Picture the Homeless is proud to report that PTH was chosen one of the "Top 50 Public Policy Bloggers" by The Policy Police ...

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Thanks again to everyone who participated in and supported our walking tour and sleep-out in Council Speaker Quinn's district -- summary & great photos are here.   DNAinfo, a top online Manhattan news site, filed this comprehensive story (with great photos) by reporter Tara Kyle ...

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Graham Rayman's "NYPD Tapes 5" in the Village Voice recognizes PTH's civil rights work ...

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August 24-25 action -- report & photos!

***UPDATED***   Checkout another great set of photos by Alan Greig.

Thanks to everyone who attended yesterday's walking tour of vacant buildings and lots in NYC Council Speaker Christine Quinn's district, to bring attention to and advance City legislative Intro 48, the vacant properties count bill... which ended-up being a twenty-person all-night sidewalk sleep-out in the pouring rain, by Quinn's office!

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Also, this week we are launching "Vacant NYC" -- a "crowdsourced" online mapping project -- we need your participation! 

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Sample Letter to Department of Correction, requesting increased access to Hart Island:

http://picturethehomeless.org/blog/docletter

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PTH ally Jim Melchiorre attended the most recent Potters Field trip, when he was able to speak to Rev. Patty Alexander of Grace Episcopal Church and longtime PTH leader Owen Rogers, about the history of Hart Island and Picture the Homeless's campaign to commemorate the dead there.  You can read his report on Trinity Church's blog.

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next Potters Field trip on September 16 -- must RSVP by August 26

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You can send your letter to us -- we will compile them and forward along to DOC:

send to:  Anika Paris, Picture the Homeless, 2427 Morris Avenue, Bronx NY 10468

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Captain Sean Jones

NYC Department of Correction

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To whom it may concern:

Last Friday night, Picture the Homeless held our second "Oldies but Goodies" house party fundraiser. It was a blast - we danced like crazy, ate a lot of really good food, got to socialize with some great folks - and supported the work of Picture the Homeless while we were at it.

 * Every week at the Homeless Organizing Academy, we have a discussion about a political education reading. These are very short pieces - poems, history lessons, famous speeches, excerpts from books.