The Supreme Court will soon take up Grants Pass v Johnson, the most significant case regarding homelessness in 40 years. Today a group of social scientists, including myself, filed an amicus brief on the case: publicjustice.net/grantspass-v-j… 🧵 1/6

📢 EXCITING NEWS 📢 THE PROJECT FOR SANITATION JUSTICE HAS LAUNCHED A REVAMPED WEBSITE! 🚽 EXPLORE OUR SITE AND LEARN MORE ABOUT PSJ HERE: bathrooms.sdsu.edu

WHO ARE WE The Project for Sanitation Justice is an academic-community partnership among San Diego State University faculty and student researchers, and @ThinkDignity, a grassroots San Diego organization that advances basic dignity for people experiencing homelessness through advocacy and innovation.

San Diego State University @ThinkDignity WHAT WE DO Founded in 2020, PSJ aims to gather rigorous, high-quality data on public restrooms & other basic water, sanitation, and hygiene (WaSH) resources in San Diego County and across CA, and to use these data to inform smarter, more equitable distribution of WaSH resources.

San Diego State University @ThinkDignity WHY WE DO IT We believe that safe and consistent access to drinking water, toilets, menstrual hygiene products, and other basic sanitation resources are fundamental human rights, cornerstones of public health, and essential public services.

San Diego State University @ThinkDignity Learn more about our Dec. 2022 report on public restroom access in Downtown San Diego:

San Diego State University @ThinkDignity Check out this amazing piece by PSJ Director, Dr. Megan Welsh Carroll (aka DR. 🚾), in the Los Angeles Times:

San Diego State University @ThinkDignity Los Angeles Times Read more about our team’s methodological tools to investigate sanitation justice (published in PLOS One):

San Diego State University @ThinkDignity Los Angeles Times PLOS One Explore our team’s award-winning StoryMap about “having to go” while “on the go,” led by Adriana Rios and published in Findings Press (@[email protected]):

San Diego State University @ThinkDignity Los Angeles Times PLOS One Findings Press (@[email protected]) Listen to Dr. 🚾’s NoJargon episode discussing the relationship between the homelessness crisis and the lack of public restrooms:

Proud to share that our director, Dr. 🚾, is among the scholars who have filed an amicus brief for Grants Pass v. Johnson. Learn more ⬇️

In our Punishment and Society article, we conceptualize and visualize how deliberate sanitation deprivation in urban environments functions as a punishment regime inflicted on residents, especially unhoused residents, to the detriment of public health and safety. 🚽 journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/14…

Must read new article Punishment and Society conceptualizing "Sanitation Justice" in relation to human and environmental rights of the houseless. Project for Sanitation Justice details mechanisms of sanitation deprivation that complements my work w/ colleagues on the weaponization of sanitation in sweeps.

Last week, our team met with Mid-City CAN’s Improving Transportation in City Heights (ITCH) team to discuss water, hygiene, and sanitation access in Mid-City San Diego—highlighting the need for restrooms at transit stops and parks. Thanks for having us, Mid-City CAN! 🚽🚰🧼

Join us & Institute on Race, Power and Political Economy next week for the first virtual discussion in the California Issues Forum series! Scholars and civic leaders will discuss how research can drive equitable #Housing & #Homelessness policy in #California. ➡️Learn more & register: scholars.my.salesforce-sites.com/event/home/cai…