Will Knight
@willknightaz
Directly impacted 🇨🇴🇺🇸inmigrante; Decriminalization Director of @homeless_law; opinions re dismantling systems of oppression mine (& should be yours) He/him
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https://www.homelesslaw.org 05-11-2019 04:49:58
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"Did you know that it is now a crime to be homeless? Pay attention. They are attacking our most vulnerable citizens." Thank you Taraji P. Henson for speaking up about #JohnsonVGrantsPass!
“The only way to end homeless encampments in CA is to end the need for homeless encampments...CA has an affordable housing crisis, and unless Newsom’s executive order is coming with sufficient resources to address that, this new push isn’t going to work.” -Eric Tars National Homelessness Law Center
Stop the Sweeps. Care not Cops. Dignity Not Detention. Housing Not Handcuffs. Housing Justice for All. VOCAL-NY Win Housing Works Safety Net Project The Legal Aid Society Coalition for the Homeless National Homelessness Law Center Office of the Public Advocate Jumaane D. Williams 🫶🏼✊🏼🔥
How can we solve homelessness? "This admin must redirect funds and resources from carceral responses and prioritize access to affordable, safe, inclusive housing with compassionate voluntary support services." -Siya Hegde NHLC Attorney testifying at the White House yesterday.
"To combat the criminalization of homelessness and poverty, our movement calls for an urgent, federal anti-criminalization agenda with racial equity and anti-discrimination mandates at the forefront of advancing the human right to housing." - Siya Hegde #HousingNotHandcuffs
This is a big deal. Super proud of my colleague Siya Hegde and our partners at Urban Justice Center for leading the charge. #HousingNotHandcuffs
Some much needed good news from the office of Governor Katie Hobbs. Congratulations, Justice Maria Elena Cruz!
Another day, another President Donald J. Trump Executive Order making life worse for everyday Americans. With no plans to get people housing, Trump wants to use the National Park Service to forcibly remove homeless people surviving on federal lands in DC. Full statement: homelesslaw.org/trumpdceo/
Following the racially-charged Black Lives Matter summer of 2020, ABC15 Arizona followed up in 2024 with a 32-part series breaking down harrowing accounts of excessive force, discrimination, and rights violations –– adding to the nation’s fifth largest (and most deadly) city police