Presentation by Sandra Comstock about the conditions that shape our endemic housing crisis and the social isolation that we bear witness to as a result. She describes Hygiene For All (H4A)’s participation in efforts to change the status quo, highlighting community survival stories. Understanding the distinctive experiences and needs of our most historically targeted residents is our best hope for achieving wellbeing. Sandra is Executive Director of  Hygiene For All (H4A). She has a Ph.D. in Development Sociology from Cornell University. She has worked in Nicaragua. She was a Fulbright Fellow in Bangladesh and an SSRC Fellow in Mexico.

Presentation at Friendly House by Jeff Seward. He presents a list of his favorite reforms that already exist somewhere in the world or have been seriously proposed and nearly implemented elsewhere. What about the politics of actually choosing these reforms for our own society? Ah, that's a subject for a different presentation. Jeff has a Ph.D from Stanford. He has had a career in public television as a political reporter, news anchor, and film producer. A retired professor in the Department of Politics and Government at Pacific University, he has presented to us many times in the past.