Douglas County Homeless Youth Solutions Initiative (HYSI)
Monday, Nov. 16, 2026 at 6PM
Roseburg Public Library
Join us on Nov. 16, 2026 at 6PM at the Roseburg Public Library to learn about this initiative, sponsored by Creating Community Resilience and to be held by the League of Women Voters of Umpqua Valley. A presentation will showcase relevant local data, strategies, and projects. The event will also include a panel discussion featuring local experts with opportunity for questions from the public. The general public is invited to attend the forum free of charge.
Thomas McGregor, Youth and Housing Project Manager at Peace at Home Advocacy Center, will lead the evening’s presentations and moderate the panel discussion. Since 2021, he has been the co-chair of the Douglas County Homeless Youth Solutions Initiative (HYSI), an initiative of the collaborative network called Creating Community Resilience. HYSI regularly convenes representatives from various local agencies and organizations to identify and foster lasting solutions for the populations of youth experiencing homelessness who require immediate basic supports and long-term service coordination.
This forum will share details of the community’s newly published “Strategic Roadmap” to increase our shared ability to serve youth when experiencing housing challenges. Topics to be covered include recommended goals from the roadmap, review of related local data sets, and in-depth updates of local projects. The panel will feature K12 education personnel, crisis response specialists, and youth with lived experience of housing instability.
The event is coordinated as portion of local efforts to recognize National Homeless Youth Awareness Month. On November 9th at the regular Roseburg City Council meeting, Mayor Larry Rich will read a city proclamation officially recognizing the challenges of local young people, the local efforts related to assisting these young people, and the public’s interest in attending this informative forum event.
Be sure to be at this event to further solutions to
our homelessness crisis.
Read the Proclamation here.
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This video is available:
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Retail Drugs Forum
Roseburg Library
Thursday, Oct. 15, 2026
6PM to 7:30PM
Retail Drugs in Douglas County, Oregon. This forum was open to the public. We learned about drugs that are sold legally in our community that are unregulated and dangerous. And more are on the horizon. Sponsored by the League of Women Voters of Umpqua Valley.
Speaker Kim Gandy, Overdose Prevention Coordinator for the Douglas Public Health Network, revealed little-known facts about “retail drugs”. Kim is working on educating our community on some of the unregulated products that are currently being sold legally in our stores. She says, “Just because it’s legal, does NOT mean it’s safe to consume.”
Roseburg City Council & Mayor
Candidates Forum
The Roseburg City Council and Mayor Candidates forum Video is now available here: https://youtu.be/cIi92KnxZME
This event was held on Thursday, Oct. 8th at 6PM to 8PM at the Roseburg Public Library in the Ford Room.
The public was invited to attend a candidates’ forum for Roseburg City Council and mayoral candidates on Thursday, October 8, at 6:00 p.m. in the Ford Room at the Roseburg Public Library.
Eight of nine candidates participated. Discussion topics included the benefits and risks of Flock cameras, homeless camps, public safety, ICE activity in Douglas County and the city, sanctuary status, housing, resolutions and ordinances, working with a new city manager, and additional local issues.
The forum gave community members a chance to hear how candidates approach key issues and how they would represent their wards and the city. The program emphasized audience questions and answers.
Thank you for attending the Secretary of State Tobias Read Public Forum
The video is now online here: https://youtu.be/MDLx6RYCfE8
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