Take Action ‼️ On April 22, the Supreme Court will hear oral arguments in #JohnsonVGrantsPass, the most important case impacting homelessness of the past 40 years. The case will determine the critical issue of whether criminally punishing people for sleeping outdoors on public property when they have nowhere else to go violates the Eighth Amendment of the U.S. Constitution, which prohibits excessive bail, fines, and cruel and unusual punishments.
Housing is extremely limited for gender-based violence survivors, often forcing them to make impossible choices between sleeping outside or suffering continued violence. Criminalizing homelessness will only increase domestic violence survivors' risk of violence, trauma, and housing insecurity.
Here's how you can get involved and tell the Court to support survivors:
1️⃣ Join NNEDV, partners, and allies in DC on Monday, April 22: https://lnkd.in/exQe8rxV
Dr. Wendy B. Mahoney, NNEDV’s Interim President & CEO, will speak to the specific dangers survivors of violence face from abuse, lack of housing and shelter, and inhumane policies that criminalize and punish survival.
2️⃣ Spread the word about this case: https://lnkd.in/evQebZKP
3️⃣ Find other ways to get involved: https://lnkd.in/eDTuUVmn