Speaker:  Eve Garrow from the ACLU

Speaker Bio: Eve Garrow joined the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) of Southern California in December 2014.  She is the Policy Analyst and Advocate for the Dignity for All Project. Her work includes research, policy analysis, public education, and advocacy to promote policy changes that will secure the human right to housing, end housing displacement and discrimination against people who are unhoused and increase the human dignity of all people. Her work lies at the intersection of housing justice, economic justice, racial justice, gender justice, and disability rights.  

Prior to joining the ACLU, Eve was an Assistant Professor of Social Work at the University of Michigan, where she engaged in research and policy analysis on the implementation of social policies that target marginalized populations, including people who are unhoused. 

Eve received her B.A. in Cultural Anthropology from the University of California Santa Barbara and her M.S.W. and Ph.D. in Social Welfare from the University of California Los Angeles.