Chicago Coalition for the Homeless
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We organize families, youth, and adults, advocating to better lives by access to shelter, housing, schools, and opportunity.
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http://www.chicagohomeless.org 20-04-2011 17:46:54
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Housing ends homelessness. The upcoming landmark SCOTUS case, #JohnsonVGrantsPass , poses a crucial question: Do we address #homelessness with punishment or support?
Learn more: johnsonvgrantspass.com
Brian Rodgers, a CCH grassroots leader, recently spoke to The Chicago Defender about how he got involved in community organizing. After working with a CCH reentry organizer, Brian realized that incarceration, poverty, and homelessness were all connected.
READ: bit.ly/3UvQTJY
Law Center statement on today's #JohnsonVGrantsPass hearing: Punishing people for sleeping outside when there's nowhere else to go is cruel and unusual. #HousingNotHandcuffs #HomelessnessIsSolvable
Read the full statement here: loom.ly/DfxFZl8
Today, the Supreme Court will hear oral arguments in the case of #JohnsonVGrantsPass . CCH is here in Washington, DC, because we know people shouldn't be punished for experiencing homelessness.
Listen to the oral arguments here: supremecourt.gov/oral_arguments…
Live from the #HousingNotHandcuffs rally in DC! Folks are chanting: 'SCOTUS, now's the time! Homelessness is not a crime!'
Hundreds of people have gathered in front of the Supreme Court to rally for #HiusingNotHandcuffs and for the rights of homeless people in the #JohnsonVGrantsPass case. We’re just getting started!
🚨 ACTION ALERT: Join National Homelessness Law Center for a rally tomorrow, April 22, for justice in the #JohnsonVGrantsPass case, because housing is a human right!
📅 Date: April 22
🕑 Time: 10 AM - 12 PM ET
📍 Location: U.S. Supreme Court, 1 First Street NE, D.C.
RSVP: johnsonvgrantspass.com.
News from Springfield: This week, 3 of our bills were passed in the IL House of Representatives and are moving to the Senate!
Thank you Rep. Michelle Mussman, Lilian Jiménez, & Will Guzzardi for your advocacy.
Read about CCH's legislative agenda here: bit.ly/4496GS3
'In Chicago, for every one person reported as homeless in the city Point-In-Time count, nine more people accessed homeless services throughout the year,' Sam Paler-Ponce, Interim Associate Director of Policy, told The Logan Center for Urban Investigative Reporting.
LISTEN: bit.ly/3Q4a37d