Permission granted. You can tag me there if you want, Kevin M Nye

Our first push is among Christians, as that’s the network I currently have access to. It’s in our 3 year plan to expand to interfaith.

Was laughing so much when he kept trying to stand up the flower pot

I have lots of recommendations! Happy to help narrow it down in DMs if it’s helpful.

Genuinely upset it took me so long to hear it

See end of thread

congratulations, you have now fully crossed over into dehumanization. you will be blocked.

work on yourself.

If you know them, what are their names?

This is objectively false. All of these are full in Minneapolis, and “safe” is debatable for many of the shelters that do exist. You are just wrong regarding your assumptions and prejudices about unsheltered people, and I know that because they are my friends, and you don’t even know them.

They aren’t the solution, but until we build the housing infrastructure to solve this, we can’t punish people for our incompetence.

I also don’t believe we should “watch people suffer”. It’s actually very easy to deploy restrooms, outreach, and other supports to ease suffering while we do our job.

You cannot criminalize survival from a problem we have caused. Encampments keep people alive. It’s not romanticization, it’s basic empathy. It shouldn’t be illegal to do what you need to live.