It’s about time again…open and active weekly PEOPLE PROJECT meetings!
PEOPLE PROJECT met consistently for about 3 yrs in Arcata, but will start back up at this time in Eureka. It would be great to hear from you about what times and days you like for such gatherings/meetings.
For now, meetings will be Tuesdays at 1:30 pm [...]
Archive for the ‘human rights’ Category
MEETINGS IN EUREKA!!
Posted in Eureka, CA, People Project, People for a Human Rights Sanctuary, autonomy, campground, civil liberties, class war, homeless, houseless, human rights, northern california, rights, safe haven, self determination, tuesday meetings, updates on September 21, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Sacramento Police Arrest 17 at ‘SAFE GROUND’ Homeless Camp
Posted in People Project, campground, civil liberties, class war, criminalizing, homeless, houseless, human rights, illegality of sleeping ban, northern california, press releases, rights, safe haven, self determination, tent city, updates, veterans on September 6, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
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Update: Sacramento police arrest 17 at ’safe ground’ homeless camp
By Li Lou and Cynthia Hubert
llou@sacbee.com
Published: Friday, Sep. 4, 2009 – 9:05 am
Last Modified: Friday, Sep. 4, 2009 – 1:34 pm
Sacramento police arrested 17 homeless residents at their “safe ground” campsite this morning, including one advocate for the homeless.
Rev. David Moss, a Methodist Minister, [...]
POOR PEOPLE’S MARCH FOR HUMAN RIGHTS, September 12th in Eureka!
Posted in Eureka, CA, People for a Human Rights Sanctuary, autonomy, campground, civil liberties, class war, homeless, houseless, human rights, illegality of sleeping ban, rights, safe haven, self determination, veterans on September 6, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Poor Peoples’ March for Human Rights
Saturday, September 12, 2009
March For Safe Shelter, Healthy Food, HealthCare, and Dignity FOR ALL!!
March begins at 14th and Summer (near Food for People)
and ends at Highland Park (Fairfield/Glen and Highland Avenue)
March starts at 10:00am
then….
Speak-Out Celebration with food and music at NOON! at Highland Park
For more info contact:
People for a Human [...]
Mainstream Op-Ed from NY Times: Criminalization of Poor People
Posted in criminalizing, gentrification, homeless, houseless, human rights, rights on August 13, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
The New York Times OP-ED CONTRIBUTOR Is It Now a Crime to Be Poor? By BARBARA EHRENREICH August 8, 2009
IT’S too bad so many people are falling into poverty at a time when it’s almost illegal to be poor. You won’t be arrested for shopping in a Dollar Store, but [...]
Cotton Day, August 9th: Remember Martin. Protest the Police Violence That Stole His Life.
Posted in Eureka Rescue Mission, Eureka, CA, Martin Cotton, civil liberties, class war, criminalizing, gentrification, homeless, houseless, human rights, murder, northern california, police brutality on August 6, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
from Redwood Curtain CopWatch:
As we continue to meet people, people who have been beaten, bruised, bloodied, deprived, robbed, and verbally abused by police- people who are living on the street- sometimes beat while sleeping- we know that not enough of us are organizing to protect, collectively struggling to keep the police from hurting our friends [...]
Building A Tent City in NYC-A Call For Support!!!
Posted in New York City, autonomy, campground, civil liberties, class war, gentrification, homeless, houseless, human rights, illegality of sleeping ban, rights, safe haven, self determination, tent city on July 25, 2009 | 1 Comment »
HOMELESS TENT CITY!
One Hundred Homeless and Allies
Grilling Food, Playing Music, Taking Back The Land
115TH AND MADISON AVENUE
COME SHOW YOUR SUPPORT!
Bring food, hang out, share company…
At 11am EST, July 23 Picture The Homeless and allies installed a tent city
in a vacant bank-owned lot at 115th and Madison Ave. 100 people are in the
lot, enjoying corn, beans, [...]
‘Homes Not Handcuffs’ report released
Posted in civil liberties, class war, homeless, houseless, human rights, illegality of sleeping ban, rights, safe haven on July 25, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Homes Not Handcuffs
July 13, 2009
LINK TO THE REPORT IS HERE
The National Law Center on Homelessness & Poverty (NLCHP) and the National Coalition for the Homeless (NCH) released a report today, Homes Not Handcuffs, tracking a growing trend in U.S. cities – the criminalization of homelessness. The report, available here, focuses on specific city measures from [...]
Tent City in Illinois, SAFE HAVEN
Posted in autonomy, campground, civil liberties, class war, homeless, houseless, human rights, illegality of sleeping ban, illinois, rights, safe haven, self determination, tent city on July 3, 2009 | 2 Comments »
Safe Haven: rest for the weary
Posted in CULTURE by Heather Dillon on Thursday, July 2, 2009 at 6:00 am
For years, homeless people have been camping in vacant lots, by the railroad tracks, and in other spots around Champaign. Now, some of those people have decided to band together in community.
Although the idea of a tent [...]
Humboldt County District Attorney’s Office Now Defendants in PEOPLE PROJECT Lawsuit
Posted in Arcata, CA, People Project, april/may encampment, civil liberties, class war, homeless, houseless, human rights, illegality of sleeping ban, northern california, rights, updates on June 9, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
The DA’s office (and Paul Gallegos) have been added to the lawsuit filed by five PEOPLE PROJECT participants demanding accountability for violations of human rights occurring in the police and DA raid on a 2007 homeless encampment in Arcata, CA. The plaintiffs are demanding that the day and night harassment of homeless people by police [...]
Another Homeless Man, Tim Alcorn, Beat to Death: by teenagers
Posted in Redding, class war, gentrification, homeless, houseless, human rights, murder, northern california on June 9, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Memorial service held for murdered Redding homeless man
By Jim Schultz
Saturday, May 2, 2009
Although he was homeless, Timothy Lee Alcorn had many friends and loved ones.
A standing-room-only crowd filled McDonald’s Redding Chapel on Friday to honor him and his family shortly before his cremated remains were interred at Redding Memorial Park.
Alcorn, 48, was found beaten to [...]
