Denver Library has implemented one of the best programs I’ve ever seen to help the unhoused community. They hired social workers instead of more security, started a peer program, & provide & connect unhoused to services that they need. Should be citywide template instead of cops.
Sweeps in Denver-
It is before dawn, you are asleep. While sleeping, you have been fenced in like a prisoner and are awakened by police. Told to leave with no place to go cuz there is no housing.
Our Mayor considers this humane treatment of our homeless. https://t.co/fbtBv5uSN5
🚨 EMERGENCY SURVIVAL GEAR DRIVE🚨 If u can donate a tent, tarp, sleeping bag, cost, socks, hand warmers, etc. please bring them to Denver Homeless Out Loud (2260 California Street) between 9am-5pm on this Monday the 7th!
#housingisahumanright#housingnotsweeps#denversweepwatch
I really hate how suicide prevention month every year is reduced to “check on your friends” and not universal health care, to defund the police, accessible mental health services, and peer support programs. That analysis is so corny.
In this work, we will burn out quickly if we are only driven by what we are AGAINST and not what we are FOR. While fighting systems of oppression, we also need to be building toward equity & justice in our communities in whatever capacity we can.