From HSU student Chante Catt:
Homelessness is rampant among students in the CSU. A preliminary study by the CSU in 2015 found that about 10% of CSU students are homeless.
Informal surveys have been held at HSU that suggest the homelessness rate at our school is around 15%.
The administration here at Humboldt State says that the dorms are at full, 100%, capacity this year - this is a falsehood.
We know this because we are students, and we talk to each other. We know there are empty beds in on-campus housing. We know there are habitable structures on campus that are unused. The school wants us to believe that every student at HSU is part of the community and we all look out for one another. If this was the case, we would have more resources for students with no other place to go.
It is illegal to sleep in public spaces; it is illegal to sleep in private ones without permission.
Where are these people supposed to go? Our housing issues in Humboldt are twofold: there is not enough housing and that makes it too expensive for many people.
HSU needs to become a sanctuary for people who have no place to go at night. It already is during the day. We proudly open our doors to the community during the day, but during the cold, wet, winter nights they are shut and locked. This must stop.
We are a community of concerned people, many of whom have experienced or are currently experiencing homelessness in Humboldt County.
We are demanding the following actions be taken by the school to start to address this issue and stop ignoring it.
The library must be open 24/7 for people to seek refuge in. Stop locking in the warmth.
All available housing on campus must be made available as emergency housing for community members in need. Stop excluding people from empty spaces that no one pays for already.
HSU must instruct all enforcement entities to not enforce any vagrancy laws or otherwise criminalize homelessness at HSU. If we can’t be here, where do we go?
Failure to meet these demands means that the school does not care about the students or the community it resides in. The students will continue to take action at inopportune times for the University - spring preview, transfer orientation, freshman orientation.
We will no longer be silent and allow our problems to be moved out of view. We hope that the school swiftly begins to address this injustice.
Funny how it goes from "students" to people in the community seeking refuge. CSU is a institution of higher education not a homeless camp. Just another social justice whiner. Gimme gimme gimme.
ReplyDeleteShe has a long history of needing help for herself before she moved to Humboldt.
ReplyDeleteHere's her complaint about housing for students (and others) in 2016:
http://www.krcrtv.com/north-coast-news/meeting-held-to-form-alliance-to-help-homeless-hsu-students/101409595
https://www.facebook.com/humboldthumanperformancelab/posts/10212868032880672
Go Fund Me(s):
https://www.gofundme.com/profile/chante-mariecatt-6mvwk (several campaigns over several years)
One serious question: What person (esp in their 30s) moves to a new community without checking out what sort of housing is available?
Other links (as well as what she is doing now) seem to point to someone who is trying to create a career as a community activist. Do any of these people actually talk to other people, other groups to see what others are working on? What seems to help, what doesn't help or doesn't work and especially not to assume that a 'new voice' can accomplish what others (who have tried) could not.
And her suggestion that the library be open 24 hours so people could sleep there shows how little she respects libraries and has not paid any attention to the problems Humboldt public libraries have with some people just during the hours they're open.
I'm not trying to be unkind, but can't she get welfare? She does have a child; the child may be eligible
Deletefor welfare; maybe 600$ A month from welfare; maybe food stamps and welfare
medical for her child; maybe a section 8 voucher would help her, she wouldn't have to pay that back.
Easier than standing near tents on campus. Could she try social services in Eureka?
Heh Chante-why don't you open up your little commode to these poor homeless citizens who can't think for themselves???? Oh poor me-I'll advocate for the idiots who "attend" the university. Same loser song by same loser Socialists demanded rights for idiots when these idiots should NEVER be here to start with.GO HOME TO YOUR HOME OF ORIGIN!!!!
ReplyDeleteDidn't mean for this to be so long; it's just
ReplyDeletethat Arcata gets so many advocates.
Her personal appearance, her writing is very sophisticated for a
college student. The advocates in Arcata are quite sophisticated;
as if they went to some special advocate school or something.
It's almost like Arcata is some kind of testing, proving ground for advocates.
As if advocates tell other advocates to come up to Arcata,
a nice town with nice people who are not used to sophisticated
advocates, an out of town advocate could get advocate experience
in Arcata, then after the advocate destroys a once nice town; they can move
on to the next one.
In the story in the link below
https://www.northcoastjournal.com/humboldt/homeless-state-university/Content?oid=4206421
she mentions "the village," a 55 million $ project from a private developer,
so many times; it almost seems like an advertisement. The village
looks like an old Russian commune.
We need some kind of sophisticated anti-activist training for Arcatans;
any ideas?
Whether she is sincere or not; good luck to her, wish her good health.
Kudos to her for finishing her education.
Why why does Arcata have so many advocates? And why are they always so sophisticated?
ReplyDeleteStrange.