Future Madison leaders who are participating in the Leadership Greater Madison (LGM)* civic leadership training program have targeted homelessness as the community issue on which they are focusing their joint efforts in 2013. The project team, comprised of seven local residents representing a wide variety of employers and organizations±, will convene “A Summit on Homelessness in Dane County” on Tuesday, October 15, 2013 at Inn on the Park in Madison from 7:45 a.m. – 4:00 p.m.
The team’s objective is to help facilitate an important and productive public conversation about the issue of homelessness with the hope that by bringing together members of the Madison community who are working on various aspects of the issue to share and receive information, a better understanding and more coordinated approach to addressing the issue will emerge. The Summit will feature a keynote presentation from Beverley Ebersold, Regional Coordinator for U.S. Interagency Council on Homelessness (USICH) with additional presentations and panel discussions by local service providers, faith-based organizations, the City of Madison and Dane County on timely topics such as shelters and day resource centers, affordable housing, homelessness and schools, role of the faith community, criminal justice issues, community and business perspectives, medical and insurance issues, and homeless veteran perspectives. In addition to the panel discussions, the Summit will also include a luncheon speaker from the Madison Police Department on the topic of human trafficking and the connection to homelessness.
Register for the Summit now at https://www.eventbrite.com/event/8245994993.
The Summit will be open to the public and will include participation from various organizations that represent the Dane County Homeless Services Consortium. Cost for the Summit is $25 plus a $2.37 fee. More information about the Summit can be obtained by contacting LGM20Summit@gmail.com.
The Summit has been underwritten in part by generous donations from the Alliant Energy Foundation, Madison Gas & Electric Foundation, Whyte Hirschboeck Dudek S.C., and Inn on the Park.
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*Leadership Greater Madison (LGM), now in its 20th year, provides advanced leadership training to help future community leaders become more aware of the issues affecting our area and the opportunities that exist to get involved. The program focuses on helping participants learn how to develop in-depth analysis of, identify resolution management approaches to, and communicate about, critical public issues while placing special emphasis on contemporary issues, challenges and opportunities, as well as “real world” options and experiences. This includes responsibility for developing and implementing a capstone project addressing a current issue. Graduates of Leadership Greater Madison can continue to remain connected by joining a growing LGM Alumni Association, which offers networking, continued education and opportunities for service in the community. For more information about LGM, please contact Lynn Wood, lwood@wcgprcom.
± LGM project team members who are coordinating the Summit on Homelessness in Dane County include: Phillip Bower, Whyte Hirschboeck Dudek, S.C.; Martin Day, Madison Gas & Electric; David De Leon, Alliant Energy; Kelly Donahue, City of Madison Police Department; Sarah Sosa-Acevedo, Madison Children’s Museum; Pat Steele, Northport Community Learning Center; and Patrick Sweeney, Wisconsin Council of the Blind and Visually Impaired.