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Sunday, April 21, 2019

Global Homeless Day Food Not Bombs

"Food Not Bombs started after the May 24, 1980 protest to stop the Seabrook Nuclear power station north of Boston in New Hampshire in the United States. The people that started Food Not Bombs share their first full meal outside the Federal Reserve Bank on March 26, 1981 during the stock holders meeting of the Bank of Boston to protest the exploitation of capitalism and investment in the nuclear industry. Even though we provide meals and groceries to thousands of people, we are not a charity. Food Not Bombs is trying to inspire the public to participate in changing society and focus our resources on solving problems like hunger, homelessness and poverty while seeking an end to war and the destruction of the environment. We are also showing by example that we can work cooperatively without leaders through volunteer effort to provide essential needs like food, housing, education and healthcare. When over a billion people go hungry each day, how can we spend another dollar on war?

Our website lists over 500 chapters, but we believe there are many groups that have not asked to be listed. We think there are over 1,000 chapters of Food Not Bombs active in over 60 countries in Europe, the Middle East, Africa, the Americas, Asia, Australia and New Zealand. We are active in nearly 500 cities in the United States and have groups in another 500 cities outside the United States. We have been told that there are over 60 groups in Russia but only have 15 listed. The same is true for many other countries.

Food Not Bombs provides more than free, healthy vegan and vegetarian food. We provide an opportunity for everyone to participate in solving the most important problems facing our world. We empower the public to take action and resist corporate domination and exploitation. We also provide food and logistical support to often marginalized people and social movements by feeding striking workers and their families, people participating at protests, and organizing community projects."

Please consider donating or starting a Food Not Bombs chapter today !

Santa Cruz California Food Not Bombs 35th Anniversary

What are you doing for Global Homeless Day 5/5/19 ?

Please join homeless, hunger, and poverty advocates and activists from around the world every May 5th as we promote Global Homeless Day !

Promote your favorite non profit or charity or start your own grassroots homeless charity day by volunteering and hosting a Global Homeless Day 5/5/2019 event !

Help Homeless Families, Children Veterans and others with a Food, Tent, and Sleeping Bag Drive

Help Feed Homeless Pets

Get The Government Involved – Protest politicians criminalization and police brutality against poor and homeless, Homelessness is not a crime ! Rally ! Sleep Over !

Use your Imagination ! Painting, Music, Photography, Poetry, Writing and blogging. Celebrities, musicians produce a Global Homeless Day YouTube Video !

*Please SHARE this page on Facebook, Twitter, and ALL social media !

*Ask your local Television, Radio, and Newspaper's for coverage of your local Global Homeless Day events highlighting your favorite homeless cause or charity!

*Get Involved ! E- Mail this page to ALL YOUR FRIENDS !

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Saturday, April 20, 2019

Global Homeless Day Canada

The Canadian Alliance to End Homelessness leads a national movement of individuals, organizations and communities working together to end homelessness in Canada.Their mission is to prevent and end homelessness.

Over the course of a year more than 235,000 different Canadians will experience homelessness."We work with a diverse network of allies who each play essential role in our mission. Our relationships with all other stakeholders, and all our work, is in service to our mission and Canadians experiencing or at risk of homelessness. We serve with humility and without judgement."

We believe that this national crisis requires urgent and immediate action. We’re working with communities across Canada to help them apply proven approaches to transform homelessness systems, programs and policies toward the goal of ending homelessness.

With your help, we can end homelessness in Canada.

We are guided in our work by the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples and the principles of empowerment and self-determination. Indigenous Peoples are respected partners in the movement to end homelessness.

Please consider making a financial contribution to the Canadian Alliance to End Homelessness.

Canada's Invisible People: We Can End Homelessness

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Global Homeless Day USA

The National Coalition for the Homeless is a national network of

people who are currently experiencing or who have experienced homelessness, activists and advocates, community-based and faith-based service providers, and others committed to a single mission: To prevent and end homelessness while ensuring the immediate needs of those experiencing homelessness are met and their civil rights protected.

The National Coalition for the Homeless offers four educational programs that enable groups and individuals to learn firsthand from someone who has experienced homelessness. From sharing personal narratives to explaining effective advocacy practices, these individuals are the true experts on homelessness and they always deliver memorable lessons. NCH is also responsible for two national large-scale events that take place each year and manages 60 AmeriCorps VISTA volunteers in the field.

The National Coalition for the Homeless’ new report, Swept Away: Reporting on the Encampment Closure Crisis, examines the disturbing trend of forced removal of outdoor sleepers by law enforcement, city workers, or even private contractors.
“We understand that municipal governments are trying to respond to a difficult situation,” says Megan Hustings, Director of the National Coalition for the Homeless, “But further displacing people who have nowhere else indoors to go is an inhumane response.”

For 18 years the National Coalition for the Homeless has analyzed bias-motivated violence that leads to many deaths among the homeless community.

Please report your local hate crimes and violence committed against homeless community to the National Coalition for the Homeless.

National Coalition for the Homeless

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Thursday, April 18, 2019

Global Homeless Day Scotland

Shelter Scotland exists to defend the right to a safe home.

"Shelter Scotland helps over half a million people every year struggling with bad housing or homelessness through our advice, support and legal services. And we campaign to make sure that, one day, no one will have to turn to us for help.

They strive every day to give people the help they need, and we campaign relentlessly to achieve our vision of a safe, secure, affordable home for everyone."

In Glasgow and surrounding cities homelessness is far from fixed

"We have all likely either seen the impact of or been directly affected by Scotland’s housing crisis. Homelessness can happen to anyone in Scotland and all too often it is chance, not choice, that leads to someone losing their home."

It’s a disgrace that people are still homeless in Scotland today. Join our campaign.

How We Help Shelter Scotland

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Global Homeless Day Australia

StreetSmart, Action against homelessness believe "no one should be without a safe and secure place to call home.

We raise funds, then seek out and support smaller grassroots organizations doing vital work in our communities." "Funds raised are distributed through Community Grants privileging locality — donations are fed back into projects as close to where they are raised as possible and targeted smaller services aimed at people experiencing homelessness. StreetSmart still operates at a local, grassroots level to fund critical services.

These smaller organizations are embedded in local communities and often deliver innovative responses to community needs." Sydney, Perth, Melbourne, Brisbane and more local projects in Australia have all been supported by StreetSmart.

"The little guys are an important part of our social safety net, and in collaboration with individuals, business and corporate partners our mission is to lend a helping hand."

At StreetSmart we they fund raise and support grassroots projects that tackle homelessness.

Take action against homelessness and join Street Smart today

StreetSmart CEO Adam Robinson

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Global Homeless Day would not be complete without mentioning this tremendously worthwhile Washington DC Lawyer advocacy group. The National Law Center on Homelessness & Poverty, the "only national organization dedicated solely to using the power of the law to end and prevent homelessness and to protect the rights of people experiencing homelessness."

And we here here at Global Homeless Day agree, "We are against practices and laws that unfairly single out homeless people and criminalize them for everyday living and life-sustaining activities."

Being homeless should never be a crime.

The National Law Center on Homelessness & Poverty uses the power of the law to protect the human rights of homeless families, children, and communities. Your generous donation will support our ongoing efforts to prevent and end homelessness.

Are you an attorney with a penchant for fighting and defending the civil and constitutional rights of America's poor and less fortunate ? Volunteer !

To support housing rights, civil & human rights or youth rights please consider donating generously to the National Law Center on Homelessness and Poverty.

National Law Center on Homelessness & Poverty Overview

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