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NOT ALL EVACUATIONS NEED TO LEAVE THE STATE.

people living in tents are not camping. living in a tent when you are involuntarily homeless is not a humane experience. living in an encampment is dangerous, especially for women and youth; it is uniquely unhygienic; and it often considerably worsens the problems that folks are struggling with when they arrive at the encampment, be those mental health issues, addiction issues, or physical ailments.

now are there awful ways to break up an encampment? yes. don’t call the police. most cities in the u.s. have services set up that you can call - usually it’s through 311 but not always - where folks from direct service orgs (shelters, housing navigators, mental health professionals) will come out and do assertive outreach. i mean really what we need to be doing is pressuring governments to humanely, collaboratively, comprehensively and kindly work with folks in encampments to get them housed in rolling shelters and then onward to permanent housing but lbr that’s a long-term battle.

but in the interim, encampments are not a solution. they make finding solutions harder, they make life worse for those living in them, and i know “let them live in tents” comes from a place of not wanting to be an asshole but it’s exactly like saying “if that person wants to stay in the burning house, let them.” no! call the fire department!

what i hate about the “leave encampments alone” narrative is that it is callousness hidden as compassion, because if you feel self-righteous about NOT doing anything then you don’t recognize that you are not doing anything. you are not living in community with people because you’re ignoring their problems.

And, when I say holidays, I mean ALL of them. Why so many cultures and religions were so inconsiderate as to bunch them all up at the same time of year so we fiber artists have to scramble, wail, and curse the heavens, I'll never know.

At least we have each other.

So, to my fellow fiber artists I say: Y'ALL START YOUR ENGINES.

BEHOLD!!!!

THIS IS MOO DENG HER NAME MEANS BOUNCING PORK SHES A BABY PYGMY HIPPO AT A THAI ZOO AND SHE IS THE MOST IMPORTANT

GIVE HER LOVE