Posted in april/may encampment on April 25, 2007 | 1 Comment »
(This is one partial account of the events this morning, please involve yourself and be an active participant in this struggle, read bottom for more information on community response )
Early this morning around 6am the Peoples Project Encampment located on D st. and 11th was raided by Police.
At least 25 Police Officers were present, [...]
Posted in press releases on April 23, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Contact: Squiggy Rubio or Verbena, (707) 407-5017
Growing Encampment Protesting Human Rights Violations Against Houseless People
PEOPLE PROJECT Proposes Free, People-Run, Eco-Sustainable Campground
Thirty-five houseless people and supportive community members began a demonstration on city property, the lawn of the ‘neighborhood center’ on D Street in Arcata Saturday afternoon. Later that evening, the demonstrators set up [...]
Posted in april/may encampment on April 21, 2007 | 1 Comment »
This Encampment Protest, valuing life, dignity, and community, embraces an HONOR SYSTEM.
This HONOR SYSTEM means that while we are here:
- All participants, for any length of time, are celebrated;
- We maintain a dignified atmosphere that is empowering to ourselves and each other;
- We act with the knowledge that the interest and goals of the encampment [...]
Posted in april/may encampment on April 21, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
PEOPLE PROJECT is hosting a public temporary liberated space (an encampment placing the act of sleeping on public lands as the primary form of direct action) in the later half of April to generate community wide support for a free, people-run, eco-sustainable Campground. We invite housed people in our community to act in solidarity!
The liberated [...]
