by Walkerasurus
One of the ways in which the homeless community in Denver is organizing is by building coalitions with other grassroots organizations across the US. This past July, Denver Homeless Out Loud sent a team of organizers to meet with organizers from throughout the western United States in San Francisco. The Denver team consisting of Rhonda Romero, Jesse Paris, Ben Dunning , Gadabout Steel and Terese Howard. The plan for the trip was training and a conference.
A day-and-a-half stranded in the Nevada desert due to mechanical problems was not enough to keep the determined organizers from Denver from the conference. But it did cut out the training opportunity for the Denver team.
Once in San Francisco, organizers from Denver Homeless Out Loud joined nationally noted groups as Los Angeles Community Action Network (LACAN), Western Regional Advocacy Project (WRAP) and the San Francisco Coalition for the Homeless. At the conference, strategy for the next run of the Right to Rest Act was discussed. Key points included how to work together to get regional momentum for the pieces of statye legislation. The need to build local coalitions in support of the legislation. Also discussed were strategies for advocating for sane housing policy and the need to build coalitions in local areas for homeless advocacy in general.
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