The Speakers Bureau for the Chicago Coalition for the Homeless is a team of homeless and recently homeless advocates who conduct presentations and forums on homelessness and other social issues. CCH policy staff are also available to present or to accompany our advocates for panel discussions.

Our topics include: 

- Educational Rights of Homeless  Children
- Prostitution
- Living wage jobs
- Affordable Housing
- Organizing
- Legislation
- Youth Homelessness
- Re-entry After Prison

Members of the Speakers Bureau are often asked to speak at churches, universities and high schools. The Speakers Bureau also facilitates workshops and training for service providers and other organizations that work with people who are experiencing homelessness.

Click here to watch a video testimony from Speakers Bureau member Gloria Evans.

To schedule a speaking engagement, please fill out the Speakers Bureau request form. If you have any questions please contact Speakers Bureau Organizer, Hannah Willage -- phone: 312-435-4548 ex 239.

Two Speakers Bureau members, Mary Baker and Carmelita Dowd, spoke to a Brownie troop at Oak Park's Mann School in November 2008.