Housing and homelessness advocate by day, local cryptid by night 👾🔮 Community Outreach Coordinator @R2HNetwork 🏠 PhD Candidate @WesternU 🎓
London, ON
Joined November 2021
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I've definitely been guilty of stepping into spaces and forgetting that space existed before me. I've also seen this dynamic replicated over and over in advocacy work. Acknowledge and respect those who came before you and made the conversations you're in possible💙
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Queer, mad and crip joy is one way we fashion a future with our body/minds in it. Joy is a powerful claim to existence in the face of a violent present, and in the wake of a violent past.
I need disabled people to get a break. I just want us all to have some fucking rest. A break from relentless structural ableism and eugenic violence. More space for disabled rest and crip joy.
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PSA: Sometimes expressions of public grief (and yes, "coping") can be appropriative of on-the-ground lived realities- please don't lose sight of those actually living this nightmare
if you are not ukrainian currently searching for nearest shelter, how can you joke about ww3 as “coping mechanism”? what are you coping with? i woke up to the sounds of explosions in my city today, is it funny to you?
This is your daily reminder that the most pervasive form of "anti-homeless architecture" in our society is ✨policy✨
YES!!!!!!! This is history-making news, folks💙
📢 We are thrilled to hear that Marie-Josée Houle has been announced as Canada's first ever Federal Housing Advocate!
She is an NRHN member, dedicated advocate, and strong ally. We look forward to working alongside her to drive forward the #right2housing. Congratulations! 🎉
This is so important: who has the power to shape the narrative? Keep this in mind next time you hear about "crime waves" in your local context
You mean to say that the “retail theft crime wave” is just propaganda pushed out by the cops and the California Retailers Association? No way.
“Shoplifting” in Los Angeles down 30%!
