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ACLU Forum on Houselessness with Mike Rhodes, author of Dispatches from the War Zone
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Wednesday, October 05, 2016
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7:00 PM
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9:00 PM
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Elise Casby
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The Auditorium at the Museum of Art and History. 705 Front Street. Near the corner of Cooper and Front Streets. Across from Woodstock Pizza and Trader Joe's. Santa Cruz, CA.
ACLU Forum on Houselessness with Mike Rhodes, author of Dispatches from the War Zone.
"Dispatches from the War Zone" author Mike Rhodes will be speaking about his book and what can be done to defend homeless peoples' human and civil rights.
Rhodes was a key organizer in a 2006 class action lawsuit by the homeless against the City of Fresno.
The $2.3 million dollar settlement forced the city to stop bulldozing homeless encampments and compensated the homeless for their losses.
Following the presentation there will be a Q&A and panel discussion on the Santa Cruz Sleeping ban and other issues affecting our homeless community.
C0-sponsored by Santa Cruz Food Not Bombs and Veterans for Peace, Corrie-Mizo Chapter and the Santa Cruz chapter of the ACLU.
"Dispatches from the War Zone" author Mike Rhodes will be speaking about his book and what can be done to defend homeless peoples' human and civil rights.
Rhodes was a key organizer in a 2006 class action lawsuit by the homeless against the City of Fresno.
The $2.3 million dollar settlement forced the city to stop bulldozing homeless encampments and compensated the homeless for their losses.
Following the presentation there will be a Q&A and panel discussion on the Santa Cruz Sleeping ban and other issues affecting our homeless community.
C0-sponsored by Santa Cruz Food Not Bombs and Veterans for Peace, Corrie-Mizo Chapter and the Santa Cruz chapter of the ACLU.
Added to the calendar on Mon, Oct 3, 2016 4:17PM
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Wes White, a lead activist in establishing and supporting the Salinas Flagpole houseless community at Salinas City Hall, came to Santa Cruz last week to speak at and video the Rhodes event.
The Flagpole Community was forcibly dispersed by Salinas police on the night of Saturday October 1 using a draconian "emergency" law passed by the Salinas City Council 10 days earlier.
There has, as of yet, been no follow-up by the Santa Cruz ACLU, the sponsor of the Rhodes book tour, in terms of any local challenges to repressive ordinances. Meanwhile, homeless folks face continued harassment as the weather turns colder. See "Police and Ranger Raid on Homeless In the Rain Reported" at https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2016/10/14/18792238.php .
The video of the ACLU Forum on Houselessness can be seen at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kmy7TwsnbzM&feature=youtu.be .
The Flagpole Community was forcibly dispersed by Salinas police on the night of Saturday October 1 using a draconian "emergency" law passed by the Salinas City Council 10 days earlier.
There has, as of yet, been no follow-up by the Santa Cruz ACLU, the sponsor of the Rhodes book tour, in terms of any local challenges to repressive ordinances. Meanwhile, homeless folks face continued harassment as the weather turns colder. See "Police and Ranger Raid on Homeless In the Rain Reported" at https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2016/10/14/18792238.php .
The video of the ACLU Forum on Houselessness can be seen at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kmy7TwsnbzM&feature=youtu.be .
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