Global Poverty and Resistance

“We can’t take all that shyt with us in this one hefty bag…

They call it the It City. May have left off two letters in front. But it's Nashville, Tennessee. I'm one of the faces that's houseless, in what society calls homelessness. The system is not a fair system for people in poverty.

Q: So tell us, how does the po'lice interact with us folks on the street here?

My name is Brian Jones. I'm with Open Table. Supporting this event today, and I'm glad to share back. Homeless was hard for me. I didn't have nowhere to go, no feelings. I was going place to place to lay my head. Cried many nights, praying to God for a way out.

I want to make known some of the work that we're doing here to fight poverty. My name is Denzel Caldwell, I'm one of the co-founders of Nashville Economic Justice Alliance, along with Howard Allen. We're here to reclaim this land.

A day they will mark my life.

When people, when they come to hte United States, they right away identify as Americans. They forget about their own culture, they forget about their own families. And some of our family members need support from the family.

And some can actually fit in these USA society. They happen to be people who humiliate anyone. Without knowing that they themselves can also be facing difficult times.

Where: Tour Launches at Mission & 1st Streets in the Occupied Village of Yelamu aka San Francisco 

When: 1pm Oct 31st 

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