A Publication of the Coalition on Homelessness
Name: Brandy Ericksen Age: 39
Place: Dore Street
Without a home: Off and on, 20 years
“Ever since the internet and social media there’s a false sense of community when all you’re doing is so cial media. I had a really hard time finding a way to fit in community outside of being on the streets. I don’t want to mix my job with my personal life.
Let’s look at how it all began
Because nobody knows how it’s gonna end
So let’s strive to do the best we can
In this crazy, mixed-up world we live in
God is my witness and my best friend
In this crazy, mixed-up world we live in
I gotta breathe and be grateful for every breath
Because the only thing promised in life is death
We have to struggle to survive,
Human rights monitors should observe homeless encampment clearances to ensure that residents who are being connected to services keep their belongings and City workers follow their own policies, according to a new report.
On June 16, the Latino Task Force released a study based on more than 100 surveys with unhoused San Franciscans in the city’s Mission District. Almost two-thirds of those who responded said they are often displaced in encampment sweeps,
Name: Robin Lee, 35 Date: 8 May 2021 Place: Dore Street Without a home: Off and mostly on since she was 18
“I have been on the streets on and off since I was 18, more on than off so well over 10 years. I started out in Sonoma County where I grew up with my mom. We lived in a home. I choose to come outside and be a rebellious 18-year-old.”
“(Hardest thing),
In recent months, cities and states across the United States have dramatically increased their efforts to sweep and displace homeless encampments and to criminalize people on the streets. In Tennessee, new legislation has made camping on public lands a felony with a possible jail sentence of up to six years in prison.
A series of posters as part of the nation-wide campaign ‘Housekeys Not Sweeps’, led by the Western Regional Advocacy Project (WRAP),
