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Sound the Gong Against Homelessness at the Capitol

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Help Make Ending Homelessness a Priority in Olympia

Sound the gong on Thursday, March 6 to urge lawmakers to take action!


The ticker for counting to 5,043.

If you would like to ring the gong, please RSVP as soon as possible with your availability to:

Ben Miksch - benm(at)wliha(.)org or
Kate Baber - kateb(at)wliha(.)org

Anything you can do to help spread the word is appreciated!

Because 5,043 people sleeping outside is unacceptable!

The state legislative session ends next week, and time is running out to fight for deeper investments in affordable housing and pass ESHB 2368 to prevent $68 million in funding for homelessness services from expiring. We need your help! Join us for an action to recognize each of the 5,043 individuals who were counted living outside at night across Washington during the 2013 annual point in time count. We will spend five hours at the state capitol ringing a gong once for each person who was counted to raise awareness about the number of people living without shelter in our state. We need volunteers to ring the gong, so please RSVP if you can sign-up for a shift.

Let’s remind legislators that we can’t wait until next year to address homelessness.

We must act now!

Details
Gong Action for Homelessness Awareness
Thursday, March 6, 2014
10:00am - 3:00pm
Action will take place in front of the Legislative Building North Steps.

During Washington’s 2013 Point in Time Count, volunteers counted 5,043 persons living outside.

Special thanks to Real Change for inspiring this legislative action.

 

 

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