Welcome Joanna Diamond, our new Director of Advocacy
The long search for our Director of Advocacy is finally over—and we are thrilled to welcome Joanna Diamond, Esq.!
Starting just last week, Joanna brings over a decade of experience in advocacy and a wide-range of public policy issues. Criminal justice, workers’ rights, immigrant rights, LGBTQ rights, voting rights, women’s rights…you name it, Joanna’s been there advocating for justice. She’s led health care and reproductive justice advocacy as the Vice President of External Relations at Planned Parenthood and pushed for a full range of civil rights and liberties through various policy roles with the ACLU.
Now she’s eager to put her expertise toward our shared mission—and advocacy work—to end homelessness.
When Joanna’s not pushing for better policy or offering up pro-bono legal services for civil rights issues, she enjoys knitting and yoga. But nothing rivals her passion for dogs! You can find Joanna on the third floor at Fallsway. Stop by to say hello, and ask to see a photo of Flounder. You won’t regret it.
More Recent News
At our annual staff holiday party, we take time to recognize and celebrate staff members who best represent our Core Values, as well as one recipient of the Von Bradshaw Award, named after Delvonia "Von" Bradshaw, who passed away in 2024 and truly held the principles of Health Care for the Homeless to heart. Please congratulate your colleagues when you see them!
Those of us in the Health Care for the Homeless community share a belief in something powerful: that everyone should have a place to call home.
Hope for that vision isn’t passive. It’s something that clients, staff and community supporters make possible together.
With SNAP benefits in Maryland facing uncertainty, many families are wondering how they’ll put food on the table. Here are ways Health Care for the Homeless is helping, as well as a list of local food assistance resources.
On Saturday, November 1, more than 300 runners, walkers, friends and volunteers gathered in Patterson Park for the 2025 Rock Your Socks 5K. Read all about this year's awesome event!