IGH aims to connect with others to coalesce the global movement to end homelessness by organizing and participating in accessible and inclusive convenings and knowledge exchange initiatives.
Upcoming Events
IGH Webinar
Decriminalizing Global Homelessness
Date: Wednesday, March 26, 2025
Times: 11:00 am – 12:15 pm (CDT) / 12:00 – 12:15 pm (EDT)
Register here: https://depaul.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_jkd_nzDGRJmOEK7kT5gWCA.
Panel
Samantha Blondeau (they/them) — Research for Social Change Lab
Gabriela Valentín Díaz (ella/she)— EarthRights International
Wilmy Dessalines — University of Miami
Moderated by Tiffany Connolly (she/her) — Institute of Global Homelessness
Objectives
— Explain how criminalizing homelessness is perpetually harmful/makes the issue worse
— Share research, programs, and/or policies that support decriminalization of homelessness
— Discuss how practitioners around the world can adapt practices and strategies to be implemented in their region
— Share insights about how practitioners, researchers, advocates, and agencies can improve partnerships with people with lived experience and other sectors and agencies to catalyze approaches to decriminalize homelessness