“Diversity and equity have no legitimate purpose” truly is saying the quiet part out loud.

Given the current dangers and lack of central government, we should not be deporting people to Haiti. Period.

If #SCOTUS rules in favor of Grants Pass, it would authorize cities & states to penalize people forced to sleep
outdoors, despite no other safe option. This ruling would exacerbate homelessness and punish people for
existing in public spaces. Learn more at bit.ly/jvgp224

“American Indians and Black Americans die at significantly higher rates from preventable and treatable causes than members of other racial and ethnic groups.”

Yet, efforts are ongoing attempting **to maintain and exacerbate these existing inequities**.

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House Ag Committee Chair Thompson is expected to soon unveil his #FarmBill proposal, which would cut future #SNAP benefits & ignore scientific evidence in updates to the #ThriftyFoodPlan , the basis for SNAP benefit levels.

More in our new analysis: cbpp.org/research/food-…

There is a freeze warning today in Grants Pass, OR. Temps will drop as low as 28 degrees.

Ppl are fined $295 for sleeping w/ blankets in Grants Pass, where there is no shelter or housing.

Can you imagine anything more cruel and unusual?

#JohnsonVGrantsPass #HousingNotHandcuffs

Housing industry groups are urging Congress to repeal the most basic protection for renters -30 days notice of eviction- b/c they want to evict people more quickly. Urge your Rep. to oppose the  “Respect State Housing Laws Act”: tinyurl.com/yc5d49zc

19-year-old CJ Jones & his dad are flying from Tuscaloosa, Alabama, to Geneva, Switzerland, to tell their story to the United Nations. CJ is determined to shed light on the unfair treatment of Black students in his school. Read more in the #WeekendRead : bit.ly/3Ugd9aI

If you missed the eclipse, here’s footage 🤣

“[It asks] the question: Does the constitution protect ppl experiencing homelessness?” he said. “The fact that we even have to ask that question is a damning indictment of how we’ve addressed homelessness as a country' said Rabinowitz of National Homelessness Law Center

Via Lori Kersey West Virginia Watch

On 4/22, the Supreme Court will hear Grants Pass v Johnson. Can local govt can make it a crime to sleep outside when there is no other place? In ⁦The Hill⁩ ⁦Gregg Colburn⁩ & I argue that housing people—not arresting them—is the answer thehill.com/opinion/civil-…

On this national pet day, I present Harvard Kennedy Broxton the 3rd, Esq. She is a thick Diva.

Bebhinn couldn't take a shelter bed because it would have cost her a job that requires a high-speed internet connection. Listen to her story to learn why temporary housing across our state needs wifi! #wifi4homeless !

In case if you're wondering why I can't get out of my house this morning...

📢@Katie Bottom line - the proposal would cut benefits for every SNAP participant in future years!

This is coming from GOP lawmakers who had millions of dollars in PPP loans cancelled after the pandemic. I don’t begrudge them for making use of the program, but don’t hold America’s students to different standards. That’s called hypocrisy.

According to DC Hunger Solutions's Martha Assefa, DHS takes up to two months to process expedited benefits. “I can’t forget the heartbreaking calls with community members who are suicidal because they don’t know where their next meal is coming from.” streetsensemedia.org/article/reside…

Community colleges like BHCC Boston and Roxbury CC help over 10 million students earn a degree each year.

Their impacts stretch far beyond the classroom, and we must invest in them like the public good that they are.

Happy National Community College Month!

art imitates life

Shameful inequities when analyzing #hunger by #race and #ethnicity

Good for USDA ERS to disaggregate, and underscoring the imperative of solutions developed by and for impacted communities to #EndHunger