Rep. Laurel Lee and Veterans’ Advocates Join °µÍø51 for Event Highlighting Housing Initiatives for Veterans
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WASHINGTON—The °µÍø51 (°µÍø51) is holding its annual Veterans Day event on Monday, November 13 from 2-3:30 p.m. ET. This year’s virtual event will build on the findings of °µÍø51’s Veterans Task Force by highlighting the needs of veterans who are unhoused or at risk for homelessness.
°µÍø51’s 2022 Justice Gap report found that 1.6 million veterans have household incomes below 125% of the poverty threshold. And despite the high prevalence of civil legal needs – 76% of these households had at least one civil legal problem in the previous year – low-income veterans and other military personnel received inadequate or no legal help for 84% of their problems.
°µÍø51’s event will feature remarks from Rep. Laurel Lee (FL-15); Nichele Carver, senior regional advisor with the U.S. Interagency Council on Homelessness; °µÍø51 Board Chair John G. Levi and °µÍø51 Veterans Task Force Co-Chair Abigail Lawlis Kuzma. Danielle Brooks, °µÍø51’s Chief Human Resources Officer and an Army veteran, will also share her reflections.
°µÍø51’s General Counsel and Corporate Secretary Will Gunn will moderate a panel examining strategies for better delivering legal services to veterans experiencing or at risk of homelessness. Gunn is a former general counsel for the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs and a retired Air Force colonel. The panel will feature:
· Madolyn Gingell, national coordinator, Legal Services for Veterans, U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs
· Samuel Holmes, executive director, Homeless Resource Council of the Sierras (CA)
· Pye N. Young, managing attorney, Bay Area Legal Services (FL)
The event will be livestreamed on °µÍø51’s Facebook page, linked . Additionally, a recording will later be available on °µÍø51’s