Mike Rios-Keating
Special Social Justice Seminar
Social Justice Education Manager
Catholic Charities Twin Cities
Framing Homelessness: Housing Insecurity and Our Social Perceptions
Mike Rios-Keating is the Social Justice Education Manager at Catholic Charities Twin Cities. Mike works in their Advocacy and Engagement department alongside their Public Policy team, helping to educate the community on the issues and systemic barriers most impacting Catholic Charities’ clients. Mike has been a facilitator and community educator in housing and homelessness for over 10 years, including university student and faculty engagement in Omaha, Nebraska and community organizing on housing justice and land rights in Guayaquil, Ecuador. Framing Homelessness: Housing Insecurity and Our Social Perceptions Terms like unsheltered, housing stability, and affordable housing continue to enter public discourse and community conversations. How has our society traditionally framed issues of homelessness, what do we understand about the housing continuum, and how might examining our own experiences help us become more effective advocates for housing justice?
331 Smith Hall