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We are sad to share a deep loss to SHOC and Homeward that Lee Parks passed away unexpectedly earlier this month. Lee has volunteered with SHOC and Homeward Street Journal since 1997, and served as editor and layout person for … Continue reading →

by Cathleen Williams. Sacramento’s Community Summit on Homelessness convened on August 27th and 28th of this year. On a magnificent summer weekend, at Westminster Presbyterian Church, a hundred-year-old brick church across from the great trees of Capitol Park, a range … Continue reading →

The SHOC office is closed all this week (September 5 – 9) due to the extreme heat. We don’t have new papers in yet anyway. New issue of Homeward Street Journal will be available next Thursday, September 15.

Banish the Unhoused By Cathleen Williams The term “banishment” was coined by Pete White of the LA Community Action Network (LACAN) to describe how unhoused people are forcibly relocated even though they have no place to go.    There used … Continue reading →

Unhoused Students Invited To Empowerment Faire at Sac State At Sacramento State, thousands of students are living in their vehicles, in parking lots and other secluded places, or staying on couches and doubling up, because they do not have and … Continue reading →

The SHOC office will only be open Mondays and Thursdays from 11AM to 12PM. This is only temporary until we get through the Covid surge. Office is mainly used only for Homeward distributors to pick up their papers.

The Fight of Unhoused People for The Right to Live Intensifies As the Need for Housing Becomes Undeniable by Cathleen Williams The City’s Attack on Unhoused People Living In Vehicles A devastating attack on the homeless was carried out this … Continue reading →

Mondays and Thursdays from 10:30 AM to 1:00 PM. We will be closed Monday, January 16, 2022 in observance of Martin Luther King Jr. Day