Roca young people gave performances and testimony about how the programs had helped them, Stuart Herrara, Chino Kan, Mercedes Pagan, and Jennifer Gonzales.

Mary Quinn, Rene Scott Gray, Laurie Taymor Berry talked about the struggles for equal justice for poor women at the Boston Women's Fund and Survivors, Inc.

Diane Sullivan, Homes for Families talked about the 2700 families living in shelter, 700 in motels where she had lived not being able to feed her families. The voucher program has not been funded and would result in more families becoming homeless.