Sacred Heart Tile by Jos Sances, courtesy of WRAP

Below are some ways to take action and help end poverty and homelessness.

WRAP Action January 20, 2010 -
Homelessness Ends With A Home!

Sisters Of The Road, as a founding member of the Western Regional Advocacy Project (WRAP) (WRAP), is participating in an affordable housing and civil rights mass action January 20th at the Federal Building in San Francisco.

This action will draw attention to the Federal government’s failure to provide affordable housing and to increasing criminalization of people experiencing poverty and homelessness and will coincide with the anniversary of Barack Obama’s first year in office.

Sisters is organizing buses that will travel to San Francisco to participate in this action. Please (JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address) if you are interested in coming. All folks coming on the trip must attend an orientation.

For more details, including a full list of WRAP’s demands, visit our Homelessness Ends With A Home web page.  Please also check out Street Roots, our WRAP partner, to sign a petition in solidarity with those who are taking part in the action and to read more about WRAP’s demands.

View a flyer for the event!

More details to come on this Take Action page and at WRAP’s website as January 20th approaches.

Vote YES on Measures 66 and 67

Remember to cast your vote in Oregon’s special election on Tuesday, January 26th, 2010. Sisters Of The Road is endorsing a yes vote on Measures 66 and 67. Please read an explanation of these two measures from the Oregon Center for Public Policy, and the consequences if these important tax measures do not pass.

Visit Vote Yes for Oregon to take the pledge to vote YES on Measures 66 and 67 now - and spread the word to your friends and family to sign it, too!  You can also find out more ways to get involved and support this important campaign at the Vote Yes for Oregon website. Thanks for voting!