Picture the Homeless

Picture the Homeless has developed working relationships with Judson Memorial Church and Charas/El Bohio Cultural and Community Center. Judson is our fiscal sponsor, providing us with free office and meeting space, supporting our efforts at building an organization. Charas/El Bohio Cultural and Community Center provides us with free meeting space to hold teach ins and planning meetings with homeless people to educate them about the HUD funding process and elicit their opinions on how that funding should be spent. Prior to obtaining our office space, we received mail and phone messages at Charas, and used the phone and fax machines at both Judson and Charas. We receive critical technical support from both Judson and Charas as we talk through issues such as organization building, racism, gentrification and how to bring our message to the public at large.

Picture the Homeless is a member of the National Coalition for the Homeless (NCH). Lynn Lewis is a Board member of NCH, she and Anthony Williams both sit on the Civil Rights Workgroup, and Lynn participates in the Economic Justice Workgroup and Grassroots Organizing Committee. Picture the Homeless has begun actively documenting civil rights abuses of homeless people in conjunction with the National Civil Rights Organizing Project. Picture the Homeless also sits on the NYC Continuum of Care Coalition Planning Committee which will determine how Millions in HUD funding for homeless New Yorkers will be spent on an annual basis. Picture the Homeless are members of the National Organizers Alliance.