MISSOULA — The Housing Advocate Network, a program of Missoula Interfaith Collaborative, held a film screening at the Zootown Arts Community Center on Tuesday night.
The event brought together community members to discuss and learn about ways to help those in the community who are homeless or unhoused.
Two films were showcased, to share the stories of those who are — or were homeless or unhoused — with a message of creating compassion for those who have housing struggles.
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Housing Advocate Network director Zeke Campfield says it's something that the community should embrace to create further change.
“It's also intended to be a challenge to everyday people, people in our community to say 'hey, let's not sit idly by and be passive bystanders to this thing that's happening. Let's figure out ways we can come together and collaborate and roll up our sleeves and work on this issue together as a community'," Campfield said.
Missoula Mayor Andrea Davis spoke following the first film screening, sharing the city’s strategy of a housing sprint — an attempt to help those who struggle with housing.
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The city will also be giving an update on the unwinding down of the Johnson Street Emergency Shelter on Wednesday morning.
