Every year Crossroads Urban Center organizes a poverty summit during the month of August to bring people together to discuss policies that could reduce hunger, homelessness and poverty in Utah.

The summit for 2025 will take place on the morning of September 6 at Hilltop United Methodist Church in Sandy.   On the morning of September 6 Crossroads Urban Center will be holding its annual Poverty Summit at at Hilltop United Methodist Church in Sandy. Highlights for the summit will include:

• A keynote address about how Medicaid cuts may impact Salt Lake County by Salt Lake County Council Member Suzanne Harrison.
• A panel discussion about how Utah can reduce SNAP benefit theft featuring Gina Cornia, from Utahns Against Hunger,  Representative Tyler Clancy, from the Utah House of Representatives,  Shantelle Roberts, from the Utah Department of Workforce Services, Tiffany Blair, from the Otherside Village, and Lieutenant Chad Jenson from the Utah State Bureau of Investigation.
• A panel discussion why housing is the biggest gap in Utah's homeless services system and  why it should be the top priority in efforts to improve that system featuring Tara Rollins from the Utah Housing Coalition, Representative Carol Spackman Moss, from the Utah House of Representatives, and Senator Nate Blouin from the Utah Senate, and,
• Presentation of the annual Hellraiser Award to one of Utah's fiercest champions for people who depend on Medicaid to access basic healthcare, Stephanie Burdick.

Everyone is welcome to attend and participate in this free, annual, event.

Photos from 2023 Summit