As our community grapples with creating better and more responsive emergency systems (what many refer to as “defunding the police”) we at DESC want to share what we’ve learned during decades of experience working with marginalized people and doing crisis response. Continue reading “Building better crisis response systems”
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Today we Honor Juneteenth
Juneteenth (Fri June 19) marks the anniversary of the end of slavery in the United States in 1865 and the date when the last enslaved people received the news of the Emancipation Proclamation, two years after it happened. Despite the lack of federal recognition, this holiday has lived on through yearly celebrations, parades, and activism.
Black Lives Matter
DESC stands with our community in calling for the major changes needed to overcome the systemic racism in our society that manifests in so many ways and especially in the killing of black people by police. The murders of George Floyd, Breonna Taylor, and Ahmaud Arbery are only some of the most recent examples of the outcomes of our country’s pervasive and persistent racial injustice. We share our grief and solidarity with the Black, indigenous, and other people of color whose lives are harmed continuously by racism.
Continue reading “Black Lives Matter”Good news from the front-lines of DESC’s COVID response
May 29, 2020 — We haven’t had a positive test among our clients or staff for three weeks! That’s something to celebrate. Thanks for supporting our work to provide enough social distance for all of our clients to stay safe during the pandemic.
Continue reading “Good news from the front-lines of DESC’s COVID response”There’s a better way
We’ve been key players in the Third Door Coalition for the past three years and are excited to announce the results of our partnership. Check out our comprehensive plan to build enough housing to meet the needs of everyone in our community who is experiencing chronic homelessness.
Continue reading “There’s a better way”