Find out how to get involved in homeless advocacy with an organization near you. Here is a list of groups in DC working on issues of homelessness, affordable housing, and preserving DC\u2019s social safety net.<\/p>\n
Shelter Housing and Respectful Change:\u00a0<\/strong>http:\/\/ericsheptock.wix.com\/sharc<\/a> Tick Tock Sheptock:\u00a0 <\/strong>http:\/\/streatstv.blogspot.com<\/a> Poverty and Policy:<\/strong> http:\/\/povertyandpolicy.wordpress.com<\/a> Housing for All Campaign:<\/strong> http:\/\/www.cnhed.org\/housing-for-all-campaign<\/a> Save Our Safety Net\/ DC Fair Budget Coalition:<\/strong> http:\/\/www.fairbudget.org<\/a> ONE DC: <\/strong>http:\/\/www.onedconline.org<\/a> Empower DC:<\/strong> http:\/\/www.empowerdc.org<\/a> The Washington Peace Center:\u00a0<\/strong>http:\/\/www.washingtonpeacecenter.org <\/a> Washington Interfaith Network (WIN):\u00a0<\/strong>http:\/\/www.windc-iaf.org<\/a> The Washington Legal Clinic for the Homeless:<\/strong> http:\/\/www.legalclinic.org<\/a> DC Fiscal Policy Institute: <\/strong>http:\/\/www.dcfpi.org<\/a> Find out how to get involved in homeless advocacy with an organization near you. Here is a list of groups in DC working on issues of homelessness, affordable housing, and preserving DC\u2019s social safety net. Shelter Housing and Respectful Change:\u00a0http:\/\/ericsheptock.wix.com\/sharc It is the mission of …<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-7","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/whosedowntown.humanitiestruck.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/7","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/whosedowntown.humanitiestruck.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/whosedowntown.humanitiestruck.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whosedowntown.humanitiestruck.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whosedowntown.humanitiestruck.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=7"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/whosedowntown.humanitiestruck.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/7\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":269,"href":"https:\/\/whosedowntown.humanitiestruck.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/7\/revisions\/269"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/whosedowntown.humanitiestruck.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=7"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\nIt is the mission of SHARC (Shelter, Housing And Respectful Change) to engage the poor, homeless, formerly\u00a0homeless, community activists and concerned citizens in advocacy efforts for the poor and under-privileged\u00a0community with an emphasis on self-advocacy. SHARC meets every Monday at 1:00 PM at the Drop In Center at the CCNV Shelter, 425 2nd<\/sup> St. NW DC. (From the website)<\/p>\n
\nIn this blog, Eric Sheptock addresses the latest issues facing the homeless in Washington, DC.\u00a0 Sheptock is one of the primary organizers of SHARC<\/a>.<\/p>\n
\nIn this blog policy research and communications consultant Kathryn Baer discusses policies that can reduce the hardships poor people suffer and investigates the causes of poverty.\u00a0 She focuses on poverty in Washington, DC.<\/p>\n
\nThe goal of the Housing for All Campaign is to win a housing policy in DC that would provide access to decent quality affordable housing for all DC residents at a price they can afford. The campaign calls on the city government to fully fund the Continuum of Housing. (From the website)<\/p>\n
\nThe Fair Budget Coalition advocates for budget and public policy initiatives that address poverty and human needs in the District of Columbia. The Fair Budget Coalition accomplishes these goals by leveraging the collective power of its member organizations, including working with social service providers to empower those directly affected by poverty to participate in the advocacy process. (from the website)<\/p>\n
\nONE DC\u2019s mission is to exercise political strength to create and preserve racial and economic equity in Shaw and the District. The organization has three main organizing areas: One Right to Housing, One Right to Income, and One Right to Wellness<\/a>. They hold monthly meetings on the right to housing. To join one of the meetings, contact ONE DC at organizer@onedconline.org<\/a> \u00a0(from the website)<\/p>\n
\nEmpower DC works to preserve and protect affordable housing, ensure the creation of more affordable housing, and heighten tenants\u2019 knowledge of their housing rights.\u00a0 Empower DC does this through developing the leadership and collective power of tenants directly impacted by the need for affordable housing.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0In 2012, the group\u2019s focus is working with residents of Public Housing to ensure they are informed about their rights and are able to collectively address issues within public housing such as those related to displacement as housing developments are threatened with demolition.\u00a0(From the website)<\/p>\n
\nThe Washington Peace Center is an anti-racist, grassroots, multi-issue organization working for peace, justice, and non-violent social change in the metropolitan Washington D.C. area since 1963. The organization is active on the issue of housing rights and homelessness in DC.<\/p>\n
\nWashington Interfaith Network (WIN), founded in 1996, is a broad-based, multi-racial, multi-faith, strictly\u00a0non-partisan<\/span>, District-wide citizens\u2019 power organization, rooted in local congregations and associations.\u00a0WIN is committed to training and developing neighborhood leaders, to addressing community issues, and to holding elected and corporate officials accountable in Washington, DC.\u00a0WIN\u2019s 48 dues-paying members represent 25,000 families in every section of the District and reflect its theological, racial, geographic, and economic diversity. WIN is part of ongoing organizing efforts for affordable housing and homeless services.<\/p>\n
\nThe Washington Legal Clinic for the Homeless envisions a just and inclusive community for all residents of the District of Columbia, where housing is a human right and where every individual and family has equal access to the resources they need to thrive.\u00a0 The group seeks to use the law to make justice a reality for our neighbors who struggle with homelessness and poverty.<\/p>\n
\nThe DC Fiscal Policy Institute conducts research and public education on budget and tax issues in the District of Columbia, with a particular emphasis on issues that affect low- and moderate-income residents. By preparing timely analyses that are used by policy makers, the media, and the public, DCFPI seeks to inform public debates on budget and tax issues and to ensure that the needs of lower-income residents are considered in those debates.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"