This is a message from Verbena Greetings all, This is probably my least favorite task, but here we are again asking for money contributions… We need to pay rent and bills (we don’t use heat, so our bills aren’t too high, except for phone bills- which rise incredibly from jail calls). Also, due to continuous [...]
Archive for January, 2010
Need Money for PARC and major winter expenses
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged action, bills, community, donation, Eureka CA, grass roots, Humboldt County, infoshop, jail calls, organizing, PARC, paypal, Peoples' Action for Rights and Community, prisoner support, rain, rent, resource center, rights, safe sleeping space, volunteer, winter on January 29, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Occupants of Tent City in Fresno DEFEND THEIR HOMES
Posted in California, civil liberties, class war, criminalizing, homeless, houseless, human rights, illegality of sleeping ban, landless, northern california, organize, poor people, press releases, protest, rights, safe haven, self determination, tent city, Uncategorized, updates, veterans, tagged eviction, Fresno, homeless, housleless, peace and freedom, tent city, video on January 29, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
click here for VIDEO from Fresno Posted by John Crockford on January 28, 2010 Police Evict Homeless People in Fresno… read this Indybay article by Mike Rhodes, with photos
Tent City Eviction in FRESNO: VIDEO in t.v. news link
Posted in autonomy, California, campground, civil liberties, class war, criminalizing, homeless, houseless, human rights, illegality of sleeping ban, landless, necessity defense, organize, poor people, press releases, protest, rights, safe haven, self determination, tent city, Uncategorized, updates, tagged direct action, downtown Fresno, encampment, expectation of privacy, Fresno, Fresno Police Chief Jerry Dyer, homeless, houseless, housing, safe sleeping space, section 8, tent city, trespass, video on January 29, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Support Tent Cities! Support Safe Sleeping spaces for ALL!! The below account is from a mainstream T.V. station, Jan 28, 2010 Homeless Resisting Move from Downtown Encampment More than a dozen homeless people in downtown Fresno are being forced to move from their makeshift camp. The homeless people are living in tents and sleeping on [...]
De-Criminalize Homelessness
Posted in class war, criminalizing, discrimination, homeless, houseless, human rights, illegality of sleeping ban, landless, poor people, protest, rights, safe haven, tent city, tagged Boulder Colorado, camping tickets, campiong ordinance, city government, civil rights violation, class war, cruel and unusual punishment, decriminalize, decriminalize homelessness, End Homelessness, H.O.M.E., Homeless Ordinance Moratorium Endeavor, homelessness, houselessness, Mayor Susan Osborne, moratorium, Noah Jennings, poverty, protest, sleeping in public, tent city, The Daily Camera, unconstitutional laws, vulnerable on January 29, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
An Open Letter to a Mayor Reluctant to Decriminalize Homelessness http://homelessness.change.org/blog/view/an_open_letter_to_a_mayor_reluctant_to_decriminalize_homelessness BY NOAH JENNINGS PUBLISHED JANUARY 26, 2010 Last week, criminalization of the homeless in Boulder, Colorado got the attention of End Homelessness readers as grassroots activists fought to put an end to a camping ordinance that unfairly targets the homeless. Thanks to Change.org readers [...]
WRAP’S 2006 “Without Housing” Report
Posted in Uncategorized on January 24, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Download and/or read WRAP’s “Without Housing” report Without_Housing_20061114
PEOPLE PROJECT in SF! January 19-21
Posted in Uncategorized on January 24, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Here is a video from the Jan 19th gathering at the Sub-mission space in San Francisco. POWERFUL words and music, the night before the rally and protest for housing, for the de-criminalization of homelessness and poverty, for human rights, for the people to build movement together. There’s a great poem in here…
Police Destroy Huntington Tent City, Long Island Food Not Bombs makes call for Solidarity
Posted in Uncategorized on January 18, 2010 | 1 Comment »
http://news.infoshop.org/article.php?story=20100116125444504 Saturday, January 16 2010 @ 12:54 PM CST Contributed by: Anonymous Urgent call to action! Police raze Huntington Station Tent City destroying the property, food and shelter of over a hundred homeless. Many face possibility of freezing to death! Long Island Food Not Bombs needs your help to prevent that from happening! Please spread [...]
Stop Punishment for Sleeping: LAWSUITS ALL OVER
Posted in Uncategorized on January 17, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Tent City Lawsuit? By Cheryl Reza Posted: Jan 12, 2010, Updated: Jan 13, 2010 COLORADO SPRINGS – The battle over what to do about “tent city” is heating up. City officials say they may have to re-consider a “no camping” ordinance. Lawsuits are popping up across the United States related to ordinances that prevent homeless [...]
