Beardy Star Stuff
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Volunteering for #Community Support✨
Today I had the opportunity to serve dinner at Rosie’s Place in #Boston.
Since 1974, Rosie’s Place has offered a safe haven for #LGBTQIA+ women, providing meals, overnight shelter, a food pantry, wellness care, education, legal aid, and #housing support to those in need who self-identify as female.
Nonprofits like this can’t do their work without community partners, donors, and volunteers.
Want to help? Visit https://www.rosiesplace.org/
Are You a Public Housing Resident Behind on Rent? Received an Eviction Notice? Here’s What to Know.
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If you’re one of 1.6 million people living in public housing nationally, you have special protections meant to prevent low-income tenants from being evicted when they fall behind on rent. We created a guide to the process.
https://www.propublica.org/article/maine-eviction-safeguards-public-housing?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post
Daisy Leigh Brenecki
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Yesterday I learned that private security guards, armed with guns, have been employed by Melbourne city council to move homeless people on.
Basically, City of Melbourne has employed armed goons to bully our city's most vulnerable people, so that business doesn't suffer and the rest of us don't have to feel weird.
They don't have any specific power to use force, beyond the citizens arrest power we all share.
I don't know how they've been allowed weapons, given I can't imagine a situation where they could be used that wasn't caused directly by incompetence on the part of the security guard.
Yesterday I learned that private security guards, armed with guns, have been employed by Melbourne city council to move homeless people on.
Basically, City of Melbourne has employed armed goons to bully our city's most vulnerable people, so that business doesn't suffer and the rest of us don't have to feel weird.
They don't have any specific power to use force, beyond the citizens arrest power we all share.
I don't know how they've been allowed weapons, given I can't imagine a situation where they could be used that wasn't caused directly by incompetence on the part of the security guard.
Trump regime's move to send the homeless et al to concentration camps is right out of the Nazi playbook.
Journalists who maintain "neutrality" in the face of fascism are helping to normalize this. They'll regret their inaction when they're among the imprisoned (or worse).
The visibility of homeless people on street corners, begging for food and housing, is an obvious sign that our economy is failing. I've seen a large increase in the number of people begging at intersections in my suburbs far outside of Chicago, steadily increasing since Covid lockdowns ended.
Dictators need to hide the homeless in order to hide their economic failures. (Also, without an address, the homeless can't vote, making them easier targets.)
Republicans have always preferred the more expensive "prisons and insane asylums" response to #homelessness , rather than the less-expensive and proven #HousingFirst solutions.
Much of this current White House statement on the subject tries to forestall and negate #HousingFirst discussions by demonizing the homeless and portraying them all as either insane or addicts, rather than just signs of an economy that is failing to meet the basic needs of millions of its citizens.
joene 🏴🍉
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They've gone from sending:
- undocumented "illegal" immigrants
- documented "legal" immigrants
to concentration camps,
and have now moved onto rounding up and sending:
- the homeless
- individuals with mental illnesses
to concentration camps.
#EO#executiveOrder #homelessness #homeless#mentalHealth#ICE#concentrationCamps
They've gone from sending:
- undocumented "illegal" immigrants
- documented "legal" immigrants
to concentration camps,
and have now moved onto rounding up and sending:
- the homeless
- individuals with mental illnesses
to concentration camps.
#EO#executiveOrder #homelessness #homeless#mentalHealth#ICE#concentrationCamps
Just hit 1K followers on Instagram—grateful. 🙏🏽
This milestone feels extra special given the path I’ve walked – from experiencing #homelessness to becoming a #smallbusiness owner. My commitment to advocating for #health equity, #mentalhealth, and #recovery has only grown stronger.
Your support helps amplify voices that need to be heard and enables me to continue volunteering, both locally and in 🇺🇦 #Ukraine.
Here’s my link: http://www.instagram.com/fitnessfoundryusa
Let’s keep making a difference together!
PersonalEscrito
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These 5 Charts Show How Hotels Became New York’s Response to Homelessness
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Social services agencies across the state now place nearly half of all individuals and families seeking shelter in hotels, leaving people without resources like food and help finding housing.
https://www.propublica.org/article/new-york-homelessness-hotels-five-charts?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post
These 5 Charts Show How Hotels Became New York’s Response to Homelessness
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Social services agencies across the state now place nearly half of all individuals and families seeking shelter in hotels, leaving people without resources like food and help finding housing.
https://www.propublica.org/article/new-york-homelessness-hotels-five-charts?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post
How Hotels, Once a Last Resort, Became New York’s Default Answer to Homelessness
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Statewide spending on hotels has more than tripled in recent years. The shift away from shelters has prevented families from accessing services like child care and help finding housing.
https://www.propublica.org/article/new-york-homelessness-hotels?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post
#News#NY#NewYork#Homelessness#Homeless#Hotel#Housing#Shelter