Housing Speaks! - Immigrant Housing Leadership Panel
Date: Thursday, May 15th, 2025
Time: 6:30-8:30 PM
Location: Bayanihan Community Center | 1010 Mission St, San Francisco, CA 94103
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Background: As recent federal policies attack immigration, language access, and affordable housing, immigrant families are experiencing a strong uncertainty in our city.
"Housing Speaks!" is a critical community panel event addressing the language access and housing rights for immigrant communities in San Francisco.
The Bill Sorro Housing Program (BiSHoP) is bringing together key leaders from immigrant-serving organizations to discuss immigration, language and housing access concerns with members of the San Francisco community.
Join us as we explore how community organizations are protecting their clients and what strategies can protect our most vulnerable neighbors, from direct services & case management, to tenant organizing and site preservation!
Format:
Panel discussion with community leaders (40-60 minutes)
Community Q&A (30-40 minutes)
Networking reception with meals provided (halal) (30 minutes)
Who Should Attend:
Anyone interested in immigration & housing rights
Housing advocates, case managers, service providers, non-profit members
San Francisco tenants, especially from SoMa, Mission, and TL neighborhoods
Media/Journalists encouraged to attend!
Don't miss this opportunity to join the conversation on how we can collectively protect housing access for immigrant communities in San Francisco!
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Questions? For more information, please contact our events team via donate@bishopsf.org.
About the Organizer
Bill Sorro Housing Program (BiSHoP) is a non-profit increasing and defending affordable housing access for diverse, multilingual, low-income families in San Francisco.
Founded in 2009, they provide support with affordable housing, rental subsidy, and tenants’ rights cases for 800+ families across The City from their office in SoMa - offered in English, Tagalog, Arabic, Spanish, and French.
