Day of the Dead Ceremonies Honoring our Ancestors of Homelessness from Oakland to San Francisco

Unhoused, formerly Houseless disabled youth, families, and elders from HOMEfulness, POOR Magazine and Wood Street Commons honor ancestors of homelessness at Day of the Dead ceremonies on both sides of the Bay 

Dia de los muertos/Day of the Dead ceremonies for ancestors

4pm Today, Thursday, Oct 29th at HOMEfulness Huchiun (OAK) 8032 MacArthur Bl Oakland, Ca 94605 

11am Tomorrow, Friday, Oct 30th at HOMEfulness Yelamu (SF) - 3390 Cesar Chavez St San Francisco 

Both Ceremonies will honor ancestors of homelessness from across the Bay Area and Beyond with multi-nationed prayer, Aztec Dance, Words from Family who have lost our family to this crisis of homelessness and multiple altares across the sanctuary spaces of HOMEfulness- a homeless peoples -led solution to homelessness. 

"The ceremoies honor, pay tribute, offer prayer, and lift up the stories and spirits of Nino Parker, “Inni” Ingold GuttenBeil, Jose Santos Castillo, Jalani Lovett,  Cornelius Taylor,  Steven Taylor, Tyrell Wilson, JT,  Luis Demetrio Góngora Pat, Luis Temaj, Laure McElroy, Anjileen “Green Eyes” Swan, Desiree Quintero, and Shannon Marie Bigley, and so many more  all who passed from the violence of sweeps, poLice terror, and hate of us poor people,” said Tiny, a formerly houseless co-founder of POOR Magazine and HOMEfulness. “These ceremonies honor our lives as well—currently in struggle homeless poverty skolaz, in cities like San Francisco and Oakland where we are being swept even in the rains we are expecting with El nino and preparing a mutual aid effort because we know these Cities don’t care about us 

Another ancestor we will be honoring is Brokin Cloud. Brokin Cloud moved into Homefulness - a rent free housing project created by houseless people at POOR Magazine, after surviving for 25 years on the street. Brokin Cloud, like many houseless people was called “Service Resistant” which really just meant the carceral “solutions” created by city, state and federal government are never informed by poor and houseless peoples ourselves and rarely if ever work. Last year in July 2025, due to the health complications of his life and struggle on the streets for decades,  beloved elder Brokin Cloud has joined the ancestors.  : 

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