Portland Ideation Summit: Housing for All
The Portland Ideation Summit: Housing for All is an event sponsored by WebVisions, Saturday, January 27, 2018 from 9:00 AM to 5:30 PM (PST) in Portland, Oregon.
Lead organizers by Brad Smith (WebVisions) and Sue Gemmell.
Details
Tickets page:
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/the-portland-ideation-summit-housing-for-all-tickets-41345316956
Location:
Pacific Northwest College of Art
511 NW Broadway
Mediatheque - Ground Floor
Portland, Oregon 97209
Schedule
Hackathon for Social Good page, with schedule:
http://www.hackathonforsocialgood.org/schedule/
08:30am Doors open: Sign in / Coffee and Refreshments
09:00am Opening message; review the day’s process
09:15am Brief presentations about the homeless crisis
10:00am Divide into groups; Ideation and strategy.
11:00am Groups present their plans.
12:00pm Lunch break
12:45pm Concept development.
03:45pm Finalize and prepare for presentation.
04:00pm Presentation of projects.
05:15pm Feedback and next steps announced.
Other online resources
Facebook private group for event participants
https://www.facebook.com/groups/PdxIdeationHousing/.
Overview
Resources page: http://www.hackathonforsocialgood.org/resources-homelessness-in-the-portland-area/.
Gather with regional experts, advocates, activists and people who have experienced homelessness to imagine and pursue new ways to house the people who live on Portland’s streets.
The Ideation Summit will accommodate ~ 60 participants, who will form groups to deliver innovative ideas that can be pursued at future events. Portland is known for its hackathon culture -- so let's apply the Hackathon for Social Good approach to the homeless crisis.
-- Hackathon: a day of focused, determined, collaborative work
-- For social good: solving social issues by local communities, for local communities.
The Summit will be a collaborative forum to develop innovative ideas and plans that take on the varied facets of Portland's homelessness crisis. The event begins with short presentations by representatives of and advocates for the homeless community, then participants will break up into teams for three hours to collaborate, innovate and propose a solution to present at the end of the day.
In addition to ideas for future consideration, the day’s output will include a visual display for public view at PNCA through Feb 15.
Background Reading
The Guardian - "Outside in America Series: On the frontline of the homelessness crisis in the western US".
StreetRoots - news from the street
Portland's State of Emergency on Housing and Homelessness (Homelessness Toolkit)
A Home for Everyone - A good place to start is to have a look at city and county information. In 2013, the city, county, and Home Forward convened a special committee of diverse stakeholders and created "A Home for Everyone: A United Community Plan to End Homelessness in Multnomah County".
"Point in time report: 22 Feb 2017". The point-in-time count of homelessness in Portland and Multnomah County provides a bi-annual snapshot of the individuals and families experiencing homelessness on a given night in our community.
Housing First - National Alliance to End Homelessness - Housing First is a homeless assistance approach that prioritizes providing permanent housing to people experiencing homelessness, thus ending their homelessness and serving as a platform from which they can pursue personal goals and improve their quality of life.
Kenton Women's Village - a creative, collaborative year-long pilot project, offering a new potential approach for addressing houselessness at a small scale, which could be adapted and implemented in communities across the country.
See the Hackathon Against Homelessness Resource page for news stories and information about Portland's Homeless Services and much more.