Thursday, December 9 Join us for Human Rights Day in Fresno (Human Rights for Homeless in Fresno)

Thursday, December 9
6 p.m.
Human Rights Day - The homeless and their allies will gather at Fresno City Hall. They will call on the city to provide basic public services for the homeless - drinking water, portable toilets, and trash bins. They will demand these services for as long as we wait for city officials to fulfill their promise to end homelessness (as stated in the Ten Year Plan to End Homelessness). There will be a rally at 6 p.m. The larger the rally the more pressure their will be on City Hall to change their policy and begin to treat the homeless with dignity and respect.



Some homeless people and their supporters plan to spend the night on the City Hall lawn and you are welcome to join them. If possible, bring a sleeping bag, or blanket to donate to the less fortunate. The group will also be collecting canned food, and hygiene supplies for the Homeless.



For more information, and details please contact Al Williams, at (559) 647-7165,
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DID YOU KNOW THAT…

.. FUSD has identified close to 3,000 students as being homeless

…The Fresno Madera Continuum of Care (FMCoC) on January 27,2010 identified 2457 “unsheltered” persons in their summary data collection count?

Although this number does not include the homeless residing in motels, garages, or where multiple persons / families living in one/two bedrooms hotels or houses. FMCoC had knowledge that these individuals would likely be homeless within 24 hours and were already living in unhealthy, uninhabitable circumstances, HUD definitions precluded them from the count. EFFECTIVE 2011-HEARTH ACT, THESE PERSONS WILL BE COUNTED!

… FMCoC identified unmet needs and recommended the city and county to address the need for

· 71 additional Transitional Housing beds, with a minimum of 16 new transitional housing units that will provide households with Children

· 190 Permanent Housing beds with 67 units (to serve homeless families) plus an additional need of 991 permanent housing beds for individuals without children.

· 526 beds for individuals in emergency shelters



AND DID YOU ALSO KNOW????



The unemployment rate in the Fresno County was 15.7 percent in October 2010,

Total crop value in 2009 was $5.3 billion

Farmers in Fresno County lead nation in subsidy payments and in 2009 the farmers took in $75.9 million.


LISTEN TO THIS SONG...AND BE READY TO SIGN IT ALL TOGETHER AT 6:00 PM



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"The Earth is the mother of all people and all people should have equal rights upon it."
-- Chief Joseph (1732-1794)



BRING DONATIONS OF COATS, SOCKS AND BLANKETS, SLEEPING BAGS.



put on by FOOD NOT BOMBS

Free United Homeless Coalition (FUHC)

Fresno Brown Berets

MECHA de Fresno City College

The Community Alliance Newspaper
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Human Rights Day is observed by the international community every year on 10 December. It commemorates the day in 1948 the United Nations General Assembly adopted the Universal Declaration of Human Rights.

Article 1.

· All human beings are born free and equal in dignity and rights.They are endowed with reason and conscience and should act towards one another in a spirit of brotherhood.

Article 25.

· (1) Everyone has the right to a standard of living adequate for the health and well-being of himself and of his family, including food, clothing, housing and medical care and necessary social services, and the right to security in the event of unemployment, sickness, disability, widowhood, old age or other lack of livelihood in circumstances beyond his control.





The care of human life and happiness, and not their destruction, is the first and only object of good government.
-- Thomas Jefferson