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Anitra Freeman
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Anitra
Freeman: Biography
Anitra
Freeman was a computer programmer-analyst for 20 years before
becoming homeless at the end of a long depression due to untreated
bipolar disorder. She became active in Real Change and in Seattle’s
homeless organizing groups SHARE and WHEEL at that time, and
has remained active even after moving into housing. She is “retired
early” on Social Security, due to disability, but remains
highly active in her volunteer work, which includes editing
and writing for Real Change Newspaper, teaching writing and
computer skills to homeless and low-income adults, and helping
to organize shelters and emergency survival services as well
as long-range empowerment and social change projects. Besides
public speaking, Anitra actively works on public education about
homelessness through writing for other publications and through
the Internet, where she has published several websites for nonprofit
grassroots organizing groups.
Anitra has been a member of the Board of Directors
for SHARE, homeless and formerly homeless men and women organizing
their own emergency survival services; for the Low Income Housing
Institute, a multimillion-dollar nonprofit organization building
affordable housing; and for the North American Street Newspaper
Association (NASNA), a network of street papers across the United
States and Canada. She has been invited to speak everywhere
from kindergarten classes to national conferences. Her breadth
of experience with homeless issues and the groups working on
them makes her a unique resource.
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To
schedule a speaking event with Anitra:
Contact Erin at (206) 441-3247 ext. 206 or erina@realchangenews.org |
