Changemakers LA

Changemakers LA Episode #5: Get Hands On Experience With The Housing Development Training Institute

In this episode, LISC LA Community Development Officer Alexandra Dawson interviews Denice Wint, a LISC Americorps and HDTI Alum and now Director of Projects and Services of Innovative Housing Opportunities, to discuss her career path in affordable housing development.

In this episode, you will learn:

1. How Denice went from an intern for the City of Inglewood to Director of Projects and Services of Innovative Housing Opportunities

2. Why she decided to enroll in HDTI

3. How HDTI enhanced her career

For our fourth show, we are so excited to have three leaders in the community development and transportation fields for a conversation about transportation equity and “just growth” in LA County.

Our expert guests joining us for this show are:

* Ms. Jackie Dupont Walker Executive Director of Ward Economic Development Corporation based in South LA and Metro Board Director

* Isela Gracien, Excutive Director of East LA Community Corporation

* Jessica Meaney, Executive Director of Investing in Place

For our third show, we talk to three leaders in the community development field about the state of homelessness in LA County and the tools, financing mechanisms, and policies that are available to help house our most vulnerable neighbors. Our guests include:

Amy Anderson, Executive Director of PATH Ventures, a nonprofit developer that builds affordable permanent supportive housing

Rushmore Cervantes, General Manager of the Los Angeles Housing and Community Investment Department also known as HCIDLA

Phil Ansell, Director of the LA County Homeless Initiative

On Episode 2, we look back on the early years of community development in LA with Anita Landecker, founding Executive Director of LA LISC.

Los Angeles had a few big wins at the ballot box this 2016-2017 election season. For the first Changemakers LA epsiode, host Tunua Thrash-Ntuk talks with three guests about the future of development in LA County.

Guests:

Kristen Gordon, Economic Development Deputy for LA City Councilmember Marqueece Harris-Dawson

Shane Phillips, Board Member of Abundant Housing

Maira Sanchez, Policy Manager at Southern California Association of Nonprofit Housing