In another step to address the number of people living without shelter, the City of Birmingham, in partnership with One Roof, a leading homelessness advocacy organization on Monday hosted a symposium that drew over 25 different service providers that included faith leaders, nonprofits, local businesses, civic partners, and public-sector leaders.
Billed by officials as the “first-of-its-kind”, “The State of Homelessness: Redefining Community” was held at Regions Field and designed to focus on responses to Birmingham’s homelessness challenges and to create a path forward.
“Today is about redefining our community,” said Birmingham mayor Randall Woodfin. “Community is a group of neighbors, friends, it’s colleagues. Community is not just to support our home, but our own … our own includes our homeless, our unhoused population.”…