News from the Law Center
Law Center Launches Bi-Weekly COVID-19 & Homelessness Webinar Series
On May 6, 2020, the Law Center began hosting its bi-weekly webinar series on COVID-19 and homelessness. Generally during the summer, the Law Center hosts an annual forum, which attracts homelessness advocates across the country to learn and share information with each other. Due to COVID-19, the Law Center was unable to host this gathering, so it began this webinar series to share crucial information and tactics for advocacy with advocates across the country for use during and after the COVID-19 crisis.
Since May, the Law Center has hosted six webinars, averaging over 650 registrants for each. Past webinars have focused on combating criminalization, constitutional rights, the human right to housing, racial equity, policing, and protecting renters. Over 1,100 people registered for the webinar on policing. Past webinars in the series can be viewed in full at the Law Center’s webinars page. Since starting the webinar series, the Law Center’s Housing Not Handcuffs campaign has enjoyed over 1,000 new endorsers.
Registration for the next webinar can be found here. The next webinar is scheduled for Wednesday July 15, 2020 at 2PM ET / 11AM PT and focuses on creating change at the federal level. In addition to our other great panelists, we will be joined by Rep. Pramila Jayapal (D-WA 7th District), who will highlight her recently introduced Housing is a Human Right Act.
Oak Foundation Provides $100,000 Grant for COVID-19 Support
The Oak Foundation—a longtime supporter of the Law Center’s programs—has awarded an $100,000 grant to support the Law Center’s work during the pandemic. This support comes at a critical time, as the Law Center works to advocate for housing people experiencing homelessness in hotels, motels, and/or RVs for the duration of the crisis, stronger guidance from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, and additional resources and funding for our unhoused neighbors as quickly as possible.
With this support, the Law Center continues to provide resources to the field—including a letter template for local advocates to use to alert their local governments about the CDC guidelines and to prevent sweeps and demand housing—and the Law Center’s special ongoing COVID-19 webinar series.
The Oak Foundation has been a supporter of the Law Center’s work to end and prevent homelessness for over ten years. The Foundation commits its resources to address issues of global, social and environmental concern, particularly those that have a major impact on the lives of the disadvantaged. With offices in Europe, Africa, India and North America, Oak Foundation makes grants to organizations in approximately 40 countries worldwide. The Law Center is incredibly grateful for the Oak Foundation’s ongoing support, as well as this special funding during these extraordinary times.
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