Advocate for Youth Experiencing Homelessness

Join us to learn how to advocate for youth and young adults experiencing homelessness, whether they’re struggling to access housing, services, education, benefits or more. From leading national advocates, you’ll hear firsthand how to identify a youth in need and connect them with resources that will help them thrive as well as engage in national advocacy campaigns to increase access to housing, education, and services for our young people.

Darla Bardine,
Executive Director of National Network for Youth

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Kelly Russo,
Director of the American Bar Association Commission on Homelessness & Poverty
Kelly Russo is the Director of the American Bar Association Commission on Homelessness & Poverty in Washington, DC. She coordinates policy development and programming related to the legal needs of people experiencing homelessness and poverty, and she collaborates with national, state and local advocacy groups, associations, and government agencies to provide technical assistance and address issues related to homelessness and poverty. She leads the ABA Homeless Youth Legal Network, a national network that provides information and fosters collaboration to help attorneys and providers address gaps in legal services for homeless youth. She is licensed to practice law in Florida and Washington, DC. She graduated from Wake Forest University School of Law with a J.D. and from Wake Forest University with a B.A.

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Barbara Duffield