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"So reatty educate peopte. Go out and tatk to peopte, ask them their story. Let's start framing this as human lives and human stories." Question 6: What shoutd be the key messages to the community about hometessness and peopte experiencing hometessness? How can we effectivety share this information? People with Lived Experience.' Key messages brainstormed were the fotiowing: ' Peopte are closer to hometessness than they reatize. Not atl hometess peopte look the same, stop marginatizing. Everyone has different reasons for being hometessr Stop judgment, it's not a moral faiting. Be more accepting-tead with the heart. Understanding where someone is coming from. Give more grace-people make mistakes The best way to get messages out woutd be social media, ftyers, signs on corners, bittboards, and getting out in the community to share success stories. . "We need to stop marginatizing peopte who are dealing with homelessness into a cookie- cutter image....Everyone is different and they have different reasons for why they're homeless whether abuse, addiction, mentat heatth, disabitities, anything." . "There's something to be said for connecting with them on a deeper levet...understanding where they're coming from and why they're there." . "lt doesn't matter what you did in your past. What matters is what you're doing now to change that." Service Providers: Key messages discussed were: . They are human and there's not a simpte way out of hometessness. These are our neighbors. Many peopte are just a step away from homelessness. Education about the societal and economic causes of homelessness Best ways to get out messaging that were discussed included getting peopte engaged in volunteering as a way to learn more about peopte who are experiencing homelessness, ontine communication, virtuaI community meetings, and forums with peopte with lived experience. lt was atso discussed the importance of having a moderator for discussions, identifying what different peopte have in common in terms of opinions, and having information avaitabte in Spanish. . "They're human peopte. Babies, toddlers, children, sons and daughters. There's not a simpte way out." . "...how do we...get them engaged, proactive, and hetping? How do we get them interested in volunteering...and get them into the conversations that are happening?" . "Changing a person's personal betief and ethics is a wasted time sometimes. lf you can bump up the peopte atready on board, you have more people working to change the other peopte over time. " a 15