Ann Arbor AF

We discuss homelessness in Ann Arbor and Washtenaw County: The systems in
place to help people, and how they fail sometimes.
Special guests:
* Greg Pratt, longtime advocate, affiliated with Washtenaw Camp Outreach,
and the Housing and Human Services Advisory Board.
* Ariah Schugat, a person who recently experienced homelessness in Ann
Arbor.
Please sign this petition from Health For All / Yma Johnson calling on the
Washtenaw County Health Department / County Board of Commissioners to use
its emergency powers to freeze eviction processes through the end of the
school year.
https://actionnetwork.org/petitions/use-emergency-powers-freeze-evictions-until-school-year-ends-washtenaw-county-health-dept/
Health For All Washtenaw: http://www.healthforallwashtenaw.org/
Other organizations mentioned in this episode:
Washtenaw Camp Outreach
https://www.facebook.com/washcampoutreach/?view_public_for=105028904610453&ref=
MISSION
http://www.missiona2.org/
Mercy House
https://www.facebook.com/mercy.house.39
Peace House, Ypsi
https://www.facebook.com/PeaceHouseYpsi
HAWC
http://www.housingaccess.net/
Shelter Assc Washtenaw County [Delonis Center]
https://www.annarborshelter.org/
Washtenaw Community Mental Health Crisis Services
https://www.washtenaw.org/2936/Crisis-Services
PORT/PATH team
PORT serves individuals in Washtenaw County who are homeless, suffer from
a mental illness and are not already connected to services. Not expecting
clients to come to us, PORT makes a commitment to meet the client where he
or she is both physically, psychologically and socially. PORT’s mission is
to engage, treat, and transition clients to mainstream services. Positive
engagement and outreach are the most important aspects of PORT's approach.
https://www.washtenaw.org/2935/Programs-Services
Finally, here are the county commissioners you can contact with your
thoughts on the county's respose to homelessness.

https://www.washtenaw.org/217/Commissioners
Jason Maciejewski - [email protected]
Sue Shink - [email protected]
Shannon Beeman - [email protected]
Caroline Sanders - [email protected] [New Commissioner]
Justin Hodge

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Today we talk to Yodit Mesfin Johnson about the problematic promises of community “engagement,” and what it could look like to pivot more towards community-driven planning. Yodit is presently co-leading (with Jess and developer partners Avalon Housing and the Ann Arbor Housing Commission) a community-driven planning effort for the mixed-use affordable housing project at Fourth and Catherine, a historically Black business and residential area in downtown Ann Arbor.
Some programs we mentioned:

• The affordable housing development at 121 E. Catherine, including the first and second public sessions
• NEW’s Champions for Change program

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Today we are talking about the next City Council meeting, coming up Tuesday, January 18th. We’ll be touching on a few interesting agenda items, including memos, memos, and more memos.
Links we referenced (or think you might find useful):
- this week's agenda;
- A Brookings Institute article on workforce housing and middle-income housing subsidies, and a Smithsonian article on company towns; these get at some more reasons why the UM Housing resolutions are problematic that we didn't get to cover in the episode;
- the local Affordable Housing learning series;
- an article on DTE's proposed rate increase;
- the City's sidewalk snow removal report;
- and a love letter (aka Twitter thread) full of maps listeners created of AAPS walk zones.
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Today we talk (and dream a little) with members of the Coalition for Reenvisioning Our Safety.
Paul is an Assistant Professor at the University of Michigan School of Public Health and helps to organize the Michigan Chapter of Public Health Awakened. He spends his time thinking about, researching, teaching, and organizing around root causes of health inequities, including policing and immigration policies. You can find him on Twitter.

Ryan is an educator, activist, DEI consultant, artist, and community catalyst. He is a trustee for Avalon Housing, an alum of the Nonprofit Enterprise at Work's Champions for Change leadership program, and a founding member of CROS. You can find him on Twitter, Instagram, and his website.

For more learning:

• CROS: click Sign the Petition for email updates and action alerts
• MI chapter of Public Health Awakened
• Police Brutality in the U.S. A free online course by Ryan Henyard
• Why is there more funding for police instead of public health? a talk by Paul Fleming
• Policing is a public health issue, by Paul Fleming
• Nonprofit Enterprise at Work's Champions for Change leadership program
• Structural Racism: Causes of Health Inequities in the U.S. A free online course by Melissa Creary, William Lopez, and Paul Fleming
• Avalon Housing
• Derecka Purnell On Living (and Loving) Outside the Police State
• In a post-Roe world, we need a new emergency number by Lisa Jackson, Molly Kleinman, and William Lopez

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Today we're talking about the next City Council meeting, coming up Monday, October 4th. We’ll be touching on a few interesting agenda items, including council rules, sustainability, and a quick rant about fatphobia.
Links:
- to this week's Council agenda,
- to the benchmarking ordinance, and
- to the episode previewing the November 2021 ballot.
Come check out our episodes and transcripts at our website, annarboraf.com. Keep the conversation going with fellow Ann Arbor AFers on Twitter and Facebook, or catch cohost Michelle with music by women (and the occasional Council recap) on wcbn.org Tuesdays 6am-9am. And hey, if you wanted to ko-fi us a few dollars to help us with hosting, we wouldn't say no.

Support the show

Come check out our episodes and transcripts at our website, annarboraf.com. Keep the conversation going with fellow Ann Arbor AFers on Twitter and Facebook. And hey, if you wanted to ko-fi us a few dollars to help us with hosting, we wouldn't say no.