Bernard LaFayette's Long March from Selma
Bernard LaFayette’s long march has taken him from organizing disenfranchised black residents in Selma, to training disenfranchised prisoners in Kingian Nonviolence.
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They Refused to Let Justice Be Crucified
On the same day that Medgar Evers was murdered, there was also a larger Tri-State Conspiracy to assassinate Bernard LaFayette and Rev. Benjamin Cox.
Homeless Advocates Are Targeted by Fresno Police
Pastor Chris Breedlove and other homeless advocates have been publicly smeared by the Fresno Police Department. City officials have demolished every encampment in Fresno and destroyed tons of homeless people’s belongings. The policy of the Fresno Police Department is to refuse to allow any homeless encampments to re-emerge.
First Bay Area Transgender Shelter Aims to Open Doors
Many transgender people in the Bay Area have been forced to live on the streets due to the harassment, abuse, and neglect they have encountered in shelters. Transgender women are specifically impacted by the lack of safe or affordable housing, while experiencing high rates of discrimination in employment and education.
The State of Homelessness in San Francisco
Joe Wilson, program manager at Hospitality House, pointed out that public officials have chosen to disinvest in affordable housing for low-income people in favor of criminalizing them. “The largest developers of low-income housing are the California Department of Corrections and the U.S. Department of Justice,” he said.
Santa Cruz Activists Call for Moratorium on Laws that Criminalize Camping and Sleeping
Outlawing the right to sleep is a failed policy. We must not vilify a large segment of our community based solely on their housing status. The laws that prohibit “camping” and “sleeping” have been wholly ineffective in addressing the social impact of survival sleeping by homeless people in Santa Cruz.
“On Our Way Home” — Photo Documentary by Homeless Elders
Homeless and formerly homeless elders used disposable cameras to bring to public awareness the conditions facing people on the street. “On Our Way Home” celebrates the wisdom of elders as they offer a personal look at life on the street and show what we can do to help create change.
Civilian Police Review in Santa Cruz Could Help Homeless People
A Civilian Police Review Board is of critical importance in Santa Cruz in light of the fact that the City Council has historically worked to criminalize homelessness and continues to enact ordinances that substantially abridge even the most basic human rights of our homeless residents.
Global Day Against Militarism: Move the Money Home!
“More than 17,000 nuclear weapons, most held by the U.S. and Russia, continue to pose an intolerable threat to humanity. Our government should be working in good faith to eliminate all nuclear arms, not stealing more of our tax dollars to modernize these weapons of mass destruction.” — Jackie Cabasso
Good Samaritan at Work on the Streets of Berkeley
It is an understatement to say that Night on the Streets has made a difference in Berkeley. JC Orton has actually created services for the homeless when they did not exist. He started out distributing food, then began visiting the sick, helping people find housing, and even helping with income taxes.
The Street Spirit Interview with Kathy Kelly
“The people that threaten us are in the corporations and the well-appointed salons, and they really threaten us. They make alcohol, firearms and tobacco, and arms for the military. They steal from us, and they rob us. And who goes to jail? A woman who can’t get an economic stake in her community.”
Albany Demolishes Homeless Encampment
Stephanie’s house and her carefully laid out garden were destroyed. Dozens more homes were smashed to pieces by the bulldozers, and turned into rubble.