Homeless People and Allies Successfully Occupy Empty Building

Homeless people and community allies took over a vacant building in El Barrio/East Harlem earlier today. The target was a beautiful two-story building at the corner of Madison Avenue and 116th that has been vacant for decades. For those of you who weren't able to attend today's action activist organization Picture the Homeless is holding a SLEEP-OUT celebration outside the building, Friday, March 20! Bring poems and songs for a community cultural event; bring food and blankets and sleeping bags for yourself and to share with everyone else.  (Source: Picture the Homeless blog)