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SUMMARY:Vision House Luncheon
DESCRIPTION:Join us for an hour of hope and inspiration.  Enjoy lunch while being challenged and encouraged\, and learn how you can end family homelessness\, one family at a time.  \n\n\nWith Special Guest\, Kevin F. Adler\n\nKevin F. Adler is an award-winning social entrepreneur and the author of the book\, When We Walk By\, a must-read guide for ending homelessness in America.\n\nSince 2014\, Kevin has served as the Founder and CEO of Miracle Messages\, a nonprofit that helps people experiencing homelessness rebuild their social support systems and financial security through family reunification services\, a phone buddy program\, and the first basic income pilot for unhoused individuals in the U.S.  Kevin's pioneering work on homelessness and relational poverty has been featured in the New York Times\, Washington Post\, PBS NewsHour\, Los Angeles Times\, CNN\, on a billboard in Times Square\, in his TED Talk\, and in his groundbreaking (and hopeful) new book\, When We Walk By: Forgotten Humanity\, Broken Systems\, and the Role We Can Each Play in Ending Homelessness in America.
X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:<p style="text-align: center\;"><span style="font-size:14px"><span style="font-family:arial\,helvetica\,sans-serif">Join us for an hour of hope and inspiration.&nbsp\;&nbsp\;Enjoy lunch while being challenged and encouraged\, and learn how you can end family homelessness\, one family at a time.&nbsp\;&nbsp\;</span></span></p>\n\n<div>\n<p style="text-align: center\;"><span style="font-size:14px"><span style="font-family:arial\,helvetica\,sans-serif">With Special Guest\,&nbsp\;Kevin F. Adler</span></span></p>\n\n<p><span style="font-size:14px"><span style="font-family:arial\,helvetica\,sans-serif">Kevin F. Adler is an award-winning social entrepreneur and the author of the book\,&nbsp\;<strong><a href="https://whenwewalkby.com/" style="box-sizing: border-box\; color: rgb(255\, 182\, 18)\; text-decoration-line: none\; background-color: transparent\; transition: color 0.5s\, font-size 0.5s\;"><span style="color:#008000\;"><em>When We Walk By</em></span></a></strong>\, a must-read guide for ending homelessness in America.</span></span></p>\n\n<p><span style="font-size:14px"><span style="font-family:arial\,helvetica\,sans-serif">Since 2014\, Kevin has served as the Founder and CEO of&nbsp\;<a href="https://miraclemessages.org/" rel="noopener" style="box-sizing: border-box\; color: rgb(255\, 255\, 255)\; text-decoration-line: none\; background-color: transparent\; transition: color 0.5s\, font-size 0.5s\;" target="_blank"><span style="color:#008000\;">Miracle Messages</span></a>\, a nonprofit that helps people experiencing homelessness rebuild their social support systems and financial security through family reunification services\, a phone buddy program\, and the first basic income pilot for unhoused individuals in the U.S. &nbsp\;Kevin&rsquo\;s pioneering work on homelessness and relational poverty has been featured in the&nbsp\;<a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2016/11/24/well/family/a-video-project-reconnects-homeless-people-with-families.html" style="box-sizing: border-box\; color: rgb(255\, 182\, 18)\; text-decoration-line: none\; background-color: transparent\; transition: color 0.5s\, font-size 0.5s\;"><span style="color:#008000\;">New York Times</span></a><span style="color:#008000\;">\,&nbsp\;</span><a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/national/san-francisco-rich-and-poor-turns-to-simple-street-solutions-that-underscore-the-citys-complexities/2018/09/03/d6cf321a-ad4d-11e8-8a0c-70b618c98d3c_story.html?utm_term=.71c2c9a3f574" style="box-sizing: border-box\; color: rgb(255\, 182\, 18)\; text-decoration-line: none\; background-color: transparent\; transition: color 0.5s\, font-size 0.5s\;"><span style="color:#008000\;">Washington Post</span></a><span style="color:#008000\;">\,&nbsp\;</span><a href="https://www.pbs.org/newshour/show/miracle-money-how-a-guaranteed-income-fund-is-helping-san-franciscos-homeless" style="box-sizing: border-box\; color: rgb(255\, 182\, 18)\; text-decoration-line: none\; background-color: transparent\; transition: color 0.5s\, font-size 0.5s\;"><span style="color:#008000\;">PBS NewsHour</span></a><span style="color:#008000\;">\,&nbsp\;</span><a href="https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2023-05-08/volunteers-connect-with-homeless-people-by-phone-and-sometimes-cash#nt=00000187-fb6b-dd9b-afff-fb7bdc3a0002-showMedia-1col-7030col1-main" style="box-sizing: border-box\; color: rgb(255\, 182\, 18)\; text-decoration-line: none\; background-color: transparent\; transition: color 0.5s\, font-size 0.5s\;"><span style="color:#008000\;">Los Angeles Times</span></a><span style="color:#008000\;">\,&nbsp\;</span><a href="https://www.cnn.com/2019/03/18/us/miracle-messages-reuniting-families-experiencing-homelessness-trnd/index.html" style="box-sizing: border-box\; color: rgb(255\, 182\, 18)\; text-decoration-line: none\; background-color: transparent\; transition: color 0.5s\, font-size 0.5s\;"><span style="color:#008000\;">CNN</span></a><span style="color:#008000\;">\,&nbsp\;</span><a href="https://www.shinola.com/thejournal/rollupoursleeves-kevin-adler-miracle-messages" style="box-sizing: border-box\; color: rgb(255\, 182\, 18)\; text-decoration-line: none\; background-color: transparent\; transition: color 0.5s\, font-size 0.5s\;"><span style="color:#008000\;">on a billboard in Times Square</span></a>\, in his&nbsp\;<a href="https://www.ted.com/talks/kevin_f_adler_don_t_be_a_stranger#t-142730" style="box-sizing: border-box\; color: rgb(255\, 182\, 18)\; text-decoration-line: none\; background-color: transparent\; transition: color 0.5s\, font-size 0.5s\;"><span style="color:#008000\;">TED Talk</span></a>\, and in his groundbreaking (and hopeful) new book\,&nbsp\;<a href="https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/730751/when-we-walk-by-by-kevin-f-adler-and-donald-w-burnes-with-amanda-banh-and-andrijana-bilbija/" style="box-sizing: border-box\; color: rgb(255\, 182\, 18)\; text-decoration-line: none\; background-color: transparent\; transition: color 0.5s\, font-size 0.5s\;"><span style="color:#008000\;"><em>When We Walk By: Forgotten Humanity\, Broken Systems\, and the Role We Can Each Play in Ending Homelessness in America</em></span></a><span style="color:#008000\;">.</span></span></span></p>\n</div>\n
LOCATION:Meydenbauer Center 11100 NE 6th St Bellevue\, WA 98004
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URL:https://chamber.gorenton.com/events/details/vision-house-luncheon-05-06-2025-28398
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