ABQJustice

ABQJustice@yahoo.com
For Immediate Release
Contact: Dinah Vargas (505) 920-2861 or Steve Kramer (505) 6814625

RESURRECTION CITY PROTEST COINCIDES WITH THE

ANNIVERSARY OF HOMELESS CAMPERS DEATH.
Tent City residents name their encampment after
Martin Luther Kings historic 1968 campaign.
Albuquerque: - After being evicted from several campsites,
the residents of Tent City #4 are again facing the threat of
eviction on Friday. To counter this, they are exercising their
constitutional freedom to assemble in protest, and many
housed community members are joining them.
The current situation can be seen as a problem, said
Steven Kramer, ABQJustice member and reporter with
BurqueMedia. Or it can be seen as an opportunity to find
new ways of providing members of our community with
stable housing, security, and perhaps most importantly, a
sense of real community.
The protest, organized to coincide with the one year
anniversary of the shooting of homeless camper James
Abba Boyd by officers with the Albuquerque Police
Department, is more than just a sit-in.
We are very excited to bring the community together to find
truly innovative ways to address the issue of homelessness,
said Dinah Vargas, ABQJustice member and long-term Tent
City advocate. Well be hosting a microhome construction
contest, and hope to use a solar power station to provide
residents with a way to charge their phones and run small
ABQJustice is a grassroots advocacy and direct action group that organizes around social justice issues
such as poverty, homelessness and police brutality in Albuquerque.

appliances. Residents are even talking about planting a

vegetable garden.
ABQJustice has submitted a formal proposal that addresses
the citys homelessness crisis in innovative and constructive
ways to the City Council. In part, this protest underscores
that the residents are appealing to the City and the State for
a 90-day stay on evictions to prove the concept of a
sanctioned encampment is self-sustainable and viable.
Albuquerque can, right now, do something amazing, said
Vargas. Power is in the people.
Tears welled up in the eyes of Camp Resurrection resident
John. Im just so thankful, he said. Its hard living on the
streets.
Community members are invited to bring their compassion
and their creativity to the site at Lomas and I-25. For more
information, join the Occupy Poverty: Camp Resurrection
FaceBook event page, visit www.BurqueMedia.com, or email
ABQJustice at ABQJustice@yahoo.com.

ABQJustice is a grassroots advocacy and direct action group that organizes around social justice issues
such as poverty, homelessness and police brutality in Albuquerque.