♥ Educate homeless people about their civil rights so that they can defend themselves
♥ Include the voices of homeless people in public forums to make policing polices Quality of Life policies
♥ Change NYC Quality of Life policies to include all of the communities interests, not only business and property owners
♥ Move the public debate from criminalizing homelessness to solving homelessness by addressing root causes such as a lack of housing affordable to all income levels, living wages and income and health care
♥ Create linkages on a national level of homeless people fighting criminalization tactics
♥ Change negative media stereotypes about homeless and poor people as well as people of color that create a climate that tolerates harassment of our community.