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We had us a celebration!!

July 29, 2016 by Jonathan Leave a Comment

Hey everybody!!

We said we were having a celebration of our communities strength and DAMN did we ever…

Powerful murals, kick ass music and a whole bunch of social justice warriors from California, Colorado and Oregon….and of course the Tenderloin:), all hanging out together soaking in our collective beauty and energizing ourselves from our collective strength!!!

 You can’t have culture without art, you can’t have a revolution without dancing and sure as hell we ain’t going to get our demands met without a fight……every time we get to connect all three is a party and as good as we fight we celebrate/party/love each other even better!!

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Join WRAP on Saturday, August 15 for “Many Issues, Join WRAP on Saturday, August 15 for “Many Issues, One Fight! An evening of music, poetry, and artwork to celebrate our collective fight for dignity and respect!” 

✨WHEN - Saturday, August 15 
✨WHERE - 518 Valencia, Eric Quezada Center 
✨WHAT - Cultural night hosted by WRAP 
✨FOOD PROVIDED! 

With the intensified attacks on all of our communities; artwork remains a powerful tool to share our experiences, understand each other’s struggles, and broaden the collective fight for a better future. 
Since the passage of the Big Fascist Bill, communities in man-made vulnerable positions face even harsher hostilities from shrinking accessibility to social services to criminalization of queer and trans people to the kidnapping of our immigrant neighbors. The list goes on and on but we won’t let these fascists take away our dignity, instead we will come together and bridge our fights! 

The way through is together! 

Let us sing. 
Let us dance. 
Let us break bread. 

Let us come together to learn about each other’s struggles and share resources. The evening will also include a raffle showcasing swag from WRAP members, local artist contributions, and many more!!! 
The event is a part of WRAP’s annual community congress where organizers from across the west coast convene in San Francisco to share about their local organizing, exchange tactics, and strengthen the initiatives across WRAP! 

Can’t make it but still want to support the work of WRAP? 
Donate to bit.ly/wrapf2f26 where all funds raised will go towards the costs of the congress!
(500,000 Public Housing Units have already been lo (500,000 Public Housing Units have already been lost), and $230B in cuts to Food Stamps coupled with draconian work requirements in several programs mean more people will be living unhealthy, unhoused and hungry in the richest country in the world. Stay tune for more updates! https://bit.ly/2026nhlc
WRAP has the power of collective mobilization whil WRAP has the power of collective mobilization while remaining accountable to the realities of local communities. By bringing together some of the fiercest organizations fighting homelessness, for 21 years WRAP has developed a unique structure that combines documented street outreach, movement building, and national policy work, helping us bridge the local-national divisions that have hindered homeless organizing for the last four decades.
 #HousekeysNotSweeps #HousekeysNotHandcuffs #WeWillNotDisappear
Check out WRAP sweeps handout to learn the truth d Check out WRAP sweeps handout to learn the truth directly from the streets on the impact of sweeps! 

WRAP members continue to fight sweeps in their communities through utilizing documented street outreach to dispel stereotypes on what a “sweep” actually is. 

Sweeps fracture communities, displace people, & damage physical and mental health. 

When asked, what alternatives/services were people offered? 88% were not offered any services and 74% had all of their belongings thrown away at the sweep. Sweeps are not a solution to addressing homelessness but rather another phase in the cycle of homelessness! 

This handout is available for use! Go to bit.ly/wrapsweepszine to download. 
Learn more and connect with the nearest WRAP member and join the fight against sweeps! 

All members are tagged in the post and the list can be found on our link tree. List below:

 @coalitiononhomelessness
 @housekeysactionnetworkdenver
 @humanrighttohousingcollective
 @judismidnightdiner
 @lacanetwork_official
 @loveandjusticeinthestreets
 @unumissoula
 @streetspiritnews
Check out WRAP sweeps handout to learn the truth d Check out WRAP sweeps handout to learn the truth directly from the streets on the impact of sweeps! 

WRAP members continue to fight sweeps in their communities through utilizing documented street outreach to dispel stereotypes on what a “sweep” actually is. 

Sweeps fracture communities, displace people, & damage physical and mental health. 

When asked, what alternatives/services were people offered? 88% were not offered any services and 74% had all of their belongings thrown away at the sweep. Sweeps are not a solution to addressing homelessness but rather another phase in the cycle of homelessness! 

This handout is available for use! Go to bit.ly/wrapsweepszine to download. 
Learn more and connect with the nearest WRAP member and join the fight against sweeps! 

All members are tagged in the post and the list can be found on our link tree. List below:

 @coalitiononhomelessness
 @housekeysactionnetworkdenver
 @humanrighttohousingcollective
 @judismidnightdiner
 @lacanetwork_official
 @loveandjusticeinthestreets
 @unumissoula
 @streetspiritnews
Sweeps are a way to push people further into the m Sweeps are a way to push people further into the margins of society and out of the public eye. They are a sham response to a manufactured issue. Sweeps will never solve homelessness, instead they play into the vicious cycle of homelessness. 

Organizers keep fighting back! Our outreach to the community tells us the trends of criminalization, dehumanization, & a gap in actually moving towards viable solutions are on full display. 

Criminalization of poor and unhoused people will continue to expand so long as the reins on America’s neoliberal approach to fiscal and social policy remain untethered. 

We must seek the commonalities between our communities in order to thread the power of our organizing together! 

*Note: This is an abridged version of the full article which can be found on our blog at bit.ly/fightsweeps 

Continue to support the work of WRAP members. All members are tagged in the post and the list can be found on our link tree. List below: 

@coalitiononhomelessness
@housekeysactionnetworkdenver
@humanrighttohousingcollective
@judismidnightdiner
@lacanetwork_official
@loveandjusticeinthestreets
@unumissoula
@streetspiritnews

Donate to WRAP to support our work! Donation link can be found in our link tree!
For 21 years, we’ve worked alongside @lacanetwork_ For 21 years, we’ve worked alongside @lacanetwork_official and other local groups, with community outreach guiding all our campaigns. 

The #Right2Rest Bill was introduced in Colorado, Oregon, and California, and WRAP member groups in all three states built it together from the same outreach to our collective community. 

It lost nine times across those states. 

The point was never just the bill. The point was the movement behind it. #HousekeysNotSweeps #HousekeysNotHandcuffs #WeWillNotDisappear
As part of our 21st Anniversary Celebration, we ho As part of our 21st Anniversary Celebration, we hosted an IG Live conversation between Paul and General Dogon with @lacanetwork_official about why WRAP was created: the idea of building a broader network of community organizations down for the serious fight for dignity and respect for our communities. 

We know that our job as organizers is to connect accountable organizations and build power collectively, because that makes us all stronger, it makes us all smarter, and it gives us more skills. #WRAP21 #HousekeysNotSweeps #HousekeysNotHandcuffs
The systems are doing what they were built to do: The systems are doing what they were built to do: displace people, criminalize poverty, protect profit. WRAP + our members organize and fight for dignity and respect.

Every one of us has a role right now; If you have resources, you make space for the folks with time, skills, & energy to work that magic. Every dollar keeps us moving.

$21, $210, or $2,100...it all keeps WRAP + members in sync. Link in bio!
Every day we witness the criminalization of povert Every day we witness the criminalization of poverty and homelessness where local governments across the country unleash the force of the State against people forced to live in public space. Blaming unhoused people for the fact homelessness exists while they continue to ignore the devastation of public and affordable housing program for people.

Read our post to understand what sweeps are and how they’re used in the cycle of homelessness! #StopTheSweeps
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