A Just City Where Everyone Can Thrive
The events of 2020 have laid bare difficult truths about our society – not all lives are equally valued in America, and that inequality breaks down along the intersections of race, gender, and income.
Our pervasive and systemic inequality has a common root and a common solution – Housing. Housing is the foundation of equity.
This September and October, Jubilee is hosting a series of conversations exploring how where you live affects your opportunities, your health, your ability to learn, and your relationship to our justice system. We invite you to join us for one or more of these conversations, share your lived experience, and how we can use geography to make sure everyone has an equal chance to thrive.
Since 1973, Jubilee Housing has been committed to the vision of a more just, more equitable city where all are welcomed and valued. We believe systems and institutions are broken, not people.
Everyone, no matter their identity, employment status, or neighborhood, deserves a chance to thrive, and to thrive people need good homes, good resources, and good opportunity. We believe the time to act on this vision is now, especially when the fallout from COVID-19 is poised to take the homes of so many people.
I’ve been working hard on my health – It’s amazing how housing, medicine and good support work together.
-Josseline, Jubilee Housing Resident
Join us as we kick off our series about the intersection of Housing & Equity.
In this first discussion, we examine how access to housing has helped or hindered families from being able to build wealth.
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Jim Knight, Jubilee Housing
Jung Hyun Choi, Housing Finance Policy Center at the Urban Institute
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Join us to discuss why 80% of health outcomes are driven
by your employment, transportation, outdoor environment – and where you live.
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Jim Knight, Jubilee Housing
Patricia Mathews, Northern Virginia Health Foundation
Ronnie Middleton, Jubilee Housing
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What does where you live have to do with your education?
Join us to talk about virtual learning, school zoning, pandemic pods, and more.
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Jim Knight, Jubilee Housing
Audrey Walker, Jubilee Housing
Maya Martin Cadogen, Parents Amplifying Voices in Education
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How likely you are to go to prison – and where you go when you’re released – has a lot to do with the zip code you live in.
Join us to talk about zip codes, policing, and what reentry looks like when you return home.
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Jim Knight, Jubilee Housing
Rev. Donald Isaac, Sr., DC Corrections Information Council
Guest from the CFLS Speakers Bureau
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Help Jubilee build more justice housing™ – deeply affordable and high-quality homes with onsite and nearby supportive services in thriving communities.
Invest in the work of creating a more equitable DC.
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• White Liberals’ Dangerous Hypocrisy on Race
• The latest in school segregation: Pandemic Privacy Pods
• Latinos & Black Students Hit Hard With Disparities in Online Learning
• Presentation Slide Deck Download
• Ways to get involved
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• Second Chance Month in the midst of COVID-19
• One Milwaulkee Zip Code Explains America’s Mass Incarceration Problem
• A natural experiment of the consequences of concentrating former prisoners in the same neighborhoods
• Ways to get involved