Advocacy and Outreach 

We help our advocates learn the most effective ways to communicate with  homelessness programs, shelters, local and state government agencies, misinformed community members and law enforcement. Representing clients without speaking for them is a key skill, unhoused volunteers can learn these techniques for self advocacy and to represent their community. Outreach is the most direct way to engage with the community and establish meaningful relationships with the people residing in shelters and encampments. Work mostly consists of meeting with people and distributing material goods such as tents, food, and other supplies. But can be anything including helping coordinate rv tows and vehicle smogs/registration depending on your level of comfortability. Vicarious trauma can be common when forming relationships with people living on the street and therefore we prioritize debriefing and decompression regularly at our volunteer meetings.