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Our Homes Our Voices
May 5 Open House for Affordable Housing
455 Manuel T Freitas Pkwy
San Rafael, California 94903
10:00 AM PT - 4:00 PM PT
Lift your voice to protect our homes and communities!
Please join us at our Open House and teach-in on housing issues. Learn about affordable housing, and ask elected officials to keep our rents low and build more affordable housing. Sign petitions, tell your story, meet your neighbors!
What: Open House for Affordable Housing (drop in)
When: Saturday, May 5, 2018, 10 am - 4 pm (snacks and light lunch provided; activities available)
Where: Maria B. Freitas Senior Community, 455 Manuel T. Freitas Pkwy., San Rafael, CA 94903 (map)
Who: Marin County housing residents, family, friends, neighbors, and advocates
Why: Learn about affordable housing, and ask elected officials to keep our rents low and build more affordable housing. Sign petitions, tell your story, meet your neighbors!
- 10:30 am and 1:30 pm: federal budget update
- 11 am: Linda M. Jackson, Program Director, Aging Action Initiative
- 1:45 pm: Leslie Klor, housing counselor, Sparkpoint
- 2 pm: Ford Fish, Board Member, Mercy Housing California
- 2:45 pm: Kris Organ, California Alliance for Retired Americans (CARA), on housing, Social Security, and Medicare
- Lead: National Low Income Housing Coalition (part of the NLIHC's May 1-8 Housing Week of Action; see http://www.ourhomes-ourvoices.org)
- Mercy Housing California (manages Maria B. Freitas Senior Community)
- California Alliance for Retired Americans
- Non-Profit Housing Association of Northern California
- Social Justice Center of Marin
Organization: Residents of Maria B Freitas Senior Community
Contact: Pat Soberanis
Contact Phone: 415-300-3047
Contact Email:
Website: https://saveourhousing.wordpress.com/