Picture The Homeless | Organizing For Dignity And Respect
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Picture the Homeless is a grassroots organization, founded and led by homeless people. Here's where you can come for all the latest news on our work, including responses to current events and analyses of new policies directly from people experiencing homelessness.
Picture The Homeless | Organizing For Dignity And Respect
4y ago
Unfortunately, Picture the Homeless has had to close our doors for a few days for liability purposes. The board regrets having had to make this decision. We are aiming to ..read more
Picture The Homeless | Organizing For Dignity And Respect
4y ago
Many of you know our Housing-Organizer-turned-Lead-Organizer-turned-Communications-Director Sam J. Miller, who has worked for Picture the Homeless for the past fifteen years. Today, Sam celebrates his last day with the organization ..read more
Picture The Homeless | Organizing For Dignity And Respect
4y ago
Last month, the city revealed that, under threat of eminent domain, it would be purchasing seventeen “cluster site” buildings – slumlord properties where homeless families were being “sheltered” at great ..read more
Picture The Homeless | Organizing For Dignity And Respect
4y ago
This morning we stood on the steps of City Hall to call for passage of Intro 226, the “Warehousing Accountability Act.” Then we headed inside to testify about the bill ..read more
Picture The Homeless | Organizing For Dignity And Respect
4y ago
Picture the Homeless is so proud to announce the three fantastic folks we’ll be honoring at #DanceGiving 2018: Hip Hop Icon Jim Jones; journalist and activist Joan McAllister; and New ..read more
Picture The Homeless | Organizing For Dignity And Respect
4y ago
We have so much to be proud of, in 2018. We started the year with a victory party on the Housing Not Warehousing Act, the bill we spent ten years ..read more
Picture The Homeless | Organizing For Dignity And Respect
4y ago
Photos from today’s #FreeToPee press conference are below; VIDEO is available here. For interviews with participants, contact Sam – 646-314-6423/ sam@picturethehomeless.org PRESS COVERAGE HIGHLIGHTS: New York Daily News: New Yorkers ..read more
Picture The Homeless | Organizing For Dignity And Respect
4y ago
In a major victory on a fight we’ve been fighting for fourteen years, the New York City Department of Homeless Services just announced that they’re ending the LINC voucher program ..read more
Picture The Homeless | Organizing For Dignity And Respect
4y ago
At last week’s legislative victory party, we asked our members and allies and friends and family and donors: What did you do to help pass the Housing Not Warehousing Act ..read more
Picture The Homeless | Organizing For Dignity And Respect
4y ago
On Tuesday, December 19th, we packed the City Council chambers and cheered when the Housing Not Warehousing Act passed. It was a day our members have spent over ten years ..read more