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SUMMARY:MLK DAY Poetry\, Prayers\, Protest Against Bay Area Gentrification
DESCRIPTION:Poetry\, Prayers\, Protest Against Gentrification And Displacement Planned For MLK Day\n \nThe 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. \nCome\, hear some of the Bay Area’s most prominent voices on the issue of housing justice. \n\nTongo Eisen-Martin\, poet\, movement worker\, and educator\nCandice Elder\, Founder and CEO of East Oakland Collective\nBenjamin Bar Sierra\, professor at City College of San Francisco\, and San Francisco Mission District activist\nDr. Cesar Cruz\, Founder and Director of Homies Empowerment\nLisa “Tiny” Gray-Garcia\, Founder of Poor News\, revolutionary lecturer\, journalist\, poet and organizer\nNita B\, organizer of the Bay Area Intifada and spokesperson for the Village\nAquiela  M. Lewis-Ross\, poet\nMattie Johnson\, Gospel singer and anti-human trafficking activist\nReverend Harry Louis Williams aka “O.G. Rev” author\, community organizer and activist\n\nCommunity members will have opportunity to meet\, communicate and strategize over lunch at the conclusion of the service. The cost?  FREE! \nOakland City Church is located at 2735 MacArthur Boulevard at the corner of Coolidge Avenue and MacArthur Boulevard in Oakland. \nOn Dr. King Day\, January 20th\, 2020 come listen to those throat deep in the struggle for human for human dignity.  There will be no power brokers or apologists; just the people. \nFor more information write to bayfreedomring@yahoo.com or call Reverend Harry Williams (510)508-4888.  See website:  www.theogrev.com
URL:http://faithinthebay.com/event/mlk-day-poetry-prayers-protest-against-bay-area-gentrification/
LOCATION:Oakland City Church\, 2735 MacArthur Boulevard\, Oakland\, CA\, 94602\, United States
CATEGORIES:Food, Art & Culture,Leadership & Community
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