CIVIL RIGHTS
The civil
rights of people experiencing homelessness are continually violated,
whether it be by endangering their right to vote, by hate crimes committed
against them, by denying children in homeless situations an equal right
to education, and even by unjust laws making it illegal to be homeless.
NCH is concerned about this illegal disenfranchisement of people experiencing
homelessness, and the Civil Rights Project exists to protect the civil
rights of people in homeless situations.
NEW: You Don't Need a Home to Vote! 2009-2010 Voting Rights Manual
NEWS
REPORTS
- National Hunger and Homelessness
Awareness Week: Jan 09. Organizing Manual. Co-sponsored
annually by the National Coalition for the Homeless and the National
Student Campaign Against Hunger and Homelessness, National Hunger and
Homelessness Awareness Week will be held November 15-21, 2009.
- Hate, Violence, and Death
on Main Street USA: A Report on Hate Crimes And Violence Against People
Experiencing Homelessness, 2007
- Feeding Intolerance: Cities Cracking Down on Groups Feeding Hungry, Says New Report released in November 2007.
- A new report on homeless deaths, "Dying Without Dignity."
- Hate, Violence, and Death
on Main Street USA: A Report on Hate Crimes And Violence Against People
Experiencing Homelessness, 2006
- Hate, Violence, and Death
on Main Street USA: A Report on Hate Crimes And Violence Against People
Experiencing Homelessness, 2005
- A Dream Denied: The Criminalization of Homelessness in U.S. Cities. A Report by The National Coalition for the Homeless and The National Law Center on Homelessness & Poverty, January 2006.
- National Homeless Persons' Memorial
Day Organizing Manual: Jan 06. Organizing Manual for National
Homeless Persons' Memorial Day, December 21, 2006. A Manual for planning
local events to memorialize those who have died while homeless.
- Hate, Violence, and Death
on Main Street USA: A Report on Hate Crimes And Violence Against People
Experiencing Homelessness, 2004
- "Illegal to be Homeless"
report 2004: the report targets escalating civil rights abuses
against homeless people and identifies the 20 "meanest" cities
in the country.
- Hate, Violence, and Death
on Main Street USA: A Report on Hate Crimes And Violence Against People
Experiencing Homelessness, 2003
- Hate, Violence, and Death
on Main Street USA: A Report on Hate Crimes And Violence Against People
Experiencing Homelessness, 2002
Archived news ITEMS:
- November 2: Homeless Shelters: A Feeble Response to Homelessness by Betty Reid Mandell (an article in NewPolitics)
- October 4: Statement for the Record of Barbara Anderson (NCH board member) before the
Subcommittee on Housing and Community Opportunity Committee on Financial Services, U.S. House of Representatives, at a hearing on The Reauthorization of the McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act. [pdf file]
- October 4: NCH's comment on the Reed Community Partnership to End Homelessness Act (CPEHA, S. 1518).
- August 27: Legislative Action Alert: Weigh-In On HUD McKinney-Vento Reauthorization.
- August 16: Open Invitation to Presidential Candidates: Be Homeless!
- July 30: "Hating the Homeless: Attacks on Homeless Rise Across Nation," an article about NCH's hate crimes work from the Southern Poverty Law Center.
- July 30: A briefing was held on July 10th regarding violence against homeless people. The briefing
was cosponsored with the National Law Center on Homelessness and Poverty, along with
the office of Rep. Eddie Bernice Johnson.
- July 20: NCH Calls on Congress to “Bring America Home” at National Event Commemorating the 20th Anniversary of The Stewart B. McKinney Homeless Assistance Act.
- July 15: I, President of the U.S., and How I Ended Poverty. A True Story of the Future. (This is part 2 of the article Lessons from a Candidate Who Sought to End Poverty).
- June 11: In order to curtail the devastating impact that tobacco use has on the homeless community, the National Coalition for Homeless, in partnership with The Association of Gospel Rescue Missions (AGRM) and The National Network on Tobacco Prevention and Poverty (NNTPP) are pleased to announce The National Survey on Tobacco Prevention at Homeless Service Agencies. The results of this survey will help guide further research and funding to this issue. Please click here to take the survey.
- June 10: "Home is Where the Heart Is: A look at the relationship between homeless pet guardians
and the animals they cherish," from Chicagoland Tails.
- May 27: Lessons from a Candidate Who Sought to End Poverty (Part I)
- May 20: "Dumped on Skid Row," a story on May 20th's 60 Minutes. Hospitals put homeless patients in a van or a taxi and drop them on the city’s Skid Row, sometimes dressed in only a flimsy gown, even if they're not healthy enough to fend for themselves.
- May 17: NCH mentioned in New York Times article "Gay Youths Find Place to Call Home in Specialty Shelters."
- May 9: Legislation Introduced to Make Attacks on Homeless a Hate Crime.
- April 27: House Passes Representative Taylor’s "Assault Or Battery On Homeless Persons" Legislation.
- April 26: NCH gets a "Wag of the Finger" from Stephen Colbert of the Colbert Report. (Note: this is a large file.)
- March 18: New report on "couch-homeless," precariously housed people.
- February 20: NEW Hate Crimes Report released: Hate, Violence, and Death
on Main Street USA: A Report on Hate Crimes And Violence Against People
Experiencing Homelessness, 2006
- Please click here to read the NCH hate crimes report reference in the Onion, "Teen-On-Homeless Violence Increases."
- Please click here to read the CNN story "Teen 'sport killings' of homeless on the rise"
- February 5: New report reveals epidemic of homelessness among lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender youth. More than 500,000 LGBT youth in the United States at risk of homelessness this winter. To find out more, click here.
- December 25: Opie and Anthony: Exploiters of the Homeless
- October 19: "A vile teen fad: beating the homeless" story in the Christian Science Monitor discusses hate crimes against people in homeless situations.
- On Sunday, October 1, CBS 60 Minutes with Ed Bradley did a story on teen violence against homeless people. The National Coalition for the Homeless’ longstanding work on this issue is featured in this broadcast. Guests included: Ed Bradley, Host; Jeffrey Spurgeon, 19, along with four other teens, killed Michael Roberts in May of 2005 in Holly Hill, Florida; Brian Levin, criminologist, California State University and an expert on hate crimes; and Ryan McPherson, a creator of the Bumfights videos series. Please click here for more info.
- September 10: Homeless employees file suit to stop abuses of minimum wage laws.
For more information contact, Michael Stoops, Executive Director,
202.462.4822, ext. 234; mstoops@nationalhomeless.org. |