Reverend Amanda Henderson, Executive Director
of The Interfaith Alliance of Colorado
  • Discount ticket for volunteers who sign up to help on day of event. 
  • Discounted ticket for Fort Lewis College students with current school identification. 
     Reverend Amanda Henderson has served as the Executive Director of The Interfaith Alliance of Colorado since 2014.
     The Interfaith Alliance of Colorado works to bring people together from multiple religious traditions for the work of educating and advocating for human rights and equality.  She is an Ordained Minister in the Christian Church (Disciples of Christ), where she has served as a pastor and continues to preach and teach in multiple communities.
     She is currently pursuing a Ph.D. at the University of Denver in religion and politics and is a frequent speaker and writer on the topics of interfaith understanding, advocacy, and civic engagement.
     Amanda was a partner in launching the Colorado Village Collaborative in Denver, to build Tiny Homes for those experiencing homelessness, and is currently working with the Congregation Land Campaign to help faith communities activate their land to build housing for those in need.
Community Compassion Outreach connects communities as part of the
City of Durango and La Plata County Strategic Plan on Homelessness dated ​February 2020.

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      Learn from advocates, law enforcement, government leaders, and service providers who are working together to assist people experiencing homelessness throughout our community. 
​     Homelessness is increasing across the country, due to many reasons — the economy, lack of affordable housing, job loss, domestic violence, loss of family, major illness, mental illness, and more --
     Learn about our community’s approaches in best practices & strategies toward ending homelessness in Durango, La Plata County.  
     2020 Forum Ending Homelessness is the second forum held in Durango by Community Compassion Outreach since 2018.
     The conference offers opportunities for providers, volunteers, students, business leaders, government leaders, faith-base communities and residents in Southwest Colorado to learn about evidence-based successes to end homelessness.  
     Working together, we can succeed with viable solutions to prevent and shorten lived experiences in homelessness in our beautiful community.
     The Voices of Lived Experiences of Homelessness will be sharing, too!
Ending Homelessness (Definition)
[source: https://community.solutions/key-definitions/] 
"When we refer to ending homelessness, we mean that a community has reached functional zero, a standard developed by Community Solutions that indicates that homelessness in that community is rare overall and brief when it occurs. More detailed definitions of functional zero are listed below.
"Ending homelessness does not mean that no person will ever experience homelessness in a community. It means that systems are in place to ensure that any experience of homelessness is brief and permanently resolved, and rare overall. As an analogy, a well-functioning health care system will not necessarily prevent people from getting sick. But it will ensure that people who fall ill are triaged appropriately and receive the services they need so their illness does not become a crisis."

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People with lived experiences in homelessness apply for free admission here.
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