For Fall 2016, Lynn Lewis, Executive Director for Picture the Homeless: Organizing for Dignity and Respect, will teach an MA course on housing in the Urban Affairs Program at Queens College.

Course Information: URBST723
Introduction to Urban Housing
M, 6:30PM-8:30PM
KY-313
6 open seats as of July 18, 2016

LYNN LEWIS has worked with Picture the Homeless since its founding, and has been the Executive Director since 2003. Lynn is the past Civil Rights organizer at Picture the Homeless and has worked extensively on police violence and abuse of homeless folks with a particular focus on the selective enforcement of Quality of Life ordinances by the NYPD and nationally.  She is on the steering committee of Communities united for Police Reform.  Lynn has worked in the social justice movement for over 30 years in a range of capacities in organizations and initiatives led by poor people. Her other burning interests are in the areas of land reform in the U.S. and internationally and the (mis)use of domestic and international funding for community development that actually serves the interests of maintaining economic elites in power.