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Policymakers

Barry Roeder

Meet Barry Roeder. He is currently working with Google to create an affordable portal called Doorway. He is trying to minimize the inefficiencies currently in

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Policymakers

Rick DeGolia

I spoke with Rick DeGolia, a council member and former mayor of Atherton, California. As a student in Atherton, it was fascinating to learn about

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Dennis Culhane

This past summer, I had the amazing opportunity to have a conversation with Dennis Culhane, a professor at the University of Pennsylvania and a homelessness

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Community

Kelsey Pimentel

Meet Kelsey Pimentel. She is a manager of Youth Leadership at Larkin Street Youth Services in San Francisco. With a degree in psychology, Kelsey aims

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Community

Terry Allebaugh

Meet Terry Allebaugh. He is an adjunct professor at the Sanford School of Public Policy at Duke University. He also founded Housing for New Hope

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Community

Melissa Platte

Meet Melissa Platte. She is the executive director at the Mental Health Association of San Mateo County. Her organization provides services to homeless individuals who

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Community

Bart Charlow

Meet Bart Charlow. He is the CEO of Samaritan House in San Mateo county. Samartian House prides themselves in their housing first approach and the

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Homeless

Kimbel Welch

Meet Kimbel Welch. He currently works at CityTeam San Francisco, a homeless shelter. Kimbel was homeless for 20+ years. He struggled with alcoholism. Luckily, CityTeam

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Homeless

Bruce Hamilton

Meet Bruce Hamilton. He is a 30-year+ homeless individual with many ideas on how we can solve homelessness in the San Francisco Bay Area. He

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