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10/30/2025

Are there any coat drives happening this weekend or in the next week?

10/28/2025

Community need:

Looking for support for a mother and her children who are currently facing homelessness and need immediate placement. If there are any family-friendly shelter beds available or emergency
housing resources open right now, please let us know as soon as possible. Any leads or contacts are appreciated. Thank you.

10/24/2025

GOAL MET.

With safety nets failing and/or on the brink of the collapse, please consider how you can further connect with mutual aid networks to respond to the urgent, rapid needs of your community. That may or may not be financial.

We keep us safe. Housed. Fed.

Always.

10/16/2025

Imagine raw sewage flowing out of your toilet. Gross, right?

Bernice Parrish doesn’t have to imagine it. She lived it this past summer.

She ended up in the hospital, where she was diagnosed with an acute kidney injury from exposure to raw sewage. The Health and Hospital Corporation, which runs Marion County’s health department, has opened six investigations this year related to the same property Parrish lived in.

One of those cases led to a lawsuit in July against the property owner. The Health and Hospital Corporation has filed at least 34 lawsuits against the company since October 2021.

Before, Health and Hospital would’ve likely dismissed Parrish’s case because she had moved out of the apartment.

Local housing advocates and some city-county councilors have criticized this practice. They said dismissing those cases incentivized landlords to get rid of renters who complained about the condition of their home, leaving the next tenant stuck in the same situation.

But Shelley Gupta, who was associate general counsel for Health and Hospital, told Mirror Indy that the agency is keeping cases about vacant units open internally. That allows inspectors to continue checking on a unit with health violations and get updates from the landlord if someone else moves in.

City-County Councilor Andy Nielsen said the agency’s new practice is the “bare minimum” of what he and housing advocates are looking for: https://bit.ly/4qcoW7K

09/28/2025

Goal met! Thank you.

09/15/2025

GOAL MET. THANKS!

08/18/2025

Indiana has the third highest maternal mortality rate in the country.

Joi is doing something about it. Tell everybody to tell everybody that a Black midwife is creating free spaces of care and then pull up to support!

I’m so excited to finally share this with you all! I’m so thnakful for the amazing team behind creating this offering, and now it’s finally time …

🚨FREE Group Prenatal Care is here.🚨
Please note: these sessions do NOT replace regular prenatal care.

Join us for supportive and nourishing group prenatal care sessions offered twice monthly in Indianapolis. Especially pregant persons living in 46219, 46218, & 46222.

• Ask a midwife the questions your doctor may not have time to answer
• Build community and find support for birth and parenting
• Feel cared for and respected in a safe space
• Free childcare provided onsite
• Chance to win a VISA gift card at each session

📍 B***r Fitness & Learning Center
727 N Oriental St, Indianapolis, IN 46202
🕕 6–8 PM

📅 2025 Dates:
• Sept 15th
• Oct 6th
• Nov 3rd
• Dec 1st

Empowering pregnant people. Supporting families. Building community.

*second location dates coming soon!

08/14/2025

$20 MILLION more to IMPD. The city is sentencing us all to a life of homelessness and jail and wants to empower the police to round folks up when it happens.

Earlier this week, Mayor Hogsett presented the the 2026 proposed budget package to the City-County Council. Despite financial challenges, this proposed budget continues key investments in public safety, infrastructure, economic development, housing, and quality of life – without a tax increase. You can read the Mayor's statement on the proposed budget package below.

Learn more about the budget at www.indy.gov/activity/city-and-county-budget

08/11/2025

Upcoming Tenant Eviction Sealing Clinic event.

If you have any evictions with no balance you may be eligible to get it sealed.

08/08/2025

Please read and share.

Indianapolis, IN — Yesterday, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) announced it has entered into an agreement with Indiana to detain up to 1,000 people in Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) custody at the Miami Correctional Facility, a maximum security state prison north of Indianapoli...