#Homelessness

Westminster Mutual Aid

AidWestminster

Some info on how we organise ourselves -Our network has over 400 volunteers across Westminster. We are organised into ward level groups. When we get a request for assistance we

Rutger Bregman

rcbregman

WOOOW. A Canadian research project gave homeless people $7,500 each — the results were 'beautifully surprising'.Turns out: basic income for the homeless pays for itself. It's free money, because 'the

Jen McAndrew

JenMcAndrew

On my mind. A #thread about public schools on a theme: we told schools to be everything and do everything and solve everything (but, big secret: we never actually wanted

Hannah Stein

HannahStein

Acknowledging the US anti-trafficking movement's history of racial bias and discrimination: a thread.(I'll have an article coming soon, but here are the main points): The US anti-trafficking movement has enabled

$ta$$ie

stassiehuff

please please please READ i know some of you will scroll past this but for those who take the time to read thank you. i came out as transgender in

Sim Kern

sim_kern

If teachers are assigning grades right now, what they are grading is PRIVILEGE. Without the equalizing force of the school-building and its services, limited as they are, teachers are grading

Michelle Drew DNP, MPH, CNM, FNP, She/Her

iamn0tthe1

Today’s tweets will be a series of Billable ICD10 codes you can use in the care of Black mamas and babies birthing and being born in today’s AmeriKKKa: Z60.5 Target

Sara Nelson

FlyingWithSara

14 days after @WHO declared COVID-19 a pandemic, 50k confirmed cases, the U.S. Senate voted 96-0 on 3-25-20 to approve a $2T relief bill

Da’Shaun | they/them

DaShaunLH

i actually really don’t care how someone wakes up, but i think it’s quite telling that this is the question you walked away from that thread with.see, the question eye

Aaron Carr

aaronAcarr

“If you are looking for Section 8, then this is not the property for you.” Landlord to one of our undercover investigators who was asking if they accept vouchers. If

Lex Roman

calexity

The reason I believe so much in @nithyavraman’s campaign is because of the work we’ve done together.I met Nithya a few years ago. @catkiiim and @KiloIndiaMike took me to a

robyn♡

CCbucko

What we are collectively experiencing is what myself and many others were afraid of, all of this was so obviously on the horizon and now we’re here, there’s no going

Alissa Walker

awalkerinLA

LA’s largest tiny-home village opened this week in a North Hollywood park. I got a tour and talked to architects and service providers.I also talked to people who have been

Fitsum Areguy

fitsumareguy

“People were posting about enacting violence, like ‘we should carry bats, I’m going to carry a bat and knife’ … that kind of information really concerned me when I read

Dr. Steven W. Thrasher

thrasherxy

Under-examined in vaccine hesitancy discourse is how decades of a “you’re on your own” approach to health makes it hard to get ppl to buy into collective health campaigns. If

Valerie

VWurm68

Okay, let’s set the scene. You’re a single parent with a child. You work full time for $14. You bring home roughly $800 per paycheck. Your bills: $1000 rent, $150