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The HEAT Kills. Here’s What We Can Do to Stop It

Op-Ed by Sabrina Hennecke, MD, MPH and David Peery, JD The HEAT is killing Miami’s homeless.  No, we’re not referring to the Miami Heat professional basketball team, which is only metaphorically “killing” its higher seeded playoff opponents.  Nor are we writing about extreme urban heat that is, in fact, physically harming Miami’s unsheltered homeless atContinue reading “The HEAT Kills. Here’s What We Can Do to Stop It”

November 15th Stop The Sweep Campaign Success Documented by Miami Herald

“Police, water truck, dumpster arrive to clean homeless area under I-95 — then pull back” Link to original story here. Robert Pearson and Farrah Milton left the tent they’re living in on SW 2nd St. in downtown Miami on Wednesday morning to find a notice from the city of Miami: “This area will be cleanedContinue reading “November 15th Stop The Sweep Campaign Success Documented by Miami Herald”