Echo Fields, a retired Southern Oregon University sociology professor, will join the Jefferson Center for a discussion on homelessness in our region from 4 to 6 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 17, at the Jefferson Center, located in the Old Ashland Armory, 208 Oak St., Ashland.
The discussion will focus on key issues related to homelessness. These include problems in gathering reliable data on the homeless population; how this information relates to stereotypes about homelessness arising from stigma, emotion, and punitive impulses; what needs to change in our social systems in order to implement solutions to homelessness; and what kinds of actions individuals and nonprofit organizations might undertake.
The event is part of the Salon Series at the Jefferson Center, a Rogue Valley nonprofit focused on critical thinking using secular humanist values to understand and engage with issues important to our community.
