Re: Help take Red Tent national

Re: Help take Red Tent national

John. I must say I've BCCed this mail to 'the right to sleep in tents
during the day in Canada' update list.

In regards to the Red Tent campaign, it is dangerous in its exclusion
of support to the right to sleep during the day campaign and the
appeal of two 'having tents during the day' convictions. To overlook
the implications of having the right to sleep during the day
Constitutionally affirmed is criminal... its easier when every one's
doing it... I digress.

The energy being put into your Red Tent campaign is detracting from a
course that is having most affect- already where one could not sleep
under a tree at all, even without a tent, we now can... and added with
that the great absurd privilege to have the right to sleep during the
night while providing one's self with 'temporary shelter'.

The right to sleep during the day being affirmed means the inception
of tent zones or the inception of a section 1 allowance where the
right is affirmed and continued to be ignored... which would be more
honest than what we have now.

It is not just opinion that tent-cities save the world. Being loved so
much as to have the freedom to sleep brings enough appreciation and
innovation. Assholes don't set their tents up around me... at least
not for very long. Forgive my esotericness, it is a luxury of my
layman's state.

As long as the Red Tent campaign maintains an ignorance to this 'right
to sleep during the day' appeal it only proves itself to be another
malevolent spin-doctor lazy mindrape. NAZIs hard at work, and all
that.

cheers John

in siblinghood,

David Arthur Johnston

Victoria, BC, Canada

Hatrackman@Gmail.com
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On 30 March 2010 08:06, janine bandcroft wrote:
> From: "John Richardson - Pivot"
> Hi Jeanine,
> Help us take 1000 Red Tents to Ottawa and push for an end to homelessness in
> Canada.
> Sponsor a tent today!
> Contribute now
> Thank you to everyone who helped make the Red Tent campaign a success during
> the Olympics. February was definitely an action packed month. The Games are
> over, but Canada's housing crisis is not - so we're taking the Red Tent
> campaign national. We are inviting people across the country to join the
> campaign for a funded national housing strategy and to become part of the
> growing movement to end homelessness is Canada.
> We would like to invite you to get involved as we take the Red Tent campaign
> national. Join us this Wednesday as we kick off phase two of the campaign
> with a Red Tent organizing meeting at Pivot. Find out about all the cool
> ways you can use your skills, develop new ones and meet great people while
> working toward a real solution to homelessness.
> What: Red Tent Campaign phase two kick-off meeting
> When: Wednesday, March 31st from 6 to 8pm
> Where: Pivot, 678 E Hastings
> Who: Everyone who believes housing is a right and supports the basis of
> unity
> Can't make the first meeting? No problem. Check out upcoming meeting times
> and places.
> We also need people across the country to join the campaign and organize
> actions in their own communities. We'll be distributing Red tents and tarps
> to organizations across Canada to raise awareness about the need for federal
> government action on homelessness. Get in touch to find out how you can
> bring the Red Tent campaign to your town.
> As the campaign grows and spreads across the country, we will prepare for
> our most ambitious action yet - setting up 1000 red tents on Parliament
> Hill.
> It's time for people across the country to stand up and tell the government
> that Canada needs a real housing plan today. Together we can make it happen!
> Regards,
> John, and the rest of the Red Tent team.
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> law to address the root causes that undermine the quality of life of those
> most on the margins. We believe that everyone, regardless of income,
> benefits from a healthy and inclusive community where values such as
> opportunity, respect and equality are strongly rooted in the law.
>
>
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