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.
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.
Sweeps Street Outreach Form
You can download the outreach document here and start using locally.
Scan/mail us the completed forms and we will compile local responses and add those to a national factsheet
Any questions e mail us wrap@wraphome.org or give a call (415) 621-2533
Encuesta Nacional de Desalojos y Redadas
Puedes descargar el documento aquí y empezar a utilizarlo localmente. Escanee o envíenos por correo electrónico los formularios completos y compilaremos las respuestas locales y las agregaremos a una hoja informativa nacional.
Si tiene alguna pregunta, envíenos un correo electrónico a wrap@wraphome.org o llámenos al (415) 621-2533
Sweeps Outreach Handout
Download this outreach handout to share in your community. Add your local contact information for follow.
If you need help doing that let us know … wrap@wraphome.org or give a call (415) 621-2533
Folleto de Informacion Nacional de Desalojos
Descargue este folleto informativo para compartir en su comunidad. Agregue su información de contacto local para seguirlo.
Si necesita ayuda para hacerlo, háganoslo saber… wrap@wraphome.org o llámenos al (415) 621-2533
WRAP Members
- Coalition on Homelessness, San Francisco
- Housekeys Action Network Denver
- Human Right to Housing Collective
- Judi’s Midnight Diner
- Los Angeles Community Action Network
- Love and Justice in the Streets – Oakland
- Unhoused Neighbors Union Missoula
- Sacramento Homeless Organizing Committee
- Street Spirit – Berkeley
- Stop the Sweeps – Seattle
- Stop the Sweeps – Portland
- Where Do We Go Berkeley
The preliminary findings from our street outreach to over 1657 homeless people in 16 communities shows:
- 82% of survey respondents reported being harassed, cited, or arrested for sleeping.
- 77% of survey respondents reported being harassed, cited, or arrested for sitting or lying on the sidewalk.
- 75% of survey respondents reported being harassed, cited, or arrested for loitering or hanging out.
- Only 26% of the respondents said they knew of a safe place to sleep at night.
- See the full results here: Street outreach fact sheet
- Observe los resultados aqui: Censo Nacional en Derechos Civiles
If you would like to add your communities voice to this effort download the forms below, complete the surveys, and send them into us. We will add them to the national results and send you your local & national results.
English Form Spanish Form
English Outreach Form Download
Spanish Outreach Form Download
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. Documentation is vital, use the form below to do that!
New Sweeps Form
