W2W Fall Forum Topic: Barriers & Challenges to Available & Affordable Housing
BLOOMINGTON, IL – A public forum about barriers and challenges facing working families will be hosted by the Women to Women Giving Circle Tuesday, Sept. 19, at the ISU Alumni Center, 1101 N. Main St., Normal. The forum is free and open to the public.
“Working Families: Barriers & Challenges – Available & Affordable Housing” is the focus of the forum, which will run from 4:30 to 6 p.m. The forum continues the discussion about housing insecurity; the 2023 Spring Forum focused on housing and nutrition.
Panelists will be:
- Mercy Davison discussing Planning and Zoning
- Tim Ryan discussing Laborers’ Home Development Corporation
- Mark Adams discussing the Bloomington-Normal Community Land Trust
Erin Duncan, attorney and member of the McLean County Housing Assistance Coalition, will moderate the panel discussion. A question and answer session will follow the panel discussion.
Registration is not required, but appreciated, to help us plan for the event. Please register online.
Pontiac Community Forum Scheduled
Women to Women will also hold a community forum about Food Insecurity on Tuesday, Sept. 26, at the Collective Food Forest at the corner of Cleary and Oak in Pontiac.
The forum, from 5:30-6:30 p.m., will feature speakers Baylee Ritter, owner of Everyone’s Collective, Tina Hammer of the Pontiac Salvation Army, and Mackenzie Coates and Riley Foster, Pontiac Township High School students who presented the concept to the Pontiac City Council.
Attendees are urged to bring a lawn chair for seating. In the event of poor weather, the forum will move indoors to the U of I Extension Office, 1412 S. Locust St., Pontiac. The event is free and open to the public.
Please register online or contact Judy Donze at by Friday, Sept. 22.
About the Women to Women Giving Circle
Women to Women is a program and funding arm administered by Illinois Prairie Community Foundation, working to expand philanthropy among women in McLean, DeWitt, Livingston and Logan counties. Its goals are to support programs that increase life skills, encourage healthy development and educate local women and children, to encourage women’s philanthropy and to educate the community at large about issues affecting women and children. Since its founding in 2009, Women to Women has awarded nearly $475,000 in funding to local organizations for programs that support women and children. More information is available at www.ilprairiecf.org/women-to-women.
About Illinois Prairie Community Foundation
Illinois Prairie Community Foundation, now in its 25th year, encourages and facilitates philanthropy in McLean, DeWitt, Livingston and Logan counties by connecting donors who care with causes that matter to them. The Foundation manages funds including endowments and donor advised, fiscal sponsorship and scholarship funds. More information is available at www.ilprairiecf.org.
Community Partners for Illinois Prairie Community Foundation are: Drake Zimmerman’s First Allied Securities, Brandt Group of Companies, Illinois Farm Bureau, Cox & Fulk, Donald Heinold CPA, Fox & Hounds Salon & Spa, Fox Pest Control, Heartland Bank & Trust, Little Jewels Learning Center, Northern Trust, PIP, Renaissance Wealth Management BN, Shirk Family Foundation, Striegel Knobloch & Co., Tarvin Culligan, Westminster Village and WGLT.
Contact:
Michele Evans | Grants & Communications Director| 309-662-4477