Poverty Summit on Saturday to focus on how proposed Rocky Mountain Power rate increase would hurt low income renters and other important issues

​Crossroads Urban Center will be holding its annual Poverty Summit on the morning of Saturday, August 24, 2024, at the Cathedral Church of St. Mark in Salt Lake City.  Highlights for this year’s summit will include:

• Candidates and/or campaign surrogates for Governor and County Mayor sharing their plans for addressing homelessness and housing affordability,
• The presentation of a Hellraiser Award to the members of the Nomad Alliance for their efforts to ensure that unsheltered homeless people are directly involved in public policy discussions about homelessness in Utah,
• A panel discussion on the topic of “Reducing Child Homelessness with Family Supportive Housing“ featuring representatives from the Road Home, Voices for Utah Children, Utah Housing Corporation, the Housing Authority of Salt Lake City and Powerful Moms Who Care, and,
• A panel discussion on the topic of “The Rent’s Too High and Rocky Mountain Power Wants to Make Things Worse” featuring representatives from AARP Utah, Comunidades Unidas and the Utah Housing Coalition.

 
This entire event is free and open to the public and will include snacks and a light lunch.  The full agenda for the summit can be found below.

​NINETEENTH PEOPLE'S SUMMIT ON POVERTY
sponsored by Crossroads Urban Center
Saturday, August 24, 2024
St. Mark’s Episcopal Cathedral, Dean’s Hall, 231 E. 100 South, Salt Lake City
 
 
I.          Registration (Coffee, Juice, Bagels, etc.)                                                                      8:30 AM
 
 
II.         Introductions and Greeting:  Glenn Bailey, Crossroads Urban Center          9:00 AM
 
 
III.        Democratic Candidates for Office                                                                              9:10 AM
                        Salt Lake County Mayor Jenny Wilson
                        UT Rep. Brian King and/or Rebeka Cummings for Utah Gov./Lt. Gov.         
 
IV.       Joe Duke-Rosati “Hellraiser” Award Presentation to                                       9:40 AM
                                                            The Nomad Alliance
presented by Steve Erickson
 
 
V.         Reducing Child Homelessness with Family Supportive Housing                9:55 AM
Moderator:      Bill Tibbitts, FACE Hunger & Homelessness
Panelists:         Dan Nackerman, Housing Authority of Salt Lake City
                        David Damschen, Utah Housing Corp.
                        Julie Patterson, Powerful Moms Who Care
                        Moe Hickey, Voices for Utah Children
                        Michelle Flynn, The Road Home
                                                           
 
Break*** Break *** Break *** Break *** Break                                                                      10:50 AM
 
 
VI.       Republican Candidates for Office                                                                                 11:00 AM
                        Erin Rider for Salt Lake County Mayor
                        UT Gov. Spencer Cox (represented by Laura Hansen)
 
 
VII.      The Rent’s Too High and Rocky Mountain Power Wants to                        11:30 AM       
            Make Things Worse
Moderator:     Grace Cunningham, Powerful Moms Who Care
Panelists:         Tara Rollins, Utah Housing Corporation
Maria Montes, Comunidades Unidas
Joe Hirabayashi, AARP Utah
                                                                       
 
VIII.     Announcements of Coming Events & Campaigns, etc.                                12:20 PM
 
 
IX.        Lunch                                                                                                              12:30 PM
 

Photos from last year's summit