CivicTechBrampton 25th Meetup Rest Centres and Youth Housing
Learn about Youth Housing from a front-line organization, Rest Centres. Can technologists contribute their skills towards addressing the complex challenge of youth housing?
Rest Centres mission calls for societal understanding that youth homelessness has many root causes and complexities. Lack of affordable housing for example contributes to hidden homelessness, for youth who turn to couch surfing and don’t show up in the numbers. With increased understanding, we can mobilize community resources to help them transcend instability and achieve independence.
Guest Speaker:
Arlene Bishop Thompson, Program Manager - Housing. Check out their website here: https://www.restcentres.org/
Inviting all technologists, students, and citizens interested in working on Civic Tech projects.
New to Civic Tech? You are definitely welcome! We will all be learning from each other. Just knowing what projects people are working on sparks ideas about new civic tech projects. There will be opportunities to network, and pitch your own project to interested volunteers.
Questions: email civictechbrampton@pm.me
Agenda:
6:00 to 6:15 Meet and network
6:15 to 6:30 Introductions (everyone)
6:30 Presentation by Arlene Bishop Thompson, Rest Centres (https://www.restcentres.org/)
7:00 to 7:15 Q& A
7:15 to 7:30 Project pitches
7:30 to 8:30 Breakout into projects of interest
8:30 End and optional social at a local bar
New: Online Option
CivicTechBrampton 25th Meetup Rest Centres and Youth Housing Thursday, October 1 · 6:00 – 8:30pm Time zone: America/Toronto Google Meet joining info Video call link: https://meet.google.com/hsz-ruzx-vnb Or dial: (CA) +1 778-735-9143 PIN: 314 584 386# More phone numbers: https://tel.meet/hsz-ruzx-vnb?pin=2771243693111