Shawn Morrissey
Vice President of Advocacy and Community Engagement @Union Station Homeless Services
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WORK HISTORY
Vice President of Advocacy and Community Engagement @Union Station Homeless Services
Pasadena, CA, US
EDUCATION
York University
Harm Reduction, Drug Policy Reform, International Drug Policy
SKILLS
ABOUT SHAWN MORRISSEY
An experienced Executive with a demonstrated history of working alongside marginalized communities, Shawn Morrissey is currently the Vice President of Advocacy and Community Engagement at Union Station Homeless Services in Pasadena. A practitioner of the Housing First model that acknowledges first and foremost that housing is a basic human right, Mr. Morrissey is a Licensed Substance Use Disorder Specialist, and holds a Harm Reduction Certificate Degree from York University in Toronto, Canada. For the past 20 years, he has worked in the field of homeless advocacy and social justice with a focus on mental health and substance use disorders. He is committed to working alongside chronic and vulnerably homeless individuals, and those living with complex mental and physical health challenges, to reduce barriers, change inequitable structures, systems and practices, and create access to community and health enhancing, permanent supportive housing solutions. Skilled in Homeless Advocacy and Service Provision, Nonprofit Organizations, Harm Reduction and Housing First Models, Substance Use Disorders, Mental Health and Human Rights Advocacy, Systems Change and Dignity. Strong program and project management professional graduated from York University.
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