East Valley
Alliance
What We Do
our education & outreach events provide direct services to unhoused folks and uplift the voices of people with lived experience
We've partnered with
Upcoming Actions
We are in the early stages of planning our next forum featuring people with lived experiences of homelessness. If you or someone you know is interested in participating as a panelist or in the planning process, please email us!
EastValleyAllianceOrg@gmail.com
Past Events & Projects
Thursday, September 17th
Forum on Homelessness
WITH VIRTUAL BOOTHS LED BY
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Mary Kenny of resisterhoodLA
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Barbara Javitz of The North Hollywood Interfaith Food Pantry
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Ken Craft of Hope of the Valley
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Luis Oliart of NoHo Home Alliance
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Barbara Motz of The Temple Beth Hillel Task Force
PANELISTS INCLUDED
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Pamela Marshall
Case Manager, Skid Row Housing Trust & speaker with lived experience
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Todd Gilman
Prosecutor, LA Deputy City Attorney
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Stephanie Jaeger
Executive Director, NoHo Home Alliance
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Dan Parziale
Director of Housing Navigation, LA Family Housing
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Molly Rysman
Housing & Homelessness Deputy, LA County
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Michael Lens
Associate Professor of Urban Planning & Public Policy, UCLA
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Ken Craft
Founder & CEO, Hope of the Valley
March 2020
Hygiene Kit Build #2
in partnership with ResisterhoodLA
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All kits were donated to NoHo Home Alliance which provides drop-in services to people experiencing homelessness in the East Valley
March 2020
Inaugural Forum on Homelessness
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BOOTHS
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Mary Kenny - Executive Director, ResisterhoodLA
Luis Oliart - Director of Advocacy, NoHo Home Alliance
Theo Henderson - Producer, We The Unhoused podcast
Barbara Javitz - North Hollywood Interfaith Food Pantry
SPEAKERS
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​Emily - speaker with lived experience, Corporation for Supportive Housing
Andrew Silver - Chair, Homelessness Committee of the Studio City Neighborhood Council
Alynn Gausvik - Senior Director of Engagement, LA Family Housing
Todd Gilman - Prosecutor, LA Deputy City Attorney
Leon Steynsburg - Administrator, NoHo Home Alliance
Shawn Smith - Senior Lead Officer, Studio City LAPD
September 2019
Bake Sale #2
to benefit NoHo Home Alliance
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We raised over $2,800 for NoHo Home Alliance's drop-in services for people experiencing homelessness
January 2019
Bake Sale #1
to benefit NoHo Home Alliance
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We raised over $2,500 which contributed to the expansion of NoHo Home Alliance's drop in center program, enabling them to add a second day of service
October 2018
Boulevard Outreach Walk
Volunteers split into two teams, one to distribute resource brochures to businesses on Ventura Boulevard and one to offer hygiene kits to people living along the LA river in Studio City
Image designed by Lex Roman
August 2018
Hygiene Kit Build #1
in partnership with ResisterhoodLA
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All kits were donated to NoHo Home Alliance which provides drop-in services to people experiencing homelessness in the East Valley
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February 2018
East Valley Resource Brochure
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The first comprehensive list of services for people experiencing homelessness in the East Valley. Find the digital version here. Designed by Mary Kenny.
