Sisters of the Road

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“The victim who is able to articulate the situation of the victim has ceased to be a victim:
he or she has become a threat.”
—James Baldwin from The Devil Finds Work

This is in the Golden Triangle Business Improvement District, basically right in the heart of downtown DC. BIDs have been one of the main tools used by the DC government to displace poor and unhoused people and make the city more attractive for real estate developers and investors

Street Roots needs urgent support to raise $288,000 by September 30 to stabilize our cash flow and avoid cutting any services that our vendors and community rely on. Please visit our donation page where you can find more info and make a gift. streetroots.org/donate

This is awesome and I could not be happier with how this hiring process went. Just the start of some good things to come!

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We have some VERY exciting news! We hope you’ll join us in welcoming our newest members of the team!

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Wait! I thought Trump was supposed to be “ending homelessness.”

HUD just announced a nationwide audit of Section 8 “citizen status.”

Mixed-status families could lose rental assistance, even when kids are U.S. citizens. Families including children could be thrown into eviction & face homelessness.

trimet doesn’t turn away people traveling to cooling shelters during a heatwave because public transit has an obligation to serve all users that isn’t shared by any other part of our transportation system. important to remember when you hear about the existential threats facing transit today

#StopTheSweeps #LandBack #FreePalestine

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“If they don’t give you a seat at the table, bring in a folding chair”

Shirley Chisholm - 1st Black woman elected to US Congress

Unhoused people are just the most accessible target. It won’t stop there.

The play was an absolute blast! If you have a chance to get to go see it before the end of its run August 31!

Super excited about this afternoon! Still seats available if you want to purchase at the door!

Flyer with text. Text: Training: Migra Watch, ICE Watch. Wednesday, August 13 & 27 6-7:30 pm, RSVP to receive location. Learn how to safely identify and respond to potential ICE activity in your community. How to spot and verify ICE presence. How to plug into PIRC's rapid response network. Know-your rights. After training you can join the PIRC hotline ecosystem and receive real-time alerts to help confirm ICE sightings in your community. No experience need. Just show up, learn, and tap in! RSVP: bit.ly/oregonicewatch

Hey Portland, there’s a lot of fear in our immigrant communities right now and one way you can help is attending a MigraWatch/ICE Watch Training. You’ll learn how to safely identify and verify potential ICE activity, and how to contribute to PIRC’s rapid response network.

Tomorrow the Homelessness & Housing Committee will receive an update on Mayor Wilson’s shelter plan.

His administration has done more sweeps than Mayor Wheeler’s did before him.

I think it’s more than fair to ask if that’s working.

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🎸 About 20 years ago, @sistersoftheroad.bsky.social successfully broke the Guinness World Records by organizing the "world's largest guitar band" at Pioneer Courthouse Square, playing this song. The "Guitarzilla" fundraiser event was repeated the following year.

🏠Join us for the panel discussion afterwards on housing rights with Sisters of the Road, Leaven Community Land & Housing and our award winning local paper @streetroots.bsky.social 📰

🎉Tourchsong Theatre Co has added a special matinee performance on August 16th at 2pm for their modern Robin Hood Musical, "Ballad of the Merry Folx"!

All proceeds with benefit Sisters of the Road, and Leaven Community Land & Housing.

TICKETS: torchsongentertainment.square.site

We need to redefine “national security” and what makes us safe.

Making sure people are fed and housed makes us safe.
Healthcare for all makes us safe.
Renewable energy and climate solutions make us safe.

Imagine if we funded these instead of mass kidnapping and swamp prisons.

“We are not outnumbered we're out organized”

Quote often attributed to Malcolm X

(also sometimes attributed to Black Panther Bobby Seal and South African Anti-Apartheid activist Steve Biko)

Come to see our Avalon Village in #hosfordabernathy and listen to awesome free local chamber music!

“Neither love nor terror makes one blind: indifference makes one blind.”

— James Baldwin “If Beale Street Could Talk”

Goldstone's work needs to be understood. We're cranking up the number of people who are homeless into the millions, and the rich are making a fortune off exacerbating not just the number of homeless folks, but also their levels of suffering

It is a crime against humanity

Learn more and read National Homelessness Law
Center's full statement at the link below:

Green on black text over grid “The executive order seeks to end Housing First, a proven strategy in ending homelessness” Stylistic “ over box with quote: “[this part highlighted with red box] In concrete terms, the order seeks to divert funding from two pillars of mainstream homelessness practice, "housing first," the prioritization of permanent housing over temporary shelter, and "harm reduction," the rejection of abstinence as a condition of receiving services and housing. [end of red box] According to the order, grants issued under the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration should "not fund programs that fail to achieve adequate outcomes, including so-called 'harm reduction' or 'safe consumption' efforts that only facilitate illegal drug use and its attendant harm." And the secretary of Health and Human Services and the secretary of Housing and Urban Development should, to the extent permitted by law, end support for "housing first" policies that "deprioritize accountability and fail to promote treatment, recovery, and self-sufficiency." Cited: “Source: Los Angeles Times ‘Criminalization or support? President Trump's executive order on homelessness gets mixed reaction’”

Stylistic “ box “This Executive Order is rooted in outdated, racist myths about homelessness and will undoubtedly make homelessness worse... [Bold]Trump's actions will force more people into homelessness,[/Bold] divert taxpayer money away from people in need, and [Bold] make it harder for local communities to solve homelessness.” Cited “Source: The National Homelessness Law Center”

Black text on green over grid “The executive order does not stop there- it demands a full diversion of funds towards criminalization” Smaller black text: “In section 3 of the order titled ‘Fighting Vagrancy on America's Streets’ it states:” [in Stylistic “ Box] “‘The attorney general and the other federal agencies should take steps to ensure that grants go to states and cities that enforce prohibitions on open illicit drug use, urban camping, and loitering and squatting.’” Cited “Source: Los Angeles Times ‘Criminalization or support? President Trump's executive order on homelessness gets mixed reaction’"

It threatens a return to a darker era of forced institutionalization, strips away civil rights, and does nothing to make housing more affordable.
Housing First is a proven strategy and is the most cost-effective way to end homelessness.
This isn't compassion, it's criminalization.

Stylized black and white background with black text on green “Trump's new executive order pushes for forced mental health treatment, threatens to defund housing first and harm reduction programs”. Below over grid paper background of Donald Trump holding a signed executive order next to black text “The order threatens to criminalize homelessness and mental illness at the jurisdiction of local and state governments”

Black text on white grid “President Trump's new executive order to combat homelessness encourages local governments to revive ‘civil commitment’ which [underlined] places people with mental health issues in treatment facilities without their consent.” Cited as “Source: Axios ‘What to know about civil commitment, Trump's new policy for homelessness’"

Black on green text at top asks “What is involuntary commitment?” Text in box with stylistic quote “ at top: “Involuntary civil commitment is the process in which a judge, or someone else acting in judicial capacity, orders a person be admitted to a psychiatric hospital or a supervised outpatient treatment facility without their consent. • The specific criteria that a person needs to exhibit to be confined varies in every state, but the guidelines usually mention those with mental illness, developmental disabilities and substance abuse issues that pose a danger to themselves or others. • Modern day commitment proceedings have to follow due process laws under state and federal law.” Source: Axios "What to know about civil commitment, Trump's new policy for homelessness"

Trump's new executive order treats homelessness and mental illness as crimes.