Important Read from The National Alliance to End Homelessness
Please click the above link to access this important document put together by The National Alliance to End Homelessness (https://endhomelessness.org/)
The National Conversation About IDs continues to be an advocate for eliminating barriers to obtaining identification documents across America. We know that many of your clients face these barriers and we are committed to working with you and each of our members to find solutions.
Please email joel.nationalconversation@gmail.com for information or to register for the session.
Another Vital Report: GAO Report to Congressional Committees
U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) Report to Congressional Committees: HOMELESSNESS Barriers to Obtaining ID and Assistance Provided to Help Gain Access Committees:
GAO-24-105435, HOMELESSNESS: Barriers to Obtaining ID and Assistance Provided to Help Gain Access
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The National Conversation: "What's Possible?"
Dear Members:
Our special informational session regarding City of Grants Pass, Oregon v. Johnson Supreme Court Decision is complete and was brilliant. The video for this meeting is at: Click to Download
Ishvaku Vashishtha, Equal Justice Works Fellow at Inner City Law Center in Los Angeles (Inner City Law), presented a coherent, information-packed program. A decision has not yet been handed down by the U.S. Supreme Court. Oral arguments were presented in April.
Mr. Vashishtha works to advance economic justice in Los Angeles by advocating for unhoused individuals who lack identification documents through an in-person clinic, direct representation, and systemic advocacy. Broadly, his project concerns the deprivation of human and civil rights that stem from poverty and homelessness.
Ishvaku previously interned with the NAACP Legal Defense Fund, where he worked on a range of federal, state, and local policy advocacy, including the Electoral Count Reform Act. He also worked on impact litigation challenging discriminatory citation schemes that targeted unhoused people with the ACLU of Southern California.
As a clinical student, he helped pass SB 1197 in Arizona, which eliminated juvenile fees and vacated existing debt. Ishvaku received his JD from Berkeley Law in 2023 and his Bachelors in Political Science from UC Berkeley.
The National Conversation About IDs continues to be an advocate for eliminating barriers to obtaining identification documents across America. We know that many of your clients face these barriers and we are committed to working with you and each of our members to find solutions.
Our next informational session is August 7- Session Scheduled-Topic: Building Statewide Power for ID Access:
Presenters are: Christine Dragonette, director of social ministry at St. Francis Xavier Church in St. Louis, Missouri and Sara Ruiz, executive director of the Ashrei Foundation in St. Louis.
Please email joel.nationalconversation@gmail.com for information or to register for the session.