The document summarizes a World Homeless Day event in Savannah, GA that screened the film "Lord Save Us From Your Followers". It provided an overview of the event agenda which included discussions of homelessness advocacy in Savannah, the history of interest in the film, faces of local homelessness, and future advocacy plans and projects. It also described how to get involved through donations, advisory boards, or in-kind services.

1. Recognizing
World Homeless Day
in Savannah, GA
Our 10-10-10 Event
Screening
“Lord Save Us From Your Followers”
Presented by:
homelessnessinSavannah.wordpress.com homelessinSavannah@gmail.com

2. WHD PSA

3. Welcome & Thanks for being here!
• The Advocacy – Why Now?
– Why “Love the Homeless”?
– Why 10-10-10?
– Other initiatives
• The history of the interest in “Lord Save Us…”
• The faces of homelessness
• The future for the Advocacy
– Events
– Advocating, Educating & Collaborating  “Loving the Homeless”
– Projects & Initiatives
• Supporting the Advocacy
– Advisory Board
– Donations (Fund raising blog) – buy books, videos & items thru Amazon
– In-kind, services we need
– Fund raising blog

4. The Advocacy
Homelessness in Savannah, Advocating, Educating & Collaborating
around “Loving the Homeless”
• Independent of any agency, service provider or regulating entity
• Motivated to engage the community on action & service
– To End Homelessness in Savannah & beyond
– To promote “Loving the Homeless”
– To engage the Faith Community & others
– Methods of engagement & advocacy
• Events
• Social Media & Social Networks (Facebook, Twitter)
• Blogging
• Action (service) & motivational events
• Engaging the Homeless Community as well
– We Are Visible – international campaign
– Hear their needs & present them locally
– Communicate with the public for them & with them
– Let them speak for themselves, enabling “We Are Visible” in Savannah
Thinking Globally, Acting Locally

5. Examples of ideas for Future Projects
• Parking Meters - $ donations for the homeless
• Engage the Community
– TLC (Tourism Leadership Council) (jobs, awareness)
– CVB / Chamber of Commerce (jobs)
– StepUp Savannah’s Poverty Simulation
• Expand to consider a “Homelessness Simulation”
• Street Paper
• Events – November focus on homelessness in
Savannah & Georgia

7. Partners & Sponsors
Promoting

8. My Name is Not “Those People”

9. T S
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Bumper Sticker Man Goes to College Bumper Sticker Man Goes
To Church

10. “We Are All the Same”

11. Thanks for attending!
• Please share your reactions to tonight’s
experience:
– Email
– Blog comments
– Video station on counter
– Staff volunteers with cameras in the rear of the
room, on the patio