Help fill the bus
Start: Monday, April 22, 2024• 5:30 AM
Greetings Partners and Advocates,
We hope this email finds you well and safe!
We are inviting you all, partners and advocates, to join us in Washington DC on April 22 to mobilize for the Supreme Court case Johnson vs. Grants Pass being heard on April 22, 2024.
HOMES is working with NCH to organize a bus to go down to DC to show our support! This case connects to our efforts here in DE for a Homeless Bill of Rights.
A bus will leave DE at 5am and return by 4p (earlier or later dependent on traffic).
HOMES ASK: Can your organization help us fill the bus to DC by securing 5 people to attend the event?
Please see details below and flyer attached:
Location pick-up/drop-off: Westin Wilmington 818 Shipyard Drive, Wilmington, DE.
Pick-up time: 5:30a
Depart time: 3p
Register here: https://actionnetwork.org/.../being-homeless-is-not-a.../
Breakfast and lunch will be provided!
The bus can accommodate 2 individuals in wheelchairs--please let us know if any of the individuals will need this accommodation.
Below is the schedule and location once in DC:
Location: Steps of Supreme Court (1 First Street NE, Washington, DC)
Issue: On April 22, The Supreme Court will hear the case of City of Grants Pass, Oregon v. Johnson, the most significant Supreme Court case about the rights of people experiencing homelessness in decades. The Supreme Court will determine whether a local government can arrest or fine people for sleeping outside when adequate shelter is not available.
Gather at SCOTUS: 8:30am
- 8:30AM - 9:00AM There will be an action with folks laying down on the sidewalk (those who are able!) with blankets, other folks chanting and holding signs.
- 9-10AM - Build & break bread together! There will be some coffee and other drinks and bakery items from a Black owned DC bakery.
- 10AM-12PM - Rally & press event!
- 12-1PM-ish - When court lets out, hold a final press event & public report back!
- 1PM-ish to 2:45 We'll go back to the Lutheran Church and have lunch and debrief about the day's events and brainstorm next steps.
- 3PM get on the bus to go home.
In solidarity for housing justice,
HOMES team
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Wilmington , Delaware
