Urban Colloquium Guest Lecture Fall ’24 : Martha Kenton @ OCT 23RD, 4:00 PM
Lecture by Martha Kenton on Homelessness and Housing.
Details:
Wednesday, October 23rd, 2024
4:00 PM – 6:00 PM (EST)
Room 1108, Parsons,
2W 13th Street, New York, NY.
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Martha Kenton serves as the Executive Director of Federal Homeless Policy at the
NYC Department of Social Services. She began her career working in child welfare
in Chicago before moving to New York City for graduate school in 2001. After
completing her Masters, she joined the NYC Department of Homeless Services
focusing on long staying adults in shelters. In 2011, Martha joined the Center for
Urban Community Services as a consultant supporting the NYC Continuum of Care.
In 2016, she returned to NYC DHS continuing her work with the CoC as the Director
of CoC Community Engagement. Later that year, she was appointed NYC CoC Co
Chair while leading CoC as the Executive Director of Federal Homeless Policy at the
newly created NYC Department of Social Services. Martha continues to serve as
Executive Director overseeing all activities of the Collaborative Applicant in support
of the NYC CoC. Martha has a Bachelor’s of Social Work, Master of Social Work from
Columbia University and a Master of Urban Planning from New York University.
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This event has been organized by Rob Robinson and Tom Angotti for the MS Design and Urban Ecologies Colloquium I. It is free and open to faculty, staff, students and the general public.