PFFC Downtown DC Public Restroom Initiative appears on NPR’s 1A aired nationally
Eli, 5 years old, peeks out of Portland Loo in Cambridge MA Marcia Bernbaum and George Olivar (members of PFFC’s Downtown DC Public Restroom Initiative) were honored to be invited to participate in an NPF’s 1A on Wednesday, January 27.,2021: When You Gotta Go: the Public Restroom Problem. 1A airs on more than 340 NPR member stations in […]
Invitation to PFFC’s 8th Annual Homeless Vigil – Dec. 20 – 21
Please join us on December 20 and 21 at our 8th Annual Vigil to honor and remember those who died in 2020 without the dignity of a home. In remembrance with dignity, an event to rejoice with those who are healing community from racial and economic victimization. Life without the dignity of a […]
BLACK HOMES MATTER TOO
Between our 2018 and 2019 Annual Vigils held in December there was a 101% increase in deaths overall (to 117 of whom 86% were black) among individuals in DC living without the dignity of a home WHY WE SUPPORT THE MOVEMENT AGAINST POLICE BRUTALITY IN CONNECTION WITH THE DEATH OF GEORGE FLOYD AND OTHERS WHO […]
PFFC CELEBRATES ITS 12TH ANNIVERSARY !!
On this, our 12th Anniversary, we have much to be grateful for starting with the support that so many of you continue to give us We are proud of our accomplishments during this past year, among them: a successful 2019 Vigil to honor and remember those who died in 2019 without the dignity of a home; the opportunity — through our active participation in […]
On December 19 & 20 PFFC honored 81 people who died in DC in 2019 without the dignity of a home
PFFC’s 7th Annual Vigil to honor and remember those who died in DC in 2019 without the dignity of a home took place on December 19 and 20, 2019. Attendees included: individuals who had or were experiencing homelessness, individuals representing organizations that assist the homeless, activists, members of the DC government, and members of the […]
PFFC LOOKS TOWARD CONTINUED GROWTH AND ACCOMPLISHMENTS IN 2019
WE ENTER 2019 HAVING THE SATISFACTION OF MANY ACCOMPLISHMENTS IN 2018 In March we hosted a successful 2018 candidates forum where we had the opportunity to pose questions to and learn about the views of three candidates for Mayor and two candidates for DC Council on how they would approach providing affordable housing for all DC residents […]
Support Bill 22-0223, Public Restroom Facilities Promotion & Investment Act of 2017 for which there will be a hearing on January 10, 2018
Eli, 5 years old, peeks out of Portland Loo in Cambridge MA On January 10, 2018 at 9 am a hearing will be held in Room 500 in the Wilson Building (1350 Pennsylvania Ave NW) by the Committee on Transportation & Environment, chaired by Council Member Mary Cheh,on four bills, one of which is Bill […]
Sending best wishes for a happy and prosperous 2018
From your friends at the People for Fairness Coalition
SAVE THE DATE — 2017 VIGIL
PFFC’s 5th Vigil to remember those who died on the streets in 2017 is scheduled to take place between Thursday, December 21 and Friday, December 22. The Vigil very appropriately is in honor of Michael Stoops, fondly remembered by so many of us, who devoted his life to helping the homeless and who himself passed […]