This week our agenda includes:

9 a.m. - Welcome message
Purpose: Center us on the task before us.
• CC Mendoza, Metropolitan Development Council, cmendoza@mdc-hope.org

9:05 a.m. - Denny Hunthausen: Words of Wisdom
Purpose: A few words of wisdom from Denny Hunthausen as he prepares to retire from Catholic Community Services.

9:15 a.m. - This Week on the Streets
Purpose: A quick update about what outreach teams are seeing on the streets this week.

9:25 a.m. - Virtual Walk Thru: HYPE Center
Purpose: Learn about the new HYPE Center and how people can best access services there.
• James Pogue, Comprehensive Life Services, jpogue@cmhshare.org

9:35 a.m. - Advocacy Updates
Purpose: Learn about opportunities to impact policy decisions.
• Maureen Howard, Senior Policy Analyst, maureenhowardconsulting@gmail.com

9:45 a.m. - Pierce County Homelessness Efforts update
Purpose: Learn what took place at the first meeting of the Shelter Workgroup.
• Mike Boisture

10:00 a.m. - Government Updates
Purpose: Understand current efforts underway.
• Klarissa Monteros, City of Tacoma, kmonteros@cityoftacoma.org
• Valeri Knight, Pierce County Human Services, Valeri.knight@piercecountywa.org
• Reanna Bettencourt, Tacoma-Pierce County Health Department, rbettencourt@tpchd.org
• Ivan Tudela, Pierce County Emergency Management, Ivan.tudela@piercecountywa.org

10:15 a.m. - Homelessness messaging resources update
Purpose: An update about new graphics created to help with messaging about homelessness.
• Theresa Power-Drutis, New Connections, tpdrutis@nctacoma.org

10:20 a.m. - Inviting people to a governance meeting next week
Purpose: An invitation to a discussion about how the Coalition can ensure attention to equity work in the organizational structure.
• Rosemary Powers, New Connections, rpowers@eou.edu

10:25 a.m. - Safe Sites for All Update
Purpose: Understand the status of the effort to create safe parking and Safe Sites for All across Pierce County.
• Colin DeForrest, i2 Strategies, colin@i2-strategies.com
• Janet Runbeck, janetrunbeck@gmail.com

10:30 a.m. - Committee Appointments to represent the Coalition
Purpose: Consider appointments for outside committees.
• Gerrit Nyland, Coalition Director of Operations, gnyland@pchomeless.org

10:40 a.m. - Good of the order announcements
Purpose: Announcements for the good of the order.
• All

10:50 a.m. - Reflect on today’s meeting
Purpose: Hear from those who would like to share about how they feel today’s meeting went. What worked? What didn’t? What should be done differently next time?
• All

We look forward to seeing everyone at the meeting!

Here is the link to register:

You are invited to a Zoom meeting.

When: Jun 11, 2021 09:00 AM Pacific Time (US and Canada)

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Rob Huff
 

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Tacoma, WA 98402

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