Just the Right Spot*: Compassionate Collaboration to Bring Housing and Hope to Greensboro’s Homeless Featuring: Cara Michele Forrest & Beth McKee-Huger Friday, November 4, 2005 8:00 a.m. – 9:30 a.m. Greensboro Chamber of Commerce – Wachovia Boardroom Using lessons from Hurricane Katrina, and building upon the grassroots leadership already in Greensboro, this presentation reflects on the cost of homelessness, the benefits of affordable housing, and the creative options to take care of all of our community's poor. Reactive strategies to homelessness often cost a community more than proactive measures to support those who lack jobs, need drug and alcohol addiction services, require intervention in domestic abuse, and/or seek mental heath assistance. Our speakers will shed light on the work being done in Greensboro to alleviate suffering for all, and the role the business community can play to hasten the progress. Speaking for those who often are not in a position to advocate for themselves, our guest speakers will reveal the methods, aims, opportunities and obstacles of ordinary citizens trying to climb out of poverty against multiple currents. * “Spot” – What our friends on the street call the place they sleep. Help us make their “spots” safe affordable housing! Michele has 15 years of experience in community outreach and urban missions, including four years with Grace Community Church, where she served as Deacon and Case Manager for the CARE Ministry, an outreach to the poor and homeless in Greensboro. While at Grace, she also supervised and mentored interns and service-learning students. Michele speaks to church, student and business groups on the topics of homelessness, hunger, and poverty. She also does web design for a number of local non-profits. ( Visit www.untangledweb.net for more info.). Michele is a founding board member of the Homeless Prevention Coalition of Guilford County, and also served on the local Advisory Board for SocialServe.com. Beth is the Executive Director of the Greensboro Housing Coalition (www.greensborohousingcoalition.com). She advocates for policies which promote affordable housing in safe condition, compiling information from the housing needs and problems of the people that GHC sees every day with city-wide data to raise awareness of unmet needs. Beth assures program outcomes and fiscal accountability for the organization. She has a master's degree in social work and is ordained in the Episcopal church. Beth is a founding board member of Homeless Prevention Coalition of Guilford County. Join Leadership Greensboro Members for this exciting program. A continental breakfast will be served beginning at 7:30 am. There is a $10.00 fee for Chamber Members and Leadership Program Members and for all others attending