Volunteers serving the homeless at the encampment at Regina city hall say: 'everyone was there because of the same systemic failures.'
Everyone who ended up living at the camp had their own journey that led them there. Some — but far from all — had substance use disorders and mental health conditions.One resident fell into addictions after his wife was murdered and has been struggling with his grief that was compounded by the trauma of addictions and homelessness.
Everyone’s story was unique, but everyone was there because of the same systemic failures. These failures remain, despite ReginaIn the days after the camp was shuttered on July 28, volunteers drove city streets, searching for encampment residents. They tried to make sure everyone had food, water, essential medications, rides to appointments and the other necessaries of life that had previously been provided from a central location.
We did this because we know they aren’t different from us, that under the exploitative capitalist system we live in, we are all much closer to becoming unhoused ourselvesThere was trauma and pain and occasionally even violence, but much more frequently there was camaraderie, solidarity and laughter. The encampment was a makeshift community, but it was a real community. And now, instead of being together,
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