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| Homeless Pride Organization |
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| Our organization started July 4, 2007, when a small gathering of people began sleeping under a gazebo in plain sight of City Hall. Since then, a group upwards of 300 people without homes have united together in peaceful Duncan Plaza outsize of New Orleans City Hall. In the post-Katrina city, the number of homeless have nearly doubled from 6,300 to over 12,000, while the median rent price has increased 65% and public housing has not been reopened.
Homeless Pride is not looking to perpetuate their current situation by accepting the food and water the city has offered them. Conversely, Homeless Pride wants the city of New Orleans to dig deep and solve the very root of the problem. New Orleans City Hall must acknowledge several shortcomings such as a shortage of beds for the homeless as well as the extreme spike in rent cost, especially in efficiency housing, and the closing of public housing. More than 30% of the residents in the Homeless Pride community have jobs, but cannot afford rent in New Orleans. Many more are either elderly or physically or mentally disabled. It is not the goal of Homeless Pride to continue to be a drain on the government. Instead, they want to spark interest in truly reforming the city.
Homeless Pride, led by 32-year-old Julius Nelson, will get their message to the local New Orleans government. If government officials cannot afford the time to walk down to the plaza, it is our hope they can at least log on to this website and monitor the gloomy conditions in which their constituents are forced to live. We will include video coverage of the community as well as regular blog entries from Julius. Feel free to email Julius directly at Julius@homelesspride.org.
These are real people with real hardships. Support us… the Homeless Pride. |
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Total Donations: $25
Goal: $10,000
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