@memorialblanket.bsky.social
#memorialblanket
QR codes are the coolest!
QR codes are the coolest!
May 23, 2025 at 1:22 AM
#memorialblanket
QR codes are the coolest!
QR codes are the coolest!
Many thanks to @mainepublic.org for their coverage of homelessness and the National Coalition for the Homeless Day of Action.
www.mainepublic.org/maine/2025-0...
www.mainepublic.org/maine/2025-0...
Advocates speak out against cuts to resources for growing homeless population
The event was part of a National Day of Action aimed to draw attention to the lack of affordable housing and the recent deaths in the homeless community on the one-year anniversary of the Grants Pass ...
www.mainepublic.org
May 5, 2025 at 4:17 PM
Many thanks to @mainepublic.org for their coverage of homelessness and the National Coalition for the Homeless Day of Action.
www.mainepublic.org/maine/2025-0...
www.mainepublic.org/maine/2025-0...
We had a great time in Portland last week!
May 5, 2025 at 4:15 PM
We had a great time in Portland last week!
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Representative Bresnahan, Protect SNAP for the Future of Our Community | SNAP is a lifeline for 40 million Americans. Cutting it as part of the GOP budget would devastate families in our communities.
Representative Bresnahan, Protect SNAP for the Future of Our Community - Bucks County Beacon
SNAP is a lifeline for 40 million Americans. Cutting it as part of the GOP budget would devastate families in our communities.
buckscountybeacon.com
April 23, 2025 at 1:57 PM
Representative Bresnahan, Protect SNAP for the Future of Our Community | SNAP is a lifeline for 40 million Americans. Cutting it as part of the GOP budget would devastate families in our communities.
Quite a lovely day!
April 23, 2025 at 2:22 PM
Quite a lovely day!
Our founder, @patlamarche.bsky.social wrote this.
Congressman Brian Fitzpatrick Supports the GOP Budget Which Will Decimate Nursing Homes & Home Care in Bucks County | From Richlandtown to Bristol, Bucks County nursing home patients, home care patients, and the staff who care for them will be directly impacted by expected massive cuts to Medicaid.
Congressman Brian Fitzpatrick Supports the GOP Budget Which Will Decimate Nursing Homes and Home Care in Bucks County - Bucks County Beacon
From Richlandtown to Bristol, Bucks County nursing home patients, home care patients, and the staff who care for them will be directly impacted by expected massive cuts to Medicaid.
buckscountybeacon.com
April 13, 2025 at 7:46 PM
Our founder, @patlamarche.bsky.social wrote this.
Making blankets for the unhoused causes joy. It feels good to do something. @memorialblanket.bsky.social another headed to Maine for @nationalhomeless.bsky.social gay of action at Maine Mall - April 22
#memorialblanket
#memorialblanket
April 11, 2025 at 11:32 AM
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yeah man, please make my 85 year
old great aunt prove her citizenship to vote in rural georgia, this definitely isn’t reminiscent of anything in the american past
old great aunt prove her citizenship to vote in rural georgia, this definitely isn’t reminiscent of anything in the american past
🧵 There are a lot of misleading claims out there about the SAVE Act. Let me set the record straight: I voted for the SAVE Act for the simple reason that American elections are for Americans. Requiring proof of citizenship to register to vote is common sense.
April 11, 2025 at 3:03 AM
yeah man, please make my 85 year
old great aunt prove her citizenship to vote in rural georgia, this definitely isn’t reminiscent of anything in the american past
old great aunt prove her citizenship to vote in rural georgia, this definitely isn’t reminiscent of anything in the american past
Wow
Ok, I KNOW I need sleep, but check out all the work I got done on night shift breaks! #Giddy #Nurse #CrochetAddict
April 8, 2025 at 4:12 PM
Wow
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From Louisiana to Pennsylvania, Tracing Plastics Pollution Back to Its Source | The documentary “Single-Use Planet” follows the “river of money” underpinning the plastics industry in the United States.
From Louisiana to Pennsylvania, Tracing Plastics Pollution Back to Its Source - Inside Climate News
The documentary “Single-Use Planet” follows the “river of money” underpinning the plastics industry in the United States.
insideclimatenews.org
April 8, 2025 at 12:42 PM
From Louisiana to Pennsylvania, Tracing Plastics Pollution Back to Its Source | The documentary “Single-Use Planet” follows the “river of money” underpinning the plastics industry in the United States.
The news media has started picking up the story. Homelessness ain't gonna cure itself, people!
#memorialblanket
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#memorialblanket
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Homeless Memorial Blanket Project Comes to Maine - True Country 93.5
The Homeless Memorial Blanket Project will display handmade blankets and quilts at Maine Mall in South Portland, Tuesday, April 22.
truecountry935.com
April 8, 2025 at 1:29 AM
The news media has started picking up the story. Homelessness ain't gonna cure itself, people!
#memorialblanket
truecountry935.com/homeless-mem...
#memorialblanket
truecountry935.com/homeless-mem...
If you have blankets for our participation in the Day of Action, let us know.
Please share the word with other Mainers, and their New Hampshire Neighbors - we'd love to see them at the display.
Please share the word with other Mainers, and their New Hampshire Neighbors - we'd love to see them at the display.
@memorialblanket.bsky.social is a resource for volunteerism and self-care run by Sacred Legion's own host, @patlamarche.bsky.social . On April 22, they will be holding an event in Maine to mark the first anniversary of a horrible Supreme Court case. We hope to see you there!
April 7, 2025 at 5:06 PM
If you have blankets for our participation in the Day of Action, let us know.
Please share the word with other Mainers, and their New Hampshire Neighbors - we'd love to see them at the display.
Please share the word with other Mainers, and their New Hampshire Neighbors - we'd love to see them at the display.
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"The harm done to Stevie and her mom those three years in the car wasn’t virtual. It was real. And maybe you can tell yourself you’re not the person who caused it. But what you may need to know is that – with rare exception – you’re also the person who did nothing to stop it."
Homelessness Is Not Fun and Games, Though Nintendo Thinks It Is | Kids' games like Nintendo’s "Street Survival Homeless Simulator" illustrate just how broken our society has become as we commodify everything – even people’s suffering, writes @patlamarche.bsky.social.
READ: bit.ly/4hXDqmu
READ: bit.ly/4hXDqmu
April 2, 2025 at 1:29 PM
"The harm done to Stevie and her mom those three years in the car wasn’t virtual. It was real. And maybe you can tell yourself you’re not the person who caused it. But what you may need to know is that – with rare exception – you’re also the person who did nothing to stop it."
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April 2, 2025 at 8:14 AM
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"Trump is clearly comfortable weaponizing Social Security for political purposes, and we fear that this is only the beginning," says @socialsecurityworks.org's Nancy Altman.
Emails Show Trump Official Targeted Maine Social Security Services as Political Revenge | Common Dreams
"Trump is clearly comfortable weaponizing Social Security for political purposes, and we fear that this is only the beginning," said one critic.
www.commondreams.org
April 2, 2025 at 10:17 PM
"Trump is clearly comfortable weaponizing Social Security for political purposes, and we fear that this is only the beginning," says @socialsecurityworks.org's Nancy Altman.
I just got off the phone with the hubby of a Bangor, Maine blanket maker that I can pick this up for the #memorialblanket National Day of Action on the 22nd. Join us at the Maine Mall from 11 to 7. Learn about homelessness. Let your neighbors know they matter.
April 2, 2025 at 10:35 PM
I just got off the phone with the hubby of a Bangor, Maine blanket maker that I can pick this up for the #memorialblanket National Day of Action on the 22nd. Join us at the Maine Mall from 11 to 7. Learn about homelessness. Let your neighbors know they matter.
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Thank you Senator Cory Booker. This guy truly cares about the people he represents.
"I don't want a Disney vacation of our history! I don't a whitewashed history, I don't want a homogenized history. Tell me the wretched truth about America, because that speaks to our greatness" -- 20 hours into his speech, Cory Booker is spitting absolute 🔥
April 1, 2025 at 9:32 PM
Thank you Senator Cory Booker. This guy truly cares about the people he represents.
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Pennsylvania Can’t Reject Improperly Dated Ballots, Federal Court Rules | The judge ruled that rejecting mail ballots for issues with the date on the outer envelope violates voters’ First Amendment rights, since voting is considered an expression of free speech. reports @votebeat.org.
Pennsylvania Can’t Reject Improperly Dated Ballots, Federal Court Rules - Bucks County Beacon
The judge ruled that rejecting mail ballots for issues with the date on the outer envelope violates voters’ First Amendment rights, since voting is considered an expression of free speech.
buckscountybeacon.com
April 1, 2025 at 12:16 PM
Pennsylvania Can’t Reject Improperly Dated Ballots, Federal Court Rules | The judge ruled that rejecting mail ballots for issues with the date on the outer envelope violates voters’ First Amendment rights, since voting is considered an expression of free speech. reports @votebeat.org.
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Pennsylvania’s 2025-2026 Budget Includes Call to Legalize Adult Recreational Marijuana Use to Boost State Revenue | “Many don’t know our state budget gets 40% of its funding from Washington,” said Pennsylvania House Speaker Joanna McClinton.
Pennsylvania’s 2025-2026 Budget Includes Call to Legalize Adult Recreational Marijuana Use to Boost State Revenue - Bucks County Beacon
“Many don’t know our state budget gets 40% of its funding from Washington,” said Pennsylvania House Speaker Joanna McClinton.
buckscountybeacon.com
April 1, 2025 at 11:26 PM
Pennsylvania’s 2025-2026 Budget Includes Call to Legalize Adult Recreational Marijuana Use to Boost State Revenue | “Many don’t know our state budget gets 40% of its funding from Washington,” said Pennsylvania House Speaker Joanna McClinton.
Okay Maine peeps. We've been asked by the National Coalition for the Homeless to participate in the National Day of Action on the anniversary of the SCOTUS hearing Johnson v Grants Pass (and subsequently ruling that falling a sleep in public is a crime). #memorialblanket
Details in the comments.
Details in the comments.
April 1, 2025 at 6:35 PM
Okay Maine peeps. We've been asked by the National Coalition for the Homeless to participate in the National Day of Action on the anniversary of the SCOTUS hearing Johnson v Grants Pass (and subsequently ruling that falling a sleep in public is a crime). #memorialblanket
Details in the comments.
Details in the comments.
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Now crocheters can get the look of knitting without having to learn how to knit. It's called the waistcoat stitch. I'm going to use it on some cotton baskets I'm crocheting. 🧶
#crochet #crocheting #crochetknitstitch #knitstitch #crochetknitting #stitch #crochetpattern #waistcoatstitch #crocheted
#crochet #crocheting #crochetknitstitch #knitstitch #crochetknitting #stitch #crochetpattern #waistcoatstitch #crocheted
March 30, 2025 at 5:35 PM
Now crocheters can get the look of knitting without having to learn how to knit. It's called the waistcoat stitch. I'm going to use it on some cotton baskets I'm crocheting. 🧶
#crochet #crocheting #crochetknitstitch #knitstitch #crochetknitting #stitch #crochetpattern #waistcoatstitch #crocheted
#crochet #crocheting #crochetknitstitch #knitstitch #crochetknitting #stitch #crochetpattern #waistcoatstitch #crocheted
This is lovely. I'm gonna share this with the #memorialblanket blanket makers. Thanks for this!
I really love this stitch pattern because of the holes. It's called basket weave and the tutorial for a blanket/throw is here: www.knittingunlimited.com/2022/03/blan... 🧶
#knit #knitting #knitted #knitsky #basketweavepattern #knitbasketweave #freepattern #basketweaveblanket #blanket #throw #pattern
#knit #knitting #knitted #knitsky #basketweavepattern #knitbasketweave #freepattern #basketweaveblanket #blanket #throw #pattern
March 31, 2025 at 2:30 PM
This is lovely. I'm gonna share this with the #memorialblanket blanket makers. Thanks for this!
@patlamarche.bsky.social and Max Goller interview legendary Diane Nilan - the reason kids experiencing homelessness can not be barred from school. Cause yeah, they used to be.
During episode 4 of our Sacred Legions podcast, @diane-hearus.bsky.social recommended a volunteer and/or self-care resource of which she is very familiar, HEAR US - It's About the Children. Go back and listen to the episode at sacredlegions.org/.../Season-1..., to hear all about Hear Us.
sacredlegions.org
March 31, 2025 at 2:28 PM
@patlamarche.bsky.social and Max Goller interview legendary Diane Nilan - the reason kids experiencing homelessness can not be barred from school. Cause yeah, they used to be.
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Food Insecurity in Bucks County Worsened by Trump and DOGE Cuts | Locally, the cuts have already hacked away about one-third of the $800,000 the federal government had been sending to supplement Bucks County Opportunity Council programs like Fresh Connect, writes @patlamarche.bsky.social.
Food Insecurity in Bucks County Worsened by Trump and DOGE Cuts - Bucks County Beacon
Locally, the cuts have already hacked away about one-third of the $800,000 the federal government had been sending to supplement Bucks County Opportunity Council programs like Fresh Connect.
buckscountybeacon.com
March 28, 2025 at 11:11 AM
Food Insecurity in Bucks County Worsened by Trump and DOGE Cuts | Locally, the cuts have already hacked away about one-third of the $800,000 the federal government had been sending to supplement Bucks County Opportunity Council programs like Fresh Connect, writes @patlamarche.bsky.social.
Our founder - Pat LaMarche. Her writing will help you understand homelessness.
I worked on my book "Humble Pie" off and on for about 5 years. I had no idea when it finally made it to book shelves that it would be so timely - what with the federal gov't attacking foodbanks, etc
indypendent.org/2024/12/illu...
indypendent.org/2024/12/illu...
Illustrated Book About Hunger in the US Offers New Ways of Perceiving the Poor
Anti-poverty activist and journalist Pat LaMarche spoke with people in numerous shelters and published some of their recipes.
indypendent.org
March 28, 2025 at 1:28 AM
Our founder - Pat LaMarche. Her writing will help you understand homelessness.