
Wilshire Baptist Church. Photo by Renee Umsted.
Wilshire Baptist Church will host a panel discussion on affordable housing and homelessness April 18. The event is free and open to the public.
Associate Pastor Heather Mustain will moderate the discussion, themed Homelessness, Housing & Me. Panelists will include Joli Robinson, president of Housing Forward; Mark Melton, founder of Dallas Eviction Advocacy Center; and Ashley Flores, senior director of Child Poverty Action Lab.
Wilshire is at 4316 Abrams Road. The discussion will begin at 6:30 p.m. in Community Hall.
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