Bloggers Unite: National Homeless Persons' Memorial Day

Candlelight Vigil Jeffersonville, Indiana 12-21

Tue, 21 Dec 2010 16:51:14 -0600

‎"How can we worship a homeless man on Sunday and ignore one on Tuesday?" Come join us tonight at 7pm at Exit 0 as tonight is the first day of Winter at 638pm & the longest night of the year. We will remember those who have died on the streets followed by a memorial service for Nick.... We lost 2 guys so far from the streets not including those at the shelter or any other John or Jane does

The Longest Night of the Year 12/21/2010

Wed, 15 Dec 2010 19:51:49 -0600

What events have been planned for 12/21/2010? Has anything already been organized in San Luis Obispo, California (USA)? If not, I'm opening to helping to put something together. A friend of mine was found dead in front of a local library during a period of homelessness & I want to commemorate his life on this day. Please post your events here. Blessings, Rev. Cynthia

UNSAFE to be homeless in SANTA CRUZ, Ca.

Sun, 20 Dec 2009 15:17:30 -0600

DECEMBER 22ND HUFF SING-OUT, HOT SOUP, AND CHILLING MESSAGE 1:30pm Pacific Ave. near the Scribner Statue & Bookshop Santa Cruz ---HUFF caroling ---HOT nourishing free soup ---COLD, HARD FACTS for the public to ponder in the Christmas season "UNSAFE TO BE HOMELESS in Santa Cruz" Every year, the Homeless Persons Health Project issues a report documenting those who have died on our streets while homeless. Inclement weather, violence, suicide, overdose, and disease take their toll each year. IN 2008, 20 homeless people died on our streets. The DOWNTOWN ASSOCIATION BACKED ordinances which expand forbidden zones where one may sit, beg, play music for donations, or set up a political table. Homeless people who are targeted for enforcement, can neither afford the fines, nor fight the banishment they represent. Ill health, depression, isolation and death are the result. HUFF deplores that the City of Santa Cruz in conjunction with the Downtown Association, has systematically destroyed the physical, mental, emotional, and social health of homeless people by doing the following: The City has made it illegal: --- to BE in a downtown parking lot or garage unless parking or retrieving a car or bike. --- to sit, beg, play music for tips, or set up a political table within 14" of a statue. The City setup a for-profit art gallery on public property with the intent to eliminate peaceful public assembly near these statues --- to smoke anything on Pacific Ave, Beach St, the Municipal Wharf, and the entire length of W. Cliff Drive. Homeless people report being cited selectively. --- to park longer than 20 minutes in the 3-Trees Parking Lot on W. Cliff Dr The City has used public funds to launch civil suits against homeless people on behalf of anti-homeless downtown merchants The City spent over $5000 needlessly to move the planter railing outward in front of the New Leaf Market in order to prevent sitting The City has removed bench after bench so that seniors are unable to find a place to sit down on Pacific Ave. The City Council has bypassed both the Downtown Commission and the Parks and Rec Commission to jam these anti-homeless laws through with little public scrutiny STILL ILLEGAL AFTER ALL THESE YEARS: --- to sleep at night anywhere out of doors or in a vehicle with few exceptions --- to use a blanket between 11PM and 8:30AM out of doors The political table HUFF will be setting up will be less than 14" from The Tom Scribner Statue--but exempted due to the "free-speech" zone located there For more information call: (831) 423-HUFF

HUFF Santa Cruz to hold event

Wed, 16 Dec 2009 17:58:22 -0600

Homeless United for Friendship & Freedom will be holding an event to co-incide with the Homeless Persons Memorial Day. In Santa Cruz, California, the Homeless Services Center in conjunction with the Homeless Persons Health Project will be holding a memorial for those who have died while experiencing homelessness in 2009 at 115 Coral St, Santa Cruz, Ca. 95060, Tuesday, Dec. 22nd 2009, at 10:00 AM HUFF will be holding an event later on downtown , on Pacific Ave. in front of Bookshop Santa Cruz at 1:30PM HUFF is a grassroots, civil rights advocacy organization for homeless people. see: www. huffsantacruz.org Persons wanting more information should call (831)423-HUFF for more info. or e-mail me directly at becky_johnson222@hotmail.com