Greater Indy Habitat, Land Acquisition and Land Development Director

Chris is responsible for seeking out redevelopment and development land, as well as managing Habitat’s land bank and development pipelines to support the construction of 40 new affordable homeownership opportunities across Marion, Hamilton, Hendricks, and Hancock Counties each year.

Director, Radiant CDC

Marchelle has worked extensively in the development of attainable housing through the Low-Income Housing Tax Credit (LIHTC) program and other federal and state funding. Radiant CDC brings together partners in the creation of community and economic development, resulting in housing, economic renewal, and service programs.

Program Manager, Tenant Advocate Program, City of Indianapolis

Andy previously worked for Kheprw Institute as the Community Land Trust Coordinator under their program that he co-founded, Homes For All Indy. Andy is a passionate community development practitioner and formalized that in 2020 with a Master of Urban Design degree from the Ball State College of Architecture and Planning.

Coalition Coordinator, Prosperity Indiana

Hale coordinates the operations, strategic development, and advocacy efforts of PI’s three issue-based, statewide coalitions and works to further PI's policy goals. The coalitions that she convenes are the Hoosier Housing Needs Coalition, the Indiana Assets & Opportunity Network, and Hoosiers for Responsible Lending. Description goes here

Director, Indiana Tenant Association and the Indianapolis Tenants Rights Union

In addition to her leadership within Indiana’s Tenant Association, Laurin diligently works in the community as a social worker. Laurin is from Indianapolis, Indiana and graduated from Indiana University Bloomington.

Pastor, Living Word Baptist Church

Rev. Reginald B. Fletcher founded and organized Living Word Baptist Church in December of 1992. Living Word has worked on creating affordable housing for 20 years in and around their neighborhood and recently began Providence Place, providing permanent supportive housing for individuals exiting homelessness with Englewood CDC and A Place Empowering People.

Director of Congregational Engagement, Englewood CDC

Joshua E. Livingston is a member of Englewood Christian Church and a staff person at Englewood Community Development Corporation. He is the director of the Cultivating Communities initiative.

Community Organizer, Patchwork Indy

Mari has been organizing since 2017 as a student leader at IUPUI, organizing around issues of representation and resources for marginalized students. Currently Mari is a housing rights organizer fighting which includes empowering tenants to demand dignified living conditions, hold stakeholders accountable, and making sure everyone knows that housing is a human right.

Clinical Professor, Indiana University Robert H. McKinney School of Law

Fran directs the Health and Human Rights Clinic. Fran and his students advocate for the human right to housing by representing tenants in eviction court and promoting policy change.

Fran is the author of five books, including Faith in Action: An Introduction to Religious Socialism (Orbis Books, 2021), and publishes a twice-monthly newsletter, Housing is a Human Right.

Community Land Trust Coordinator, Kheprw Institute

Kheprw Institute (kheprw.org) builds community wealth with a focus on Black, Brown and low-income communities in Indianapolis. Alvin has been a part of the Kheprw team for over ten years and his current focus is starting the Indianapolis Community Land Trust (clt.kheprw.org) with funding from the City and support from a city-wide coalition of partners. The CLT will equip Black, Brown and low-income Indy residents to use land and housing to build community wealth, self-reliance and self-determination, inclusive of creating permanently affordable housing.

A Bigger Vision Films, Producer / Director

Don Sawyer is an award-winning African America filmmaker who wrote the 2014 film, Uncharted: The Truth Behind Homelessness, and produced and directed Under the Bridge: The Criminalization of Homelessness which won Best Hoosier Lens award at the 2016 Indy Film Fest and was screened at an event sponsored by HUD, the DOJ, and The National Law Center on Homelessness and Poverty.

A Bigger Vision Films was formed in 2014 with a mission to inspire social change through documentary storytelling, with an emphasis on homelessness and race equity issues.

City of Indianapolis, Policy Director for Homelessness

Rodney is charged with identifying opportunities for strategic leadership and developing/executing the homeless intervention strategies for the Department of Metropolitan Development. Rodney is leading the transformation of the homeless response system to a housing first infrastructure by building a network of housing and service supports.

Director of Operations, Food 4 Souls

Vickie’s primary focus is researching, networking, and building partnerships with local homeless resource organizations (i.e. services for addictions, housing, social services, etc.). She serves as the liaison between partners and the homeless community that are ready to move into programming that transitions them into a life beyond homelessness. She also leads the Daniel’s House initiative. Vickie is the President of the Faith Based Street Outreach (FBSO).