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In addition to "homeless and poor families" a number of protestors stayed at the encampment temporarily and participated in antipoverty protests led by the KWRU. [162] In August 2013, 20 homeless women and children slept outside a homeless intake building on Juniper Street to protest the lack of available shelter beds at the start of the school ...
The Community for Creative Non-Violence, a homeless charity, paid sculptor James Earl Reid for a statue that depicted the plight of homeless people for a Christmas pageant in Washington DC, called "Third World America". [2] CCNV members visited Reid's Baltimore studio as he made the statue, gave suggestions and directions about its appearance.
In 1973, the CCNV opened the Hospitality House providing medical facilities for the homeless. [5] CCNV says they fed 200 to 300 homeless people a day, seven days a week. [6] [8] In 1982, CCNV staged a protest in Lafayette Park across from the White House. The Department of Interior refused CCNV a permit to occupy Lafayette Park.
In contrast, the US Supreme Court ruled in June that cities can fine and arrest homeless people, even if there is no shelter for them to go to, paving the way for the outright bans on encampments ...
On any given night in the U.S., an estimated 650,000 people are experiencing homelessness, and the nation's capital has the highest rate in the country, with 73 out of every 10,000 people being ...
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Santa Cruz, California: There are about 1,200 to 1,700 homeless in Santa Cruz, 3.5% of the city; many had lived or are living in Ross Camp [22] (200 people) and San Lorenzo Park (up to 300 people; closed in late 2022 [23]). Homeless tent city in Fremont Park, Santa Rosa, California, in August 2020. Tents of homeless people in San Francisco, 2017
Occupy D.C. was an occupation of public space in Washington, D.C. [9] based at McPherson Square and connected to the Occupy movements that sprung up across the United States in Fall 2011. The group had been demonstrating in McPherson Square since October 1, 2011, and in Freedom Plaza since October 6.