Building Home | World Premiere and Panel Discussion

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Building Home, the new documentary from Beyond Homeless, the Independent Institute, and Free the People, follows Jared’s story and asks what it actually takes for someone in his position to come home—not just to a physical space but to a life worthy of living.

Following the film, Dr. Drew Pinsky, addiction medicine physician and one of the clearest public thinkers on what drives people into and out of addiction, moderated a panel discussion of the film’s themes. Joining him on the panel are Steve Adami, Executive Director of The Way Out, The Salvation Army San Francisco’s recovery-focused homeless initiative designed to help people like Jared; Scott Ackerson, who helped develop Haven for Hope in San Antonio, a campus that has moved thousands of people through recovery and into stable lives; and Matt Dorsey, member of the San Francisco Board of Supervisors, whose district includes the Tenderloin, and is himself in recovery from drug and alcohol addiction.

Held August 21, 2026 in San Francisco, CA