Forty one years after the advent of contemporary homelessness, it is time this country realize that we will not disappear nor cease to exist. We are demanding our rights and fighting like hell for ALL people (housed & unhoused) to be treated with the dignity and respect all people deserve.
House Keys Not Handcuffs Sweeps Outreach Fact Sheet
Continue reading to understand the common trends we’ve identified about sweeps. Of the 270 people we have spoken with so far:
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Sweeps Outreach Forms and Handouts
Outreach is a building block for organizing. It is a critical activity that is used to ensure our work in the community is accountable. It is a two-way education process between a organization and the members of the community most impacted by any particular issue. Organizers meet community members where they are and document their feedback and experiences. The information we learn, what we learn from each other, guides our organizing campaigns, our priorities, demands and artwork. To ensure we are not speaking on behalf of, but lifting up the voices of our community.
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Street Outreach Training Webinar
At 59:00 min Turn on captions to follow along with the speaker.
- The political situation is ever evolving and it is important to understand the impact of the different developments.
- Outreach is a methodology to understand people’s conditions and to identify trends amongst people’s input.
- Documenting and compiling the results ensures that your priorities, messaging, research, artwork and organizing are directly accountable and reflective of the community.
Houseless people often live in communities or “encampments” for their safety and well being. Belongings and community are necessary for survival, but private and public agencies have deemed both these things illegal and are aggressively and violently policing, sweeping, harassing and attacking our houseless neighbors. They are evicted from their encampments and their life preserving belongings are repeatedly stolen.
These cruel and unnecessary acts are an extraordinary waste of resources and cause serious harm. Clearly our governments are not choosing the real solutions to homelessness– human rights, livable incomes, healthcare, jobs, or a reinstatement of federal affordable housing funding.
Outreach is a building block for organizing. It is a critical activity that is used to ensure our work in the community is accountable. It is a two-way education process between a organization and the members of the community where we live!
WRAP Sweeps Coloring Book
A coloring book to help understand sweeps, how organizers fight back against the criminalization, destruction of private property and banishment of poor & homeless people from our communities.
