Wood St. Commons in the Media
Berkeley Copwatch National Conference 2025
PoorMag's Poverty Skolas will be at the 4th National Copwatch Conference. What: 4th National Copwatch Conference. Time: Saturday April 19th. Panels from 10am-3:15pm, Evening Program 7pm-9:30pm. Place: Berkeley City College, 2050 Center St, Berkeley, CA 94704…
Oakland Mayors’ Waste Millions on Homeless Sweeps; Will a New Mayor Be Different?
Over the last several years, the Wood Street curbside community has been pushed around through acts of state violence, that have occurred under the orders of Oakland City Administrator Jestin Johnson, Homelessness Administrator Harrold Duffy, former Mayor Sheng Thao, and now interim Mayor Kevin Jenkins…
UnTour Book Release in Huchiun (so-called Oakland)
The book chronicles our walks into occupied land and stolen resources in the US. Sites like occupied Lenape Territory aka Philadelphias’ main Line and the historic “Old Philadelphia” are rife with examples of what tiny gray-garcia calls Klanmarks and ManUments, honoring the multitude of self-proclaimed…
POOR Magazine/RoofLESS Radio Street Writing Workshop Yelamu/SF 3/21/2025
Define Home- What is home mean to you
How did you become Homeless?
Would you be interested in helping to build homefulness?…
Locking up the Lake (Merritt)
Violent sweeps of longtime houseless ComeUnities residing at Lake Merritt -a supposedly "public" park. Emergency press conference organized by houseless /formerly houseless residents of Lake Merrit, Liberation Health Network and POOR Magazine- co-sponsored by Wood Street Commons and Oakland Homeless Unión and SELC
La Historia de un Inmigrante/The Story of an Immigrant
Esta es la historia de un joven que emigró a US en el estado de California en 1983 por primera vez cuando tenía 14 o 15 años de edad. Esta persona venía con muchas ilusiones de superar monetariamente porque allá en su país,…