We are working with folks with lived experience to establish the best, safest, low-cost setups for unhoused folks overwintering outside. Folks need insulation from moisture, a warm foundation, materials that won't mold and cause/exacerbate respiratory illness.

@sarahrimmington BeadsAgainstFascism 🇵🇸 TorontoLabour CUPE Ontario CUPE Ontario explicitly told their members over a year ago that should they refuse encampment clearing work on the basis of endangering lives, the Union would stand behind them. That no TorontoLabour worker has done so means it is ABSOLUTELY their decision to continue killing people.

VANDU Tuesday Education & Action Group met yesterday to discuss Lenny Zhou 🇨🇦🇺🇦's motion at City Council to arm Vancouver Police with body cams (BWCs). The VPD are asking for $200k to pilot the program. Here's what the membership had to say. Full statement: docs.google.com/document/d/1mE…

🏕️TENT NEEDED! Another neighbour has been evicted by Ottawa Police. #StopTheSweepsOttawa #NoSweepsOnStolenLand

We need support urgently. If no one has a tent, please e-transfer [email protected], password (if necessary): Tent We need to buy a tent today ✊🏽

#StopTheSweeps

Was lovely to see so many people out in support of their unhoused neighbours at St Stephen's in the Fields this morning. Homeless Jesus sculptures, like this one by Timothy Schmalz, are especially powerful when installed in holy spaces for religions that preach about charity.

What a vile thing for a Priest to do - and during Advent, no less - if you are a parishioner of Paroisee St-Joseph d’Orléans, demand that he welcome Rose back, with grovelling apologies, replace her lost belongings, & commit to help fund an apartment for her.

Truly gross behaviour for a church to call the cops on the unhoused. Grateful for churches (St.Stephen-In-The-Fields) fighting against police evictions.

Another busy week in Ottawa! Documentary screening w/ MEDIA INDIGENA @mediaindigena.bsky.social; book event w/ Octopus Bookstore; auction for Indigenous Women & Girls with Disabilities w/ Lynn Gehl; holiday potluck w/ Migrante Ottawa; gear drive w/ Justice For Anthony Aust & J.A.I.L. Accountability and Information Line; & more! punchupcollective.org/upcoming/

UGENT MUTUAL AID NEEDED: The mother of someone who was killed by the police back in 2020 is about to lose her apartment, her driver’s licence, and her phone. Please help. Goal: $2,900 E-transfer: [email protected] Password (if needed): Community

Leave the following note: “for mother in need” Our friend has no income and didn’t pay rent since November. She will be applying for the one-time top-up by the government, but it’s not enough. She also has $800 minimum payment on overdue fines and $300 phone payment.

Any help is appreciated. If she loses her ability to drive, she will be in deep trouble as she is the sole caregiver for her family, including her partner who was irreversibly injured during the police interaction that left her son for dead.