The next few days are going to be a cyclone of emotionally saturated hands-on work as local advocates help prepare residents of a Lansing homeless encampment to vacate the premises after the city brought legal action to disband the camp.
The trauma of losing the large long-standing encampment in North Lansing is severe, especially for those who have found safety in numbers there for years, Executive Director of Punks with Lunch in Lansing Kelsea Hector told East Lansing Info over the phone following a local court’s decision Wednesday.
“They have to vacate, the order is to be gone by the [Dec.] 23rd… it’s all boots on the ground to make sure that people, their stuff, isn’t displaced,” Hector said. “We want to make sure that people are supported by people that have created a relationship with them and care for them and that we continue to hold the city accountable as we’re moving forward… to make sure that people don’t get lost in the cracks.”…