Have you heard that Indiana has one of the highest eviction rates in the country*? Did you know that 1 in 14 renters in Marion County and Indianapolis had an eviction filing between March 2020 and April 2022*? Do you wonder how this has happened and what we can do about it? Do you also wonder why fair housing issues are also racial justice issues?

The Housing Symposium kicked off our observance of Black History Month by addressing these questions and more. Against the physical backdrop of the exhibit entitled "Unwelcomed: A Fair Housing History of Sales & Lending Discrimination," expert local speakers from the Fair Housing Center, Family Promise, and Fairbanks School of Public Health addressed the state of housing in Indianapolis and its impact on the overall health of our community. We will brought together people who share a commitment to protect and further the rights of those facing housing instability in our community to share ideas on how to affect change on a local level. Watch now to not only learn more about this crisis, but have actionable steps to become part of the solution. 

The St. Luke’s Dream Keepers Panel was developed in 2020 out of St. Luke’s commitment to becoming an anti-racist church and to supporting and expanding diversity of color within our congregation. The Dream Keepers Panel seeks to provide a space for people of color to share perspectives on how they see the dreams of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. being lived out in our community today. It also offers an opportunity for St. Luke’s white community to deepen their understanding of the lived reality of their neighbors of color.