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PDX Forum on Alternative Shelter & Villages, 1st event, June 25, 2020 - Main session

Thursday June 25, 2020, 10am-12pm PDT, online.
Hosted by Interfaith Alliance and Northwest Coalition of Neighborhoods, in Portland, Oregon, USA.

SPEAKERS
Land Acknowledgement - Jessica Rojas, NECN.
"What is Alternative Shelter & Villages?" - Tim McCormick, Village Collaborative, HousingWiki, & Village Buildings book project.
"Managed Alternative Shelter" - Jonny Fisher, Do Good Multnomah.
"Self-managed Alternative Shelter" - Raven Drake, C3PO camps & Street Roots.
Taking action on Homelessness NOW - Andy Olshin, Cascadia Clusters.

DISCUSSION
Moderated by Tim McCormick.
Discussing various current initiatives in Portland, including the Bureau of Planning's "Shelter to Housing Continuum Code" project, moving from "state of emergency" authorizations to permitting under regular city code; decriminalization vs full legalization of vehicle dwelling on streets and on private property (perhaps via a Parking Dwelling Permit program), villages enabled by state campground designation, City-funded vs autonomous villages, etc.

BACKGROUND
The PDX Shelter Forum initiative & 1st event explore how we might provide a safe and decent place to sleep for all of Portland's unsheltered houseless individuals this year. Particularly, by increasing to the scale of need, the alternative shelters, villages, tiny home communities, self-governed camping communities, car camping options, etc.

Why: We are deeply concerned about the crisis of homelessness. The situation has been exacerbated by the COVID-19 epidemic. While some temporary services have increased during this time it is anticipated these will be withdrawn. There is an urgent need to develop an intentional plan the can make a major impact on this crisis NOW.

EVENT PLANNING TEAM
Sean Green - Chair, Northeast Coalition of Neighborhoods.
Adam Lyons - Executive Director, NECN.
Tim McCormick - Organizer at Village Collaborative; Editor, HousingWiki.
Carol Turner - Co-Chair, Interfaith Alliance on Poverty.
Les Wardenaar - Incoming Chair, IAP.

Event page: bit.ly/pdxshelterforum.