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Denver, Co. Colorado State Troopers and Denver City Raid Encampment at Lincoln Park: 200 PLUS PEOPLE KICKED OUT WITH NOWHERE TO GO AND NO WARNING

Denver, CO– Today, Wednesday July 29th 2020, Governor Polis and Mayor Hancock ordered a mass sweep of Lincoln Park where 154 tents, about 200 people without housing, have been living for the past couple of months. The sweep was planned…

Denver, Co. CALL FOR SUPPORT! Sign on to Letter to Governor Demanding No Sweeps or State Troopers Policing Our Communities

As you may have heard, on Thursday July 23rd 2020, Governor Polis called on the City of Denver to send police to sweep homeless communities off State land, and later that day the City of Denver gave the Governor the…

Denver, CO. Governor Polis Calls on City to Sweep Homeless People off State Property – State Troopers Given Authority by City NO SWEEPS ARE OK!! NO STATE TROOPERS POLICING OUR COMMUNITIES!!

Yesterday, July 23rd 2020, Governor Polis called on Denver to kick homeless people living in tents on state property, including Lincoln Park and around the Governor’s Mansion, out through police force. Polis said he “encourages any law enforcement to remove…

Denver, CO. Denver Tent Count: Facing the Reality of Mass Homelessness in Denver

Denver, CO — On Friday July 17th 2020, volunteers with Denver Homeless Out Loud (DHOL) hit the streets to count tents across the city of Denver. The final count at the end of the day was 664. This count came…

Portland, OR. Sweeps support hotline is LIVE – PDF attached.

STS organizers, Several people working with the Stop the Sweeps Pdx coalition have created a people’s neighborhood legal collective “sweeps support hotline”, designed for houseless folks and supporters to call and report any and all sweeps-related activities. Flyer is attached,…

Oakland, CA. For Immediate Release:Black, Brown, Disabled, Houseless & Poor people teach a workshop on how they have built a community that NEVER engages with PoLice

Press Contact:Lisa Garcia/Leroy Moore (510) 435-7500 – email: poormag@gmail.com Black, Brown, Disabled, Houseless & Poor people teach a workshop on how they have built a community that NEVER engages with PoLice thru a powerful healing model of accountability This workshop…

Denver, CO. FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE COURT GRANTS AG’S MOTION TO DISMISS WRIT OF MANDAMUS REQUESTING THAT THE COLORADO DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH HELP THE HOMELESS DURING THE COVID-19 CRISIS

Denver, CO–Today, the Denver District Court ruled that the Colorado Department of Public Health is not responsible for the public health of Colorado. Numerous advocacy groups, on behalf of thousands of Colorado homeless, filed a Writ of Mandamus April 1,…

Oakland, CA. Developers Lobby Local Politicians to Deny Black Unhoused Residents Covid19 Intervention

THE PANDEMIC AND DRIVER’S PLAZA SHHP Fighting 10 Years of Attacks on North Oakland’s Black Community Racist Newcomers Lobby To Remove Portapotty During Covid19 WHOSE PARK? OUR PARK! SAVE DRIVER’S PLAZA! Speak Out and Day of Healing From The Trauma…

Denver Tent Count: July 17th Join us!

When: July 17th 2020 1pm – 4pm (ish) 8pm – 10pm (ish) Where: Denver Homeless Out Loud office – 2260 California st Denver CO 80205 (and then to the streets…) What: We will be meeting at the office and then…

Hotels Not Graves: Preventing The Spread of COVID19 Amongst Unhoused

MEDIA ADVISORY PHOTO OP JULY 2, 2020 Contact: Talya Husbands-Hankin 917-301-4149 talyahh@gmail.com Who Created A Successful Covid19 Hotel Pilot Program for Unhoused Residents in Oakland? Unhoused Leaders & Grassroots Advocates Did OAKLAND CA- Since April 24, 2020, three grassroots homeless…

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