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Activists Give St. Paul Mayor List of Demands
Title (Dublin Core)
Activists Give St. Paul Mayor List of Demands
Description (Dublin Core)
On Sunday, activists and community members hand-delivered a letter to St. Paul Mayor Melvin Carter's home signed by over 500 constituents and 25 local organizations demanding the city stop evicting people from encampments during inclement weather and the COVID-19 pandemic.
The letter is asking city officials to meet these requests:
➡️ Convene an emergency St. Paul City Council meeting to address these issues
➡️ Place a moratorium on enforcement of any illegal camping ordinance, to last the duration of the COVID-19 pandemic
➡️ Halt the clearing and disposal of tents and other sheltering materials to ensure that unhoused people do not lose what may be their only present means to self-quarantine and practice social distancing
➡️ Adhere to the existing statewide eviction moratorium
➡️ Follow best practices outlined by the National Homelessness Law Center
The letter is asking city officials to meet these requests:
➡️ Convene an emergency St. Paul City Council meeting to address these issues
➡️ Place a moratorium on enforcement of any illegal camping ordinance, to last the duration of the COVID-19 pandemic
➡️ Halt the clearing and disposal of tents and other sheltering materials to ensure that unhoused people do not lose what may be their only present means to self-quarantine and practice social distancing
➡️ Adhere to the existing statewide eviction moratorium
➡️ Follow best practices outlined by the National Homelessness Law Center
Date (Dublin Core)
January 12, 2021
Creator (Dublin Core)
Drew Arrieta @itsdrw
Contributor (Dublin Core)
Dana Bell
Event Identifier (Dublin Core)
HST580
Partner (Dublin Core)
Arizona State University
Type (Dublin Core)
Instagram
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Publisher (Dublin Core)
Instagram
Controlled Vocabulary (Dublin Core)
English
Community & Community Organizations
English
Conflict
English
Economy
English
Government Local
English
Protest
English
Public Housing
English
Social Class
Curator's Tags (Omeka Classic)
activist
St. Paul
Mayor Melvin W. Carter III
Minnesota
eviction
city council
tent
National Homelessness Law Center
Contributor's Tags (a true folksonomy) (Friend of a Friend)
activists
community
evictions
encampments
weather
Covid-19
pandemic
St. Paul
Minneapolis
Minnesota
illegal camping ordinance
shelter
unhoused people
social distancing
National Homelessness Law Center
homeless
Social Justice
Collection (Dublin Core)
Social Justice
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Date Submitted (Dublin Core)
03/15/2021
Date Modified (Dublin Core)
03/25/2021
08/02/2022
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This item was submitted on March 15, 2021 by Dana Bell using the form “Share Your Story” on the site “A Journal of the Plague Year”: https://covid-19archive.org/s/archive
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