom Walker, LCCC Human Services Director
  -- Jeff Held, formerly homeless person
  -- Nancy McCullar, Executive Director, Turning Point of the Lehigh Valley
  
• Responding to the Trauma of Homelessnes: Children, Veterans, Jobless
  
  Moderator: Mary Ann Gibbons
  -- Russell "Rooster" Valentini, homeless coordinator for the Allentown School District
  -- Katie Clancy of Confront and Veterans Sanctuary Program of Treatment Trends
  -- Dick Cipoletti, Job Club at Hope United Church of Christ
  

Breakout Sessions: Seminars and Workshops*

• "Voices of Hope" - a community newspaper published by and for Lehigh Valley people who are or have been homeless -- led by newspaper staff members
[11:25am and 2:00pm]
• "Measurable Community Progress Toward Ending Homelessness"
  The Allentown Plan to End Chronic Homelessness in Ten Years and the Bi-County Housing Summit -- led by First Lady Lisa Pawlowski and Alan Jennings
[11:25am]
• "Homelessness, Networking, and Public Policy" -- Bob Walden and Justice & Advocacy team
  
[2:00pm]
• "How You and Your Congregation Can Reach Out to Homeless Persons"
  -- LCCC Homeless Support Network and Pathways (Tom Walker, Rev. Maria Tjeltveit, Deanne Malacsics)
[2:00pm]