10/16/2025
Organizers from the DC veterans encampment came out to Memphis to protect our unhoused veterans from the National Guard and set up a Memphis veterans encampment!
The majority of our unhoused community members that 901 Harm Reduction provides HR supplies and resources to are veterans. The distopian irony! Many of these unhoused veterans are at-risk for not just being homeless, but also being LGBTQ+, Trans, Black, hispanic, immigrants, disabled, and/or drug users. Many use drugs to manage their own disabilities, chronic pain (mental and physical), and the trauma that comes from being a part of the military.... whether that trauma comes from the propaganda, dehumanization, and rampant seggsual assault and violence...or actual trauma from combat.
It's one thing to deploy the National Guard on your own people....but to target unhoused veterans??? Don't let feelings of hopelessness stop you from fighting for your own people. If you are a veteran in Memphis, YOU can join in the fight to protect your unhoused comrades! The Memphis Veterans Encampment needs local veterans to be on site 24/7! So take a shift at the capacity you can!
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