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from the Bronx to Budapest reportback on PTH's trip to Hungary... homeless organizing across borders Tuesday, September 8 at 7pm Segal Theatre, CUNY Graduate Center 365 Fifth Avenue at 34th Street [BDFV & NQRW trains to 34th St, 6 train to 33rd] "http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=125893678276">* Facebook event page *info/contact email: tej at picturethehomeless dot org
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A Positive Cost Effective Method of Community Policing By Jean Rice Civil Rights Committee Leader at Picture The Homeless <img height="401" width="600" alt="" src="http://img42.imageshack.us/img42/390/3753367766efbafc05c2.jpg"
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Picture the Homeless invites you to a Community Report Back on the El Barrio Tent City/ Wednesday, August 26; 6pm to 8pm in the sanctuary at St.
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ROB; [August 16]:
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BRANDON [August 15]: We spent time in a Gypsy village two and a half hours outside of Budapest. I actually wish we could have spent more time with the people here. We were introduced to a school that's working to educate Gypsy teens. It seems like it's understaffed and underfunded, like many programs in the U.S. that do good work in marginalized communities.
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LYNN [August 14]: Picture the Homeless came to Budapest primarily to offer as much support as possible to homeless folks and their allies, as they work to strengthen skills in grassroots organizing.
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one of the highest-circulation newspapers in Hungary, has done a couple stories on Picture the Homeless's visit to Budapest, on <a href="http://nol.hu/belfold/20090801-new_yorkbol_jonnek_kepezni_a_magyar_hajlektalanokat">August 1</a> & <a href="http://nol.hu/belfold/20090806-amerikai_jogvedok_oktatnak_erdekvedelmet">August 6</a>.<
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ROB[August 12-13]: On Wednesday we visited a group called For the Protection of Homeless People's Rights, a legal advocacy group in Budapest. We sat down with them for two hours, discussing the challenges faced by homeless people in both the United States and Hungary.</p><p>In the afternoon, we left on a trip to Szeged, a beautiful city in the southeast.
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One of the participants in the three-day workshop PTH'ers led in Budapest was Laci, who we really got to build with. Read Laci's moving reflections *below*...; To Laci and all our homeless friends in Hungary: We're lucky to have met you & proud to be your friends!
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OPEN PETITION TO MAYOR MICHAEL BLOOMBERG (A) IMPLEMENTING A PROGRAM OF SLEEP STAMPS TO BE USED AS FOOD STAMPS (B) ABOLISHING THE CORRUPT, ABUSIVE SHELTER SYSTEM (C) PROVIDING A CLEAN, PRIVATE ROOM FOR ANY INDIGENT NEW YORKER OR NEW YORK FAMILY IN NEED OF SLEEP . . .
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