Happy New Year to all!

We hope your 2022 is as incredible as you. Here's our updates  for the month of January.

NCH's Voices of Homelessness Podcast

Ep. 9: Success should not be judged by one's station in life

Episode 9 is live folks! In this episode, Donald hosts three guests that are currently or formerly have experienced homelessness. Rashema, Jose and LOH take deep dives into their stories, successes, failures, and perceptions of life during or after homelessness. Their powerful stories and perspectives challenge the public to reshape their perception of what homelessness is, and who they are. Click below (or press play above) for more!

Economic and employment justice remains a pressing concern as we move into 2022. 

Income/Employment

Another year of COVID, another year of pain, and sorrow. During the pandemic, working conditions have become increasingly more dangerous, with lower pay. Due to layoffs and lockdowns, workers have begun to realize their power and thus "The Great Resignation" was born. Workers across the country are advocating for improved working conditions, or leaving their jobs upon the dismissal of their concerns for safety and wellbeing. This period has become known as “The Great Resignation”; as individual autonomy over protesting deplorable working conditions continues to be prevalent. Over 33 million Americans have left their jobs as a result of poor conditions and pay since Spring of 2021. The movement to advocate for increased pay and improved safety continues to rise, as employees engage in a worker's rights movement. Intimidation tactics are showing to become increasingly less effective as "The Great Resignation" pushes onward. 

Wealth Appropriation

The introduction of money, private property, and community is the beginning of opportunity. Too often, those with little resources ever experience all three at one time. One thing most may experience during the course of their lifetime is a lack of access to the critical element of survival in America: Money. Funding. While federal government workers have livable wages and generous benefits; there are few laws that enforce similar benefits in the private sector (such as franchises and small businesses). Starvation wages are one of the top reasons Americans are participating in "The Great Resignation". This is the reason why wage reconstruction is necessary. 

Unions

There is a large push for unions to make a commonplace comeback in American work places. Unions have the ability to even the playing field to having employers pay their fair share. These are often companies that are in a comfortable financial position to do so; but find themselves without having workers. This is due to corporate starvation wages, lack of essential health benefits, deplorable working conditions, and more.

Employees from two companies that have recognized their power just formed unions. This is an incredible step towards the employment justice movement. Click the links below to learn more.

These two companies are some of the few that will see a rise in unionizing workplaces. It is becoming increasingly clear that the federal government's priority does not lie with increasing the minimum wage. It is time to advocate for our wages, unionize our workplaces, and reclaim our workplace worth.

NCH's grassroots organizing begins 2022 honoring those we've lost in 2021.

Honoring those we've lost.

We would like to coordinate an action around broken hearts; we lost a large number of homeless people over the last year. In honor and memoriam, we will post the video of staff reading all the names on Facebook and Youtube on February 11 at 10 a.m EST. Click the link below for the Facebook Event Page.

On Monday, February 14th, we will be asking local organizers to encourage legislators to express their concern over the thousands of lives lost this past year, and make homelessness a priority for their community agenda, including backing the "Build Back Better" Act, which would provide critical funding that would significantly reduce the amount of deaths due to homelessness (for more information, see BAHN's campaign message below!). We will also ask that they also to send a condolence card and ask them to pass the Build Back Better

Connect with NCH at [email protected] if you would like us to send you the names in your state of those who died. 

Legislation Advocacy: BAHN

Build Back Better Act

The Bring America Home Now (BAHN) campaign has expanded to over a hundred partners as of this month. Advocates part of BAHN's network and support the campaign across the country are engaging with their representatives on bills like the "Build Back Better" Act. The Build Back Better act is an important piece of legislation that could change the fabric of this nation's structure towards low income families, and finally provide the relief people deserve. This act is an essential piece of legislation towards the fight to end homelessness. BAHN asks for your support in engaging with your legislators to support this act!

Miracle Messages

Miracle Messages is an outstanding organization that helps folks in need. NCH is beginning a new partnership with Miracle Messages in an attempt to further spread kindness, hope, love, and connection to people experiencing homelessness across the country. We strongly believe that while people may be experiencing a trauma, they should not have to do it alone.

Click below to learn more about Miracle Messages, the services they offer, and how you can volunteer!

Meet our new Communications Coordinator:

Cecily Thomas!

Meet Cecily (they/them), the newest member of our team!

Cecily comes to NCH with a JMU Communication Studies B.A, and 6+ years of nonprofit experience and a background in communications, healthcare, and activism. In college, they worked in communications roles and participated in local activism with unhoused neighbors in that college town. For two years, they worked at a local homelessness drop in/crisis center doing administrative and communications work. Due to their extensive activism on and off campus, they were awarded the Presidential Office of the Provost's Advocacy Award, and the Chris Gatesman award, as the strongest LGBTQ+ senior advocate on campus as well. During this time, they also maintained national activism by speaking at various colleges and national agencies like the National Lawyers Guild on critical academic and social justice topics. One of their most recognized and requested workshops is "Activist Skills and LGBTQ+ Youth Homeless". Upon graduation, they spent nearly two years at the largest LGBTQ+ Youth Homelessness agency in the country, the Ali Forney Center in a healthcare capacity as a health counselor for youth.

They have extensive passion for the work; as they've experienced homelessness themselves. They are extremely excited to work at NCH, and look forward to the work to come. 

Please give Cecily a warm welcome hello! 

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