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Housing Advocacy

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Learn a bit about some of the members of our housing advocate team!

 

Dakota's Story

Jennifer's Story

JenAnn's Story

Transit Equity Day 2023

Date: 
Saturday, February 4, 2023 (All day)

Transit Equity (click for video)

Public transit provides basic mobility for many in our communities. It is also essential urban infrastructure–just like roads, bridges, tunnels and utilities–that is crucial to the economic, social and environmental well-being of all our regions.

Everyone has a right to a public mass transit system that includes:

  1. Safe, reliable, environmentally-sustainable and affordable transit that is accessible to all, regardless of income, national origin, race, gender identity, sexual orientation, age, religion, or ability.
  2. An affordable public transit system that reliably connects people in all communities to the places we need to travel: home, work, school, places of worship, shopping, health, and recreation, in as efficient, and timely a manner as possible. We must ensure that all communities have access to transit; no community should be left behind. Public transit in rural, less densely populated communities should be provided in any master transportation plan despite the special challenges that may present.
  3. Living wages, benefits, safe working conditions, and union rights for transit workers, including those who manufacture transit equipment, and access to family-sustaining transit jobs and training opportunities for people from underserved communities.
  4. A just transition for workers and communities who are dependent on our current automobile and highway-centered transportation system, to ensure that no one is left behind as we transition to a more public, accessible, and cleaner transit-based system.
  5. Rapid transition of our transit and school bus systems to electric, non-polluting buses powered by electricity from renewables.
  6. Safe, healthy and livable neighborhoods that are connected by public transportation and by bicycle pathways and sidewalks, and that are planned to expand safe access to transit and reduce single occupancy vehicle miles traveled.
  7. Dedicated and sustainable public funding for public transit.

https://www.labor4sustainability.org/transit-equity/

Transit Equity Day 2023

Transit Equity (click for video)

Public Transit provides basic mobility for many in our communities. It is also essential urban infrastructure–just like roads, bridges, tunnels and utilities–that is crucial to the economic, social and environmental well-being of all our regions.

Everyone has a right to a public mass transit system that includes:

 

  1. Safe, reliable, environmentally-sustainable and affordable transit that is accessible to all, regardless of income, national origin, race, gender identity, sexual orientation, age, religion, or ability.
  2. An affordable public transit system that reliably connects people in all communities to the places we need to travel: home, work, school, places of worship, shopping, health, and recreation, in as efficient, and timely a manner as possible. We must ensure that all communities have access to transit; no community should be left behind. Public transit in rural, less densely populated communities should be provided in any master transportation plan despite the special challenges that may present.
  3. Living wages, benefits, safe working conditions, and union rights for transit workers, including those who manufacture transit equipment, and access to family-sustaining transit jobs and training opportunities for people from underserved communities.
  4. A just transition for workers and communities who are dependent on our current automobile and highway-centered transportation system, to ensure that no one is left behind as we transition to a more public, accessible, and cleaner transit-based system.
  5. Rapid transition of our transit and school bus systems to electric, non-polluting buses powered by electricity from renewables.
  6. Safe, healthy and livable neighborhoods that are connected by public transportation and by bicycle pathways and sidewalks, and that are planned to expand safe access to transit and reduce single occupancy vehicle miles traveled.
  7. Dedicated and sustainable public funding for public transit.

https://www.labor4sustainability.org/transit-equity/

Oshkosh ESTHER Task Force

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Tuesday, January 3, 2023 - 4:30pm - 6:00pm
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Tuesday, February 7, 2023 - 4:30pm - 6:00pm
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Tuesday, March 7, 2023 - 4:30pm - 6:00pm
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Tuesday, April 4, 2023 - 4:30pm - 6:00pm
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Tuesday, May 2, 2023 - 4:30pm - 6:00pm
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Tuesday, June 6, 2023 - 4:30pm - 6:00pm
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Tuesday, July 4, 2023 - 4:30pm - 6:00pm
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Tuesday, August 1, 2023 - 4:30pm - 6:00pm
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Tuesday, September 5, 2023 - 4:30pm - 6:00pm
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Tuesday, October 3, 2023 - 4:30pm - 6:00pm
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Tuesday, November 7, 2023 - 4:30pm - 6:00pm
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Tuesday, December 5, 2023 - 4:30pm - 6:00pm
Location: 
Zoom and Various Locations in Oshkosh

Our Oshkosh ESTHER Task Force meets monthly to address issues of social injustice that uniquely impact the Oshkosh area. Anyone who is interested in the issues we focus on is welcome. Our task force meeting doors are always open!

Now meeting via Zoom and in-person at varying locations in Oshkosh!

For Zoom link and meeting location, contact Task Force Chair Jennifer Considine via the ESTHER website at esther-foxvalley.org/oetf. Questions welcome as well.

Pizza and Postcards Event in Oshkosh

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Date: 
Tuesday, October 4, 2022 - 5:00pm - 6:15pm
Location: 
Trinity Episcopal Church, 203 Algoma Blvd, Oshkosh

ESTHER and EXPO invite you to join us for an upcoming voter engagement event. 

Pizza and Postcards

Tuesday, October 4, 5:00-6:15

Trinity Episcopal Church, 203 Algoma Blvd, Oshkosh

We will be writing postcards to encourage people to vote in the upcoming election. All of ESTHER’s voter engagement efforts are nonpartisan - we just want to encourage people to get out and vote! All materials will be provided. Drop-in when you can.

Free parking and childcare available. RSVP requested, but not required. 

RSVP Here: Pizza and Postcards RSVP

Check out our website to learn more about this and other upcoming ESTHER events: Visit https://esther-foxvalley.org/

We have also attached a flyer for you to share and invite others. All are welcome!

Oshkosh ESTHER Task Force Meeting

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Date: 
Tuesday, August 2, 2022 - 6:00pm
Location: 
Trinity Episcopal Church, 203 Algoma BLVD, Oshkosh

Community Conversations: A Faithful Response to Renters’ Needs

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Date: 
Monday, May 23, 2022 - 6:00pm
Location: 
Trinity Episcopal Church, 203 Algoma Blvd, Oshkosh

COMMUNITY CONVERSATIONS: A Faithful Response to RENTERs’ Needs:In Oshkosh, rental units are expensive and in short supply. 42% of renter households pay more than 30% of their income in rent. Join us for a conversation about renting in Oshkosh and learn how we can have a faithful response to renter's needs. This event is part of ESTHER's Community Conversations Series. We invite all to join! Free Parking and Onsite Childcare Available.


Community Conversations: A Faithful Response to Housing Needs

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Date: 
Monday, April 4, 2022 - 6:00pm - 7:15pm
Location: 
Algoma Blvd. United Methodist Church, 1174 Algoma Blvd., Oshkosh

Community Conversations: A Faithful Response to Housing Needs

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We would like to invite you and your congregation to Community Conversations: A Faithful Response to Housing Needs. This event is being co-hosted by Algoma Boulevard United Methodist Church and ESTHER Oshkosh to allow faith community leaders and members to connect and learn more about how we can respond to housing needs in our community.

A bit more about the event: 

  • WhenMonday, April 4, 2022 -  6-7:15 pm
  • Where: Algoma Boulevard United Methodist Church, Oshkosh (building located at the corner of New York and Algoma Blvd - parking and entrance along Algoma Blvd). 
  • Why:  Many of our Oshkosh Community Members are struggling to find safe and affordable housing. Oshkosh is experiencing a rental vacancy rate of less than 2% (a healthy rate would be 5-7%), rental rates and home prices are skyrocketing, eviction moratoriums are ending, and homelessness is increasing. These challenges can be solved if we work together. Faith communities came together many years ago to start a warming shelter in Oshkosh - we can come together again to learn, share resources and take action. 

Please spread the word and by sharing the attached flyer. Join us for this important event!

 

EXPO Fox Cities

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Date: 
Tuesday, March 1, 2022 - 6:30pm - 8:00pm
Location: 
Most Blessed Sacrament Church, 449 High Ave. Oshkosh

We will be serving food & beverage, and child 
supervision is available for school-age children. In addition, rides can be 
arranged. All are welcome! Come join us, and let's reimagine justice in 
Winnebago County!

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