2008 Symposium on Homelessness
You are invited to attend a Symposium on Homelessness.
The Homeless Symposium will be held Monday morning, April 28th, at the Speaker’s Auditorium in the Georgia State Student Center from 8:30am until noon.
8:30 am - Continental Breakfast and Registration
9:00 am - Welcome and Opening Remarks
9:15 am - Summary of 2007 Tri-Jurisdictional Metro Atlanta Homeless Survey by Jane Massey, Pathways Community Network
9:45 am - Community Dialogue of the Metro Atlanta Homeless Survey
10:15 am - Breakout Sessions on Homeless Issues
The breakout sessions will focus on:
-Improving Homeless Service Provision
-Public Policy Implications
-Homeless Sub-Populations, and History of the Atlanta Homeless Population
11:15 am - Community Discussion of the Breakout Sessions
The Speaker’s Auditorium is located at 44 Courtland Street SE on the corner of Gilmer Street. For a map and parking locations, please visit www.gsu.edu/gastate_parking_locations.html.
This event is hosted by Pathways Community Network, with Georgia State University sponsors -- the Department of Sociology in the College of Arts and Science, the Andrew Young School of Policy Studies, and the Center for Neighborhood & Metropolitan Studies; and community sponsor the United Way of Metropolitan Atlanta's Regional Commission on Homelessness.
The event is open to the public. Please invite all who share an interest and concern about homelessness. For more information, please contact Elizabeth Runkle at (404) 639-9933, ext. 322, or Elizabeth.runkle@pcni.org.
