News Media About Homelessness and RNC

Three articles in Huffington Post and two from the Stranger in Seattle over the last week.  We got a nice piece on WEWS Channel 5 and one in Scene Magazine regarding the RNC and homelessness.

The Stranger Alternative Paper in Seattle

Interviews with Homeless People and West Side Catholic:  http://www.thestranger.com/slog/2016/07/20/24366324/clevelands-homeless-on-the-rnc-go-downtown-and-youll-find-out-how-many-rights-you-have

Panhandling article: http://www.thestranger.com/slog/2016/07/18/24355659/hello-cleveland-were-on-the-ground-at-the-rnc

Local News Channel 5 ABC Affiliate:

Drop in Center Closed: http://www.newsnet5.com/news/local-news/cleveland-metro/rnc-forces-homeless-out-of-the-area-and-most-have-been-moved-to-the-west-side

Huffington Post National News Outlet:

Visiting the Campsites:  http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/cleveland-is-calling-on-homeless-people-to-keep-city-safe-during-rnc_us_578fa931e4b0f180da63f12a

Homeless Interactions with Police: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/cleveland-police-homeless_us_578f6995e4b0f180da63a91b

Visting Laura's Home: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/rnc-homeless-crisis-center_us_578e31b4e4b0a0ae97c35f06

Cleveland Local Alternative Paper Scene Magazine:

Intake Tightened to Get to Shelter: http://www.clevescene.com/scene-and-heard/archives/2016/07/20/homeless-shelters-tighten-intake-turn-away-people-in-town-just-to-protest-rnc

KMRG Local Television station from Tulsa OK

http://www.krmg.com/news/news/national/police-enlist-clevelands-homeless-extra-eyes-durin/nrzTH/

Esquire National Magazine:

Homeless mentioned in the security plan: http://www.esquire.com/news-politics/politics/news/a46791/cleveland-police-rnc/

Here is another story from FastCompany that we missed in the lead up to the RNC

http://www.fastcompany.com/3061897/cleveland-girds-for-a-potentially-violent-rnc-week

America Magazine (National Catholic Magazine)

St. Malachi Food Window: http://americamagazine.org/issue/clevelands-poor-homeless-ignore-convention-hoopla

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