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HB 2367 Right To Rest Act Call To Action!

Dear Right To Rest supporters, and friends, The Right To Rest Act (HB 2367 – which was originally written by WRAP’s homeless-led and accountable groups, including Right 2 Survive and Sisters of the Road in OR, CA, and CO over …

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…

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…

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…

House Keys Not Sweeps

House Keys Not Sweeps 10 Cities Join Forces to Defend OUR Humanity!! WRAP’s House Keys Not Sweeps campaign is underway. Can you help us reach our goal of $15,000 with a generous gift today? We can’t do all the work…

The Pandemic Has Shown Us The System MUST Change Now

By WRAP and Molly Beckhardt Many will not remember this, but before the early 1980s, there weren’t millions of homeless people in the United States. Far too many lived in poverty, but people were not forced to live in…

Newsom – Santa Cruz Refuses to Place the Unhoused in Hotels protest today

Newsom – Santa Cruz Refuses to Place the Unhoused in Hotels protest today

Monday, April 20, 2020 Noon to 2:00 at 1505 Ocean Street, Santa Cruz, California Tell Governor Newsom that Santa Cruz is one of those NIMBY communities that refuses to implement Project Roomkey. Join the Physical Distancing Picket at the hotel…

Take Action Colorado! Call Governor Polis and Demand Housing Now! (303) 866-2885.

Update on City (In)Action Re Needs of the Unhoused in this COVID Crisis Over the past 4 plus weeks of the COVID emergency, we have been demanding action from the City and the State to protect all of us –…

Letter to Governor Polis Sent Demanding Housing Be Opened for Houseless

Letter to Governor Polis Sent Demanding Housing Be Opened for Houseless

Letter to Governor Polis Sent Demanding Housing Be Opened for Houseless After filing a Writ of Mandamus on April 1st 2020, today we sent a letter to Governor Polis demanding he take the action laid out in the Mandamus to…