Common Good Podcast is a conversation about the significance of place, eliminating economic isolation and the structure of belonging. For this week’s conversation, three people from the greater Tampa Bay Area have a conversation about evictions, policy and housing as a human right. This episode follows the last episode where Courtney Napier described her experience of being evicted, which built on Bree Newson Bass presenting the relationship between housing and policing.Tim Dutton is the change agent behind Unite Pinellas, an organization that grew out of the 2015 Tampa Bay Times series, Failure Factories. That series sparked a coalition of forces to join together to address issues of equity, not just in education but across sectors. Dutton was brought on board as executive director in January 2018 with more than 20 years of experience in the nonprofit world. Dutton and Unite Pinellas are taking a structural approach to equity, and implementing a three-pronged approach to change our systems as we know them.Lisa Brody joined Bay Area Legal in 2004 as team leader of the St. Petersburg office and is currently the firm's assistant deputy director. She focuses on the firm's regionalization efforts in its surrounding counties: Pinellas, Pasco, Sarasota, and Manatee. Lisa's experience as a legal services attorney, extensive background in housing law, and providing access to justice and legal education to marginalized communities continues to guide her work at the firm. She earned a bachelor's in Political Science from the University of Oregon, received her law degree from the University of Oregon School of Law, and obtained a certificate in nonprofit management from the University of Tampa. Lisa is very active in her local community and the legal services community, and currently serves as chair of the St. Petersburg Bar Association Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Committee.Roxanne Fixsen is the Chief Activation Officer at the Foundation for a Healthy St. Petersburg. She is responsible for ensuring the engine of social change operates to accelerate race equity by implementing actions which delivers on the Foundation’s mission. In this role she leads, organizes, and manages internal and external implementation of projects to maximize the impact of the Foundation’s mission to close race equity gaps. Roxanne supervises the Community Engagement Advocates and the Mission Support Team. Roxanne has a diverse professional background both in the legal profession and social work profession. Roxanne has practiced law for eleven years, nearly ten of those with Trenam Law, where she served with distinction and was a partner. She was honored as a Florida Super Lawyer, Rising Star from 2013-17 and received the Thirteenth Judicial Circuit Pro Bono Award in April 2017. Her practice focused on business litigation and appellate work. Prior to attending Stetson College of Law, where she graduated second in her class and was on the Stetson Law Review, Roxanne worked for fifteen years with children and families involved in the foster care system. She was the chief operating officer for the nonprofit agency responsible for the first district-wide privatization of foster care in Pinellas and Pasco Counties. In that role, Roxanne was responsible for the safety of thousands of children, and managed hundreds of staff, hundreds of foster parents, and dozens of contracted agencies. In addition to her law degree, Roxanne holds a Bachelor’s degree in Psychology from the University of Nebraska and a Master’s degree in counseling from the University of South Florida.Join us on April 13th for The Common Good Collective’s Abundant Community Conversation between John McKnight, Peter Block and Dr. Deborah Puntenney. Learn about a community that dramatically improved the health of the community through building social capital. Using Rochester’s community-owned health improvement plan as an example, Dr. Deborah Puntenney will speak about how the bes