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LAND BACK! Never homeless before 1492

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Evictions are an effort to displace residents, and make them move. So we as supporters come prepared to help with: -Heavy duty trash bags -Large bags or suitcases -Shopping carts -Carts or wagons with wheels ***Anything you bring will likely be lost eventually and should be considered permenant donation During an eviction: Protect yourself. Wear a mask, gloves and heavy duty clothing. There's many things that can harm you, and it's easy for accidents to happen in the chaos of an eviction Talk to residents they are the experts and likely have done this many times before. Stay focused on immediate tasks at hand; helping move residents and their things. Do not make offers or promises you cannot follow through on. Police presence Police presence will be very high. At multiple evitions this winter, the ENTIRE third precinct police staff was present Police create a perimeter around the encampment early in the morning a few blocks out and do not allow anyone to enter the perimeter to help residents move. HINE APE FOLK For this reason we suggest showing up extra early (5am) if you plan to help residents move We try to remain calm and focus on helping residents. These police will use any excuse they can to further bully and brutalize encampment residents. After an eviction: The night and days following an eviction are important times to offer support. Overdoses, and trafficking are statistically most likely to occur immediately following an eviction. Ways to support look like: Finding people living outside near evicted site and offering tents, blankets, hot food, water, narcan, rides, cash, cigarettes. ASK what they may need. Do Not: offer or promise anything you can not follow through on
September 16, 2025 at 4:36 PM
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Tomorrow 9AM-3PM is service connect weekly pop-up at MIWRC
MIWRC WARMING CENTER RESOURCE CONNECT WEEKLY DROP IN HOURS EVERY TUESDAY 9АМ-3PM Join our efforts to provide a safe space for relatives with meals, resources, and service navigation QUESTIONS? CONTACT MIWRC AT 612-728-2000 How you can help: • Contribute financially at https://www.miwrc.org/donate (please note your gift is for the warming shelter) • Bring warm clothing, toiletries, socks, new underwear, snacks & bottled water to MIWRC (2300 15th Ave S, Mols).
April 28, 2025 at 9:14 PM
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• On April 2, Frey claimed 27 people are experiencing unsheltered homelessness in Minneapolis
• On April 8, Hennepin Cty data show 628 people experienced unsheltered homelessness countywide over the last 3 months; 271 in the last month. An estimated 85-90% of the unsheltered count is in Minneapolis.
April 14, 2025 at 5:09 PM
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On April 2, 2025 Mayor Frey claimed only 27 people are experiencing unsheltered homelessness across Minneapolis, but the data from Hennepin County & boots on the ground experience shows this is NOT TRUE.
The Star Tribune has published an article illustrating the increasingly difficult fight against homelessness in Minneapolis Minneapolis encampments are largely gone. Have homeless people been driven into the shadows? Mayor Jacob Frey says there's less homelessness because police have cleared camps. Homeless people say they're just less visible. By Susan Du The Minnesota Star Tribune APRIL 14, 2025 AT 6:30AM What the Numbers Say treating homelessness as a math problem is reductive The Administration's Narrative: On April 2, Mayor Jacob Frey proclaimed on the social media platform X that only "27 people are experiencing unsheltered homelessness across our city." According to Experts: Rebecca Sales, co-director of the Wilder Foundation's Minnesota Homeless Study would "love for it to be true" that Minnesota's largest city has almost solved unsheltered homelessness. "We've worked with enough homeless service providers and folks that are working in the housing stability space that I don't get the sense that they're feeling that way." she said. https://www.startribune.com/minneapolis-homeless-encampments-drop/601330631 What the Numbers Say treating homelessness as a math problem is reductive "the wider problem of unsheltered homelessness includes people who sleep on trains and live in cars, hide in unheated cabins and condemned buildings, nap in libraries by day and walk around at night." "The aggression though, on homeless folks, has increased dramatically," he said. Encampment activist Nicole Mason still drives through the alleys of south Minneapolis looking for homeless people, shouting out of her van about breakfast cooking at the Minnesota Indian Women's Resource Center. Along Franklin Avenue, people wore blankets in doorways, crowded bus shelters and slept in the flower bed in Aldi's parking lot. Over pancakes at the drop-in center, a group derided the city's narrative. "A lot more people are piling into that one friend they know, who's on [Housing Support]," said Joe Johnson, who sleeps in a stairwell. "They don't give a [care] about management because they don't have anywhere to go. They're scared." It's unclear, when the city flaunts a rapid reduction in tents, to what extent its data encapsulates other forms of unsheltered homelessness. • On April 8, per Hennepin County 628 people experienced unsheltered homelessness countywide over the last three months, and 271 over the last month. • Hennepin County estimates 85-90% of the unsheltered count is in Minneapolis. • In the first week of April, all emergency shelter beds for men were reserved by midday, according to Adult Shelter Connect, the intake hotline. https://www.startribune.com/minneapolis-homeless-encampments-drop/601330631 How Can You Help? Stand up to Major Jacob Frey's indemnification of neighbors experiencing homelessness in Minneapolis. • Contact Mayor Frey, City Council, Hennepin County Commissioners, and State Representatives demanding prioritization of humane response to homelessness that does not criminalize poverty. • Connect with local mutual aid groups to share your gifts - whether that is time, money, a skill, or talent, we need ALL of us. HELPFUL LINKS: https://linktr.ee/campnenookaasi https://linktr.ee/sanctuarysupplydepot https://linktr.ee/SouthsideHarmReduction https://linktr.ee/communitykitchenmpls https://linktr.ee/Freedomstreethealth https://linktr.ee/AYUmpls https://www.startribune.com/minneapolis-homeless-encampments-drop/601330631
April 14, 2025 at 5:09 PM