I began this work in the late ‘80s, inspired by Mitch Snyder and the Community for Creative Non-Violence, for their refusal to accept homelessness as being remotely normal or OK. My first arrest was in Washington, D.C. in 1985, where I got to spend three days in D.C. Central Cell Block supporting Snyder’s hunger strike that lasted 51 days.
Snyder lost 57 pounds during that fast, and when asked by a reporter if he was afraid to die, he said, “No. It’s painful, but I have a greater fear of allowing people to languish like animals, and sometimes I’m afraid I’m not doing enough.” ...