Stop The Sweeps PDX

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‼️Please share‼️ Join us TOMORROW in solidarity with groups across the country organizing in response to the Johnson v. Grants Pass hearing. Pioneer Courthouse Square Monday April 22, at 12 noon. There will be zines, food, art, and more! Speakers are welcome! #SWEEPTHECOURT

For 24 days people have been at City Hall protesting how City contractor Rapid Response routinely takes winter gear from the homeless. Now Rapid Response is set this Thursday to end the 24/7 vigil by taking away banners, protest signs, the signatures gathered, and free speech

Thanks to everyone who rallied outside city hall today to stop the sweeps! We're still here!!! People are camped outside city council to protest Portland's inhumane policies criminalizing homelessness

Please join us!

10:30 AM tomorrow Nov. 13 at Portlands City Hall (1220 SW 5th Ave. ) we hope people will join us for a protest and day long vigil against how local government treats its unhoused citizens.

The City of Portland recently passed a new daytime camping ban. All homeless people are prohibited from camping between the hours of 8am-8pm. In addition, there is a lengthy list of locations where camping is banned at all hours of the day, ... wraphome.org/2023/07/13/por…

A deep dive on the organization Portland’s using to run its large-scale encampments/outdoor shelters:

“Portland’s daytime camping ban lacks concrete plans, procedures Vague communication from city causes concern among homeless Portlanders and service providers.” by Jeremiah Hayden | 12 Jul 2023 @StreetRoots streetroots.org/news/2023/07/1…

New Zine! Portland Daytime Camping Ban! The City of Portland recently passed a daytime camping ban which is in place as of July 7th, 2023. This zine explains what people can expect as the new ordinance begins to take effect. stspdx.substack.com/p/new-zine-por… #Portland #stopthesweeps

In 40 years of homelessness, the only noticeable change is the number of people unhoused keeps increasing while politicians continue to invest more in pushing homeless people out of sight over actually working to solve this crisis. youtu.be/37yt7O9S5UM via @YouTube

It was massive cuts to federal affordable housing programs, part of the Reagan Revolution. By 1983, affordable housing funding had basically bottomed out. theguardian.com/society/2023/m…

forget about Public Housing ...“objectively reasonable” rules about when, where and how people can sit and lie outdoors on public property. By allowing people to camp during some hours — 8 p.m. to 8 a.m. opb.org/article/2023/0…

With this City gearing up to make the lives of the homeless more miserable I thought I’d share a photo showing how I live outside. Right! It doesn’t look that miserable. I’ve worked hard to improve my place inside and out. Now in your name the City is poised to ruin my life.

A Gresham “outreach worker” lied to the cops about a homeless man in order to get them to make him move, the cops showed up and TAZED him until he ended up in the hospital. The store owner’s Facebook account shows that he is clearly a cherished community member.. #StopTheSweeps

“They kept telling us to leave him alone and just let him go” Police reports reveal details of false assault claims and police violence in Gresham: stspdx.substack.com/p/they-kept-te…

In a moment when anti-homeless rhetoric is gaining traction, we hope this incident reveals the danger of Gresham's decision to meet a housing crisis with criminalization, displacement, and increased policing. stspdx.substack.com/p/they-kept-te…

The Gresham Homeless Services Team is led by someone notorious for anti-homeless vigilantism He made false claims directly contradicted in the police report: