Swept Flim
Where was the Swept film set?
Los Angelos
How many people experienced homelessness in the USA for the first time in 2023?
Over the course of 2023, nearly one million people experienced houselessness for the first time, the highest number ever recorded (National Alliance to End Homelessness).
Houseless or Unhoused
People who do not have housing including those living on the streets, in makeshift structures, in temporary or interim housing or shelters, in overcrowded conditions, and in substandard housing
Human Rights Watch is known for defending this type of universal global value.
human rights
who is the best leader?
SIKE WE ARE ALL AMAZING LEADERS
What does the title of the documentary 'Swept' refer to?
How does the US department of education define a student that is houseless?
The U.S. Department of Education defines a student as houseless if they “lack a fixed, regular and adequate nighttime residence."
Sweeps/Cleanups
Systematically and routinely conducting cleanings or “sweeps” in which government officials take and destroy property of unhoused peoples, including tents, bedding, clothing, medicine, vital papers, family photographs, and other items of personal value
This is the primary method the HRW uses to influence policy and public awareness about human rights issues.
detailed investigative reports and advocacy campaigns
where is mr velardo from
new york
FALSE!! IT WAS NOMINATED FOR A EMMY
This percentage of Los Angeles' population is unhoused, yet they account for 38% of all citations and arrests from 2016 to 2022.
Less than 1 percentttt
Encampments
Communities built by unhoused people on public land without authorization
In the report “You Have to Move!”, Human Rights Watch condemns the use of this legal tool to punish unhoused people for simply existing in public.
What are anti-camping ordinances / laws?
what instrument does nela play
piano!!!
The documentary Swept emphasizes this type of housing as the most efficient and cost-effective solution to homelessness.
Permanent supportive housing
According to Human Rights Watch, this percentage of people interviewed who had experienced houselessness stated they had some form of disability.
Around 60%
Systemic Racism
The oppression of a racial group to the advantage of another as perpetuated by inequity within the interconnected systems such as political, economic, and social systems. Government policies, including red-lining, zoning, freeway construction, “urban renewal,” and mass incarceration, along with private discrimination and de-industrialization, have enforced racial segregation and contributed to Black poverty and houselessness
HRW asserts that these two basic needs should never be criminalized.
What are sleeping and sheltering oneself in public?
what did leah eat in the last meeting
a peanut butter and jelly uncrustable
This organization released the report titled "You Have to Move!" which complements the themes explored in Swept.
WHAT IS THE HRW!!!
What is the estimated number of people living without shelter on the streets of Los Angeles, as noted in the Human Rights Watch report.
46,000
Adequate Housing/Shelter
Meeting the following criteria: legal security of tenure; availability of services, materials, facilities, and infrastructure, like water, energy, and sanitation; affordability; habitability; accessibility; location accessible to employment, schools, health care and other social facilities; and cultural adequacy
In addition to reporting, HTW collaborates with these two types of groups to amplify unhoused individuals' voices.
What are grassroots organizations and legal advocates?
who was the ledaer who did the meeting 3 meetings ago, 2 meetings ago, and 1 meeting ago (say them in ORDER)
lilly, hala, hala