“Occupy the DC Council:
A Homeless and Poor People's

Town Hall Meeting at City Hall”

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On Monday, October 29th, 2012 we seek for 1,000 of the least of the District of Columbia citizens to include homeless people – abused mothers with their children, working men who can't afford housing, disabled people, veterans and the mentally ill and poor citizens of the District of Columbia to be brought together by the efforts of homeless advocates, non-profits and the faith-based community from DC.

In DC at least 7,000 people are homeless at any given time and over 17,000 people experience homelessness each year – many of them victims of domestic violence or vulnerable in other ways.

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Over 1,000 homeless people will gather on Freedom Plaza
(Pennsylvania Ave NW between 13th and 14th Streets) to demand that DC Government provide at least 20,000 units of affordable housing by 2014 and that they address the many reasons why  people become homeless or return to homelessness. There will be music, speakers and other events throughout the day.
People will enter the Wilson Building throughout the day to pressure the DC Council and other public officials into ending homelessness.

The District collected $140 million more in taxes than projected for Fiscal year 2012. It has not yet been determined as to whether or not any of that money will be used to back-fill the $7 million budget shortfall in homeless services for FY 2013 so as to avoid mass shelter closings (1,200 beds) and the loss of some funding for feeding programs. Even if it IS, this event will still take place. Due to loss of much homeless services funding since 2008 (about $200M), we have stopped fighting tor IMPROVE services or END HOMELESSNESS and backed into fighting to SAVE services and MAINTAIN HOMELESSNESS. We must reverse that trend.

 

October 29th, 2012 -- 10 AM to 4 PM
Freedom Plaza and the Wilson Building (City Hall),

1350 Pennsylvania Ave, NW (between 13th and 14th Streets)

 For more information contact SHARC at 202.643.1550 or ericsheptock@yahoo.com