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More insight from our Community Landscape...this is why we focus on preventing homelessness and encourage anyone who may be on the brink of losing their home to visit our Community Resource Connection Hub in the Westwood Community Center! There, people can get one-on-one support to connect with trusted resources.

Our Community Landscape identifies the gaps and strengths of Denver's homelessness response system, as conveyed by in-depth interviews and community listening sessions with nearly 40 lived experts - people who have been homeless and have used the system. We heard these prompters of homelessness over and over again in this research.

Do these surprise you? Are there others you would add to the list?

Still thinking about Voices & Visions ✨

What a joy it was to honor the amazing Myra Nagy with our first annual Lived Expert Leadership Award. Myra has infused her lived expertise and wisdom into every aspect of Elevated Denver. She has been a part of the work from the beginning, giving shape to the storytelling and the solutions. We are beyond lucky to have Myra on the team.

Johnna Fandel Flood was recently featured on the Conscious InSights podcast! In this episode, Designing Upstream — Rethinking Homelessness Through Lived Wisdom, Renelle Everett Darr invites Johnna into a conversation that moves beyond homelessness and into the deeper question of how systems truly change.

Check it out here or on Spotify!

Conscious InSights: E18 Designing Upstream — Rethinking Homelessness Through Lived Wisdom When we try to solve complex challenges at the surface, we often miss what’s actually driving them. In this episode of Conscious InSights, Renelle Everett Darr invites Johnna Flood into a conversation that moves beyond homelessness and into the deeper question of how systems truly change. Together...

Even though Mother Nature threw us a curveball today, it’ll be warm and sunny tomorrow! We look forward to seeing you at Voices & Visions: Stories That Spark Hope on May 7. You can still get tickets at https://www.eventbrite.com/e/voices-visions-stories-that-spark-hope-tickets-1985070108130?aff=oddtdtcreator.

Thank you to our in-kind sponsors for generously donating services to enhance this event!

Thank you to another Changemaker Sponsor, Sky Blue Builders, LLC. Live Laugh Build, a Denver-based, 100% employee-owned general contractor delivering complex construction for public agencies, municipalities, and institutional clients. We appreciate their support to bring Voices & Visions: Stories That Spark Hope to life on Thursday!

Thank you to one of our Visionary Sponsors for next week's Voices & Visions event! Retired from a career at Volunteers of America, Lindi Sinton serves on Elevated Denver’s Advisory Board. We appreciate her continued support!

If you don't have your free tickets to Voices & Visions: Stories That Spark Hope on May 7, get them at https://www.eventbrite.com/e/voices-visions-stories-that-spark-hope-tickets-1985070108130?aff=oddtdtcreator

This week’s screening of the 9NEWS (KUSA) documentary “Refuge” and panel discussion was amazing! It was inspiring to see the film again, and we encourage everyone to watch it. After Johnna moderated the panel, she shared, “It was powerful to hear from the incredible panel who each have a different perspective, but share the same compassion and desire to do better.” Thank you to the panel and to everyone who attended!