City Campout At City Hall in 45 Minutes
posted by on March 13 at 16:55 PM
Real Change is holding an all-night campout at City Hall to protest the city’s punitive proposed homeless encampment policy, which authorizes city departments to destroy temporary encampments and confiscate people’s property. A meal will be served starting at 5:30; the campout goes until 9:00 tomorrow morning, when participants will deliver comments and petitions to the mayor’s office.This year’s One Night Count of the homeless found more than 2,600 people sleeping outside in sub-zero weather on a night when emergency shelters were full. To learn much more or donate to Real Change, check out Real Change director Tim Harris’s excellent blog.
Excellent cause... thanks for posting about it (though I wish I'd known far enough in advance to plan to do it, but that's really my own fault.)
That said, sub-zero weather? Maybe sub-freezing would be more accurate?
Something else besides Zip Car I agree with ECB on!! Makes up for her wrong thinking on HRC.
I wanted to go but am out of town until tommorow. Good luck and have fun!
Oh great, so they are moving a block down from the King County Courthouse. How provocative.
Wow.
Oh, wait.
I thought you said Camp Fire at City Hall.
Never mind.
@1,
Not if it's celsius.
"To learn much more or donate to Real Change, check out Real Change director Tim Harris’s excellent blog."
There are many words I'd use to describe Tim Harris' blog, but "excellent" certainly isn't one of them. "Pathetic/liberal/hippie/bullshit" are all far more appropriate terms. Harris is so out of touch with reality that at times it's almost sad to watch him crusading for what he thinks is "right."
It was a cold and uncomfortable night (man, sleeping on concrete is really NOT recommended), but it was inspiring and fun too. Heck, my friends and I have always claimed we could "have fun in a cardboard box" and we put that claim to the test last night.
A hot meal was served by local clergy from 5:30pm to 6:30pm, and throughout the evening (as the rain let up and people got off of work) more and more tents full of urban campers arrived.
As I was at the event, I don't know if it got any media coverage, other than here. Anyone see/hear anything?
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