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Cleaning up the Gilman – Where Do We Go Berkeley?

Day One: Two sides of Gilman complete. Three more sides at Gilman to go. There are stacks of garbage because we still need Caltrans to pick it up. Supervising a large scale clean up has shown me that we need…

Take Action: Support #WhereDoWeGoBerk people are in need of:

• Garbage bags • Water • Tents • Medical support • Legal support But more importantly We Need Your Solidarity! @ University and Frontage Road across from Sea Breeze Market For More information Please Contact: wheredowegoberk@gmail.com or wrap@wraphome.org Where Do…

A Statement from Where do we go? #wheredowegoberk

Please Share. @Harpers cover with NO ATTRIBUTION to the Where do we go? Berkeley Movement. The headline refers to Silicon Valley but these tents are in the Seabreeze Berkeley homeless encampment. Caltrans took our tents. You (Harper’s) stole the symbol…

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE | Unhoused March on City Hall and Occupation of the Seabreeze and I-80 University Underpass Encampments

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Andrea Henson wheredowegoberk@gmail.com 510-640-7390 What: A collective stand against the evictions and harassment of homeless people in Berkeley Where: The Seabreeze/I-80 Underpass, 598 University Avenue When: Wednesday, October 23rd at 9 am and Thursday, October 24th…

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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.