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Oregon Legislature kills the Right to Rest Act (HB 2367) after 7-minute “hearing”

The Oregon Right to Rest Act (HB 2367) would have removed laws that further entrench people into poverty and traumatize our neighbors by citing them for sleeping, sitting, and standing in public space. In spite of the overwhelming public response…

Oregon Right to Rest (HB 2367) Hearing April 13th – Media Advisory

Media Advisory: Right to Rest Act (HB 2367) For Immediate Release April 5, 2021 Salem, OR The bill they can’t kill, the Sweeps that do! Oregon’s houseless face life and death each day on the streets and deserve the dignity…

House Keys Not Handcuffs: The Law and the Criminalization of Homelessness Event

House Keys Not Handcuffs: The Law and the Criminalization of Homelessness Wednesday, April 7, 2021 5:00 – 6:30 EDT Register: http://bit.ly/HKNHLaw (Zoom info will be shared day of the event) Co-sponsored by the CUNY Law Housing Rights Project, the CUNY…

San Francisco, Honoring Ronnie Goodman at MoMA PS1, March 24 6:30-8:00 EDT

A panel and short film screening Honoring Ronnie Goodman will be held at MoMA PS1 in an online presentation as part of the exhibition Marking Time. Nicole Goodman, Ronnie’s daughter, will be there, Nicole Fleetwood, curator of the exhibition will…

Denver, SWEEPS this week 3/17+ 3/18

The city continues to SWEEP encampments AGAINST CDC guidelines during a PANDEMIC! They have not learned that sweeping people does not work! DOTI has planned SWEEPS THIS WEEK on Wednesday and Thursday for 21st and California and California and Welton Street and Park Avenue. The SWEEPS will begin each day…

We Cannot Address Discriminatory Police Enforcement Until We Overturn Discriminatory Laws

Despite Oregon legislature’s emphasis on “police accountability” this session, the Judiciary Committee refused to address discriminatory policing in public space. The day before it was scheduled to be heard, Chair Janelle Bynum pulled the Right to Rest Act (HB 2367)…

Salem, OR. Media Advisory: Right to Rest Act (HB 2367)

Media Advisory: Right to Rest Act (HB 2367) For immediate release March 2, 2021 Contact: Paul Boden | (415) 430-7358 stopthesweepspdx@gmail.com | wrap@wraphome.org Right to Rest Act (HB 2367) was reintroduced to the Oregon State Legislature. Sponsored…

The Right To Rest Act is back in action — In Oregon!!!

Hey Hey Everyone! HB 2367 introduced by Representative Campos – Co-Sponsored by Reps Grayber and Pham It is scheduled for a hearing on March 9th at 1:30 pm…..Things are moving freaking quick! As you see from the attached fact…

Zoom Press Release FRIDAY 12pmPST- JAILS2STREETS – From Housed to Houseless Post-Incarceration

For Immediate Release Press Contacts Leroy Moore or Tiny Garcia- (510) 435-7500 deeandtiny@gmail.com JAILS2STREETS – From Housed to Houseless Post-Incarceration Recent poor and incarcerated people-led research reveals the direct connection between incarceration and homelessness What: Jails2Streets Zoom Press Release …

Action Needed: Urge Your U.S. Representative to Include Funds for Homeless Children’s Education in COVID bill

BACKGROUND: The U.S. House of Representatives will act this week and next on the education funding in President Biden’s COVID-19 package, which totals $130 billion for public schools. Currently, not a single penny is targeted to meet the educational needs…