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<a href="mailto:mailto:onlineeducation@awcnet.org">AWC online learning</a> | Mar 24, 2021
<img align="right" alt="CMLBug" src="/sf_images/default-source/icons/cmlbug.png?sfvrsn=2" />Hear about lessons learned and best practices for starting and maintaining safe parking programs that benefit the parking guest, the host, the neighborhood, and the community – especially during COVID-19.<br />
(CML: Community planning and development; 1 credit)
Many people who are experiencing homelessness are living in their vehicles. Homelessness can be isolating, and the benefits of community and relationships can be life-transforming. A safe parking program is an inexpensive, easy-to-start response that
reduces harm and allows for community building. Find out what a safe parking program looks like, how to build community within the program and within the neighborhood, and how cities can play a role in the success of a program.
- Learn safe parking basics: what it is, who uses it, and challenges and considerations in starting a safe parking program
- Discover how safe parking builds community both within the parking lot and within the neighborhood
- Explore lessons learned and best practices for starting and maintaining a safe parking program that benefits the parking guest, the host, the neighborhood, and the community – especially during COVID-19
Recorded: June 2020
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Speaker
Karina O’Malley, Safe Parking Coordinator, Lake Washington United Methodist Church
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