Thread by @JessedHagopian

.@MayorofSeattle: As a teacher of many homeless students in #Seattle over the years & someone w/ homeless family, I demand you apologize to them for saying: “I don’t think anyone has a right to sleep in a public space or has a right to sleep on a sidewalk”
seattletimes.com/seattle-news/p…

If you don’t want my students sleeping on the streets, then provide affordable housing.

We live in one of the richest cities in world history. We have the money to house everyone, but you would rather blame my students for being poor than fix the system that creates poverty.

It’s appalling that the @MayorofSeattle can vilify my homeless students who struggle to find a place to sleep at night, but doesn’t have a mumbling word to say about the billionaires who are hoarding the wealth of Seattle & creating the homeless crisis.
teenfeed.org/about/facts-ab…

You say no one “has a right to sleep on the sidewalk.” I say you don’t have a right to refuse to enact free & affordable housing options in a city as opulent as ours.

@MayorofSeattle, #Seattle is waiting to hear your apology.

#HousingIsAHumanRight

It’s been 24 hours @MayorofSeattle & I still haven’t heard from you or your office.

I was hoping an apology to our homeless youth for your harmful comment would be forthcoming with out too much trouble.

I’m hoping it won’t be necessary to cause good trouble for an apology.