Do you live or work in the NoMa area? Join Street Sense Media for a town hall-style moderated conversation focused on attendees’ comments and questions. A panel of officials and experts, including housed and unhoused NoMa residents, will be on hand to participate.

Doors open 5:45 p.m.

Discussion 6:15 p.m. - 7:30 p.m.

Networking until 8 p.m.

Light refreshments will be provided. Space is limited. Please RSVP.

Questions? Contact our editor, Eric Falquero, at ericf@streetsensemedia.org.

Confirmed Panelists

Reina Sultan, NoMa resident (housed)

NoMa resident (housed) Michael Harris, NoMa resident (unhoused)

NoMa resident (unhoused) Keith Mantel, NoMa resident (housed)

NoMa resident (housed) Aaron Howe, PhD candidate who conducted ethnographic research in the NoMa encampments

PhD candidate who conducted ethnographic research in the NoMa encampments Ann Marie Staudenmaier, Washington Legal Clinic for the Homeless

Moderator

Mark Segraves, NBC4

Declined Invitations

The NoMa Business Improvement District

Reason: After publishing an open letter online outlining numerous responses to the encampments, the CEO said the organization prefers to attend this event in a listening capacity.

The Office of Deputy Mayor for Health and Human Services

Reason: The District is the subject of pending litigation regarding how unclaimed property is handled during encampment cleanups and cannot participate in a discussion that may relate to this case. The communications director for the Office of the Deputy Mayor for Health and Human Services welcomed specific questions and can be reached at (202) 716-5126 or Sward.Tondoneh@dc.gov.

Getting There

Parking

If you are using GPS, the address is 19 Eye Street, NW. You can park in the garage at Gonzaga, which is under the football field.

Enter from 1st and I Streets, NW (behind Walmart).

Take I Street toward the circle. On the other side of the circle is a purple sign for Gonzaga Parking.

Go through the circle, take a right down the alley and then a left into the parking structure. If you park at the far wall, you will be closest to the stairs (on your left) that lead up to street level.

Open the gate facing North Capitol Street by pressing the black button on the brick column.

Go around immediately to the left and into the McKenna Center – in the basement of the church.

Metro, Rideshare, Walking, Etc

The street address is 900 North Capitol Street, NW.

Enter The Father McKenna Center on street level, to the left of the stairs to the church.

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