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CityClub
- Mel Jackson Memorial Forum
Ending
homelessness in ten years:
Can we do it here?
When:
Thursday, March 25, 2004
Where: Women’s University Club, 1105 Sixth Avenue,
Seattle
Registration:
11:30 a.m.
- Luncheon Program: 12:00-1:30 p.m.
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Dan
Brettler, Chairman and CEO, Car Toys, Inc.; Chair,
The
Committee to End Homelessness in King County
Katie
Hong, Director, Seattle Office of Housing
Kate
Joncas, President, Downtown Seattle Association
Rita
Ryder, President, YWCA
Moderator:
Bruce Brooks, Director of Corporate and Community Affairs,
Federal Home Loan Bank of Seattle
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Is
homelessness one of those problems that we simply have to accept?
Is it inevitable that our urban streets will be populated by beggars
seeking spare change? Or, are there steps that we can take to
end homelessness?
CityClub
is presenting this forum in memory of former CityClub board member,
Mel Jackson, who passed away unexpectedly in June 2002.
Homelessness is one of the causes Mel cared about deeply. He
believed that every homeless person could be helped.
The
forum will address questions such as: Who are the homeless?
How big is the problem here? How do new local partnerships
relate to President Bush’s stated national priority of ending
chronic homelessness in ten years? Our panel of business
people and service providers are actively involved in the work being
undertaken in our region.
What’s
been your experience with homelessness or exposure to the homeless?
Whether you steel yourself against intrusive requests from homeless
people you pass on the street or you’re a softie who always has
spare change, you’ll find provocative answers to these questions
and more at this Mel Jackson Memorial Forum.
Event Chairs: Virginia Felton, Michele Norris,
Stephanie Pure, Mary Grace Roske, Marisa DiGiacomo, Tiffanie
Dieffenbach, Richard Bridges
Thanks to our Sponsors: Fannie Mae and Federal Home
Loan Bank of
Seattle
And
to our Supporting Sponsor for this Forum: United Way of
King
County
Co-Presenters: AIDS Housing of Washington,
Antioch University, Belltown Business Association, Downtown Seattle
Association., Housing Development Consortium, King County Housing
Authority, Millionair Club, Operation NightWatch, Plymouth Housing
Group, Real Change, Seattle Housing Authority, Seattle-King County
Coalition for the Homeless, Seattle
Office of Housing, Seattle Department of Human Services
Event Costs: $23/CityClub Members, $28/Guests
and Members of Co-Presenting Organizations and $33/General
Public. Advance payment and reservations by Monday, March 22 by
calling CityClub at 206-682-7395.
No refund after March 22.
Obtaining
Tickets: Call CityClub at 206-682-7395
Advance
Payment Options:
1) Credit Card –
Call or email us
(cityclub@seattlecityclub.org)
with your Visa or MasterCard number. Please include your name,
address, telephone number, company/organization and whether you are
a CityClub member, or member of a co-presenting organization.
2)
Pay at Door –
If you would like to pay at the door, we MUST have a credit card
number to hold your reservation. Please let us know at the
time of registration that this is what you would like to do.
3)
Check – Please call to reserve and then send payment to CityClub, 1904 Third Avenue, #622,
Seattle,
WA
98101, to arrive prior to the event.
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