The Church Council of Greater Seattle  and The InterFaith TaskForce on Homelessness With Co-Sponsorship by United Way of King County present:

Making the Ten Year Plan REAL: Creating the Political Will to End Homelessness  in Ten Years

(The Political Will 6th Annual Conference)

Saturday, June 10, 2006,    9:00 am—3:00 pm

Mt. Zion Baptist Church, 1634 19th Ave., Seattle

8:30 a.m.   

Registration

9:00 a.m.   

Invocation/Welcome /Theme - Ron Sims, King County Executive

9:15 a.m.   

Keynote Gov. Mike Lowry

9:50 a.m.

Break

10:00 a.m.    

Morning Panel

Topic: "Can This Plan be Real for Congregations?"

Moderator: Rev. Sandy Brown

Panelists include: Rev. Carol Jensen, Sarajane Siegfriedt, Steve Wodzanowski, Robert Rosencrantz

10:45 a.m. 

Workshops, 1st round

• "The Ten Year Plan: Basics, Endorsement, and Next?" Bill Block (Committee to End Homelessness), Humberto Alvarez (Fremont Public Association), Paul Carlson (HUD), Lisa Gustaveson (United Way King County)
• "Dynamics of Homelessness: The Who What When Where Why" Sinan Demirel (ROOTS Shelter), Nicole Macri (Downtown Emergency Services Center), Rev. Jean Kim (Presbyterian Church USA), Bob Goetschius (Archdiocesan Housing Authority)
• "Housing: Yellow-brick Roads for Vision-Rich Faith Communities" Linda Hall (St. Andrews Housing Group), John Fox (Seattle Displacement Coalition), Sarajane Siegfriedt (University Unitarian Housing Group)
• "Partners-Partnerships: Governments, Providers, Business, Congregations" Rep. Mark Miloscia, Julia Sterkovsky (Seattle Human Services Coalition), Vince Matulionis (United Way of King County)
• "Advocacy Ahead: What's the Coming Agenda?" Rachael Myers (Real Change), Michael Ramos (Church Council), Verleen Jones (King County Labor Council, A. Philip Randolph Institute), Dan Malone (Downtown Emergency Services Center)
• "What's a Congregation to Do?" Sharon Sherrard (Kirkland Interfaith Network), Sally Kinney (Interfaith Task Force on Homelessness), Steve Roberts (Congregations for the Homeless)

12:00 p.m.  

Lunch

12:45 p.m. 

Workshops, 2nd round (see above)

2:00 p.m.  

Afternoon Panel - "Is This Plan Real Enough?"

Moderator: Rev. Bill Kirlin-Hackett

Panelists: Rep. Mark Miloscia, John Fox (Seattle Displacement Coalition), Kathy Lambert (King County Council), Tim Harris (Real Change), Kris Filippi (KIRO Radio)

2:45 p.m.    

Responses/Wrap-up

3:00 p.m.   

Closing Benediction - Jamal Rahman, Interfaith Community Church