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Mitch Snyder, the man whose hunger strikes and acid commentary made him the nation’s best-known advocate for the homeless, was found dead Thursday in his room in a Washington shelter in what...
Jul 7, 1990 · Snyder, 46, was found hanged Thursday in his third-floor room at the 1,300-bed Community for Creative Non-Violence shelter, a once-vacant federal building that he had persuaded President Reagan...
Nov 21, 2014 · Thirty years ago this month, she and longtime partner Mitch Snyder were at the center of a clash with the Reagan administration that ended in a hunger strike, attended by 60 Minutes, that helped put homelessness on the national agenda.
Mar 17, 1988 · Beatrice Snyder went to work as a nurse, and Mitch began breaking into parking meters. He kept getting caught. At 16 he was sent to an Upstate reform school for bright but antisocial youngsters.
Aug 14, 2013 · At the center of most the pictures was the enigmatic Mitch Snyder. As Jones, Stoops and other members of the Community for Creative Non-Violence fasted, prayed and took over federal buildings to bring attention to America’s homeless crisis, Snyder was there, leading and inspiring them.
Jul 18, 2007 · I was first drawn to work on homelessness more than 20 years ago through the actions of Mitch Snyder, a visionary leader who understood the power of direct action. Snyder built a militant movement around the criminal reality of mass homelessness in America and knew how to get average people to take personal risks in the pursuit of a just cause.
A Young Advocate’s Perspective: Mitch Snyder On a late September day in 2009, I trekked from the NCH offices to make visit to the White House and happened, instead, upon a collection of people and a sign that read “61st Day of Fast.”
