Just a reminder of how cruel and heartless repuglicans are. #HomelessnessIsNotaCrime
https://www.wpbf.com/article/florida-homeless-sleeping-ban-sue-county-government/63317871
#homelessnessisnotacrime
Most letter writers to our local newspaper, #TimesColonist are quite conservative & cruel in how they think about marginalized peoples. You rarely see compassion in TC letters published, that Mr. Chris Holiday has shown. I don't know the person but grateful locals like them exist.
"Give more respect to those unhoused
I have been appalled at the increasing level of stigmatization and hatred directed toward the unhoused population.
I live on Pandora Avenue and frequently walk by individuals suffering most severely from our province’s housing crisis. I’ve witnessed individuals in crisis and using threatening language towards passersby but I have also witnessed verbal harassment of unhoused individuals coming from the balconies of luxury apartments.
Public safety is a two-way street, everyone deserves the right to safety and dignity. A 2023 study by the Ministry of Housing reports that 67% of unhoused individuals have lived in their community for more than five years and 23% for their entire lives.
These are our neighbours, and they deserve respect just as much as us who are housed.
Chris Holiday
Victoria"
#YYJpoli #VictoriaBC #YYJCitizens #BreakTheStigmas #HelpTheHomeless #HomelessLivesMatter #HelpNotHarm #PovertyIsNotACrime #HouseTheHomeless #HomelessnessIsNotACrime #BCpoli #SocialHousingNow #HousingCrisis #RentalCrisis #BCNDP #YYJ #CDNpoli #Marginalized #VulnerablePopulation #Stigmatized #StigmaKills #SmashStigmas
In #VictoriaBC - you get in trouble from bylaw officers if you cook/feed the poor & houseless folks in Summer. You don't get in much trouble & usually left alone in cold, freezing weather in Winter because bylaw officers won't patrol much when conditions are miserable out. I learned that from past lived experiences when trying to cook outside to feed #hungry & #houseless folks.
I wouldn't feel the need to keep trying to feed people here if our governments, & our society as a whole, didn't treat houseless folks like they're not human & not deserving of kindness, compassion & understanding. Some of us citizens have got in trouble for trying to feed people - when the people trying to punish people like me aren't doing much to help feed & house the folks who need to be fed & housed the most.
I'm not a criminal. The heartless governments & ignorant people who #stigmatize hungry, houseless folks, while doing shit all to help out, are the real criminals in our society.
I will ALWAYS try to feed the hungry, without judgements. I hope more people will also go out to feed the hungry, without judgements. We - the grassroots citizens, who care - are local humanity in action. We need to keep trying to help folks in our own communities, as much as we can. We need to keep resisting the fascists who try to destroy our efforts.
Cruel fascists are no benefit to any community. Whether they're elected officials or not. The houseless are part of all of our communities. They don't deserve to be ignored & treated like lesser than humans.
#FeedTheHungry #StopTheStigma #CommunitySocialWork #HelpYourCommunity #BeAHumanitarian #HelpTheHungry #YYJpoli #BCpoli #HomelessnessIsNotACrime #PovertyIsNotACrime #HumanRights #SocialJustice
Becoming homeless is something that happena to you, not a crime that you commit.
#homelessnessisnotacrime
Being Homeless Is NOT A Crime: Tell The Supreme Court
https://thedemlabs.org/2024/02/15/being-homeless-is-not-a-crime/
#homelessnessisnotacrime #homelesslivesmatter #homelessadvocate
Being Homeless Is NOT A Crime: Tell The Supreme Court
https://thedemlabs.org/2024/02/15/being-homeless-is-not-a-crime/
#homelessnessisnotacrime #homelesslivesmatter #homelessadvocate
Our Director of Philanthropy was quoted in Daily Emerald:
Eugene voted to update its camping ordinance on May 24, increasing punishments for people caught illegally camping twice in a month. Heather Quaas-Annsa of Community Supported Shelters said, "Punitive measures really don't make sense to a population that is inherently struggling financially."
Read the full article: https://loom.ly/iOEG-n0
#HomesNotHandcuffs #HarmReduction #EugeneOregon #HomelessnessIsNotACrime #pnw
The LGBTQ+ community has experienced a monumental expansion of rights over the past decade. Despite these gains, they continue to experience high rates of housing instability. If you are in need of shelter services in Eugene, Oregon, learn how to apply: http://bit.ly/3MNPxoD
#lgbt #lgbtpride #lgbtq #pride #changetheworld #eugeneoregon #housingcrisis #eugene #oregon #communityhelpingcommunity #homelessnessisnotacrime #homelessawareness #destigmatize #unhoused #shelter #community
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