Tag: Denver Sweeps
With Nearly 60 Frostbite Injuries in Unhoused Community, Advocates Encourage Denver to Do Better
Denver, CO – Thursday’s weather is expected to be one of the coldest on record in the city of Denver due to an arctic cold front, bringing temperatures to well below zero degrees with the wind chill. In the weeks leading up to this potentially…
Sit-in at Denver Recreation Center Leads to Meeting with City
Denver, CO – For months this winter, people who are unhoused and their advocates asked the city of Denver to open 24-hour warming shelters, among other demands they saw as life-saving, but received no response. Determined to be heard, they decided to conduct a sit-in…
Denver Refuses to Negotiate, Sweeps Indigenous Encampment
Denver, CO – Under the hardline stance of Mayor Michael Hancock, Denver continues to sweep unhoused encampments—more than 80 this year alone—ignoring countless requests from unhoused residents and their advocates to stop, and refusing to negotiate any alternatives. Outside the Four Winds American Indian Council…
Denver Sweeps 300+ Tent Encampment Residents
Denver, CO – The largest tent encampment in the city, which sprung up in October 2019, is being cleared early Monday morning as about 60 advocates protest the move.
Unicorn Riot is on-the-ground covering the sweep, with live coverage starting at 5AM.
Residents at the…
Denver Housing Advocates Launch 5256-Minute Vigil at City Hall
Denver, CO – Before the sun rises on Wednesday, October 14, advocates with Denver Homeless Out Loud (DHOL) and other like-minded organizations began a vigil on race and homelessness, which they intend to maintain for 5,256 minutes.
“This is to honor and stand for every…
Housing First Advocates Protest USICH Director Marbut’s Visit to Denver
Denver, CO – The day after President Donald Trump descended on Colorado Springs Thursday for a rally, Robert Marbut Jr., the new U.S. Interagency Council on Homelessness (USICH) Director, and Housing Secretary Ben Carson are reportedly meeting with Denver’s Mayor Michael Hancock today, February 21.…
Denver Paid Clean-Up Company $400,000 to Help in Houseless Sweeps
Denver, CO – For at least two years, the city of Denver has been contracting Custom Environmental Services, Inc. (CES) to assist in clearing out camps of people without housing. Unicorn Riot filed Colorado Open Records Act (CORA) requests and received about 50 invoices sent…
New Initiative Pursues Human Rights for All in Denver
Denver, CO – Over the past six months, with the direction of Denver Homeless Out Loud (DHOL), community members gathered nearly 10,000 petition signatures to get the Denver Right to Survive Initiative on the city’s May 2019 municipal ballot.
The ballot initiative asks:
“Shall the…