Re: MISSION Newsletter - November 2, 2013

[Lotus Yu]

Thanks so much for your support, Alexandra!

On Sat, Nov 2, 2013 at 12:58 PM, Alexandra Hoffman <ale...@umich.edu> wrote:

That is so awesome! Congrats!

On Sat, Nov 2, 2013 at 11:18 AM, MISSION Board <newsletter...@gmail.com> wrote:

Is this email not displaying correctly? View it in your browser. Forward to a Friend In this Issue New Mercy House location Good Neighbor Ordinance to be voted on at Ann Arbor City Council Poem by Dory M. Boston, one of our community members Help and Donations About M.I.S.S.I.O.N.A2 M.I.S.S.I.O.N.A2 is a not for profit partnership between homeless and “homeful” Washtenaw County residents collaborating to support self governing tent communities in Michigan during the ongoing housing and employment crises.  We work to provide a voice to the homeless, and to make tent communities safer and better connected to services so that their citizens can more quickly make their way into more permanent housing, if that is what they want for themselves.  In Ann Arbor M.I.S.S.I.O.N A2 supports the efforts of Camp Take Notice to build and strengthen a community through self-governance and accountability. Newsletter Notes It's been awhile since the last newsletter - We've been busy preparing the new Mercy House site!  See below for details.  Please send all donations to the new Mercy House site: 3501 Stone School. Friends can sign themselves up to join this newsletter on our website at http://www.missiona2.org. Building shelves! Updates NEW MERCY HOUSE SITE OPEN!!! The new location is at 3501 Stone School Road.  What is Mercy House? A House of Hospitality, with the working name Mercy House, will offer the day time comfort of our home to the homeless.   This House of Hospitality, in the traditions of Dorothy Day and Jane Addams, will support the daily needs of the homeless.  The House will be maintained and supervised by four residents and other volunteers committed to serving the homeless.  The House will offer day use only amenities, such as laundry, showering, computer use, support in accessing sobriety counseling/groups, weekly Sunday meetings and other supportive activities.  The House will also serve as a day time warming center.   New house donation needs:  blankets, camp heaters and propane fuel for these, sleeping bags, tents, coats, socks. Please send any donations to 3501 Stone School Road. GOOD NEIGHBOR AMENDMENT:  YOU'RE INVITED! November 18, 2013 at 6:45 pm About two weeks ago, Ann Arbor's Parks & Recreation Committee voted unanimously to approve this ordinance and send it to City Council. See: http://annarborchronicle.com/2013/09/17/broader-fee-waiver-recommended-for-parks/.  This ordinance, which was proposed and pushed forward by the Camp Take Notice Subcommittee For the Right to Receive Humanitarian Aid (largely comprised of the homeless community themselves), now comes up for hearing in City Council on Monday evening, November 18, **6:45 p.m.**  Your presence at city hall in support of the ordinance is very important!  This will be the first reading of the proposed amendment. It will have to go through a second reading during an A2 City Council meeting at a later date in order for this to come to a final vote.  All across the nation, cities are passing laws that restrict the passing out of food and other basic necessities in public spaces, simultaneously harming poor people and impeding the rights of others to assist in Philadelphia and New York among others. For example: http://hot-dogma.com/2013/08/19/criminalizing-charity-in-philly-and-elsewhere/ http://dailycaller.com/2013/07/19/bloomberg-strikes-again-nyc-bans-food-donations-to-the-homeless/ http://theeconomiccollapseblog.com/archives/it-is-illegal-to-feed-the-homeless-in-cities-all-over-the-united-states Ann Arbor's proposed ordinance protects, by means of a fee waiver, the rights of others to act in a compassionate and humane manner, while simultaneously protecting the rights of homeless and other destitute people to receive basic aid. On November 18, City Council will meet at the following location: City Hall 301 East Huron, Ann Arbor, MI 48107 On E Huron between Fifth and Division Come join us! Seats in the front rows are more desirable, as well as seats behind the audience-speaker's podium. This makes it easiest for council to see our supporters. One of our first speakers will ask all supporters of the ordinance amendment to stand in unison [this will be a lot of fun!]. For more information, please contact Caleb Poirier at calebp...@gmail.com or text him at 734-660-2140. Community Voices POEM BY DORY M. BOSTON #1 Leaves of many beautiful colors falling to the ground, Clearing the view to show the Gates of Heaven. Leaves are clearing the view to feel the warmth of the Light from God, to keep your Soul warm as fall Leaves and winter comes. Leaves are blowing across from where you are standing; to clear the floor of the ground, getting ready to cover you knee high of Snow. You are not going to feel the cold from the snow, nor people; "you are going to feel the heat of the Light from your Soul, Because the Lord uncovered the trees leaves so you can Stay warm from the Winters cold."           The original handwritten poem can be viewed by clicking here:  http://www.missiona2.org/1/post/2013/10/a-poem-by-one-of-our-community-members-dory-m-boston.html Help and Donations Needed Donations of blankets, camp heaters, propane for heaters, coats, socks, tents, sleeping bags, and bus tokens are welcome!  Please send donations to 3501 Stone School. Contact for donations:  Peggy Lynch at 313-408-5196 or at margaret...@yahoo.com forward to a friend  Copyright © 2013 Michigan Itinerant Shelter System Interdependent Out of Necessity, Ann Arbor (M.I.S.S.I.O.N.A2), All rights reserved. You are receiving the M.I.S.S.I.O.N.A2 Weekly Newsletter because you have shown interest in learning about activities related to M.I.S.S.I.O.N.A2. 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