2022 National Vehicle Residency Summit

March 8, 2023: Great news! Recordings of most sessions are now available on YouTube! Click the link immediately below if you’d like to watch the playlist–the sessions in the order they were presented. If you’d prefer to watch individual sessions in your preferred order, click the desired YouTube icon in the session schedule, further below. Closed captions are generated by YouTube and may not exactly match the subtitles displayed by Zoom during the live sessions. Some sessions were not recorded.

November 18-19, 2022
1:00pm – 6:00pm Eastern time (10:00AM – 3:00PM PACIFIC TIME)
VIRTUAL meetings via zoom – link provided upon registration

Join us for the first-ever National Vehicle Residency Summit on November 18-19, 2022! The Summit is a first-of-its-kind national gathering of vehicle residents, parking program providers, legal advocates and other allies to build community, share knowledge, and raise awareness about vehicle residency. 

The Summit is a free virtual event that will be held on Zoom.  Each day of the event will begin at 10am PT/1pm ET and end at 3pm PT/6pm ET. Many sessions will involve featured speakers with expertise on the topic, however, discussion tracks will also be available for moderated conversations between attendees about the topics. Check out our agenda below and REGISTER TO ATTEND THE SUMMIT!

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Schedule, Agenda, and Registration

2022 National Vehicle Residency Summit Agenda

Day 1:

Time	Session (Day 1, Friday, Nov. 18)
10am PT /1pm ET	Welcome to the Summit!  Why are we here? This plenary provides an overview of the National Vehicle Residency Collective, the Summit, and our sessions. – Plenary speakers Bob Wells, Dee Powers, Tristia Bauman, and Graham Pruss.
11am PT /2pm ET	A Recent History of Vehicle Residency in the US Who are vehicle residents? What are vehicle residents’ history of unsettlement and structural violence? – Graham J. Pruss, PhD
12pm PT /3pm ET	Understanding Parking Programs What are vehicle residency parking programs? How do they work? What are their barriers? – William Sweeney, Graham Pruss What are Poverty Tows and How to Fight Them – Tristia Bauman
1pm PT /4pm ET	Building Support for Parking Programs How to build community support and political will for parking programs. – Karina O’Malley, Rev. Ben A. David Hensley, Beverly Scow, Chris Wilkerson Criminalization of Vehicle Residency What are the legal rights of vehicle residents? What laws and policies can protect vehicle residents’ liberty and property? – Tristia Bauman
2pm PT/5pm ET	State and Federal Policies Affecting Vehicle Residents What policies exist that benefit or harm vehicle residents? What policies should be changed or enacted? – Tristia Bauman

Day 2:

Time	Session (Day 2, Saturday, Nov. 19)
10am PT /1pm ET	Welcome to Day 2 of the Summit! Review key takeaways from Day 1, overview of Day 2 presentations and moderated discussions, call to join the National Vehicle Residency Collective and develop the Collective for 2023! – NVRS Coordinators
11am PT /2pm ET	How to Live and Thrive in Your Vehicle Where to park? How to access and use public services? How to meet basic needs? – moderated by Phyllis Bickford Conversation Track: Continued discussion of criminalization of vehicle residency – moderated by Tristia Bauman
12pm PT /3pm ET	Raising Positive Public Awareness of Vehicle Residency Collaborate on new ways to improve public awareness. – moderated by Suanne Carlson Vehicle Residency and Housing First How to navigate Housing First framing as a parking program – William Sweeney Discussion: Issues Affecting Female-Presenting Vehicle Residents. – Tristia Bauman
1pm PT /4pm ET	Closure of Public Lands and Overnight Parking Spaces Come learn why are our public lands are closing and how to help stop it. – Jaime Restorff and Jake Hoster Discussion Track: Continued discussion of federal and state policies – Tristia Bauman and William Sweeney Vehicles as Housing, Housing as Vehicle When can or might vehicles be permanent, i.e. long-term, residences? In legal, practical, spiritual terms. – Tim McCormick
2pm PT/5pm ET	Closing Plenary Session: Moving Forward – NVRS Coordinators