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New School University Center . 63 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY.<\/strong><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b262209 elementor-widget elementor-widget-button\" data-id=\"b262209\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"button.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-button-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-button elementor-button-link elementor-size-sm\" href=\"https:\/\/endinghomelesscriminalization.splashthat.com\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-content-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-text\">REGISTER HERE<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-10619fd6 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"10619fd6\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><!-- \/wp:paragraph --><!-- wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p>Since the U.S. Supreme Court\u2019s regressive Grants Pass ruling in June 2024, over 300 states and localities have enacted legislation criminalizing street homeless people. Threats to criminalization of homelessness, poverty, and the housing crisis at large have worsened in New York, a deeply unaffordable city with nearly 3 million rent burdened households. Join us for an enriching conversation on Thursday October 16th (4.30-6.30pm) about key human rights interventions with the U.N. 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He is Professor of Law and Development at the Department of Urban Studies and Planning at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). A lawyer by training, he is an expert on many areas of human rights, including economic, social and cultural rights, the UN system, and the human rights challenges posed by development activities.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-303bd9d elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"303bd9d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-medium\">DISCUSSANTS<\/h4>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8ad9b66 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"8ad9b66\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><b>Siya Hegde<\/b> <span style=\"font-weight: 400\">is a human rights lawyer in New York City, where she currently works with the National Homelessness Law Center on advancing the right to housing and decriminalizing homelessness and poverty. She was previously a civil public defender at The Bronx Defenders, where she engaged in client facing advocacy and litigation that centered on the civil consequences of individuals\u2019 contact with legal systems. Her expertise in eviction defense and housing justice has grown in partnership with local grassroots coalitions, directly impacted tenants, advocates, and defender organizations across the City. Her work and commentary have been featured in various outlets, including the New York Daily News, Times Union, City Limits, the New York Law Journal, the Georgetown Journal of Poverty Law and Policy, and the Indiana Health Law Review. As part of a national task force of civil society advocates, she has engaged with U.N. human rights mechanisms in Geneva around the criminalization of homelessness and poverty and is also a Board Member of the relaunched U.S. Human Rights Network.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Leah Goodridge<\/b> <span style=\"font-weight: 400\">is a nationally renowned lawyer, keynote speaker, and writer with a focus on housing policy. Goodridge was once highlighted in a sample sentence in the Merriam-Webster dictionary under the word \u201clitigator.\u201d Spending twelve years as a tenants\u2019 rights attorney, Goodridge defended low-income New Yorkers in various Housing Court cases. Former New York City mayor Bill de Blasio appointed Goodridge to the Rent Guidelines Board, where she successfully advocated for citywide rent freezes for two million rent-stabilized tenants. Goodridge has authored 10 op-eds in major publications, including the New York Times, Time Magazine, USA Today and Teen Vogue.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Christine C. Quinn, <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">has served as President and CEO of Win since 2015. Under her leadership, Win has nearly doubled its shelter capacity and tripled its supportive housing portfolio to meet the growing needs of New York City\u2019s homeless population. She played a key role in securing $50 million for the Housing Access Voucher Program pilot in the state budget, expanded vouchers for CityFHEPS recipients, and is working to increase mental health resources in shelters. A lifelong advocate for women, children, and the LGBTQ+ community, Christine made history as the first woman and the first openly gay Speaker of the New York City Council. During her tenure, she championed affordable housing, healthcare, and civil rights, and led major initiatives to combat hate crimes and sexual assault. Today, Christine remains a national voice on homelessness, equity, and social justice.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Fitzroy Christian, <\/b><b>i<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">s a member of the leadership team at CASA (<\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Community Action for Safe Apartments<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">), a membership-driven tenant and community organizing initiative of New Settlement Apartments, both based in the southwest Bronx. He is also a social justice advocate and activist who over the past several years has been involved in several CASA-led and New York State- and City-wide campaigns focused on preserving and expanding truly affordable housing for low-income and extremely low income residents of the Bronx and New York City.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">He has participated in international social justice conferences and forums including the World Social Forum 2016 in Montreal, and symposiums in Dallas and Philadelphia, and has testified before the United Nations Working Group of Experts on Peoples of African Descent on the status of African descendants here in the United States.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-16b70e6 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"16b70e6\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-medium\">MODERATOR<\/h4>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-414cf12 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"414cf12\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><b>Jessica Katz <\/b>is the strategic policy advisor at Cannon Heyman &amp; Weiss LLP and principal of Silver Bullet Consulting. She is the former chief housing officer of New York City and was previously the executive director of the Citizens Housing &amp; Planning Council.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-54d133c elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"54d133c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Presented by the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/newschool.us14.list-manage.com\/track\/click?u=867edf7e486c396bd825c8aff&amp;id=b6ec497ea7&amp;e=ea1b2b6652\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Parsons Housing Justice Lab<\/a>\u00a0and the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/newschool.us14.list-manage.com\/track\/click?u=867edf7e486c396bd825c8aff&amp;id=9d7e21e89f&amp;e=ea1b2b6652\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">MS Design and Urban Ecologies<\/a>\u00a0Program at Parsons School of Design, in collaboration with\u00a0NY-Human Right to Housing Coalition. 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