Project Homeless Connect:聽Managed Homeless Camping Facility Coming To Hillsboro in June
聽will supervise Hillsboro, Oregon鈥檚 first-ever managed camping facility for unhoused people on city-owned property. The camp, located on the outskirts of Hillsboro, is expected to open in mid-June and remain open until winter shelters are available. At the camp, thirty residents will have access to sanitary resources like portable bathrooms and handwashing stations, platform tents, and sleeping bags.
El/La Para Translatinas: Pilot Program Would Provide Basic Income to Aid San Francisco鈥檚 Transgender Community
San Francisco鈥檚 Mayor, London Breed, is piloting a program that will provide monthly guaranteed income to transgender people. Transgender people were disproportionately impacted by the pandemic and often do not qualify, for reasons like residential status, for other forms of relief. At the height of the pandemic, (ELPT) helped the transgender community by giving out $100 Visa cards but knew it wasn鈥檛 enough. Executive Director, Nicole Santamaria, reports ELPT hopes to get involved making the pilot program a permanent solution for the transgender community.
Jewish Multiracial Network: Black Orthodox Jews Carve Out Their Own Space
Chava Shervington, board member and former president of the聽, has cofounded a group called Kamochah. Kamochah is the first formal group to cater to Black Jews who identify as Orthodox. In the past, conversations among Black Orthodox Jews took place informally but the death of George Floyd and the Black Lives Matter protests led to a nationwide racial awakening that inspired Chava and her partners to create this formal safe space for conversations among Black Orthodox Jews.
East Bay Getting to Zero: New Research Collaboration Guide
During the pandemic, those afflicted by HIV shifted their concern to not being infected by COVID-19. HIV screenings and viral load screenings fell significantly. The number of screenings is bouncing back but has not reach baseline. The goal of聽聽(EBGTZ) and SF Getting to Zero is no longer about getting to zero; it鈥檚 about reducing the incidence of HIV by 2025. Dr. Sophy Wong of EBGTZ discusses their summer event, 鈥,鈥 a HIV awareness and prevention program.
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