The crisis in family homelessness is escalating rapidly. Every night in Massachusetts, 2,000 homeless families are in shelters and more than 1,000 stay in motels. Thousands more are doubled or tripled up in others’ apartments, moving from one location to another.

Hear the Vision for a new system, where shelters are used only for emergency transitions and everyone has a permanent place to live.

See How that Vision is being implemented despite crushing budget cuts.

Learn How Congregations & Congregants can become involved in programs to help end homelessness.

Rev. Liz Walker will be the keynote speaker at the sixth annual forum of the Advocacy Network to End Family Homelessness, on Sunday, February 28th at First Parish in Concord, 20 Lexington Rd., Concord, from 3:00 to 5:00 P.M. Elizabeth Curtis, Director of the Mass. Interagency Council of Housing and Homelessness, will describe the vision, goals and progress of the new regional programs. Mary Doyle of the Metropolitan Boston Housing Partnership will highlight specific programs for ending homelessness in the MetroBoston (inner western suburbs) Network. Both speakers will focus on ways congregations and individual members can become involved in these programs. Speakers and area state legislators will take questions during a discussion period moderated by Miriam Stein, MSW, advocacy consultant. The forum is free and open to all.