• Skip to primary navigation
  • Skip to main content
  • Skip to footer
WRAP

WRAP

Western Regional Advocacy Project

  • Donate Now
  • Get Email Updates
  • Contact Us
  • Home
  • About
    • 20 Years of Unhoused People Fighting for Dignity + Respect
    • 40 Years of Fighting
    • History
    • Mission
    • Strategy
    • Members
    • Board / Staff
  • Campaigns
    • Business Improvement Districts
    • House Keys Not Sweeps
      • TARGETED, BANISHED, DISPLACED & SWEPT
    • Legal Defense Clinics Project
    • Homeless Bill of Rights
    • Without Housing
    • Street Outreach
  • Organizing Tools
    • Without Housing Organizing Toolkit
    • Homeless Bill of Rights Campaign Manual
    • WRAP Organizers Manual
    • WRAP Artwork
  • Resources
    • Pipe Dreams and Picket Fences Report
    • Art in Action Power Point Slide Show
    • Hobos to Street People
    • House Keys Book
    • Political Education
    • Legal Research
  • Media
    • Newsletters
    • Blog
    • Hobos to Street People Art Show
    • Street Newspapers
    • Sweeps Gallery Videos
    • Videos
  • Support Us
    • Donate
    • Become a Monthly Sustainer
    • Volunteer
    • Support WRAP
    • WRAP Newsletters & Updates Sign Up

For Immediate Release: Houseless/Poor Women and Children want to Be Homeful in Women’s History Month

February 28, 2022 by Jonathan Leave a Comment

Press Contacts: Muteado Silencio- & Tiny gray-garcia- (510) 435-7500- 
For Immediate Release:

Houseless Women and Children create homes and self-determined solutions for houseless women and children and The City of Oakland Blocks them from opening… in Women’s Herstory Month 
 

Poor, Homeless, Indigenous, Black/Brown women, children, aunti’s , grandmommas, uncles, brothers and Suns build a self-determined solution to homelessness in Deep East Huchuin ( Oakland) want to become in homeful – and instead the City of Oakland blocks it 

What: 1st Nations /Indigenous/Black and Brown Community led Ceremony/ Press Conference and Theatre of the POOR installation  
When: 1pm Tuesday, March 1st 
Where: 250 Oscar Grant Plaza (Frank Ogawa Plaza ) City of Oakland Building and Planning Dept 

“Where are we going to go after we have been evicted,?” said Aunti Frances Moore, a formerly houseless member of the Po Poets project,  poverty skola, co-founder of Homefulness and one of the Co-authors of the Homefulness Handbook

The City of Oakland has blocked Homefulness since the day we began building in 2011 , said Muteado S, indigenous builder and co-founder of Homefulness 

“Us poor and homeless women and children in the US are being victimized by the ongoing War ON the poor everyday in this occupied land,  between the demolitions of thousands of units of public housing,the extreme rise in gentrification and post-pandemic evictions of low-income and working class elders and families and the concurrent rise in the criminalization of unhoused encampments and our bodies,  while we spend literally trillions of dollars in wars globally which is why it is so urgent for people to listen to our own innovative solutions to poverty and homelessness- solutions like Poverty Scholarship and the Homefulness Project so they can build their own solutions, said Lisa Gray-Garcia,formerly homeless single parent, co-author of Poverty Scholarship – Poor People-led Theory Art, Words and Tears Across Mama Earth and Criminal of Poverty – Growing Up Homeless in America and the most recent release the The SideWalk Motel- Poems and PoShunary from a poverty skola- 

Homefulness was launched by Mama Dee Garcia and Tiny – when the indigenous mother and daughter were still sleeping in their car, the park, the bus shelters and shelter beds in the streets of Oakland, LA and San Francisco. They released the vision in 1996 and began a movement. 24 years later – tiny and many other poverty skolaz are building Homefulness rooted and led by 1st Nations and houseless peoples leadership – they teach, speak, and share and build with cultural work and media and writing/poetry workshops in encampments, community centers, schools and jails with other homeless and formerly homeless communities to help share the extremely innovative poor people-led solution to homelessness known as Homefulness  As well as with people with race and class privilege, access to resources and /or land who can learn  to activate to liberate a different solution to poverty, homelessness and wealth-hoarding, rooted in indigenous and poverty scholarship- 

Together the people of Homefulness have  manifested a solution that is community, family and home. Together they have succeeded in meeting their needs in ways the City of Oakland has failed. Instead of celebration and support the City responds with delays, fees and more trauma. The impact is life and death. The Sustainable Economies Law Center stands in solidarity with Homefulness. We call on the City of Oakland to GET ON BOARD OR GET OUT OF THE WAY! said Christine Hernandez,  Co-director of the Radical Real Estate Law School at The Sustainable Economies Law Center

“The City Dept of Building and Inspection have charged us poor and houseless builders exorbitant fees, conducted endless invasive inspections and accused us of “taking too long to build” and then hit us with a $30,000 impact fee, all to block a poor mother and family led solution to homelessness –  Homefulness – I  and my fellow houseless/formerly houseless brothers and sisters are committing to live at the building department until they approve Homefulness, “Tiny gray-garcia, concluded.

POOR Magazine is a very grassroots, poor and indigenous people led movement creating media, art, culture, education and solutions since 1996  POOR press is the poor people-led publishing arm of POOR Magazine dedicated to publishing the books and art of very low, no-income, homeless and incarcerated youth, adults and elders.

-Story in the OaklandSide about Homefulness #2

– Story in the East Bay Times about the struggle to build Homefulness 

Filed Under: California, Events, Oakland, Poor Magazine, Press Releases

Reader Interactions

Leave a Reply Cancel reply

You must be logged in to post a comment.

Footer

Instagram Feed

Urgent Help Needed Grants Pass is facing over 100 Urgent Help Needed 
Grants Pass is facing over 100F temperatures for the next 4 days Our homeless neighbors have no shelter, no shade & no water. Please help by donating bottled water or funds - we'll put every drop to good use! 
Venmo | Helen Cruz 
https://account.venmo.com/u/Helen-Cruz-30

Let's come together for those left in the heat, every bottle & dollar makes a difference
Community spirit and perspective and a cool organi Community spirit and perspective and a cool organizing training!
With sweeps and fascist policing/immigration tactics ramping up all over the country, we must make sure our initiatives to fight them are informed by, come from and are supported by the people who are directly impacted!!! Street outreach is how we do this!
https://conta.cc/46GwXKG
Join WRAP on Tuesday, July 22 on zoom at 3pm pt | Join WRAP on Tuesday, July 22 on zoom at 3pm pt | 4 pm mt | 6 pm et for a training on the different methodologies, context and implementation of street outreach! There will be examples from WRAP members who represent organizations in different states who have been fighting back against criminalization and sweeps in their communities.
Accountable organizing through street outreach! 

With sweeps and fascist policing/immigration tactics ramping up all over the country, we must make sure our initiatives to fight them are informed by, come from and are supported by the people who are directly impacted!!! 

Street outreach is how we do this! 

📣 WRAP : STREET OUTREACH TRAINING 
🗓️ Tuesday, July 22 | 🕒 3pm PT | 4pm MT | 6pm ET
🎟️ RSVP : bit.ly/wrapoutreach 
✉️ Contact joemae@wraphome.org for any questions

Read More: https://conta.cc/3ZXkCxS
Last year, on April 22nd, I stood with over 700 pe Last year, on April 22nd, I stood with over 700 people from around the country in front of the US Supreme Court demanding that the court focus on proven solutions to homelessness like housing, and not on things like handcuffs and jails that make homelessness worse. Months later, SCOTUS shamefully decided that homeless people are not included in the Constitution’s protections against cruel and unusual punishment and could be ticketed or arrested for simply sleeping outside. https://conta.cc/44m9rjl
The city continues to sneak in their sweeps of our The city continues to sneak in their sweeps of our friends and neighbors to nowhere. They sneak their sweeps in and hope those that care and give a sh&! against this violence won’t show up. We will do all we can to challenge this and won’t let the city block us from the community care they are afraid of.

Join us for a virtual gathering to learn how to show up, how to build community care. July 10th from 7-8:30pm. DM us for more info.

#sweepskill #fucksweeps #stopthesweeps #stoptheharrellhorrorshow #communitycare #showup
🏠Housing is a human right, and it is about time 🏠Housing is a human right, and it is about time our communities actually accept this!

On June 28th 2024, Grants Pass v Johnson was overturned (a case that had required cities to not criminalize the unhoused if adequate shelter was not provided by the city). On June 28th from 10am-12pm, we are asking our community to gather on the Missoula Courthouse lawn to show our city that we don’t support the ways they are criminalizing unhoused Missoulians. 📣

After the rally, from 12-2pm we will hear from various local organizations that are impacted and addressing this issue in our community. 🫂 From those working in the legal system to renters to mutual aid groups, our entire community is impacted by the overturning of Grants Pass v Johnson, the closure of the Johnson Street shelter, and the criminalization of unhoused Missoulians. Municipal elections are coming up this year and it is critical that we show city council where our priorities lie.
The Sovereign Roses Virtual Alumni Chapter invites The Sovereign Roses Virtual Alumni Chapter invites you to WRAP with the Roses! Learn more about the Western Regional Advocacy Project (WRAP) and a potential Project I.M.P.A.C.T area we’re exploring. WRAP is dedicated to ending homelessness and poverty by uplifting the voices of those directly impacted and advocating for systemic change rooted in justice and equity.
Discover why WEE believe that partnering with WRAP is a powerful step toward making a real, sustainable difference in our communities.

📅 Date: June 30

🕔 Time: 5:52 PM CST

📍 Zoom:
Meeting ID: 98812438845
Code: 567524

🌐 Learn more about WRAP: www.wraphome.org (http://www.wraphome.org/)

Together, we can push for change, challenge injustice, and build impact that lasts. Don’t miss this opportunity to get informed and get involved!

#GammaSigmaSigma #ServiceSorority #SRVAC #WRAP #Projectimpact #GSS #SFE #ServiceFriendshipEquailty
June 28th marks the One Year Anniversary of the Su June 28th marks the One Year Anniversary of the Supreme Court making it illegal to be homeless. Join me in the fight to push back! Helen Cruz
June 28 4-7pm | Echo Park Lake, LA for more inform June 28 4-7pm | Echo Park Lake, LA
for more information: @lacanetwork_official
Instagram post 18073374346940611 Instagram post 18073374346940611
Follow on Instagram

Facebook Icon

Facebook Feed

Comments Box SVG iconsUsed for the like, share, comment, and reaction icons
11 hours ago
Urgent Help Needed!
Grants Pass is facing over 100 F temperatures for the next 4 days. Our homeless neighbors have no shelter, no shade & no water.
Please help by donating bottled water or funds-well put every drop to good use.
Venmo:@Helen Cruz https://account.venmo.com/u/Helen-Cruz-30
Lets come together for those left in the heat. Every bottle and dollar makes a difference.
View on Facebook
· Share
Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Share on Linked In Share by Email
View Comments
  • likes 0
  • Shares: 0
  • Comments: 0

0 CommentsComment on Facebook

Twitter Icon

Twitter Feed

Twitter feed is not available at the moment.

YouTube icon

Youtube Code

Our Channel

Copyright © 2025 Western Regional Advocacy Project WRAP · Log in