MON - Picture the Homeless sleep-out

We'll be sleeping outside of an entire block of abandoned buildings, all of whom are owned by the same landlord.

MONDAY, JUNE 19TH:
PROTEST HOMELESSNESS with Picture the Homeless
Everyone who wants to participate should come to the office of Picture the Homeless
at 5PM (170 East 116th Street, Suite 1W, between Lexington and 3rd, 6 train to 116th) on
Monday, June 19th, for dinner and a prep session.
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MONDAY, JUNE 19TH:
PROTEST HOMELESSNESS with Picture the Homeless

It's that time again, folks! Picture the Homeless is leading a THIRD sleep-out protest action to raise awareness around abandoned buildings, the housing crisis, and homelessness. On a warm night next week we'll pitch our (proverbial) tents on the sidewalk in front of a whole block of empty buildings. Come join us!

"This is in the spirit of the sit-ins from the Civil Rights Movement," said Roosevelt Orphee, a leader of our Housing Campaign. "But despite all the progress that was made in that era, the atrocities facing people of color today are even more extreme--you have tens of thousands of people living in shelters here in NYC, and 90% of them are African-American or Latino! Are they trying to run us out of New York?"

The protest will happen the day after Father's Day, and is being organized by homeless dads, many of whom are veterans. We'll be sleeping outside of an entire block of abandoned buildings, all of whom are owned by the same landlord.

Everyone who wants to participate should come to the office of
Picture the Homeless at 5PM
(170 East 116th Street, Suite 1W, between Lexington and 3rd, 6 train to 116th) on Monday, June 19th,
for dinner and a prep session.

Then we'll head out to the target block and set up camp!

If you can't make it, please do help us out by passing this email on far and wide.

For more info, call Tyletha or Sam at 212-427-2499
In solidarity,
Picture the Homeless