Josiah Haken
is the Chief Executive Officer with City Relief, a non-profit organization dedicated to connecting the unhoused community to hope and resources while also empowering ordinary people to make an extraordinary impact by seeing, serving, and supporting their neighbors with no doors. He oversees and strategizes countless outreaches, volunteers and follow-up care efforts.
Growing up as the son of missionaries in Yaoundé, Cameroon as well as working in the streets of New York City since 2010, Josiah has a unique perspective on the complexities of urban poverty and homelessness and believes that our homeless neighbors deserve our best, not just our leftovers.
Josiah is widely recognized as the “go-to person” in New York City when it comes to teaching others how to engage with the homeless. He leads workshops with many of NYC’s major organizations that deal with homelessness, as well as with many faith communities in NYC, NJ and across the US. He is also one of the leading strategists for Don't Walk By, the largest annual faith-based community outreach to the homeless in NYC.
Josiah graduated from Fresno Pacific University with his M.A. in Ministry, Leadership and Culture. He is the author of a book called Neighbors With No Doors and the host of a podcast by the same name. He and his family live in New Jersey.