Get Lived Experience in front of Lawmakers

Support Lived Experience Advocates 

This year, we’re working to bring lived experience advocates to the State Capital for Lived Experience Day on the Hill and Homeless Day on the Hill. 

For years we work hard to get People with Lived Experience of Homelessness in the spaces with the Lawmakers

Your gift supports people who’ve lived through homelessness and housing instability and are now stepping up to lead change in their communities and across the state. LEAN sets up the lawmaker visits and we host an informative workshop before the Day on the Hill to prepare our advocates. A member of LEAN helps the whole process to makes sure our advocates have the most positive experience and feel confident and recognize they are an important part of  our Legislative process.

$500 covers one full scholarship — including hotel, meals, transportation, child care, accessibility, and peer support for a successful  experience. But any amount helps.

Your donation helps provide:

• Safe, accessible hotel stays

• Transportation assistance (bus/train fare, carpool gas cards)

• Child care or dependent care stipends

• Interpreters, mobility tools, and other access supports

• A welcoming peer-led community during the whole process of this very intimidating adventure

Over the past four years, LEAN has provided support and community to over 100 lived experience leaders at the Lived Experience Day on the Hill and MCH Day on the Hill . Every year we put together the whole experience to give our advocates the best possible leg up during this very intimidating process.

Every dollar makes a difference:

• $5 – A meal for an attendee

• $25 – Gas card for an attendee

• $50 – One hour of ASL interpretation

• $100 – A mobility scooter rental

• $250 – Two nights in a hotel

Donate today and help lived experience leaders lead the way.