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Expert Team Meeting

Affordable Housing Collaborative Meets Weekly @ Elevate Church, 191 N. Victory Dr.

Saturdays in April & May from 10am - 11:30am Affordable Housing Collaborative is a grassroots community effort, working together to create the quality of life we deserve in the place that we live and love. The expert team is made up of individuals with firsthand experience of life in low-income housing, shelter systems, or have had or are currently experiencing homelessness. You are an expert of your experience and we need you! Check out our Facebook page! Come join us for our next meeting! We’re working on creating the solutions we need with the resources we have - this is how change gets done!

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Expert Team Meeting

Affordable Housing Collaborative Harvest from Team Meeting on Saturday, April 12th, 2014

Draft Purpose Statement: We members of the Expert Team are resolved to serve as assertive advocates for inclusive solutions to the articulated needs of our fellow neighbors, who also struggle to secure quality affordable housing.

Expert Team Norms (Ground Rules): • Honor everyones time, Speak with intention, listen with attention, Start on time, end on time, We are in

shared learning together on this, Model how we want to be treated in how we treat others, Ask for what you need- contribute what you can, Consensus Voting Practice - thumbs up!

Remember, we are NOT providing a service, there are plenty of organizations that do that and plenty of resources that help connect people to services (like United Way’s 2-1-1).

We are organizing people dealing with the struggle of living in a safe, decent, affordable home to have a say in creating the quality of life they want in the place that they live through creating an Affordable Housing Collaborative by May 2014.

Opportunities WE will continue to Explore:

Commitments till next time:

Transportation Challenges

• Follow-up calls to those who have missed the

• Vine • Recognized Student Org’s from MSU • Carpooling • As a group, donating money for cab fare

Communication Challenges • Speak Page - opportunity to voice concerns to the

Expert Team anonymously

• Phone tree

Aligning with Statewide Efforts • We are inviting our friends from other statewide

Tenant Organizing campaigns to join us and help support us with our efforts here. The invitation has been sent! Come to the next meeting to learn more!

meeting • Continued posting of fliers around town