Housing, Homelessness and Health was the focus of the CCTST Community Engagement Core Spring Speaker Series on Thursday, April 26, 2018. Featured speakers included Rosanne Haggerty, Jake Maguire and Beth Sandor from Community Solutions, a nonprofit organization based in New York City whose mission is to end homelessness and the conditions that create it.
From 11 AM to 1 PM they led a panel discussion for Community Grand Rounds in Room 6051 of the UC Medical Sciences Building (MSB)
Ms. Haggerty also presented the keynote address for the Speaker Series Dinner and Awards Reception, 6-8 PM in the Kingsgate Marriott Conference Center ballroom, 151 Goodman Drive, UC Academic Health Center campus. CCTST Community Health Grant awardees and Community Leaders Institute graduates were also honored. The networking hour began at 5 PM.
Rosanne Haggerty is the President and CEO of Community Solutions. She is an internationally recognized leader in developing innovative strategies to end homelessness and strengthen communities. In 1990, Rosanne founded Common Ground Community, a pioneer in the development of supportive housing and research-based practices that
end homelessness. To have greater impact, she and her senior team launched Community Solutions in 2011 to help communities solve the problems that create and sustain homelessness, including the development of the 100,000 Homes Initiative.
