Kerry Kennedy
Honorary Chair
Food, water, clothing, sleep, and shelter are bare necessities for anyone’s survival. For many people, these basic needs cannot be met without appealing to the charity of others. Look beyond the cardboard signs you see on the streets and join us as we go deeper in understanding the heartbreaking causes of homelessness and the obstacles that prevent people from moving beyond it.
Moderator: Michael Ferrell, Executive Director, Coalition for the Homeless
Panelists:
- Ami Angell, Founder and CEO, The h3 Project
- Cortez McDaniel, Director of Services, The Father McKenna Center
- Troy Swanda, Chief Financial Officer, SOME
- Jesse Rabinowitz, Senior Manager of Policy and Advocacy, Miriam’s Kitchen
Invisible Words is an exercise in empathy with a public art exhibition featuring a curated collection of signs made by people experiencing homelessness worldwide. The exhibit, events, and thought-provoking programs to inspire service and action will premier at Martin Luther King Memorial Library in Washington DC in March 2022.
Seeing with new eyes is what service corps members do. IVC presents the incomparable experience of Invisible Words as an exercise to open more hearts to empathy, and to inspire the service and advocacy that brings real and lasting hope,
Thank you to our Sponsors!
Exhibit Underwriters
- Tom and Nancy Woodley
Presenting Sponsors
- Anonymous
- Eleven Eleven Foundation
- V&S Foundation
Exhibition Sponsors
- Finsbury Glover Hering
- John and Mary Podesta
- Jeanne Ruesch
Event Sponsors
- C. Maury Devine
- Matt and Rosemary Lawlor
- Ceca Foundation
- Patrick and Vicki Malone
- Tony Podesta
- Mark and Mary Ruge
Partners
- Michael Berman and Debbie Cowan
- Mary Beth Cahill and Steve Champlin
- Catholic Charities of the Archdiocese of Washington DC
- Carnot Evans III
- Georgetown University
- David Kanstoroom
- Dennis and Pam Lucey
- Gabe Podesta
- Jack and Anna Rasmussen
- Megan and Gordon Rouse
- James A. Tracy
- Michael Werz and Helga Flores
Nonprofit Partners
- Diane Ambler
- Catherine Chieco
- Crittenton Services of Greater Washington
- Franciscan Sisters of Our Lady of Perpetual Help
- Holy Trinity Catholic Church
- House of Ruth Shelters
- Loyola Blakefield
- Tamera Luzzatto
- Sitar Arts Center
- Melanne and Phil Verveer
- Washington Jesuit Academy
- Washington School for Girls