Western Regional Advocacy Project

Please come and support our unhoused community members at 22nd and Wazze and support residents of this encampment as they demand real housing or places where they are allowed to survive.

She also wants PPB to get rid of its Special Emergency Response (SERT) and Rapid Response teams. The latter is a key component in PPB's response to protests this year.

Portland, OR. Next STS meeting: Saturday, Nov 28, 2020, 2-4pm

repost LA CAN (Los Angeles Community Action Network) We will still host our annual Freedom Now event! This year, you can tune in online! Hosted by Emmy Award winner W. Kamau Bell, this years Freedom Now event continues the tradition of bringing the most powerful social action leaders together to celebrate LA CANs work. This year’s Freedom Now is guaranteed to move and inspire you! In addition a world class line up of activists, special guests and musical acts, LACAN’s very own Freedom Singers will serve an unforgettable mishmash of euphonic sounds from the streets. This is an event you cannot miss!! Register here: https://cangress.org/freedomnowcelebration/

repost Denver Homeless Out Loud Imagine you need a new roof so you gutters don't get clogged all the time. Then some folks come by and say hey we would like to clean your gutters... and you respond with I would really rather have my roof fixed so that when you clean the gutters it will mean something. Otherwise you all will just have to return to clean the gutters all the time and we will get nowhere. This is often what happens with services for the homeless. They are... often things that do not lead to solutions. Sure things may be better for a short time but since the real issue is not addressed the need never goes away. So if the person in the above story said no thanks for you gutter cleaning, I am going to look for someone to fix my roof and the gutter cleaner call them ungrateful. What do you call the gutter cleaners. I think the current term being used is KAREN. Local news coverage is unfortunately made from a KAREN point of view all too often. The problem with 2B is that it will lead to the equivalent of a lot of gutter washing without fixing any roofs so over time things will not get better they will worsen. Housing ends homelessness not a bunch of services that have to be repeated over and over and over us because there is no housing. Build the housing Denver #DoBetter. City council turned down a master lease amendment to the city budget last Monday. That would have ended homelessness for many quickly, but they turned it down 12-1. What kind of council would complain about too many visibly homeless folks and refuse to budget for an option that would end it. We call them KAREN. See more

repost Denver Homeless Out Loud One month ago today... The city has increased frequency and intensity of sweeps since. Wasting all that money, some of the folks at the camp near by the rally are now off of 6th and Sherman right next door to a news station that seems not to notice. What an opportunity for a story, what will they do when the police fence off the block and they can't get in and out of the news station.

repost Right 2 Survive Hygiene needs? Houseless? Stop by weekends 4-7 Fri & Sat 6-9 Sunday | 400 SE 12th Ave, Portland, OR

repost Sacramento Homeless Organizing Committee We know that law enforcement is not the answer to our community's mental health and housing issues. Call in today at noon to Behavioral Health Department listening sessions to join the conversation!! You can also submit written comments!

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repost St. Mary's Center mourns the passing of Diana Davis, a member of our Council of Elders and a fierce advocate for Seniors. Diana was a leader in her community, her neighborhood and St. Mary's Center. Please join us in sending condolences to her family and friends.

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