Photo by Mos Sukjaroenkraisri on Unsplash By Queennandi Many of us are still healing from our scars and spiritual wounds after barely surviving the atomic bomb called gentrification that dropped on neighborhoods such as the Fillmore (fill-no-moe) and the La Mission (La Invasion) with an “entitled vengeance,” wiping out a high percentage of mom and pop shops, local meat markets, grocery stores like Goldlane (Aka Foodland), “hood farmers,” and family restaurants that were in th

By Queennandi Some may ask, “Why is the POOR Magazine’s Poor Mama’s reparations fund is so important?" The Poor Mama’s Reparations Fund is very important to the families who are struggling with necessities such as food, transportation, housing, and utilities without having to deal with the stress and anxiety of waiting in long lines for hours, worrying about whether or not you will receive any immediate help, or be told to come back the next day in order to alleviate the hung

While Mayors from LA to San Francisco claim their “Homeless population” is decreasing, the violent policy of “sweeps” increases– A powerful new movie created by houseless/formerly houseless sweeps and eviction survivors comes to the Eagle Rock Theatre at Vidiots that tells the stories of the people the government is trying to disappear. “That’s my Wheelchair...” A Disabled Black Houseless Oakland resident screams at a bulldozer coming for her comeUnity and her wheelchair. Cru

“I don’t know where your son is, he was in detention and then he disappeared….” The assistant principal’s voice trailed off as she flipped absentmindedly through a stack of attendance sheets, until she stopped abruptly and looked up, “I’m sorry but we don’t know where he is.” She walked out of the room and left us there in shock This is just one example of the school to prison pipeline in full effect with our poor/houseless Black, Brown, Houseless, Disabled and indigenous you

Houseless/formerly houseless residents of Oakland and San Francisco hold a cross-bay action to resist the closure of hundreds of emergency shelter beds, transitional housing and safe parking lots while sweeps increase Cross Bay Actions When & Where Tuesday, May 26th Oakland City Hall: 10:30am San Francisco City Hall: 12 noon “The non-profit and the City (of Oakland) promised they would help me get re-housed, now im getting re-swept,” Juan T, a former resident of one of O

Unhoused, formerly Houseless disabled youth, families, and elders from California have created a movie about their lives and their ancestors lost to the ongoing violence of homelessness, evictions, gentrification, poLice terror, and sweeps Movie Trailer HERE NEW YORK/NJ SCREENING DATES May 7: New York, NY Maysles Documentary Center (6:30pm) 343 Malcolm X Blvd, New York, NY 10027 May 8: (2 event day!) Poughkeepsie, NY & Red Bank, NJ 1) Vassar College (11am) 124 Raymond Ave,

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Press Contacts: Tiny Gray-Garcia (510) 435-7500 Adrian Diamond, Green Diamond Projects (661) 210-5764 Adrian@GreenDiamondProjects.com Sabrina (704) 804-0908 Homeless people create a movie about homelessness and bring it to East Coast Turtle Island Unhoused, formerly Houseless disabled youth, families, and elders from California have created a movie about their lives and their ancestors lost to the ongoing violence of homelessness, evictions, gentrificat