SF International Arts Festival: Houseless/Poor Mamas Write Homes with Poems
Date(s) & Time(s): Saturday May 10
Duration: 120 mins
Venue: Monkey Brains
Location: 933 Treat Ave, SF, CA 94110
Ticket Information
Early Bird: $20, Advance: $25, Door: $28For the best deals, see multiple
shows with a discount Festival Pass.
Artist Information
Facilitators: Tiny Gray-Garcia, Junebug Kealoha
Production Details
Houseless/Poor Mamas Build Homes with Poems/Po' Poets Project of POOR Magazine
Po' Poets of POOR Magazine (poor, houseless, disabled, youth and elder poets in resistance) presents writing from street, shelter and community-based theatre/poetry workshops with poor and houseless mamas. Followed by a trailer screening of "Crushing Wheelchairs" (co-directed by Adrian Diamond and Muteado Silencio, cinematography by Green Diamond Projects) featuring poems from their poetry/theatre collection. Both the movie and poetry collection are focused on "Mamafesting" (Tiny gray-garcia) healing-housing called Homefulness (a homeless peoples' solution to homelessness currently housing 22 families in Oakland) in SF. Through cultural art, vision, prayer and poetry with 1st Nations spiritual guidance, Homefulness is coming to Yelamu (SF).
Po' Poets of POOR Magazine (poor, houseless, disabled, youth and elder poets in resistance) presents writing from street, shelter and community-based theatre/poetry workshops with poor and houseless mamas. They will also show the trailer to new movie, "Crushing Wheelchairs" (co-directed by Adrian Diamond and Muteado Silencio, cinematography by Green Diamond Projects).
Po Poets PRoject History or POOR MAgazine history
Following street based, community and shelter workshops with poor and houseless mamas we will feature the trailer of the movie we created based on the lives of houseless San Franciscans and readings from the collection of poems focused on Mamafesting healing housing called Homefulness in SF.
Artist Biographies:
Tiny Gray-Garcia
Following street based, community and shelter workshops with fellow poor and houseless survivors of the War ON the poor Mama Dee Garcia and Tiny, while houseless themselves on the streets of San Francisco and Oakland, along with other houseless poets and writers , created a publication called POOR Magazine- an intentionally glossy, art filled, magazine to hold their words, their palabra and their solutions. This innovative project grew into a poor and houseless/indigenous/disabled peoples movement of the same name and eventually expanded to include projects like the Po Poets Project, Street Newsroom, POOR Press, The Sliding Scale Cafe, FAMILY Project, Poor Peoples Radio/PNNKEXU, and PeopleSkool to name a few. Since 2011 they have implemented the dream of rent-free forever housing known as Homefulness and co-produced tiny's screenplay into the powerful play and movie Crushing WHeelchairs which is told thru poetry and HerStories and is based on the lives of houseless San Franciscan and Oakland residents.
Junebug Kealoha
Junebug was born and raised in San Francisco. She is the winner of the Mary Tallmountain Poetry award in the late 90’s and was published in the Poetic Voices of America and has had several publications since. She identifies as a “PO POET” aka “Welfare queen” aka “Gangsta Homemaker”. Junebug experienced chronic homelessness, hotel and shelter living as a child and young adult. She fell in love with Poetry at 9 years old as way to process her experiences and Junebug is a Mama in struggle who uses her poetry to advocate for social justice. Junebug is a certified Community Health Worker who wears many hats to serve the community. She is a member of the SF ECE Coalition as Chief of Outreach Parent Leader with Parent Voices SF. In addition, she is one of the co-founders of Decolonize Academy, is in the Theater of the POOR’s play and movie, “Crushing Wheelchairs” and is a HOMEFULNESS 4 advocate of POOR magazine. Junebug co-founded and co-facilitates a Peer Led Harm Reduction Support Group at SF Community Health Center. Junebug works on City Hope’s committee and started an Open Mic she co MCs in the Tenderloin to build a safe space for creative expression. Junebug is in the Social Justice Academy Fellowship at GLIDE and is a Community Navigator with END HEPC. Junebug believes in the power of art to tell our stories, our truth.
Aunti Frances Moore
Aunti Frances Moore is a Black disabled activist, elder, Black Panther and community leader from North Oakland/South Berkeley. She grew up in North Berkeley and has dedicated most of her time and care to her community. Aunti Frances used music for healing purposes while going through transition at a young age. She was honored to work alongside with courageous geniuses of the revolutions as a member of the Black Panthers. She continues on with the legacy of the Black Panther party using food as an organizing tool to fight against gentrification and displacement. In her work, she has touched the lives of many community members, housed and houseless, through her Self-help Hunger Program. She has helped transform Driver Plaza from a tiny patch of grass and cement to a fruiting edible garden and community hub. She is vital to the life of the neighborhood and is a memory-keeper and storyteller who preserves our history even as the city faces so many rapid changes. Frances is a brilliant actor and writer and has starred in Teatro de los Pobres productions since 2016. She is a founding member of Homefulness and the co-author of How to Not Call the PoLice ever and the Making of Aunti Volume 1 & 11 on poorpress.net.
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