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Oakland, CA. Elephant & Homefulness Mtg Postponed Play SUNDAY! ! Deecolonewz Published and UNCLE AL ROBLES DAY !!!!!

February 21, 2023 by Jonathan Leave a Comment


Greetings family- this has been a hard week and it hasnt even started yet- 😄 sending u all love-First of all BIG ANNOUNCEMENT as of this last week- Feb 16th will forever be Uncle Al Robles Day– one of our powerFULL ancestor Board Members birthday read more about him from Tony Robles, his nephew and one of our longtime POOR family members – will also be adding May 18th as Mama Dee Day ( her bornDay- and will  also be adding July 1 for Laure McElroy, Kathy Galvez, Papa Bear and Kiiulu Nyasha Day- but stay tuned on those)-  WE had a beautiful garden planning ceremony – and soil testing day at Homefulness #2  (see pics) and youth skola Tibu is gonns write the continued HERstory of Homefulness #2 to build momentum for the whole ComeUnity to get behind us when we start building Homefulness #2 permit – free –ALSO  PLEASE SEE THE CALENDAR BELOW and SAVE THE DATES April 2 and April 11th  FOR Natural Building WORKSHOP in Forestville with Ras K Dee – African/Pomo builder and musican and long-time friend of POOR and creator of SNAG magazine – and then on April 11th a tuesday over a tHomefulness #2 – an all day workshop with youth and elders – to learn how to /and actually begin the build of the 1st house at Homefulness #2 ( if u want to go to Forestville you have to confirm cuz we gonna have limited space for rides – This coming Sunday is the Last Bay Area showing of Crushing Wheelchairs – was really amazing and we got ALOT of media- some stupid – some not too stupid– here is the documentary that was made by Adrian Diamond!  if u havent seen it- – Also sisSTAR Juju has begin writing some Amazing work – check it out on poormagazine.org and one is a feature of sisSTAR sharena – and then the launc of her healing Column– also stay tuned for more work from SisSTAR momii, and Angel HEart and Chet, Broken Cloud and ISrael and Teo and Amir and AKil are doing some amazing journalism  work! check out their work ! and the youth skolaz and adult skolaz are  all published in the new EDITION #17  of DECOLONEWZ !!!! including Dee, BRoken Cloud, Angel HEart, Momii, Chet Anniyah, Shane, Donnie, AMun Ra, Ziair, Nija, Kai, Avery, Amir, Akil and Tibu – check it out here ! you can also pic up a papre copy – spread the medicine !!!!  online… or here- https://enewspaper.makemynewspaper.com/9a1225cc856787/2023-01-20-decolonewz-17

WE HAVE WASHINGTON AND LA DATES COMING UP IN MARCH AND MAY SEE BELOW AND. A CONSULTATION WITH SISTAR LORI ON TAXES !!! … LASTLY WE ARE GOING TO SCHEDULE PeopleSKool for Poverty SKOLAZ- MAMA DEES REQUIRED READINGS!- Mandatory for ALL RESIDENTS AND RESIDENTS TO BE AT HOMEFULNESS- WE ARE WORKING ON THE DATE- BUT IT WILL PROLLY BE 3 WEDNESDAYs AS THIS IS THE ONE DAY WHEN EVERYONE CAN BE PRESEBT

CALENDAR :

  • TODAY, Monday, Feb 20th HAD TO Postpone 1st REVOLUTIONARY JOURN CLASS TONITE becuz of powerfailure –
    -TOMORROW TUESDAY, 4pm FEB 21st Land Operations Mtg
    -WEDNESDAY, Feb 22nd – HOMEFULNESS #2 and ELEPHANT MTG- POSPOTNED TO NEXT WEEK –
  • THURSDAY, FEB 23rd Mtg on ZOOM WITH KEITH CARSON TO PUSH BACK ON THEFT OF POOR AND HOUSELESS PEOPLES RESOURCES BY POLTRICKS – Join me in the back at 12:30 if we can step away from Sliding Scale Cafe and School
    -SATURDAY, FEB 25th !2pm LAST REHEARSAL FOR CRUSHING WHEELCHAIRS IN SF at REDSTONE
    -2pm SUNDAY, FEB 26th CRUSHING WHEELCHAIRS AT PIANO FIGHT – ITS ALMOST SOLD OUT _ – PLEASE TELL US IF U WANT TO COME – WE CAN GET YOU A SEAT –
    MONDAY, FEB 27th –
    4:30pm RADIO CLASS
    6:30pm Rev Journ Class -( preqrequsite to Book Class) – this is hybrid for folks not present on the land – for folks on the land please be in back classroom for this
    WEDNESDAY, MArch 1,
    3pm HOMEFULNESS 32 Building PLANNING MTG ON ZOOM( LINK RIGHT BELOW FOR BOTH MEETINGS)
    4:30p- ELEPHANT MTG FOR EVERYONE !!!!! ON ZOOM ! PLEASE EVERYONE BE PRESENT –

ZOOM INFO HERE FOR BOTH MTGS-
oin Zoom Meeting
https://us04web.zoom.us/j/9432352233
Meeting ID: 943 235 2233

-1pm THURSDAY, MARCH 2nd COMeUnity NEWSROOM/Orientation – – ALL PROSPECTIVE RESIDENTS AND CURRENT RESIDENTS AND FOLKS WANTING TO KNOW WHATS WE R ABOUT SHOULD COME TO THIS_

  • SPRING BREAK AT DEECOLONIZE ACADEMY and PEOPLESKOOL- MARCH 25th- MARCH 31st

-March 25-27th (Launching Homefulness in PNW – Stolen Land UnTour in Chief Sia’hl (Seattle) and RoofLESS radio workshops with houseless street skolaz and hopefully book readings

  • – SUNDAY APRIL 2nd COMeUnity Building WOrkshop at POMO Lands ( ALL DAY!) need to confirm who is going – space is limited-
  • TUESDAY, APRIL 11th COmeUnity BUILD at HOMEFUNESS #2 – -MAY 5-7th LA PO POETS READING AND FILM SHOWING – CONFIRM IF U WANNA GO-
    MORE DATES SOON !

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(500,000 Public Housing Units have already been lo (500,000 Public Housing Units have already been lost), and $230B in cuts to Food Stamps coupled with draconian work requirements in several programs mean more people will be living unhealthy, unhoused and hungry in the richest country in the world. Stay tune for more updates! https://bit.ly/2026nhlc
WRAP has the power of collective mobilization whil WRAP has the power of collective mobilization while remaining accountable to the realities of local communities. By bringing together some of the fiercest organizations fighting homelessness, for 21 years WRAP has developed a unique structure that combines documented street outreach, movement building, and national policy work, helping us bridge the local-national divisions that have hindered homeless organizing for the last four decades.
 #HousekeysNotSweeps #HousekeysNotHandcuffs #WeWillNotDisappear
Check out WRAP sweeps handout to learn the truth d Check out WRAP sweeps handout to learn the truth directly from the streets on the impact of sweeps! 

WRAP members continue to fight sweeps in their communities through utilizing documented street outreach to dispel stereotypes on what a “sweep” actually is. 

Sweeps fracture communities, displace people, & damage physical and mental health. 

When asked, what alternatives/services were people offered? 88% were not offered any services and 74% had all of their belongings thrown away at the sweep. Sweeps are not a solution to addressing homelessness but rather another phase in the cycle of homelessness! 

This handout is available for use! Go to bit.ly/wrapsweepszine to download. 
Learn more and connect with the nearest WRAP member and join the fight against sweeps! 

All members are tagged in the post and the list can be found on our link tree. List below:

 @coalitiononhomelessness
 @housekeysactionnetworkdenver
 @humanrighttohousingcollective
 @judismidnightdiner
 @lacanetwork_official
 @loveandjusticeinthestreets
 @unumissoula
 @streetspiritnews
Check out WRAP sweeps handout to learn the truth d Check out WRAP sweeps handout to learn the truth directly from the streets on the impact of sweeps! 

WRAP members continue to fight sweeps in their communities through utilizing documented street outreach to dispel stereotypes on what a “sweep” actually is. 

Sweeps fracture communities, displace people, & damage physical and mental health. 

When asked, what alternatives/services were people offered? 88% were not offered any services and 74% had all of their belongings thrown away at the sweep. Sweeps are not a solution to addressing homelessness but rather another phase in the cycle of homelessness! 

This handout is available for use! Go to bit.ly/wrapsweepszine to download. 
Learn more and connect with the nearest WRAP member and join the fight against sweeps! 

All members are tagged in the post and the list can be found on our link tree. List below:

 @coalitiononhomelessness
 @housekeysactionnetworkdenver
 @humanrighttohousingcollective
 @judismidnightdiner
 @lacanetwork_official
 @loveandjusticeinthestreets
 @unumissoula
 @streetspiritnews
Sweeps are a way to push people further into the m Sweeps are a way to push people further into the margins of society and out of the public eye. They are a sham response to a manufactured issue. Sweeps will never solve homelessness, instead they play into the vicious cycle of homelessness. 

Organizers keep fighting back! Our outreach to the community tells us the trends of criminalization, dehumanization, & a gap in actually moving towards viable solutions are on full display. 

Criminalization of poor and unhoused people will continue to expand so long as the reins on America’s neoliberal approach to fiscal and social policy remain untethered. 

We must seek the commonalities between our communities in order to thread the power of our organizing together! 

*Note: This is an abridged version of the full article which can be found on our blog at bit.ly/fightsweeps 

Continue to support the work of WRAP members. All members are tagged in the post and the list can be found on our link tree. List below: 

@coalitiononhomelessness
@housekeysactionnetworkdenver
@humanrighttohousingcollective
@judismidnightdiner
@lacanetwork_official
@loveandjusticeinthestreets
@unumissoula
@streetspiritnews

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For 21 years, we’ve worked alongside @lacanetwork_ For 21 years, we’ve worked alongside @lacanetwork_official and other local groups, with community outreach guiding all our campaigns. 

The #Right2Rest Bill was introduced in Colorado, Oregon, and California, and WRAP member groups in all three states built it together from the same outreach to our collective community. 

It lost nine times across those states. 

The point was never just the bill. The point was the movement behind it. #HousekeysNotSweeps #HousekeysNotHandcuffs #WeWillNotDisappear
As part of our 21st Anniversary Celebration, we ho As part of our 21st Anniversary Celebration, we hosted an IG Live conversation between Paul and General Dogon with @lacanetwork_official about why WRAP was created: the idea of building a broader network of community organizations down for the serious fight for dignity and respect for our communities. 

We know that our job as organizers is to connect accountable organizations and build power collectively, because that makes us all stronger, it makes us all smarter, and it gives us more skills. #WRAP21 #HousekeysNotSweeps #HousekeysNotHandcuffs
The systems are doing what they were built to do: The systems are doing what they were built to do: displace people, criminalize poverty, protect profit. WRAP + our members organize and fight for dignity and respect.

Every one of us has a role right now; If you have resources, you make space for the folks with time, skills, & energy to work that magic. Every dollar keeps us moving.

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Every day we witness the criminalization of povert Every day we witness the criminalization of poverty and homelessness where local governments across the country unleash the force of the State against people forced to live in public space. Blaming unhoused people for the fact homelessness exists while they continue to ignore the devastation of public and affordable housing program for people.

Read our post to understand what sweeps are and how they’re used in the cycle of homelessness! #StopTheSweeps
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