As the Executive Director of Mesilla Valley Community of Hope, Nicole Martinez over saw the creation of Camp Hope, a 50-person outdoor tent city in New Mexico in 2011. Camp Hope continues to be a model in how to implement a safe and compassionate site for people experiencing homelessness.
Durango, CO site visit and ongoing training to assist with the implementation and operations of an outdoor tent shelter encampment; March 2020-current.
Denver, CO: Provided webinar trainings, manuals and consulting in implementation of the Denver Safe Outdoor Space (Interfaith Alliance); 2020-current.
Pitkin County: Monthly case consultation and evidence-based practice webinars; Jan 2021-current.
Nicole Martinez has consulted with many communities since 2012 on how to create an outdoor emergency shelter. Some of the communities include Los Angeles, CA; Roswell- Santa Fe- Albuquerque, NM; Atlanta, Georgia (2020); Houston, TX; National League of Cities (2020); Austin, TX (2020); Hawaii (2017); Athens, OH (2020); Grand Junction, CO (2019, 2020); El Paso, TX (2020)
Panelist: National Health Care for the Homeless Council, Houston, TX; Oct 28-29, 2013
Panelist: Law Center on Homelessness &Poverty; Tent City, USA, December 20, 2017
Panelist: The Seminar Group, Los Angeles, CA; March, 2018 (https://nlchp.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/Tent_City_USA_2017.pdf)
Reuters coverage of Camp Hope: https://widerimage.reuters.com/story/homeless-in-americas-tent-cities
New York Times article on Camp Hope: https://www.nytimes.com/2015/01/02/us/in-new-mexico-tent-city-a-glimmer-of-hope.html
The Atlantic’s article on Camp Hope/tent cities: https://www.theatlantic.com/photo/2016/02/americas-tent-cities-for-the-homeless/462450/
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