Homeless but not Illegal

Grants Pass v. Johnson Reaches SCOTUS

$20 for MBA members | $30 non-members

Please join the MBA Equity, Diversity & Inclusion Committee for this timely and in-depth discussion related to homelessness in Oregon. Our speakers include Jacen Greene, co-founder and assistant director of PSU’s Homelessness Research & Action Collaborative. Jacen will talk about the 2023 Oregon Statewide Homelessness Estimates. He will be joined by Ed Johnson and Walter Fonseca, co-counsels for plaintiffs in the case Grants Pass v. Johnson. This class action case is currently before the United States Supreme Court. The Court is being asked to decide to what extent the Eighth Amendment “cruel and unusual punishment” provision limits a city’s ability to regulate or prohibit sleeping or camping outside when no other safe shelter options are available. See the April 4, 2024 article published on the OPB website on this topic. 

Update: Joining the panel discussion is Susan Voss-Rothmeier. Susan has been a social worker for over 25 years and an LCSW in Oregon for 23 years. Her experiences include mental health crisis, homeless outreach, drug/alcohol counseling, program coordination, adoption social work, and international work. Susan currently works with Cascadia Health as a crisis clinician, coordinating a sub-team, entitled Library Crisis Services at the Multnomah County Libraries. Susan is also a board member of the Family Promise Metro East - Portland, an organization that helps families experiencing housing instability.

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1 hour of Access to Justice OSB MCLE credit will be applied for. 

For more information: Contact Chris Allnatt, MBA Equity, Diversity & Inclusion Committee member, at 503.986.1243 
For registration questions: Contact the MBA at mba@mbabar.org

Thank you MBA Equity, Diversity & Inclusion Education Subcommittee members Chris Allnatt, Sonam Dorji Tarak, Daniel Housley, Radhika Shah and Michelle Yang for planning this CLE.