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Check out the event program here!
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Friday February 23rd, 2018
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5:30 PM - 6:30 PM: ARRIVAL @ SMITH BUONANNO RM 101
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6 PM - 7:20 PM: DINNER & INTRODUCTION @ SMITH BUONANNO RM 107
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Welcoming remarks
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7:30 PM - 9:00 PM: KEYNOTE: SAM TSEMBERIS @ METCALF FRIEDMAN AUDITORIUM
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A talk on the housing first model, with a time for questions afterwards
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9:15 PM - 11 PM: TRIVIA @ SMITH BUONANNO RM 107
Saturday February 24th, 2018
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9 AM - 9:30 AM: BREAKFAST @ MACMILLAN 115
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Bagels, granola bars, fruit, coffee, assorted juices
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9:30 AM - 10:30 AM: OUTLINING OUR ROLE @ MACMILLAN 115
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Short presentations from student organizations explaining their service efforts
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Breakfast still available
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10:45 AM - 11:30 AM: STUDENT GUIDED BREAKOUT SESSIONS @ ASSIGNED LOCATIONS
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11:45 AM - 12:45 PM: WORKSHOP 1 @ ASSIGNED LOCATIONS​
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Criminalization of Homelessness
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Naloxone Training
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Thinking Constelationally
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Youth and LGBTQ Homelessness
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1 PM - 1:45 PM: LUNCH @ THAYER ST
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2 PM - 3:30 PM: WORKSHOP 2 @ ASSIGNED LOCATIONS​
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Effective Street Outreach 1
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Effective Street Outreach 2
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Trafficking, Gender, and Homelessness
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Self Care in Public Service
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4 PM - 6 PM: KEYNOTE: DR. JAMES O'CONNELL @ MACMILLAN RM 117
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A talk on effective street outreach led by Dr. James O'Connell, President of Boston Healthcare for the Homeless and Assistant Professor of Medicine at Harvard Medical School
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A time for questions afterwards
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6 PM - 7 PM: Student GUIDED BREAKOUT SESSION @ ASSIGNED LOCATIONS
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7:10 PM - 8:20 PM: DINNER @ ROBERT CENTER, PETTERUTI LOUNGE
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8:30 PM - 11 PM: HOPEFEST: A BENEFIT CONCERT @ THE UNDERGROUND
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Performances by some of Brown's best bands!
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Sunday February 25th, 2018
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9:00 AM - 10:00 AM: BREAKFAST @ MACMILLAN 115
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10:10 AM - 11:30 AM: WORKSHOP 3 @ ASSIGNED LOCATIONS
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Trauma-Informed Care
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Media Advocacy
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Social Entrepreneurship
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Legal Needs of Homeless Students
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12 PM - 12:30 PM: CLOSING @ MACMILLAN 117
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Closing Remarks by President Christina Paxson
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In February of 2018, Housing Opportunities for People Everywhere (HOPE) is hosting the first annual Summit on Homelessness and Poverty (SHP). SHP aims to open up a venue for collaboration, discussion, and community building among students and student-led organizations doing innovative anti-poverty work across the country. This summit will serve as a unique opportunity for students to share our best practices and improve the quality of services we collectively provide.
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SPEAKERS
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ABOUT
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ATTENDEES
University of Massachusetts Amherst
Boston University Medical School
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Outreach Van Project (OVP)
Brown University
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Rhode Island Medical Navigators Program (Alpert Medical School)
Columbia University
University of Connecticut
Duke University
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Coalition for Alleviating Poverty
Harvard University
New York University
University of Massachusetts Dartmouth​
University of North Carolina
Philadelphia-area Universities
University of Rhode Island
Vanderbilt University
Yale University
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HOMELESSNESS & POVERTY
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Bringing together student-led organizations that serve people experiencing homelessness
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*Sponsored by the Urban Studies Department
Feb 23-25, 2018 | Brown University
Providence photo credit to Brown University Sophomore, Jack Hegarty
Summit on Homelessness and Poverty
Feb 23 - 25, 2018 | Brown University
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