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Portland, OR. Police violence escalates

This was last night.. the pigs attacked folks that were camping by the justice center.. this happened when the riot cops came to push us back folks have been camping there for a long-ass time. then they pushed protesters all the way up to the 405 , then harassed and maced the hell out of  […]

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09.18.20

House Keys Not Sweeps

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10 Cities Join Forces to Defend OUR Humanity!!

WRAP’s House Keys Not Sweeps campaign is underway. Can you help us reach our goal of $15,000 with a generous gift today? We can’t do all the work we do to fight for the basic, human rights of people experiencing poverty and homelessness […]

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09.17.20

Denver, Co. Residents of Encampment at 25th and Arapahoe make Three Demands of the City Before Sweep Set for Tuesday

The City has rescheduled the sweep of 25th and Arapahoe/Lawrence for this Tuesday, September 22nd. Since in person school is scheduled to start at that location on September 28th, most residents of this encampment believe it might not be the best place to stay once school is in session. However, this does not mean the […]

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09.15.20

Denver, Co. Funding for Sanitation Resources Going Well Thanks to YOU!! Can we make it to 25k??!

It is half way through September and we have made just over $14,000 toward maintaining our Sanitation Stations at encampments!! That is huge!!! THANK YOU SOOO MUCH to all of you who have donated to make this possible! With this amount we can pay for at least September and October. If we make another $11,000 […]

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Some downtown Berkeley ambassadors now have batons, pepper spray

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The new ambassadors will de-escalate criminal activity, assist with police arrests and act as a buffer for smaller crimes in downtown.

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The BIDs in los angeles are scum, are a scourge. Fight them lest they become permanent.

The S.F. Lower Polk Neighborhood and the West SOMA are models of being out there to clean but not assisting 'Sweeps", with other programs for the local businesses, and to be resource & referral/check-in, for folks who're homeless. This model however, is entirely determined by the people who happen to be on the board, and whom they hire and then monitor to be sure. Christian Martin, who ran the LPN CBD and is now in West SOMA is really good at being on our side, but get a different personality, get a totally different agenda.

It's also distasteful in the extreme how they hire stooges to do the dirty work.

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@PplsCityCouncil @MayorOfLA @StreetWatchLA @KtownforAll This is the kind of simple “cleaning” you’re talking about, right @MayorOfLA? Where they just take you whole house and load it into a dump truck? That’s how you clean house @CD6Nury @MayorOfLA?

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“We’re seeing a dangerous, continued rise in private citizens and security forces policing and harassing unhoused people while the city stands by and lets them. via @48Hills

Club mogul accused of vigilante homeless sweep says he did nothing wrong | 48 hills

Peter Glikshtern says he called private trash crew to encampment area, insists he was justified by city inaction.

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Portland, OR. Police violence escalates

Portland, OR. Police violence escalates

This was last night.. the pigs attacked folks that were camping by the justice center.. this happened when the riot cops came to push us back folks ha...

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“It’s not that homeless people aren’t aware that there’s a really important election on the horizon,” says Paul Boden, the executive director of the California-based Western Regional Advocacy Project (WRAP). via @AJEnglish

Pandemic exacerbates barriers to voting for homeless Americans

Pandemic exacerbates barriers to voting for homeless Americans

From strict voter ID laws to the closure of polling stations, unhoused Americans face many obstacles to voting.

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