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De-Gentrifying the Mission One Hipster at a Time
This article is intended for white folks with class privilege – especially queer – who live in the Bay Area. It was written as an assignment for PeopleSkool at POOR Magazine (poormagazine.org) – much love, appreciation and respect for the mentorship, realtalk and encouragement from the POOR Mag family.
TURF Stopping BIG Tobacco
“With tobacco there is terrible withdrawal, it is almost impossible for a lot of people. I did, I went cold turkey, they never had any patches in those days but grass was not difficult, alcohol not difficult, but tobacco – OH MY GOD” – Anonymous
Within my childhood home, four of my family members smoked and chewed
tobacco. I have a feeling they would have expressed similar struggles attempting to
quit using tobacco. As the oldest of six siblings and cousins residing in my twelve-
Todos somos Estudiantes y Maestros/We are all Students and Teachers
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“Todos somos Estudiantes y Maestros/We are all Students and Teachers-
Screaming Sounds of Terror/Resistance Blog Series - a project of PeopleSkool
The African-American community suffers disproportionately from both mental health and mental health treatment. This article is a journey through the struggle of African-American males and mental illness in Amerikkka.
The Murderous Injustice of Racial Profiling /Resistance Blog Series - a Project of PeopleSkool
“You- are -eight-y sixed”, he unblinkingly growled through bared teeth. What is eighty sixed? I thought to myself. The bar blurred, my pants grew moist and the rancid smell of alcohol filled my nostrils. I was on a Bar’s floor with a pool stick around my neck. Once the pool stick was taken from around my neck I instantly called the police.
you can't stay here no more /Resistance Blog Series- a project of PeopleSkool
You can’t stay here no more
me being homeless again at thirtyfour
my sister let me move in for four days
than secretly kicked me out the door
one morning leaving I said
“I’ll see you later sister.”
She yelled “You can’t stay here no more”
She was refused by my payee for extra $
So I had to go
Now she say I can stay days weekly
Days maybe even four
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Linguistic Domination, and the dissapearing of indigenous Languages/ Interview with Tiny aka Lisa Garcia
In poor magazine we believe in reclaiming our roots, culture and indigenous languages we use the Spanish and English languages at all time, even do at the end they are colonizers languages,Linguistic Domination is the idea that only English and Spanish are the dominant languages.
Descrinacion policial contra la raza imigrante
POOR Magazine the publication arts and education project was started in 1996 by an indigenous, landless mother and daughter who struggled with extreme poverty, incarceration and criminalization in the US. POOR Magazine, the organization, is a poor people led/indigenous people led non-profit, grassroots, arts organization dedicated to providing revolutionary media access, arts, education and solutions from youth, adults and elders in poverty across Pachamama.
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