Broadening the Opportunity Starts at Home Movement
Building a Broad Opportunity Starts at Home Coalition of Leaders in Education, Healthcare, Civil Rights, Anti-Poverty, Faith-Based & Other Sectors
On August 16, 2018, the Opportunity Starts at Home multi-sector affordable housing campaign hosted its first webinar titled “Broadening the Housing Movement: Learn more about the Opportunity Starts at Home Campaign.” The webinar provides information on the campaign’s progress to-date in building a broad coalition of leaders in:- education,
- healthcare,
- civil rights,
- antipoverty,
- faith-based, and
- other sectors to advocate for affordable homes.
- short- and long-term plans;
- policy advocacy goals;
- ways to engage with the campaign; and
- more.
- Dan Hawkins, senior vice president of the National Association of Community Health Centers (NACHC), who discusses why NACHC joined the campaign Steering Committee and the growing evidence that good housing is good health.
- Greg Payne, director of the Maine Affordable Housing Coalition and chair of the NLIHC board of directors, shares how the national campaign is supporting Maine’s multi-sector campaign called Maine Together.
- The webinar also featured NLIHC President and CEO Diane Yentel, Campaign Director Mike Koprowski, and Campaign Coordinator Chantelle Wilkinson.
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Broadening the Housing Movement
