“Freedom from Want” by Art Hazelwood

More pictures from the march

January 20th, 2010, Sisters and other WRAP allies converged in San Francisco to demand our federal government come through on promises made to create more affordable housing and decriminalize homelessness and poverty. The protest and pre-protest adventures are documented in videos here and here and on Street Roots’ blog. A comprehensive list of online coverage of the WRAP event can be found here.

Our friends and allies worked hard on the road to San Francisco! In Ashland, they campaigned in support of Measures 66 & 67.

Back on the road again - our travelers encountered a blizzard. But nothing could stop them from heading to San Francisco!

And finally, they made it! To celebrate, folks from all over the West Coast danced for social justice!

To see even more pictures, videos, and informative discussions about the importance of this action, check out change.org.

Your support of this work is still welcome. Join many other progressive local groups that supported the J20 event - sign the petition or make an online donation to Sisters today. You can also contact Monica at Sisters Of The Road at (503) 222-5694, ext.19 to find out more!

Thank you to these community partners that have endorsed the action: Community Alliance of Tenants, White Feather Peace Community, Jobs With Justice, American Friends Service Committee of the Pacific Northwest, Downtown Chapel, Peace Voice, Northwest Pilot Projects, Rose CDC, Mental Health Association of Portland, Tikkun and the Network of Spiritual Progressives, Oregon Coalition Against Domestic and Sexual Violence, Oregon On, Portland State University Progressive Student Union, Transit Riders’ Union, the Tenant Rights Project, the Coalition for a Livable Future, Poor People’s Economic Human Rights Campaign, the Dorothy Day Portland Catholic Worker House and the Portland Chapter of the National Lawyer’s Guild.

To share information about this event with others, please click here to print a handbill.

For additional information about how you can support WRAP’s demands for restoration of Federal funding for affordable housing and for protection of the civil rights of people experiencing homelessness, (JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address) at Sisters Of The Road or call him at (503) 222-5694 ext. 13.

• View We Begin, the poem that will open the event
• View a flyer for the event.
• To learn more about the lack of affordable housing and civil rights for all members of our community, and to read WRAP’s demands in detail, please click here.

WRAP’s Paul Boden reports back to the crowd from the delegation that met with Nancy Pelosi’s staff in the Federal Building.