Hey People!

Since 2005, WRAP member groups across the West Coast have worked to eliminate the root causes of homelessness and poverty, protect human rights, and restore federal funding for affordable housing.

Criminalization and discriminatory policing against homeless people are reaching peak levels, and WRAP’s work in demanding justice and equality is more necessary than ever. We’ve been hard at work to lay the foundation for more focused statewide organizing campaigns in California, Colorado, and Oregon, which will let us take the fight for social justice and affordable housing to more communities and policymakers. We need your help to strengthen our movement’s work and continuing to build poor people’s power. Every little bit counts!

We are incredibly proud to announce that in 2017 our Right To Rest Act will be running in Colorado and Oregon simultaneously! A sweeping indictment against enforcement of local laws that clearly, are and historically have been, used to remove "certain" people from local communities. Most importantly in all this incredible work that has been done is the accountable and legitimate
leadership of poor and homeless people.



In California, WRAP is working in partnership with the Transgender Gendervariant Intersex Justice Project, the Transgender Law Center and the St. James Infirmary, through the Women’s Policy Institute in order to bring forth an Incarcerated Trans People's Bill of Rights. This effort is led by currently incarcerated trans people and will ensure that trans people have access to legal name and gender marker changes while in custody to reduce barriers to housing, employment and healthcare when they are released.

WRAP sees this effort as critical to our work of ending the criminalization of poor and homeless people's existence by not only interrupting the state's ability to fine and arrest poor people for existing but also supporting the rights of poor people already locked up in county jails and state prisons across the country.

We are up against three League of Cities, three statewide Business Improvement District organizations, private security companies, Chambers of Commerce, realtors and local government officials….all on a quest to “solve” poverty and homelessness by enforcing discriminatory and harsh laws to make poor and homeless people disappear.

We are well aware that 2017 brings us a even more callous Federal Government but we will NOT be reactionary, we are going to stay true to our beliefs and we are going to stay steadfast in our public education, our community organizing, our incredible artwork, our street theatre direct actions and our celebration of love for our communities and for each other. If we, as a people, are ever going to learn from the Jim Crow, Anti-Okie, Ugly Laws, etc eras this will be the time.

Stay tuned for updates as we introduce these bills in 2017! You can help ensure that this crucial work continues by making a donation to WRAP today AND help us get our match from our friend’s generous donation!!!