The Olympia Movement for Justice and Peace will host a community forum on Homelessness in Olympia on Wednesday, December 6th, 7 to 9 PM at the Olympia Community Center, Room B. This Forum is free and open to all.
Childcare will be provided, along with meals courtesy of Food Not Bombs.

The forum will include five speakers who will break through stereotypes and illuminate the struggles of the homeless in our community. Speakers will critique Olympia's current and newly proposed ordinances that target Olympia’s homeless population by criminalizing behavior specific to that population, reveal the underlying economic and social causes of homelessness, examine the unmet needs and gaps in social services here in Thurston County, and present personal experiences with homelessness. Speakers include Pat Tassoni, Thurston County Tenants Union and Coalition for Low-Income Power; Phil Owen, Bread and Roses; Rosalinda Noriega, Partners In Prevention and Education; Peter Bohmer, Olympia Movement for Justice and Peace and Professor of Political Economy at TESC; Tim Nelson, a Homeless Activist with The Poor People’s Union. The forum will be moderated by Selena Kilmoyer, from Bread and Roses. Discussion with Question and Answer period will follow speaker presentations.