Do you believe in the vision of a just city where everyone has a home? Do you want to learn how you can effectively advocate for policies and systems necessary to build that just city?

Join Just Homes for an Advocacy 101 workshop on Monday March 14th from 6:30-8PM! We’ll learn about the DC budget process, the importance of the budget for promoting justice and equity in DC, and how to be an effective advocate both during the budget process and throughout the year. This workshop will be virtual. Click here to register and receive the workshop link!

The material will be presented by representatives from the Fair Budget Coalition and DC Fiscal Policy Institute — experts with direct experience in justice-focused advocacy in the District of Columbia.

Please contact the Director of Just Homes, Shiri Yadlin, with any questions or accommodations requests.

If you are interested in volunteering for the Just Homes Partner Program, you must attend this training and orientation. The next opportunity to participate will be Thursday March 3rd from 6:30-8:30pm. The training will be held virtually via Zoom, and you must be present for the entire session. This is an interactive orientation so we ask all participants to be in a place where they can fully participate.

Click here to register and receive the meeting link.

If you have any questions, please don’t hesitate to contact the Director of Just Homes, Shiri by emailing shiri@districtchurch.org

See you there!

Join us for a day of prayer focused on the vision of a just city where everyone has a home

On Wednesday December 1st, Just Homes and the prayer ministry of the District Church are hosting 12 hours of prayer focused on the topic of housing justice.

We’ll begin at 7AM with a time of corporate prayer via Zoom. Then, we will take shifts in a relay of prayer until 7PM. Sign up to pray with us anytime throughout the day. You can pray from your home, your office, out in the community, or wherever you’d like.

You can pray alone, with a group, out loud, silently, in writing, in art, in dance -- however you choose to connect with God. Our goal is to have a full day of continuous prayer all centered on homelessness, housing insecurity, and housing justice.

You can use this prayer guide to help you get started during your time of prayer.

Please join us and invite your community to participate!

What is your relationship to money? Do you love it? Hate it? Do you abuse it? Ignore it? What does the Bible say about money? What does our culture say? How does your Church handle money and resources? How does your relationship to money influence the justice issues you care about in the community?

Join Just Homes for a workshop on faith, money, and financial stewardship presented by our partners at Faith & Money Network. Through fun exercises, small group discussions and stories, we will talk freely and openly about our relationship with money and how it affects our personal lives, our families, our church, and our world.

This workshop will be held on Saturday August 21st from 10am-1pm virtually, via Zoom. You will receive the link upon registration.

You can register by clicking here.

We look forward to seeing you soon!

This workshop is part of a series of workshops in the Housing Justice Discipleship Program, a program designed to build the capacity of Christians in the DC area to pursue and embody justice, specifically housing justice. You do not need to be part of the program to participate in the workshop. To learn more about the Housing Justice Discipleship Program, click here.

Join Just Homes and community partners for an open and honest panel conversation about gentrification, displacement, and community-building.

Together we will explore the topic of gentrification from a personal angle, seeking to understand how long-time Washington residents have experienced neighborhood change and displacement. What do these stories mean for our efforts to think, act, and love like Jesus? How can all DC residents fight against displacement?

During this conversation, we will hear from native Washingtonians and advocates working against displacement and in pursuit of equitable community development. We will cultivate principles for conscious neighboring and discern how we can all live as justice-minded residents of our communities.

This conversation will be held virtually from 7:00-8:15 PM on Monday July 12th. RSVP to join us today!

This workshop is part of a series of workshops in the Housing Justice Discipleship Program, a program designed to build the capacity of Christians in the DC area to pursue and embody justice, specifically housing justice. You do not need to be part of the program to participate in the workshop. To learn more about the Housing Justice Discipleship Program, click here.

Do you aspire to be a loving and caring neighbor to everyone in our community? How can you build meaningful relationships with all your neighbors? Even those with different life experiences than you?

Join Just Homes for a workshop on Homelessness & Housing Justice. We’ll learn about the state of homelessness in the District of Columbia and talk about how to live in solidarity with the unhoused community. This workshop will be held virtually on Tuesday May 4th at 7:00PM, and feature guest speakers from Miriam’s Kitchen and 1Tribe Community Solutions.

Click here to sign up and receive the workshop link!

This workshop is part of a series of workshops in the Housing Justice Discipleship Program, a program designed to build the capacity of Christians in the DC area to pursue and embody justice, specifically housing justice. You do not need to be part of the program to participate in the workshop. To learn more about the Housing Justice Discipleship Program, click here.

Do you believe in the vision of a just city where everyone has a home? Do you want to learn how you can effectively advocate for policies and systems necessary to build that just city?

Join Just Homes for an Advocacy 101 workshop on Tuesday March 23rd from 7-8:30PM! We’ll learn about the DC budget process, the importance of the budget for promoting justice and equity in DC, and how to be an effective advocate both during the budget process and throughout the year. This workshop will be virtual.

The material will be presented by representatives from the Fair Budget Coalition and DC Fiscal Policy Institute — experts with direct experience in justice-focused advocacy in the District of Columbia.

Click here to sign up and receive the workshop link!

As Christians who desire to think, love, and act more like Jesus, we are called to be actively involved in our communities, using our voices to push back against systems of injustice and promote an alternative vision of justice and equity. This workshop will provide the technical tools to help us live into this calling.

This workshop is the first of a series of workshops in the Housing Justice Discipleship Program, a program designed to build the capacity of Christians in the DC area to pursue and embody justice, specifically housing justice. You do not need to be part of the program to participate in the workshop. To learn more about the Housing Justice Discipleship Program, click here.

Are you passionate about the vision of a just city where everyone has a home? Do you want to learn what role you can play in pursuing that vision? The Housing Justice Discipleship Program (HJD) is a new opportunity from Just Homes designed to build the capacity of Christians in the DC area to pursue and embody justice, specifically housing justice.

Why participate in HJD?

Participants will build community with fellow Christians while receiving practical training on how to pursue housing justice. Through a series of skills-based workshops and small group conversations, you’ll become prepared to advocate for expansion of housing justice alongside a community of like-minded peers.

What is involved in the program?

A series of skills-based workshop trainings, with topics including Advocacy 101, Caring for Unhoused Neighbors, and Investing in Housing Justice. These workshops will take place every 4-6 weeks, spanning from March 2021 through July 2021. These workshops will be held virtually on weekday evenings, so you can participate from anywhere!

Participants will also be placed in small groups of 5-7 people, who will connect with one another between workshops to process what they’re learning and engage in action together. These groups will be led by facilitators from Just Homes and include both intentional conversation for further learning and community building. Each group will choose their own schedule.

To learn more about this program and what participation looks like, join us for this Virtual Kick Off Event on Tuesday March 9th at 7:00 PM.

Click here to register.

See you then!

Join us for an evening of celebrating the work churches across the city already do to meet housing needs, and a conversation about how the Church in D.C. can be more involved in closing the gap between availability of and need for justice housing.

The evening will feature a small interactive exhibit outlining housing challenges in D.C., speakers from our community, and conversations alongside fellow D.C. residents. We will hear from churches already hard at work serving in the housing space, share the Just Homes strategy of engagement, and collaboratively brainstorm how our faith communities can come together to realize the vision of a just city where everyone has a home.

We have much to learn from each other as we consider the following: How is God calling our churches to act to close the housing gap in the city? How is God calling us as individuals to act?

If you or your church community are already involved in housing work, or are interested in exploring the idea of housing as a justice issue and how you can use your resources to meet these needs in your community, please join us!