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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…

Denver, Co. Funding for Sanitation Resources Going Well Thanks to YOU!! Can we make it to 25k??!

It is half way through September and we have made just over $14,000 toward maintaining our Sanitation Stations at encampments!! That is huge!!! THANK YOU SOOO MUCH to all of you who have donated to make this possible! With this…

Cited for Being in Plain Sight: How California Polices Being Black, Brown and Unhoused in Public.

The Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights of the San Francisco Bay Area is excited to invite you to a panel discussing our new groundbreaking report, Cited for Being in Plain Sight: How California Polices Being Black, Brown and Unhoused in…

Denver, Co. Arrested for being Black and Homeless

City Arrests and Takes Property of Houseless People with No Notice Today, September 10th 2020, the police arrested two black homeless men – one for being 6 minutes late to move his stuff, the other for supposed threats – after…

WRAP Statement Regarding COVID-19

With the spread of COVID-19, we must remember that our communities’ health is interconnected — it is critical to ensure adequate medical care and hygiene for every person, especially those who are unhoused. Many houseless people are immunocompromised or disabled…

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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.