notes: As promised, here is the link to the self-managed shelter ops in Seattle: http://www.wecaretoo.com/Organizations/WA/share.html I just talked with the office there and sent them an email. They are going to ask around and see if they know of anyone in Boston already doing this. I'm also in the process of locating the woman who is in charge of preparing the report for the state on "reforming" the housing system in the state into regional operations. I think that's a good thing, by the way. Too many "fifedoms" have been created that arent' serving us well. Anyway, maybe she'd be into promoting a self-managed shelter as an experiment to see if it could work here? The SHARE network in Seattle is described as this: "SHARE, the Seattle Housing and Resource Effort, is a group of homeless and formerly homeless men and women who organize their own self-managed shelters and other survival resources, while doing self-advocacy for the social changes to end homelessness. Some other cities have groups like SHARE. SHARE has fourteen shelters hosted by churches and other community groups. The key to the shelter space is kept in a central location. Each night, a responsible shelter member picks up the key, the shelter record book, and bus tickets for shelter members. The shelter members go to the shelter, let themselves in, and set up for the night. They govern themselves according to agreed upon rules. In the morning, they clean up after themselves and let themselves out. Shelter supplies are provided by SHARE. Once a week, volunteers from the shelter wash the blankets with transportation and laundry facilities provided by SHARE." source: a site designed to help churches become shelters: http://anitra.net/homelessness/faqs/helping/hosting.html Anyway, here's the site for SHARE/WHEEL: http://www.sharewheel.org/aboutus -> POSTS: https://www.facebook.com/shareshelters ------ As promised, here is the link to the self-managed shelter ops in Seattle: http://www.wecaretoo.com/Organizations/WA/share.html I just talked with the office there and sent them an email. They are going to ask around and see if they know of anyone in Boston already doing this. I'm also in the process of locating the woman who is in charge of preparing the report for the state on "reforming" the housing system in the state into regional operations. I think that's a good thing, by the way. Too many "fifedoms" have been created that arent' serving us well. Anyway, maybe she'd be into promoting a self-managed shelter as an experiment to see if it could work here? The SHARE network in Seattle is described as this: "SHARE, the Seattle Housing and Resource Effort, is a group of homeless and formerly homeless men and women who organize their own self-managed shelters and other survival resources, while doing self-advocacy for the social changes to end homelessness. Some other cities have groups like SHARE. SHARE has fourteen shelters hosted by churches and other community groups. The key to the shelter space is kept in a central location. Each night, a responsible shelter member picks up the key, the shelter record book, and bus tickets for shelter members. The shelter members go to the shelter, let themselves in, and set up for the night. They govern themselves according to agreed upon rules. In the morning, they clean up after themselves and let themselves out. Shelter supplies are provided by SHARE. Once a week, volunteers from the shelter wash the blankets with transportation and laundry facilities provided by SHARE." source: a site designed to help churches become shelters: http://anitra.net/homelessness/faqs/helping/hosting.html Anyway, here's the site for SHARE/WHEEL: http://www.sharewheel.org/aboutus

notes: POSTS: https://www.facebook.com/shareshelters ------ As promised, here is the link to the self-managed shelter ops in Seattle: http://www.wecaretoo.com/Organizations/WA/share.html I just talked with the office there and sent them an email. They are going to ask around and see if they know of anyone in Boston already doing this. I'm also in the process of locating the woman who is in charge of preparing the report for the state on "reforming" the housing system in the state into regional operations. I think that's a good thing, by the way. Too many "fifedoms" have been created that arent' serving us well. Anyway, maybe she'd be into promoting a self-managed shelter as an experiment to see if it could work here? The SHARE network in Seattle is described as this: "SHARE, the Seattle Housing and Resource Effort, is a group of homeless and formerly homeless men and women who organize their own self-managed shelters and other survival resources, while doing self-advocacy for the social changes to end homelessness. Some other cities have groups like SHARE. SHARE has fourteen shelters hosted by churches and other community groups. The key to the shelter space is kept in a central location. Each night, a responsible shelter member picks up the key, the shelter record book, and bus tickets for shelter members. The shelter members go to the shelter, let themselves in, and set up for the night. They govern themselves according to agreed upon rules. In the morning, they clean up after themselves and let themselves out. Shelter supplies are provided by SHARE. Once a week, volunteers from the shelter wash the blankets with transportation and laundry facilities provided by SHARE." source: a site designed to help churches become shelters: http://anitra.net/homelessness/faqs/helping/hosting.html Anyway, here's the site for SHARE/WHEEL: http://www.sharewheel.org/aboutus -> POSTS: Tent Cities https://www.facebook.com/shareshelters Annual Aution: https://www.facebook.com/SHARE-Annual-Auction-127910100619064/?__tn__=HH-R WHEEL : Grassroots organizing of homeless and formerly homeless women https://www.facebook.com/wheelforwomen/ ------ As promised, here is the link to the self-managed shelter ops in Seattle: http://www.wecaretoo.com/Organizations/WA/share.html I just talked with the office there and sent them an email. They are going to ask around and see if they know of anyone in Boston already doing this. I'm also in the process of locating the woman who is in charge of preparing the report for the state on "reforming" the housing system in the state into regional operations. I think that's a good thing, by the way. Too many "fifedoms" have been created that arent' serving us well. Anyway, maybe she'd be into promoting a self-managed shelter as an experiment to see if it could work here? The SHARE network in Seattle is described as this: "SHARE, the Seattle Housing and Resource Effort, is a group of homeless and formerly homeless men and women who organize their own self-managed shelters and other survival resources, while doing self-advocacy for the social changes to end homelessness. Some other cities have groups like SHARE. SHARE has fourteen shelters hosted by churches and other community groups. The key to the shelter space is kept in a central location. Each night, a responsible shelter member picks up the key, the shelter record book, and bus tickets for shelter members. The shelter members go to the shelter, let themselves in, and set up for the night. They govern themselves according to agreed upon rules. In the morning, they clean up after themselves and let themselves out. Shelter supplies are provided by SHARE. Once a week, volunteers from the shelter wash the blankets with transportation and laundry facilities provided by SHARE." source: a site designed to help churches become shelters: http://anitra.net/homelessness/faqs/helping/hosting.html Anyway, here's the site for SHARE/WHEEL: http://www.sharewheel.org/aboutus

status: Unknown -> Open
facility_type: Unknown -> Shelter