130 | The Value of Peers: Leading with Lived Expertise
Tracks
Workshop
| Tuesday, April 9, 2024 |
| 2:30 PM - 3:30 PM |
| Room 302-303 |
Session Overview
The Housing First model has been grounded in peer support since its founding. This session will highlight three key areas in which peers support engagement and connection to services while centering the consumer: 1) leveraging Resident Advisory Boards, 2) providing support and service connections, and 3) informing eviction prevention strategies.
Description
The Housing First model has been grounded in peer support since its founding. This session will highlight three key areas in which peers support engagement and connection to services while centering the consumer: 1) leveraging Resident Advisory Boards, 2) providing support and service connections, and 3) informing eviction prevention strategies.
Rodney Dawkins
Consumer
Heartland Alliance Health
Presenter
Rodney Dawkins is a consumer advocate who fights for housing, healthcare, and human rights, believing that people with lived experience should be at the decision-making table. Rodney worked as a community health worker for seven years, and currently serves on Health Care for the Homeless’ National Consumer Advisory Board.
Kendall Clark
Homeless Health Care Advocate
Community Advocate
Presenter
Kendall Clark has been a consumer advocate for more than three decades. As a person with lived experience, Kendall has devoted himself to assisting those in need, including advocating for better policies and best practices. Kendall is the Co-Chair of Health Care for the Homeless’ National Consumer Advisory Board.
Kacia Wilkinson
Advocate
Presenter
Kacia Wilkinson is consumer advocate in Boston, supporting housing connections and informorming new programs offered by Boston Health Care for the Homeless Program (BHCHP). Kacia currently serves on the Consumer Advisory Board at BHCHP and was one of the first people housed through the Housing First program in Boston.
