Category: Media Clips

Dexter Hall, interim executive director of the Providence Foundation of San Francisco, often sits in meetings listening to data on the poverty, housing issues, and economic disparities that the organization takes on daily. “I don’t have to imagine who those numbers represent,” Hall says. “I think: I am data. Every statistic someone reads off a slide is someone I’ve known.”

In this edition of the Bronx Social Justice and Anti-Violence Forums, Daren Jaime is joined by Dexter Hall, Interim Director, Providence Foundation of San Francisco to discuss a growing crisis across our country involving the homeless population. He offers insight on the realities contributing to an increasing homeless population, and spotlights the resources available to address homelessness hiding in plain sight involving equitable housing policy, job re-entry programs, mental health clinics and education.

In this edition of the Bronx Social Justice and Anti-Violence Forums, Daren Jaime is joined by Dexter Hall, Interim Director, Providence Foundation of San Francisco to discuss a growing crisis across our country involving the homeless population. He offers insight on the realities contributing to an increasing homeless population, and spotlights the resources available to address homelessness hiding in plain sight involving equitable housing policy, job re-entry programs, mental health clinics and education.

Interim Executive Director of the Providence Foundation, Dexter Hall, talks about the impact of Trump’s recent executive order on homelessness and the risks of criminalizing those who suffer from poverty, mental illness and addiction.