With the legislative session behind us RUN leaders had an educational opportunity through the Housing California Conference to learn how to emphasize racial justice into their advocacy and to further change the narrative. Our RUN leader Ms. Joyce Roberts spoke at plenary session on Advancing Narratives of Inclusion: Building the Family Album for the Housing Justice Movement One Family Photograph at a Time with awardwinning filmmaker Thomas Allen Harris, Creator of Family Pictures USA. And Maria Hernandez, our RUN leader from Poway, served as a panelist on a workshop called Why Developers Should RUN to Organize Their Residents: Building Power for Affordable Housing, Even in a Pandemic.

Near the end of September, RUN will begin its “There Ought to be a Law” process through Regional Convenings, where resident leaders begin identifying ideas and policy priorities for their 2021 advocacy work.