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Portland, OR. Handcuffed and Unhoused

Handcuffed and Unhoused, data reporter Melissa Lewis and producer Emily Harris investigate what happens when local residents call police on unhoused people in their neighborhood, analyzing arrest data across six major West Coast cities with large homeless populations.…

Indigenous People’s Day 5 Solidarity Phone Zap Today!

Support the Indigenous People’s Day 5 On December 8, the group known as the Indigenous People’s Day 5 are facing trial. We are participating in a phone zap to continue to put pressure on the DA. Please call Marin County…

Sausalito, CA. Anger Grows About Police Brutality In Sausalito After Journalist Attacked By Infamous Police Sergeant

For Immediate Release Sausalito, CA A protest is planned Saturday December 11th, 2pm Protest at Sausalito Police Station to demand that Sausalito Police Sergeant Thomas Georges be immediately removed from his position in Sausalito and barred from serving in any capacity…

NHLC – First National Study of State Laws Criminalizing Homelessness Released

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Sam Scarrow scarrow@voicesforciviljustice.org 215-264-3252 First National Study of State Laws Criminalizing Homelessness Released Widespread Criminalization of Sheltering, Camping, and Other Means of Survival (December 1, 2021, Washington, D.C.) – The National Homelessness Law Center (Law Center)…

Los Angeles, CA. AUTOMATING BANISHMENT – Released Today

Dear Friends, We are happy to announce the release of our latest report Automating Banishment: The Surveillance and Policing of Looted Land. 15 months in the making, Automating Banishment is truly a community-based report envisioned, researched, drafted, and edited by…

Monday, November 15, Time: 12: 30 p.m. ET | Ending Homelessness and Promoting Racial Equity Through the Human Right to Housing: What’s Happening on the Hill

Ending Homelessness and Promoting Racial Equity Through the Human Right to Housing: What’s Happening On the Hill Date: Monday, November 15, 2021 Time: 12:30 p.m. – 2:00 p.m. ET Format: Free non-CLE Webinar Sponsor: ABA Section of Civil Rights …

Los Angeles, CA. Nov. 9, 2pm–Say NO to Arming L.A. City Park Rangers!

Hello EHN-LA members and supporters, As if the criminalization of unhoused people through “special enforcement zones” all over the city isn’t cruel enough, the city council is now considering arming park rangers. Today at 2pm, the L.A. City…

Los Angeles, CA. AUTOMATING BANISHMENT: Coming Tomorrow Monday 11/8

Dear Friends, Tomorrow – Monday, November 8th, the Stop LAPD Spying Coalition is launching AUTOMATING BANISHMENT: THE SURVEILLANCE AND POLICING OF LOOTED LAND, our new report on data-driven policing’s relationship to real estate development and settler colonialism. This community-based report…

Oakland, CA. Prints & Protest: The Legacy of Poster Making and Social Justice Movements

November 5, 2021 | 5:30-7:00PM PT Onsite at Oakland Asian Cultural Center Details & RSVP at www.oacc.cc Bay Area printmakers and community artists reflect on the role of printmaking in social justice movements. The Bay Area has been the site…

San Francisco, CA. Poster Syndicate Exhibition at San Francisco Main Library 6th Floor | 100 Larkin St, San Francisco, CA 94102

Poster Syndicate The exhibition at the San Francisco Public Library is up and looks great. There are over 60 posters in the show on the 6th floor of the Main Library in Civic Center. The street side cases at the…