Thank you to everyone who made the Convention such a huge success!
Please check Facebook for photos from the event. Some preliminary photos are posted already, and we will post the professional photos and others as we get them.
The Convention at a glance:
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- 135 attendees, including 120+ tenants
- Tenant attendees from 28 Housing Authorities and 44 Tenant Organizations
- 3 Keynote Speakers
- 2 Plenary Trainings
- 10 Resident Plenary Speakers
- 11 Workshops
- $24,000+ raised from 13 Local Housing Authorities
- $20,000 raised from 6 additional sponsors
- 40 Chromebooks given away – thank you Xfinity!
- 3 new Board Members elected – see the new board above
- And a great time was had by all!
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Thank you to Senator Rodrigues, Senator Brownsberger and Fatima Razzaq from EOHLC for their inspiring remarks during our keynote program.
Thank you to our tenant plenary speakers, including Dave Underhill, Charlene Shelton, Judy O’Kulsky, Carlos Julia, Sheila Cuevas, Renee Spencer and Kathleen Hunt, as well as Lashaunda Watson and Annette Duke.
Thank you to our many workshop presenters who all did an amazing job, and to Claudio Ruiz and Milena Cuadra for providing Spanish interpretation.
Thank you again to our sponsors! (See them below)
Workshop Handouts: We have uploaded many of the workshop handouts to this page, in case you missed them: https://massunion.org/convention-handouts/
Upcoming Training: Sign up for our upcoming Core Concept Training! https://massunion.org/core-concepts/
Onward for housing justice!
Presenting Sponsors
Platinum Sponsors
Gold Sponsor
Silver SponsorsHonorable Mentions
Bridgewater Housing Authority
Chelmsford Housing Authority
Malden Housing Authority
Northampton Housing Authority
Needham Housing Authority
Salem Housing Authority
Springfield Housing Authority
Watertown Housing Authority