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LGBTQAI Youths and Housing Rights
This presentation will outline the current housing programs offered by Center on Halsted, and how housing LGBTQIA+ specific individuals brings unique needs. Additionally, LGBTQIA+ youth are twice as likely to experience housing issues when compared to those who are not members of the queer community (Chapin Hall, 2018). This entails subjective and unique challenges that occur that often combat stable housing for this community. It is essential that programs catering to the LGBTQIA+ community have unique services to provide affirming support. Building inclusive spaces begins with awareness of the unique obstacles and experiences of LGBTQIA+ youth. Topics discussed will include issues of DV and family abandonment, impacts of bullying and harassment, higher rates of survival work, higher rates of commodities, and higher rates of addiction.
Joli Robinson - Presenter
CEO, Center on Halsted
Joli Angel Robinson currently serves as CEO of Center on Halsted, the largest LGBTQ+ serving community center in the Midwest. Previously, Joli served as the President/CEO of Housing Forward (formerly known as Metro Dallas Homeless Alliance). Joli holds a Masters Degree in Communications specializing in Organizational Communication Management and a Bachelors of Art and Science in Sociology and Communication, both from Dallas Baptist University. She previously served in board capacities on the ACLU of Texas board & the North Texas LGBT Chamber of Commerce Board. Joli also previously served on the Village Tech Board, as a Co-Chair for the local Truth, Racial Healing, & Transformation organization in Dallas, and as a Court-Appointed Special Advocate with Dallas CASA. In her free time, Joli is an avid reader and enjoys non-fiction books, sight-seeing, eating good food, and spending time with those she loves. Joli has been featured as a speaker at several conferences covering topics ranging from Addressing Racial Equity within the LGBTQ+ community to housing and homelessness.
