Learn about Loghann Bellamy, one of two SV@Home Housing Justice Summer Interns this year! This summer, she has assisted the Policy Team with their research on School Enrollment and Displacement of Families. The research aims to make the connection between a lack of affordable housing and the outmigration of families with children in grade school.
We are excited to highlight one of two SV@Home Housing Justice Summer Interns this year, Loghann Bellamy! She is entering her final year at San Jose State University and will graduate with a BA in Sociology and a minor in Environmental Justice. Loghann has hit the ground running and has officially become a “Houser” by fully immersing herself in the world of affordable housing.
As part of SV@Home’s internship program, each intern completes a capstone project that supports organizational goals and innovation. Loghann’s capstone project is helping our Policy Team update previous research we conducted with community partners in 2021 on the connection between school enrollment decline and the lack of affordable housing in Santa Clara County.. Loghann is investigating recent figures of enrollment declines across traditional public schools, charter schools, and private schools along with tracking school closures.
Loghann has been busy entering current data and putting together new data packets to run the current analysis of this issue. Our goal with this project is to bring awareness to residents, community leaders, school district leaders, and council members that school closures are a function of the housing crisis and can be mitigated by increasing housing affordability. Loghann is also looking into the outmigration trends of families with children in grade school to find exactly where these families are going and why.
Loghann has a deep passion for racial and social justice, as she serves as the Advocacy Liaison of San Jose State University’s Black Student Union. Given that school closures disproportionately impact communities of color, her sense of justice extends to the youth and how the quality of their education directly affects upward mobility outcomes.
Loghann has been critical in supporting the entire SV@Home team by taking on projects in our communications, programs, and event work, including our commitment to making Silicon Valley more accessible to people of African Ancestry, through our Black Stabilization Initiative that a previous intern helped jumpstart.
Outside of work, Loghann can be seen at local open mics performing her own poetry. She is very active and frequents the gym and hikes local open-space parks.