EPISODE 35 - People who are homeless are *people*... we talk to community activist Chris Harris | "Those pesky nudes!" | Climate crisis existential crisis | Call ya gov'na

We talk about some things you can do for the environment beyond swearing off straws. Plus, some things you can do about gun violence beyond what our lawmakers have done (aka nothing). Oh, and we discuss some things you can do about homelessness besides posting angrily in NextDoor about how you don't like seeing people who are experiencing homelessness. Big thanks to community activist Chris Harris for laying it all out for us!

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THIS WEEK’S GUEST:

Chris Harris, community activist and data analyst

https://twitter.com/chrisharris101

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SH*T TO DO:

Call or write to Governor Abbott and ask for a special session to address gun violence!

Call:

(512) 463-2000

Write:

https://gov.texas.gov/apps/contact/opinion.aspx

Here's all you have to say:

"2021 is too long to wait to pass legislation to keep Texans safe from gun violence. Please call a special session."

LINKS WE MENTIONED:

Texodus continues: https://www.texastribune.org/2019/09/04/texas-republican-congressman-bill-flores-not-running-re-election/

Articles on the new Texas Lyceum poll: https://www.dallasnews.com/news/politics/2019/09/04/surprising-poll-texans-strongly-back-voter-id-law-increased-ballot-access/

https://www.kut.org/post/young-texans-are-more-skeptical-democracy-and-open-change-study-finds

TX Legislator ages vs Texas population:

http://www.ncsl.org/research/about-state-legislatures/who-we-elect-an-interactive-graphic.aspx#

“Represent: The Woman’s Guide to Running for Office” Book: https://www.amazon.com/Represent-Womans-Running-Office-Changing/dp/1523502975

June Diane Raphael and Kate Black on Twitter:

https://twitter.com/msjunediane/media

https://twitter.com/kateblackdc?lang=en

And Instagram:

https://www.instagram.com/junediane/

https://www.instagram.com/kateblackdc/?hl=en

Sign up as an advocate with the Environmental Defense Fund.

https://www.edf.org/how-you-can-help

Write to the EPA to stop Trump’s Giveaway to the Oil and Gas Industry

https://membership.onlineaction.org/site/Advocacy?pagename=homepage&cmd=display&page=UserAction&id=3426

Julian Castro’s Climate Crisis Plan

https://issues.juliancastro.com/climate-1/

Beto O’Rourke’s Climate Crisis Plan

https://betoorourke.com/#plans?p=climate

Elizabeth Warren’s Climate Plan

https://medium.com/@teamwarren/my-plan-for-public-lands-e4be1d88a01c

Odessa shooting video post on FB - https://www.facebook.com/debbie.t.champion.5/videos/10212573143082060/

Go Fund Me - FML - https://www.gofundme.com/c/act/odessa-shooting

Texas House Democrats ask for a special session to address gun violence: https://www.texastribune.org/2019/09/04/Texas-House-Democrats-ask-Greg-Abbott-for-emergency-session/?utm_campaign=trib-social&utm_content=1567607653&utm_medium=social&utm_source=facebook&fbclid=IwAR19_zoHeRqmbn4v38nu1JH6GUq0t4cVRJihI0_RWU4i78bxybwU0fQEWvA

Texas Tribune’s conversation with U.S. Rep Chip Roy: https://www.texastribune.org/2019/09/03/conversation-us-rep-chip-roy/

Get your ticket to see the upcoming Texas Tribune with Wendy Davis this coming Wednesday, September 11: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/a-conversation-with-wendy-davis-democratic-candidate-for-cd-21-registration-70148168059

Ending Community Homelessness Coalition (ECHO)

http://www.austinecho.org/

National Alliance to End Homelessness Texas Report

https://endhomelessness.org/homelessness-in-america/homelessness-statistics/state-of-homelessness-report/texas/

2019 Texas Homeless Network Point in Time (PIT) Count Reports

https://www.thn.org/data/point-time-pit-count-reports/

2019 Infographics on TX data:

https://www.thn.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/Final-BoS-Infographic.pdf

https://www.thn.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/Extrapolated-PIT-Infographic.pdf

National Law Center on Homelessness & Poverty Fact Sheet

https://nlchp.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/Homeless_Stats_Fact_Sheet.pdf

Why homelessness is going down in Houston but up in Dallas

https://www.texastribune.org/2019/07/02/why-homelessness-going-down-houston-dallas/

The Texas Council on Family Violence has found that 47% of shelter requests went unmet due to lack of space: https://tcfv.org/purple-postcard/ (Hear more about this issue on episode 4 of The Rabble: https://www.rousertx.com/the-rabble-pod/2019/2/3/we-are-hot-for-the-texas-tribune-and-medicaid-expansion-and-gun-reform-but-super-cold-on-ken-paxton )

Grassroots Leadership

http://grassrootsleadership.org/

Community First Village

https://mlf.org/community-first/

Foundation for the Homeless

https://www.foundationhomeless.org/

Saint Louise House

https://saintlouisehouse.org/

Casa Marianella

http://www.casamarianella.org/

Caritas of Austin

https://www.caritasofaustin.org

Lifeworks

https://www.lifeworksaustin.org/

The Now This video of woman from OXFAM shutting down a billionaire: https://youtu.be/paaen3b44XY?t=135