Poetry, Prayers, Protest Against Gentrification And Displacement Planned For MLK Day   The plight of the unhoused in the San Francisco Bay Area has reached catastrophic proportions in recent years.  Homeless shelters are filled to capacity.  Children sleep in the back seats of abandoned cars. Babies run barefoot through tent cities.  At the same time, median rent for a one-bedroom apartment in San Francisco has risen to $3,600.  On January 20th, 2020 at 10:00 a.m., noted Bay Area’s grassroots leaders will host a protest rally at the Oakland City Church to highlight this issue. Come, hear some of the Bay Area’s most prominent voices on the issue of housing justice. Tongo Eisen-Martin, poet, movement worker, and educator Candice Elder, Founder and CEO of East Oakland Collective Benjamin Bar Sierra, professor at City College of San Francisco, and San Francisco Mission District activist Dr. Cesar Cruz, Founder and Director of Homies Empowerment Lisa “Tiny” Gray-Garcia, Founder of Poor News, revolutionary lecturer, journalist, poet and organizer Nita B, organizer of the Bay Area Intifada and spokesperson for the Village Aquiela  M. Lewis-Ross, poet Mattie Johnson, Gospel singer and anti-human trafficking activist Reverend Harry Louis Williams aka “O.G. Rev” author, community organizer and activist Community members will have […]