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BREAKING: Homeless Camp In Standoff With Petaluma Police Seeking to Evict Them

For Immediate Release: Steamer Landing Park, Petaluma CA, Friday April 30 7:00 AM With no shelter space or housing available, the homeless at Steamer Landing Park are banding together and will challenge the unlawful sweep planned Friday morning. Under the…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

SAVE THE DATE!! 22nd Homelessness Marathon to air Wednesday, December 9th, 6-10 p.m., ET

For immediate release 22nd Homelessness Marathon to air Wednesday, December 9th, 6-10 p.m., ET CONTACT: Jeremy Alderson, 607-546-2084, radio@lightlink.com, http://news.homelessnessmarathon.org Jessica Lockhart, 207-780-4598, programdirector@wmpg.org, http://www.wmpg.org The Covid-19 pandemic has made it harder to do our annual Homelessness Marathon…

Weigh in TODAY on Oakland’s Encampment Proposal

Bay Area Legal Aid’s Comments to Oakland’s Proposed Homeless Encampment Management Policy PDF Action Alert: Reach out to the City Council of Oakland and urge members to reject the Oakland City Administrator’s proposed encampment policy that will result in unconstitutional…

San Francisco, CA. Cited in Plain Sight: How California Polices Being Black, Brown and Unhoused in Public!

The release of our new report revealed thousands of non-traffic infractions are disproportionately enforced on Black, Latinx and unhoused Californians each year, primarily for behavior that amounts to simply existing in public: sitting, sleeping, and loitering (standing). Here are resources…