What does it take for people who’ve experienced housing insecurity to hold power and change systems? This workshop explores the successful framework of All Home’s Emerging Leaders Program, which has placed over 60 graduates in voting seats on public boards and commissions in Alameda, Contra Costa, and Santa Clara counties. Join us to learn concrete strategies and insights for cultivating a deep bench of lived-experience leaders who are ready to shape housing and homelessness policy from the inside.

Moderator

Claudine Sipilli, Director of Lived Experience and Innovation, Destination: Home

Speakers

Katie Barnett, Manager of Civic Leadership Strategy, All Home

Katie Barnett is a housing policy strategist with seven years of experience connecting federal programs, local government, and community leadership. As a lead staff member at EveryOne Home, she designed the curriculum for the Emerging Leaders Program. Now, as All Home’s Manager of Civic Leadership Strategies, she leads programs that ensure people with lived experience have the power to shape public policy throughout the Bay Area.

Isamar Dominguez Ochoa, Policy Fellow, All Home

Isamar Dominguez is a Policy Fellow at All Home, where she focuses on state-level legislative advocacy to end homelessness. A graduate of the Emerging Leaders Program, her work is driven by her own lived experience with housing insecurity. She holds a B.A. from UC Berkeley and serves on the Alameda County Continuum of Care Leadership Board. She is also a licensed Mortgage Loan Originator and tiny home builder, tackling the housing crisis from multiple angles.