2014 National Conference Coverage; Workshop Materials Coming Soon

August 5, 2014
		ISSUES  |  POLICY  |  SOLUTIONS  |  NEWS & EVENTS Forward Editor: Emanuel Cavallaro
		Spotlight On... 2014 National Conference Coverage; Workshop Materials Coming Soon The Alliance would like to extend a heartfelt thanks to First Lady Michelle Obama, Senator Cory Booker of New Jersey, Department of Housing and Urban Development Secretary Julián Castro, and all other speakers, volunteers, and staff who worked so hard to make last week's 2014 National Conference on Ending Homelessness the Alliance's most successful conference ever. We are currently working on making the videos of all plenary speakers' remarks available for viewing online, including those by Becky Kanis Margiotta of the 100,000 Homes Campaign, John Ashmen of the Association of Gospel Rescue Missions, and Mitchell Katz of the Los Angeles County Department of Health Services. While those videos are not yet available, you can currently find the transcript of Mrs. Obama's remarks on the White House website, read the Mrs. Obama's own op-ed on veteran homelessness on the ABC News website, and read media coverage of the her appearance at the conference in the following clips: CNN: Michelle Obama: More than 58,000 homeless veterans in the U.S. is 'a stain on our nation's soul' The Washington Post: Michelle Obama: Now is the time to end homelessness, starting with veterans Associated Press: First lady expands effort to end vet homelessness We intend to have presentations from the conference workshops available online as early as this week. We also plan to highlight workshop content from the conference on our blog in the coming weeks.

Hill Update Congress Departs for Summer Recess On Friday, August 1, Congress departed for their five-week summer recess. Congress is expected to reconvene during the second week of September.

Job Opportunities at the Alliance

The Alliance is currently seeking qualified applicants for several open positions on the Alliance staff. For qualifications and information on how to apply, see the job opportunities page of the Alliance website. Positions include:

• Program and Policy Analyst;
• Director of Capacity Building; and
• Research Associate.

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On the Alliance Blog, Ending Homelessness Today

Here are 4 Great Videos that Played at Our 2014 National Conference
By Emanuel Cavallaro
In this post, we share some of the videos we played during the lunch plenary of the third day of the Conference, Thursday July 31. This series of videos about homelessness, "American Refugees," was produced as part of Seattle University's Film & Family Homelessness Project.