Prisonculture: I see that the SC opened the door for MORE criminalization of the houseless. But many of us have been seeing how this has been happening locally for years. The SC can't criminalize the houseless, OUR LOCAL POLITICIANS & POLICY MAKERS have been and will. We need to FIGHT THEM.

We’re living through an era when everything needs to be upended yet so many people are clinging tightly to the edge of the pool. I understand why this is: when things feel uncertain, the status quo is a mirage of ‘safety’. But we need people who are willing to swim in the deep end & offer new paths

This is the perfect time to come up with innovative ideas for disempowering the courts in this country [we can start with the Supreme Court]. There have to be people out there who are thinking deeply and OUT OF THE BOX on this.

I see that the SC opened the door for MORE criminalization of the houseless. But many of us have been seeing how this has been happening locally for years. The SC can't criminalize the houseless, OUR LOCAL POLITICIANS & POLICY MAKERS have been and will. We need to FIGHT THEM.

I read this interesting toolkit a few weeks ago and there are many good ideas that might be pursued locally: www.researchinpractice.org.uk/adults/publi...

Radical safeguarding toolkit - homelessness: Practice Tool (2024)www.researchinpractice.org.uk This practice tool shares information, ideas and inspiration for anti-oppressive approaches to safeguarding adults experiencing homelessness. It explores how social justice movements can shape the ser...

Just want to say that I remain grateful as ever for your wisdom (freely dispensed no less!). I do not use the word wisdom lightly, but it's the right word I think. Time and time again you help so many of us to better navigate this historical moment--no mean feat!

that's kind of you Geoff. thanks

Folks in New York (city and upstate) might want to check out VOCAL-NY.

Living in Phoenix where we treat our unhoused exceptionally bad according to the DOJ, I can confidently say it doesn't work

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