Is anyone interested in organising for change (or establishing self-managed projects) around homelessness issues? Here in Melbourne, we are in the midst of consultations around the Victorian Homelessness Strategy: http://hna.ffh.vic.gov.au/vhs/index.htm (I have been invited to join the working group looking at input from homeless and formerly homeless people.) In Sydney, of course, homeless people are being swept off the streets-- can't have them visible during the Olympics, you see... (A similar clean up of homeless people in the lead-up to the Goodwill Games in Seattle in 1990 lead to the formation of SHARE, and a whole network of self-managed projects: http://insideshare.hypermart.net/history.html) There are several "international" lists looking at homelessness activism and organising. These include: HOMELESS (open to all interested people): http://csf.colorado.edu/homeless/info.html The Homeless Peeople's Network (restricted to homeless and formerly homeless people): http://aspin.asu.edu/hpn/ http://projects.is.asu.edu/pipermail/hpn/ These lists, I've found, are *very* US-dominated. I'd like to link up with other Australians-- *especially* others with direct personal experience of homelessness. Interested? *~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~* Ria Strong Melbourne, Australia *~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~* [EMAIL PROTECTED] *~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~* -- Leftlink - Australia's Broad Left Mailing List mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Archived at http://www.cat.org.au/lists/leftlink/ Sponsored by Melbourne's New International Bookshop Subscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?Body=subscribe%20leftlink Unsubscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?Body=unsubscribe%20leftlink
