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Denver, CO. SWEEPS update week of Jan 11-15, 2021

This week the City of Denver conducted two SWEEPS (traumatic displacements of residents). Tuesday January 12th the City SWEPT approximately 15 residents from 600 S. Cherokee near Santa Fe and Iowa. Here is a picture of a perfectly good Vespa…

Denver, CO. SWEEPS This Week 1/12+1/13

W. Wesley and Galapago near Santa Fe is scheduled for a sweep on Wednesday January 13th. Watch below TWO sweeps are scheduled for next week. 1600 S. Cherokee near Santa Fe and Iowa is scheduled for Tuesday, January 12th. W.…

Novato, CA. Violent Attacks on Unhoused People in Novato Spur Camp-In Protest at City Hall Today

For Immediate Release Contact Robbie Powelson: 415-847-7500 — Novato CA – A week after a person was caught on camera slashing tents in a Novato homeless encampment, unhoused community members and supporting activists are camping outside of Novato City Hall…

Denver, CO. SWEEPS update

Yesterday morning, once again, our city’s DDPHE, DOTI, EHS, DFD, and DPD were out traumatically displacing our unhoused community members. Fencing went up YESTERDAY around 4:30pm. Approximately 20 Denver residents were traumatically displaced by the very people charged with serving…

Judge Susan van Keulen just granted a 7 day extension of the Temporary Restraining Order (TRO) protecting the campers at San Lorenzo Park from eviction for one more week.

Federal Magistrate Judge Susan van Keulen just granted a 7 day extension of the Temporary Restraining Order (TRO) protecting the campers at San Lorenzo Park from eviction for one more week. Another hearing will be held on January 13, 2021.…

Portland, OR. Save Hazelnut Grove

We are writing today to request your endorsement on a petition and campaign to save Hazelnut Grove. Hazelnut Grove is a self-governed tiny cabin village in North Portland. It is a community, a village, and a model for housing in…

Denver, CO. SWEEP Thursday 1/7/21

After a brief halt on SWEEPS during the holiday, we just received notice that a SWEEP is scheduled for January 7th at 11th and Acoma. The cold has not stopped them, the snow has not stopped them, the lawsuit has…

Denver, CO. SWEEP schedule, January 6, 2020

After a brief halt on SWEEPS during the holiday, we just received notice that a SWEEP is scheduled for January 6th at 27th/28th/29th, Tremont, Glenarm, Marion. The cold has not stopped them, the snow has not stopped them, the lawsuit…

TOMORROW! International Online Celebration: 15 Years of Empowering the Homeless!

FINAL REMINDER!! Tomorrow, December 23, 2020 The National Union of the Homeless presents: HOUSING NOW!! No More Death in the Streets!! The15th Anniversary Celebration Honoring the South African Shackdwellers (Abahlali) Movement and the Western Regional Advocacy Project (WRAP) in the…

TODAY MUTUAL AID UNSHELTERED SUPPORT TRAINING + SYMPOSIUM! RSVP here by Friday, Dec 18, 2020 @ 5PM PST.

MUTUAL AID UNSHELTERED SUPPORT TRAINING + SYMPOSIUM! FREE public zoom training on supporting unsheltered folx in PDX. RSVP here by Friday, Dec 18, 2020 @ 5PM PST. You will receive an invitation to our MUTUAL AID UNSHELTERED SUPPORT TRAINING + SYMPOSIUM! The…

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Essay: What I learned about police while homeless

whyy.org

When I lost my sublet and joined the community of people living at a fixed address, I found that police perceived me as a danger.

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This guy's story is all too common, but one part of it that's not mentioned is what happened to his 6th Amendment right to counsel from the time of his very first court date? Seems that competent counsel could have prevented this horror from the beginning, and it's a fact that right to counsel failures are systemic all across the country, especially in the context of indigent people being brought up on petty and even unconstitutional charges.

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