Elders
Papa Bear's Geary Boulevard Report
Tuesday, February 7 2014
Papa Bear leaned forward in his seat, with elbows on knees. Folks at the Community Newsroom directed their attention, faces, and cameras toward him, POOR Magazine's "Panhandler Reporter." He then began reporting the news, his monthly state of San Francisco summary distilled from his daily studies and experiences of Geary Blvd.
Free Leonard in 2014::Challenge to Amerikkkan In-justice System
The POOR magazine' Indigenous News-making Circle/ Community Newsroom was really fierce last week when a man came and talked about the injustice committed against his relative, Leonard Peltier. As a young African-American woman I have been born and bred on corporate media and until i came to POOR's People Skool I hadn't even heard of Leonard Peltier, which, sadly is similar to many of my peers,
Papa Bear Report November 2013
Newsroom is packed this month, filled with stories. Papa Bear comes late— says he had gotten a ticket on the bus trying to get to our sacred monthly circle. As he sits down next to me, I can feel his anguish. And I feel my own deep sadness, because when he speaks I hear what he’s really saying: that he wants to go home, that he is tired of living a hard life, that he wants to rest.
Evicting Elders for Profit- A San Francisco Tradition
*Co-editors Update: Today, After a beautiful resistance of community and family the elder Lee Family and their disabled adult daughter were evicted from their family home.The San Francisco so-called progressive sheriff never stopped this from happening.
The Lee Family Eviction
by Tiny aka Lisa Gray-Garcia