We’re so thankful and grateful to our guest panelists who made time to share with us today.
We were blown away by their generosity, passion, and enthusiasm for addressing the real issues impacting our human family, and how we all have a moral mandate to act in response to these threats.
Click the name of the panelist for more information about them and the nonprofit organization they represent:
[su_tabs vertical=”yes”][su_tab title=”Cole Merkel” disabled=”no” anchor=”” url=”” target=”blank” class=””]Cole Merkel is Vendor Program Director for Street Roots, an organization that creates income opportunities for people experiencing homelessness and poverty by producing a weekly street newspaper. The paper is sold by members of the local homeless community and is published on Fridays. Vendors receive 75 cents for every $1 paper they sell.[/su_tab]
[su_tab title=”Shannon Cogan” disabled=”no” anchor=”” url=”” target=”blank” class=””]Shannon Cogan is Community Engagement & Board Liaison for Sisters of the Road, a nonprofit Cafe in Portland’s Old Town neighborhood working to create systemic change that will end poverty and homelessness forever by providing nourishing meals in a safe, dignified space. [/su_tab]
[su_tab title=”Michael Buonocore” disabled=”no” anchor=”” url=”” target=”blank” class=””]Michael Buonocore is the Executive Director of Home Forward (formerly the Housing Authority of Portland), the largest provider of affordable housing in Oregon. Home Forward serves all of Multnomah County, including the cities of Portland and Gresham, since 1992.[/su_tab]
[su_tab title=”DeWanna Harris” disabled=”no” anchor=”” url=”” target=”blank” class=””]DeWanna Harris is a Mentor Program Manager for Transition Projects, a leader in transitioning people from homelessness and living on the streets into housing. It operates and manages nine unique locations as well as facilitates hundreds of apartment placements each year.[/su_tab]
[su_tab title=”Greg Baker” disabled=”no” anchor=”” url=”” target=”blank” class=””]Greg Baker is Executive Director of Blanchet House, the largest meal site in the city of Portland. The agency serves three free hot meals each day, six days a week, to the homeless, low-income, and working poor of Northwest Portland. In addition, it offers transitional housing for men looking for a clean and sober living environment.[/su_tab][/su_tabs]
