President Trump's executive order, "Ending Crime and Disorder on America's Streets," seeks to increase involuntary commitment of houseless people with mental health and substance use disorders and increase punishment for public drug use, camping, and squatting. The order additionally calls for the federal Substance Abuse and Mental Health Administration to stop funding harm reduction and requires recipients of federal funding for homelessness projects to share health data with federal agencies. While many non-profit organizations serving homeless individuals oppose the executive order, other groups applaud the order and hope it will reduce suffering among people who have become homeless due to serious mental illness and substance use problems.  

Combining expertise in street medicine, lived experience of homelessness, health care, and civil rights, speakers Joseph Benson, Emily Hills, and Liz Frye will offer a thought-provoking analysis of the executive order's legal, ethical, and health impacts on unsheltered people.

Emily Hills – Senior Staff Attorney, ACLU of Hawai'i
Joseph Benson – Community Health Worker, Healthcare for the Homeless-Houston; President of the Board of Directors, National Health Care for the Homeless Council; Member, Board of Directors, Street Medicine Institute
Liz Frye, MD MPH – street psychiatrist and Chair, Street Medicine Institute Board of Directors 

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