Join us Wednesday, November 14th from 7:30-9:00 Hot breakfast will be served and Ed Cameron CEO of Housing Families will be speaking Background on Housing Families....
In
1986, community members concerned about the crisis of homelessness among
families in the Greater Boston cities of Everett, Malden, and Medford created
what is now Housing Families Inc. (HFI). HFI’s first shelter, the Broadway
Shelter, opened in 1987, providing shelter and case management services for
four families. Since then, HFI has expanded its services to include an academic
and therapeutic program for children, youth and adults, which includes after
school and summer enrichment components. In addition, HFI operates a nationally
recognized eviction prevention program, a housing stabilization program, and
has grown into one of the largest operators of affordable housing for homeless
and very low-income families in Massachusetts. www.housingfamilies.org
Ed Cameron Bio..... With
over thirty years of experience in the nonprofit and government sectors,
Ed Cameron joined Housing Families in January of 2017. Ed brings a wealth
of knowledge and experience around issues of homelessness from his time at
Horizons for Homeless Children, the Pine Street Inn homeless shelter, and most
recently at Community Teamwork in Lowell, where Ed worked for eleven
years. His work in government includes time with Mayor Tom Menino in the City
of Boston’s Emergency Shelter Commission and as a City Councilor in
Newburyport. Ed has a Master’s in Business Administration in Public and
Nonprofit Management from Boston University and a Bachelor of Arts in
Government from Clark University in Worcester. A Massachusetts native, Ed grew
up in Bridgewater and lives with his wife Susanne and daughters Anna and Lucy
in Newburyport. He is also an incredibly ungifted, yet relentless guitar player
and singer. Ed can be reached at [email protected]. |
