Please Help With This Important Issue: Violence Against Homeless People

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From our friends at the National Coalition for the Homeless

Stop Hate-Motivated Violence Against Homeless People

The National Coalition for the Homeless and the National Law Center on Homelessness & Poverty are leading a national campaign to prevent and end hate-motivated violence against people experiencing homelessness. NCH and NLCHP invite organizations at the national, state, and local level to stand with us in this effort, including : advocacy and direct service organizations that are concerned with civil rights, justice, crime prevention, homelessness, housing, and/or poverty.

NCH and NLCHP have prepared two policy statements. The first offers recommendations for preventing and ending hate crimes and violence against people without homes, written for policymakers at all levels of government. The second is an endorsement letter for homeless hate crimes statistics legislation (HR 2216) currently before the U.S. Congress. Both documents are linked here:

Joint Position Statement: http://console.mtgcp.com/_images/NLImages/JointPositionStatement.doc

Endorsement Letter: http://console.mtgcp.com/_images/NLImages/endorsement_letter.doc

If your organization is able to add its voice to this anti-violence effort, please email [email protected]. Be sure to include your organization name and full contact information. We will be collecting organization endorsements on a rolling basis, with a first-round of responses requested by Friday, July 25. For more information, please contact Michael Stoops at [email protected] or Tulin Ozdeger at [email protected].

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