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A “homeless” UCLA lecturer who railed against the university, saying his $70,000 paycheck was too low to live in Los Angeles, claims he was placed on leave because of his remarks toward the ...
WASHINGTON (DC News Now) — Washington, D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser, leaders and community members gathered Monday to celebrate the opening of a first-of-its-kind homeless shelter. The Aston is the ...
The board of directors and staff of Civil Survival, which 23rd District Rep. Tarra Simmons founded in 2015, on August 1 announced that she had been fired and published open letters to the public ...
The Washington Legal Clinic for the Homeless began its efforts to fight homelessness in 1985 as an undertaking of the D.C. Bar, and was originally titled "Ad Hoc Committee for the Homeless." [6] In 1986, the organization became the Washington Legal Clinic for the Homeless. [7] It was incorporated on May 14, 1987. [8]
In 2006, around the time the future of Franklin School Shelter was in flux, Eric Sheptock received coaching on homeless advocacy from Mary Ann Luby, a Dominican Nun. [2] Sheptock began his advocacy as a member of the committee to save Franklin Shelter. [2] The Franklin School Shelter was a 235-bed men's shelter in downtown, DC. [6]
In 1973, the CCNV opened the Hospitality House providing medical facilities for the homeless. [5] CCNV says they fed 200 to 300 homeless people a day, seven days a week. [6] [8] In 1982, CCNV staged a protest in Lafayette Park across from the White House. The Department of Interior refused CCNV a permit to occupy Lafayette Park.
The 1975 Supreme Court decision O'Connor v. Donaldson limited involuntary psychiatric hospitalization to those who posed a danger to themselves or others. Many states passed legislation following the ruling, including New York, which passed its Mental Hygiene Law in 1978, allowing involuntary hospitalization of people with mental illness if they were considered a danger to themselves or others.
NBC Washington anchor Leon Harris is taking time away from the station to focus on his health, the station said, after viewers became concerned during his appearance on a broadcast last week.