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City Threatening Sweep of about 100 People Violating Pending Lawsuit Settlement

About 100 people without housing living in tents and tarps along 24th and California across from Sunny Lawson Park on public property are facing a massive sweep tomorrow (Wednesday 9/11/2019) where the city is threatening to take all of their…

Community Wants Answers After Police Shooting of Unarmed Black Man in Venice | FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE August 15, 2019 CONTACTS: Pete White, Los Angeles Community Action Network, 213-434-1594 | petew@cangress.org Dan Stormer, Civil Rights Attorney & Board Member, National Lawyers Guild Los Angeles, 213-361-7751 | dstormer@hadsellstormer.com Community Wants Answers After Police Shooting…

St. Mary’s Center Annual Homeless Memorial “compassion, Dignity, Respect!” | Oakland, CA

St. Mary’s Center Annual Homeless Memorial “compassion, Dignity, Respect!” Thursday, December 6th, 2018 at 11:00 am 925 Brockhurst Street, Oakland At San Pablo Avenue Join us as we lift up our community members who have lived and died on our…

Community Converges on Thanksgiving Eve to Demand Human Rights, End Homeless Sweeps | Denver , Colorado

When: Wednesday November 21st 2018 6pm Where: Location to be announced What: Community Convergence Demanding End of Homeless Sweeps After 4 weeks of non-stop police sweeps of homeless people trying to survive the winter, the people of Denver are saying…

Kick off the Denver Right to Survive Campaign Saturday!

Do you have your blanket ready? Do you have your picnic food ready? Well you have less than a day… Denver Right to Survive Campaign Kick off Picnic is Saturday October 27th 2018 at 12noon at Civic Center Park. Lets…

Press Conference Media | Bay Area Curbside Communities Respond To UN Special Report On Homelessness Naming Oakland, San Francisco As Human Rights Violators

Bay Area Curbside Communities Respond To UN Special Report On Homelessness Naming Oakland, San Francisco As Human Rights Violators The Village in Oakland #feedthepeople Candice Elder with The East Oakland Collective speaking at the oct 23 press conference on the…

Denver Right to Survive Initiative Makes Ballot for May 2019!!!

What: Denver Right to Survive Campaign Kick off Picnic Potluck When: October 27th, 12pm Where: Civic Center Park (by Bannock, between Colfax and 14th ave) On Monday October 22nd 2018 the Denver Elections Division announced that the Denver Right to…

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE. September 18, 2018. UC Berkeley Report Release Homeless Exclusion Districts

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE September 18, 2018 What: UC Berkeley Report Release Where: 10:30am @ San Francisco City Hall. 1 Carlton B Goodlett Pl, San Francisco, CA Where: 12:00pm @ 5th and Spring St. Downtown Los Angeles, CA Where: 12:00pm @…

I’M BIG……I’M BAD……..I’M A BID!!

Patrolling and controlling our public spaces— sidewalks, streets and parks— Business Improvement Districts (BIDs) are privatizing our downtowns and main thoroughfares. Our public spaces are becoming corridors and shopping centers that are welcoming consumers with open arms and excluding everyone…

Right to Rest Fest is this Monday January 29th !! BE THERE!!

The Right to Rest Fest is only 6 days away…! This is the big kick off of the Right to Rest Act for the 2018 legislative session. You will want to be there! January 29th at 11am at the State…