Description

Join the Junior League of Oakland-East Bay (JLOEB) Joins Bay Area nonprofits for an in-depth conversation on area’s most vulnerable residents.

The panel will examine the state of homelessness and what nonprofit organizations are doing to address it through technology, advocacy, cross-collaboration, outreach, and volunteer work. We will also talk about potential long term, sustainable solutions.

The panelists will touch on particularly vulnerable groups like foster youth, veterans, and the mentally ill. They will also discuss the changing face of poverty.

JLOEB is partnering with the following panelists and organizations:

• Doug Biggs, Executive Director of Alameda Point Collaborative
• Nella Gonçalves, Deputy Director of Beyond Emancipation
• Nikki Beasley, Executive Director of Richmond Neighborhood Housing Services, Inc.
• Jaime Jenett, Continuum of Care Planning and Policy Manager, Homeless Program, Contra Costa Health Services
• Katie Derrig, Development Manager of Operation Dignity
• Gina Tomlinson, Building Opportunities for Self-Sufficiency (BOSS)

Send questions to juniorspac@jloeb.org.