Response to New York Post Editorial
“Keep On Cracking Down”

The Illegal, UNCONSTITUTIONAL Aspects Of New York Cities “Broken Windows Policing”,
Jean Rice, Civil Rights Committee: Picture The Homeless

After reading the editorial in the New York Post entitled “Keep On Cracking Down”, I paused to wonder why certain facts that are a matter of public record were omitted (left out).

Jean Rice and Ariel Dorfman:
A Dialogue on Global Human Rights
Text of Speech by Jean Rice
Riverside Church
November 15, 2005

Parallels In Social Justice; With A Global Dimension
(Why, Why Indeed)

My sisters and brothers, I am both honored and humbled, to have this privilege to speak to you this evening, In this sacred-time honored sanctuary. So many great leaders in the GLOBAL struggle for social justice, have addressed gatherings in this great institution, that is Riverside Church.

Right now I’m employed by Picture The Homeless (PTH) as the Rental Subsidies Organizer, a campaign to get around changing New York City’s shelter & homeless policies. We focus attention on DHS, HRA, ACS in order to assure that the 34,000+ shelter residents and God only knows the number of street homeless are assisted with real housing – real housing. I came to this job through NYC shelter system. Picture The Homeless didn’t actually get me out of the shelter, they just showed me how to navigate the system.