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Calling creative youth! The Alaska Wellness & At-risk Youth Summit is coming up on May 4, and it will include an art showcase! Youth ages 16 to 25 with lived experience in housing instability or systems like foster care, juvenile justice, substan
Calling creative youth! The Alaska Wellness & At-risk Youth Summit is coming up on May 4, and it will include an art showcase! Youth ages 16 to 25 with lived experience in housing instability or systems like foster care, juvenile justice, substance use or anything similar are encouraged to take part. The Anchorage Youth Action Board wants to uplift your voice. Express yourself! Show others the way you see the world. Spread awareness about a solution-oriented future. A.W.A.Y. is hosted by the Anchorage Youth Action Board. Scan the QR code or email: AnchorageYAB@gmail.com #AnchorageYAB #YouthArtShowcase #AWAYsummit #AlaskaWellnessAtriskYouthsummit
🌷 FREE Springtime Legal Clinic – THIS SATURDAY, April 18 ⚖️ No internet? Your library can provide that access! In addition, most branches have laptops that you can borrow while in the library for a private conversation. Loussac Library has de
🌷 FREE Springtime Legal Clinic – THIS SATURDAY, April 18 ⚖️ No internet? Your library can provide that access! In addition, most branches have laptops that you can borrow while in the library for a private conversation. Loussac Library has desktop computers, but not laptops. Volunteer attorneys will be available on Zoom or the phone to provide free brief legal help on non-criminal legal issues including immigration, family law, voter restoration, housing, probate, bankruptcy and more. Callers or Zoom participants will get in a queue for one-on-one time with a volunteer attorney. Great opportunity! 🗓 April 18 🕒 Noon to 3 p.m. 📍 By Zoom or phone 🔗 Learn more: alaskabar.org/spring
With coordinated, outcome-driven approaches, communities across the country are helping people along a path to stability and safety. Nearly 400 people have been housed in downtown Atlanta. A 45% drop in unsheltered homelessness in Denver. Real stats
With coordinated, outcome-driven approaches, communities across the country are helping people along a path to stability and safety. Nearly 400 people have been housed in downtown Atlanta. A 45% drop in unsheltered homelessness in Denver. Real stats and real change. Our colleagues at Community Solutions took part in a panel of housing and homelessness experts recently at the Solutions for Housing Communications conference in Washington, D.C. Watch their presentation: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wJ7j-nv3KHg #HousingIsTheSolution #TailoredSupportsBringStability #NeighborsHelpingNeighbors
Thank you to state Rep. Genevieve Mina and the House Community and Regional Affairs Committee for legislation that will remove a significant barrier for people experiencing homelessness if passed by the full House and Senate! This morning the committ
Thank you to state Rep. Genevieve Mina and the House Community and Regional Affairs Committee for legislation that will remove a significant barrier for people experiencing homelessness if passed by the full House and Senate! This morning the committee passed HB 334, sponsored by Rep. Mina to provide free state IDs for individuals experiencing homelessness. (Unhoused individuals already can get a free birth certificate.) This may seem small but imagine how hard it would be to the navigate life if you didn't have an ID. Anyone who is literally homeless would qualify. Our organization among others can provide that verification. Rep. Mina had proposed free IDs for young adults experiencing homelessness and the committee approved an amendment to expand the opportunity to all ages. Learn more: https://www.akleg.gov/basis/Bill/Detail/34?Root=hb%20334 Pictured in the Capitol in February: Brian Wilson, executive director of the Alaska Coalition on Housing and Homelessness, Rep. Mina and Jessica Parks, interim executive director of the Anchorage Coalition on Homelessness. Both Brian and Jessica testified in support of the bill. #SolvingHomelessness
💥Up, up and AWAY! The Anchorage Youth Action Board's A.W.A.Y Summit is set for May 4 at the University of Alaska Anchorage Den. This event is for anyone who wants to help improve our community's homelessness response for youth. At the Alaska We
💥Up, up and AWAY! The Anchorage Youth Action Board's A.W.A.Y Summit is set for May 4 at the University of Alaska Anchorage Den. This event is for anyone who wants to help improve our community's homelessness response for youth. At the Alaska Wellness for At-Risk Youth Summit, attendees will: ✅Explore strategies to improve outcomes for youth experiencing homelessness. ✅Share resources. ✅Build a solution-oriented future! Youth age 25 and younger are free! Sign up by scanning the QR code on the image.
🍏Every day of the week, Anchorage churches, food pantries, helper teams and social service sites are helping our neighbors with food pantries and hot meals. ✅Scan the QR code on the image or click here for the whole April list: https://foodbankofala
🍏Every day of the week, Anchorage churches, food pantries, helper teams and social service sites are helping our neighbors with food pantries and hot meals. ✅Scan the QR code on the image or click here for the whole April list: https://foodbankofalaska.org/hubfs/Website/Resource%20Library/FBA_Southcentral_Food_Distribution_Calendar.pdf Second page of the PDF includes a map! 💙Thank you to all and especially to the Food Bank for coordinating and supplying! #FoodPantriesAnchorage #HotMealsAnchorage
Election day is TODAY, Tuesday, April 7. If you're registered, you can vote on candidates for Anchorage Assembly and School Board as well as ballot proposals. Make a difference. Be counted. Exercise your right. ✅Vote. #BeCounted #DemocracyInA
Election day is TODAY, Tuesday, April 7. If you're registered, you can vote on candidates for Anchorage Assembly and School Board as well as ballot proposals. Make a difference. Be counted. Exercise your right. ✅Vote. #BeCounted #DemocracyInAction #VoteYourValues
Please spread the word! Are you someone who has experienced homelessness or are close to someone who has? You may want to check out the Homeless Resource Advocacy Council! Meetings on the second and fourth Wednesdays at our office, 3427 E. Tudor Road
Please spread the word! Are you someone who has experienced homelessness or are close to someone who has? You may want to check out the Homeless Resource Advocacy Council! Meetings on the second and fourth Wednesdays at our office, 3427 E. Tudor Road, Suite A. Virtual option: https://bit.ly/HRACmeeting (link in bio) #LivedExpertise #HomelessResourceAdvocacyCouncil #TrustedForum
Each person who lost their life outdoors in Anchorage last year was a neighbor, a friend, a family member. Even one death is too many. These losses are a painful reminder of the urgency of this work and the stakes for our community. We were honored t
Each person who lost their life outdoors in Anchorage last year was a neighbor, a friend, a family member. Even one death is too many. These losses are a painful reminder of the urgency of this work and the stakes for our community. We were honored to attend the vigil on April 4 at First Christian Church, standing with community members to remember and honor those we lost by reflecting on their humanity and recommitting to solutions that ensure everyone has a safe place to live. We carry their memory forward in our work every day. (Pictured: Words of hope and remembrance shared at the event.) #NeverForgotten