Category: Homelessness
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National Coalition for the Homeless 20 Years of Hate – National Coalition for the Homeless
https://nationalhomeless.org/20-years-of-hate/ California saw the most crimes against people experiencing homelessness in 2018 and 2019. Often considered ground zero for homelessness, Los Angeles, in particular, saw almost 10% of overall incidents recorded, from acid attacks and video-taped stabbings to police officers murdering a homeless man after a noise complaint. I can’t even think of something to…
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Thou Shall Not Be Poor
Let’s be honest… We are capitalists. We are swimming in a giant lake of capitalism. We have never swum in any other lake. This lake provides for us. And we all love to talk about how absolutely incredible this lake is (even though ALL of us know this lake has some real problems). So it…
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Lansing Sweeps Homeless Camp Despite CDC Guidelines.
Lansing officials tell people to leave homeless camp by Monday “Clearing encampments can cause people to disperse throughout the community and break connections with service providers,” the guidance says. “This increases the potential for infectious disease spread.” Why do they not adhere to CDC guidelines? It’s simple. THEY HATE HOMELESS PEOPLE. IT’S ALL ABOUT HOMELESS HATE.
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St. Paul Homeless Camp Fire
Fire breaks out at downtown St. Paul homeless encampment – StarTribune.com Friday’s fire comes as city officials are preparing to close eight homeless encampments in the city, including the one at Kellogg Park, and relocate residents to shelters starting next week. They cite a risk of fires and exposure to the cold for the impending…
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Seattle Police Arrest Homeless People
Seattle police clear homeless camp, make arrests | TribLIVE.com SEATTLE — Police cleared a homeless camp in Seattle early Friday morning after a judge declined to block authorities from removing the people and tents. Police arrested 24 people and accused them of various offenses including failure to disperse, trespass and resisting arrest, the Seattle Police…
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From CNN: With evictions ban expiring soon, new housing crisis could threaten minorities most
With evictions ban expiring soon, new housing crisis could threaten minorities most “Communities of color are the hardest hit by the eviction crisis, representing 80 percent of the vulnerable,” according to the National Low Income Housing Coalition. https://www.cnn.com/2020/12/18/us/minorities-evictions-coronavirus/index.html
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9.9 million
According to the US Census Household Pulse Survey, by the end of October, 9.9 million Americans were not up-to-date on their rent or mortgage payments and had little to no confidence that their household could pay next month’s rent or mortgage on time.
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NEWSFLASH: Homeless People Are Not Animals
Here’s an article on the fact that only 2 people went into an emergency shelter: Only two homeless people sought safety in emergency winter storm shelter – but for providers, it’s a teaching moment – pennlive.com I am never disappointed in seeing how completely ignorant homeless service providers are to who homeless people are, what…
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A federal judge will not stop the city from clearing out a homeless encampment in Seattle.
The story is always the same. Government officials say people “shouldn’t” live in tents. Then they say there is shelter available. But what they DON’T says is that the shelters won’t let you bring your pet or your significant other or most of your belongings. Just because a bed is open doesn’t me that it…
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COMPLACENCY
I can’t decide who frustrates me more: White people who say they care about black people and then elect Joe Biden (who’s sole contribution to BLM so far is to tell you to shut up about “Defunding” the police.) Or the entire rest of society who doesn’t get the humanitarian nightmare of people of every…
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The Alarm Sounded
When the alarm sounded and a pregnant 20 year old woman needed help… Did the Continuum Care help? Did Access Shelter for women help? Did the battered Women’s shelter help? Did the Haven of Rest Help? Did the government help? Did one single FUCKING church help? No. I literally BEGGED for help and every organization…
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WHAT IF
The Battered Women’s Shelter in Akron has an ENTIRE floor in their spiffy new building that has never been opened to shelter people. They own an entire apartment building that sits empty. They tore down a house designated as a shelter (no easy feat to get “shelter” status.) I wish I could say they are…
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Akron Movement
I quicky put some ideas together for something I’m calling the Akron Movement. I am SO into the idea of getting people to engage with politics and realize that they have the power to make the world what they want it to be. Additionally, there is a deep level of hopelessness in rust belt cities…
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The Dark Night Of The Soul.
THIS is something we need to discuss in greater detail. There is a profound understanding our houseless neighbors have of the power of the Irrational, of a total annihilation, of the darkest depression… That rebirths them, bloody and in anguish, into a relationship with God that most of us could never possibly grasp. Where all…
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The Needle
I knew who threw this rig on the ground. I was angry at him. But I thought he broke the needle off so I was mixed emotionally about it. But I was wrong. I pulled the orange cap off and the needle was still fully intact. I broke off the needle on the ground, put…
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Why do you care about people?
I’m growing to hate larger and larger swaths of people. People that are irate for having to wear a mask even though there is a good chance it would protect our elderly and sick from dying. People that will blindly stand with police even though we can all clearly see that police are getting away…
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My Position On Violent Activism – October 2020.
I watched a really powerful interview on Fox News with the president of Black Lives Matter in New York, Hawk Newsome: This interview was incredibly interesting to me because he is our modern day MLK or Malcolm X. He is responding to the police and government tactics of 2020. Many things are similar to the…
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Do The Right Thing
Do the lessons of the world yell at you like they yell at me? I worked at Perkins restaurant washing dishes when I was 14. The manager said I was doing too much. I played the trombone. I played the cello and I was in choir. He said I needed to quit something. I was…