Jungle Residents Celebrate Thanksgiving Friday

SAN JOSE, Calif. - Nov. 27, 2014 - PRLog -- Residents and supporters of the “Jungle” encampment on Story Road in San Jose will celebrate Thanksgiving with a speak-out at 12 noon on FRIDAY, November 28, followed by a sit-down dinner. Hundreds of people will be displaced if the City moves forward as expected with police and bulldozers to close the camp on December 4.

Residents will release to the media copies of a letter recently sent to the San Jose Mayor, Mayor-Elect, City Council, and City Manager, asking for a delay of the impending closure, or an alternate site to move to. The letter is signed by hundreds of “Jungle” residents and allies. The letter points out that City’s closure of the encampment will displace 150 - 200 people, many of whom have no other place to move to.

Ultimately, our civic leaders have no excuse for their dismal failure to provide affordable housing for our people here in one of the richest valleys in the entire world. In the meantime, if the “Jungle” is to be closed, as a bare minimum, residents are asking for immediate provision of SAFE, LEGAL alternate camping areas, with adequate hygiene facilities, as long as anyone is living without a home in San Jose.

TIME:          12 NOON FRIDAY, NOV. 28

PLACE:          THE JUNGLE, STORY RD. & SENTER, SAN JOSE

People who want to donate on Friday may bring folding tables, prepared Thanksgiving dinners, beverages, quality paper plates, plastic cutlery, napkins, table cloths, decorations, and may help with serving, set up, or clean up. For more information, please call Robert Aguirre at 915-471-8674.