Southern Nevada Youth Homelessness Summit on Nov. 17 is Powering the Next Evolution of the Movement to End Youth Homelessness

The 2022 occasion options presentation of the primary standalone Southern Nevada Youth Homelessness Wants Evaluation and launch of The Motion Institute, an advocacy coaching to empower Neighborhood members to take motion.

LAS VEGAS, Nov. 14, 2022 /PRNewswire/ —

WHAT:  Nevada Partnership for Homeless Youth (NPHY) and Las Vegas Sands, with help from the UNLV Greenspun Faculty of City Affairs and the Las Vegas Evaluate-Journal, will host the sixth annual Southern Nevada Youth Homelessness Summit.

EVENT DETAILS: 9 a.m. – 4 p.m., Thursday, November 17, 2022, The Smith Middle for the Performing Arts

MAJOR NEWS ELEMENTS:

• Powering The Motion: Summit 2022 will unveil the primary standalone Southern Nevada Youth Homelessness Wants Evaluation and kick off The Motion Institute, an progressive, inspiring and hands-on advocacy coaching to empower group members to champion optimistic change for susceptible youth.

VISUAL/COVERAGE OPPORTUNITIES:

• 9-10 a.m. Morning Session:
• Welcome & Opening Remarks: Randy Hyzak, Government Vice President & CFO, Sands
• The Altering Panorama of Southern Nevada; Robert Ulmer, Ph.D., Dean, UNLV Greenspun Faculty of City Affairs
• The Motion to Finish Youth Homelessness: An Replace & Look Forward; Arash Ghafoori, CEO, NPHY
• Southern Nevada Youth Homelessness Wants Evaluation; Ellen Fitzpatrick, Senior Affiliate & Teo Ortega, Affiliate, Technical Help Collaborative
• 10 a.m.-12 p.m.: Breakouts: Housing, Psychological Well being, Civil Rights, Intersecting Points and Extra: Athar Haseebullah, Esq., Government Director, ACLU of Nevada; Christine Hess, Government Director, Nevada Housing Coalition; Michele Fuller-Hallauer, Supervisor, Clark County Social Service; Nick Barr, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Faculty of Social Work, UNLV
• 12-1:30 p.m.: Main Unheard Voices to Success; Panel that includes younger leaders with lived expertise of homelessness
• 1:30 p.m.: The Motion Institute: Inaugural Youth Homelessness Advocacy Coaching; Led by Arash Ghafoori, CEO, NPHY; Melissa Jacobowitz, Chief of Growth & Technique, NPHY; Lanette Rivera, Director of Engagement & Communications, NPHY; Tay’Von Jenkins, Younger Chief and Services Affiliate, NPHY; Nevada State Assemblymember Howard Watts

INTERVIEW OPPORTUNITIES:

• Arash Ghafoori, CEO, NPHY, can present particulars about The Motion to Finish Youth Homelessness and The Motion Institute
• Younger adults with lived expertise of homelessness can present views
• Robert Ulmer, Ph.D., Dean, UNLV Greenspun Faculty of City Affairs, can present insights on UNLV’s partnership in The Motion to Finish Youth Homelessness and the evolving challenges younger folks face in our altering group
• Assemblymember Howard Watts, Nevada State Meeting, can present perspective on coverage and state-level alternatives to deal with youth homelessness

BACKGROUND: For years, Las Vegas/Clark County has ranked within the high main metropolitan areas with the most important numbers of unaccompanied homeless kids and youth, in accordance with the U.S. Division of Housing and City Growth. Nevada additionally has had one of many highest charges of unsheltered homeless kids and youth dwelling alone on the streets, with the overwhelming majority of those youth positioned in Southern Nevada. In 2018, our group got here collectively to create the first-ever Southern Nevada Plan to Finish Youth Homelessness, outlining options for sustainable change. Whereas the Plan has achieved essential successes, the great modifications over the previous few years has necessitated an evolving method and ignited new alternatives to make sure our group finest addresses the present surroundings and threat elements within the combat to finish youth homelessness. For extra data: nphy.org/Summit22.

SOURCE Las Vegas Sands