Click on titles below for videos of each workshop offered in this year's Housing Is a Human Right Forum
March 27, 2021
Keynote Panel Opening the Forum
- Brian Sargent, Assistant Professor of Public Policy, UMass Amherst
- Linda Dunlavy, Executive Director, Franklin Regional Council of Governments
- State Senator Jo Comerford
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April 7, 2021
- Gina Govoni, Franklin County Regional Housing Authority
- Peggy Vezina, Western Massachusetts Training Consortium
- Jenn Avery, Re-Entry case worker, Franklin County Sheriff’s Office
- Trenda Loftin, The Compost Coop
April 8, 2021
Housing within a Corporate Capitalist Society
- Traci Talbert, Racial Justice Community Engagement Leader, Franklin County Community Development Corp.
- Gianpaolo Baiocchi, Director, Urban Democracy Lab, New York University
- Jake Carlson, Population Studies and Training Center, Brown University
April 15, 2021
Resident Owned Communities: One Housing Answer
- Paul Bradley, ROC USA
- Colleen Preston, Cooperative Development Institute, and a resident in a ROC
- Sandy Overlock, from the statewide homeowners' association, and a long time resident in a ROC
April 21, 2021
Community Housing Trusts: The Burlington, Vermont Experience
- Brenda Torpy, founder and recent past CEO of Champlain Housing Trust, now Lead Consultant for TA\C https://community-wealth.org/content/champlain-housing-trust
April 28, 2021
Homelessness: Our Housing Crisis and A Call to Action
- Lyndia Downie, President and Executive Director, Pine Street Inn, Boston
- Shaundell Diaz, Coordinated Entry Specialist, Community Action Pioneer Valley
- Keleigh Pereira, Program Director, Continuum of Care, Community Action Pioneer Valley
May 5, 2021
Reclaiming Municipally-Owned Abandoned Buildings
- Shaun Suhoski, Athol Town Manager
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May 12, 2021
And How Do We Pay for the Housing We Want?
- Laura Baker, Real Estate Project Manager, Valley Community Development
- Shelly Goehring, Massachusetts Housing Partnership
May 19. 2021
Achieving Affordability with Clean Energy
- Beverly Craig, Senior Program Manager, Massachusetts Clean Energy Center
- Jane Carbone, Director of Development, Homeowners Rehab, Inc.
- Spencer Shorkey, homeowner / renewable energy adopter