On Feb. 3, Hamilton Families took over the @Ham4Progress Instagram account with Hamilton cast member Christopher Henry Young, joined by Hamilton Families staff member Allie Deck-Shipley to speak on ending family homelessness in the SF Bay Area, and what Black History Month means to her as an ally and someone who serves children and youth who are predominantly BIPOC who are experiencing homelessness.

On Feb. 3, Hamilton Families took over the @Ham4Progress Instagram account with Hamilton cast member Christopher Henry Young, joined by our own Hamilton Families staff member Ms. Ivory Collins on ending family homelessness in the SF Bay Area and what Black History Month means to her as a Black woman in the Bay Area.

On Feb. 3, Hamilton Families took over the @Ham4Progress Instagram account with Hamilton cast member Christopher Henry Young, joined by our own Hamilton Families staff member Ana Gomez on ending family homelessness in the SF Bay Area and what Black History Month means to her as an ally, an Oakland native, and a Person of Color in the Bay Area.

“Essential is essential,” she says. “We can’t close, because if we close, our families go back out on the street.”