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mellowtigger) wrote2022-01-10 05:56 pm
mellowtigger) wrote2022-01-10 05:56 pm
Minneapolis call for action
People with the Near North encampment issued a call for help.
If you're a Minneapolis city resident, please consider following their advice. They provide a lot of details at that webpage that you can use.
I called Mayor Jacob Fry and Senior Policy Advisor Peter Ebnet and left voice messages for both. I also individually emailed every address mentioned on that webpage. Here is the script that I wrote for myself:
I threw some additional money their way earlier this weekend, but now I have to figure out whether there's a way for me to join them early tomorrow morning and still get to work, without my car getting towed by police as thanks for my effort. I'm not thinking of creative solutions yet. :(
Edit: 2022 January 11 Tuesday 16:50
The city of Minneapolis didn't show up to evict today. Yay! Instead, they switched the eviction/demolition to a secret time/date for "the week of" this week. Even the adjoining Neighborhood Association for that area supports the encampment, so why is the mayor so adamant in demolishing it?
If you're a Minneapolis city resident, please consider following their advice. They provide a lot of details at that webpage that you can use.
I called Mayor Jacob Fry and Senior Policy Advisor Peter Ebnet and left voice messages for both. I also individually emailed every address mentioned on that webpage. Here is the script that I wrote for myself:
Hi, I'm Terry Walker, and I'm a Minneapolis resident.
I'm calling on you to cancel Tuesday's plan to remove people from the Near North camp.
Minneapolis should relocate them only with their consent, using counselors instead of police,
with an agreed destination for them to use,
whether that's transitional housing or alternate vacant land.
I hear repeated comments that there is insufficient overnight space in shelters for everyone to use, and
even what's available is an unhealthy option during a pandemic.
Isn't having a tent better than not having anything?
The planned demolition is not an action that helps the people there, and
I disapprove of my tax dollars being spent on such efforts.
Please cancel the Tuesday plan to harm these people.
I'm calling on you to cancel Tuesday's plan to remove people from the Near North camp.
Minneapolis should relocate them only with their consent, using counselors instead of police,
with an agreed destination for them to use,
whether that's transitional housing or alternate vacant land.
I hear repeated comments that there is insufficient overnight space in shelters for everyone to use, and
even what's available is an unhealthy option during a pandemic.
Isn't having a tent better than not having anything?
The planned demolition is not an action that helps the people there, and
I disapprove of my tax dollars being spent on such efforts.
Please cancel the Tuesday plan to harm these people.
I threw some additional money their way earlier this weekend, but now I have to figure out whether there's a way for me to join them early tomorrow morning and still get to work, without my car getting towed by police as thanks for my effort. I'm not thinking of creative solutions yet. :(
Edit: 2022 January 11 Tuesday 16:50
The city of Minneapolis didn't show up to evict today. Yay! Instead, they switched the eviction/demolition to a secret time/date for "the week of" this week. Even the adjoining Neighborhood Association for that area supports the encampment, so why is the mayor so adamant in demolishing it?