Re: Support Declaration of Disaster & National Homelessness
Tom Boland (wgcp@earthlink.net)
Sat, 24 Oct 1998 22:57:01 -0400
Flower Child:
Your idea to declare _USA_ homelessness a national disaster is excellent.
In Canada, the call to declare homelessness a disaster may have helped
force politicians there to focus on the issue - expecially in Toronto,
where activists regularly protest government inaction on housing homeless
people.
Similarly, a "disaster declaration" hook might also draw the US public's
attention to homelessness, especially now, at the onset of winter.
Any advice from Canadian or other activists?
How do we get this campaign going in the USA?
Tom B
>In the U.S.A. we could petition, "That the State and Federal
>Governments be requested to declare homelessness a national
>disaster requiring emergency humanitarian relief and be urged to
>immediately develop and implement a National Homelessness Relief
>and Prevention Strategy using disaster relief funds, both to
>provide the homeless with immediate health protection and housing
>and to prevent further homelessness."
>> TORONTO DISASTER RELIEF COMMITTEE
>> Toronto City Council will consider the following motion on
>>Wednesday, Oct 28, 10:00 am at Metro Hall.
>>"That the Provincial and Federal Governments be requested to
>>declare homelessness a national disaster
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