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WRAP is hiring a Development Director
WRAP is hiring a Development Director

Development Director Job Announcement

The Western Regional Advocacy Project (WRAP) was founded in 2005 by local social justice organizations across… More

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Denver, CO. HAND’s Housing survey report “Pipedreams and Picket Fences” to be Released March 8th!!!
Denver, CO. HAND’s Housing survey report “Pipedreams and Picket Fences” to be Released March 8th!!!

March 8th 2023 at The Unitarian Society building at 1400 Lafayette st Denver CO. Doors open at 4:30pm, Presentation Starts… More

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40 YEARS OF HOMELESSNESS
40 YEARS OF HOMELESSNESS

Forty years ago, the federal government slashed affordable housing budgets of the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) and the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), marking the beginning of the contemporary crisis of homelessness. It has become political fodder for local politicians to say they will end homelessness “in this city” with complete disregard for the fact that no one city created homelessness, and none will end it on their own.

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From East Coast to West Coast… Abolish BIDs!

What are Business Improvement Districts? Every day in US cities, Business Improvement… More

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CARE COURT IS ANOTHER TOOL FOR OPPRESSION. CARCERAL COURTS DON’T CARE.
CARE COURT IS ANOTHER TOOL FOR OPPRESSION. CARCERAL COURTS DON’T CARE.

TLDR: Newsom’s CARE Act (SB 1338) weaponizes care (read: conservatorship) against poor and Disabled people, doubles down on racist and… More

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Conceal, Criminalize, Capitalize WRAP Webinar

How government sanctioned tent cities promote the criminalization of homelessness under the guise of service.

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Denver, CO. Pipe Dreams and Picket Fences is Released!!!

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Read the full report online! Yesterday, we released our housing report Pipe Dreams and Picket…

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DENVER, CO. HAND’s Housing survey report “Pipe Dreams and Picket Fences” to be released March 8th 2023!!! 

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Wednesday March 8th 2023 at The Unitarian Society building at 1400 Lafayette st Denver CO….

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Denver, CO. HAND’s Housing survey report “Pipe Dreams and Picket Fences: Direction from Denver’s Houseless People on Housing Needs and Priorities in the Context of Today’s Public Housing” to be released March 8th 2023!!!

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On March 8th 2023 Housekeys Action Network Denver (HAND) will be releasing our report “Pipe…

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“Poor People’s Campaign: A National Call for Moral Revival” 13 dead in WV Jails, we need answers

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FOR MORE INFORMARTION VISIT US AT: http://wraphome FOR MORE INFORMARTION VISIT US AT: http://wraphome.org/developmentdirector
WRAP is hiring a full-time Development Director with at least 2 years of non-profit fundraising management experience. WRAP supports our core members, allies, and others by providing organizing tools and research for each to use in their campaigns fighting the criminalization of houselessness and for affordable housing. We are helping to build a regional /national movement �together and strengthen �connections of WRAP’s priorities with broader anti- racism, classism, neo-liberal capitalism, and criminalization campaigns.
Register here tinyurl.com/Mumia-film for Thursday Register here tinyurl.com/Mumia-film for Thursday night’s online screening of this moving, informative, personal, important, and artfully-made film. Cast includes Cornel West, Angela Davis, Dick Gregory, Alice Walker, Ruben ‘Hurricane’ Carter, and Amy Goodman.
Forty years ago, the federal government slashed af Forty years ago, the federal government slashed affordable housing budgets of the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) and the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), marking the beginning of the contemporary crisis of homelessness. https://conta.cc/3k4mDpA
Theatre of the POOR presents CRUSHING WHEELCHAIRS Theatre of the POOR presents CRUSHING WHEELCHAIRS 
Sunday 2/12/23 4pm San Francisco 2948 16th St.
Sunday 2/26/23 4pm Oakland 1540 Broadway 
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One of the questions we asked people we love about One of the questions we asked people we love about this continuing forty-year process of addressing the root causes of homelessness in America was recognizing that our comrade Paul has also been fighting this neoliberal bullshit for forty years. In earlier emails people spoke about the importance of WRAP. Here is what some of our friends had to say about Paul’s role over the last forty years. https://conta.cc/3vbUnUx
Next Thursday, the 22nd, at 11am we are having a p Next Thursday, the 22nd, at 11am we are having a press conference as the preliminary hearings begin and need all our allies to show up and call for justice! https://conta.cc/3FyNtgH
A lot of work done addressing oppressions across t A lot of work done addressing oppressions across the country takes place in courtrooms and legislative bodies. This work is not always successful due to the fact that the oppressors are the ones making the laws. But we know you can’t fight a system if you don’t know the ins and outs of how that system works.  https://conta.cc/3VQrVDl
Join the next Public Works Committee Meeting to re Join the next Public Works Committee Meeting to reject the “safe work zone” ordinance that aims to further criminalize unhoused people and their advocates during sweeps.
Monday, 12/12 at 10:30am
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We are raising $40,000 for WRAP’s vital work at We are raising $40,000 for WRAP’s vital work at this 40-year mark, and all donations will be matched up to $20,000 in November and December! Contribute $40, $400, $4,000 to help make sure that mass homelessness is not around another 40 years. https://conta.cc/3VAWHQ8
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Some Push Back Against Tiny Homes for Homeless People Site in San Jose

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California plans to build 1,200 small homes across the state to help house homeless people, but that has some people in San Jose pushing bac...
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