In response to a threat to citizens’ arrest the houseless at Pickett Park in Reno, dozens gathered instead to provide assistance, compassion and bags full of food, toiletries and sanitary supplies. Here’s what one organizer had to say.
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Bob Conradhttp://thisisreno.com
Bob Conrad is publisher, editor and co-founder of This Is Reno. He has served in communications positions for various state agencies and earned a doctorate in educational leadership from the University of Nevada, Reno in 2011. He is also a part time instructor at UNR and sits on the boards of the Nevada Press Association and Nevada Open Government Coalition.
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