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DESCRIPTION:OccupyForum presents…\n\nReport from The Homeless People’s\nPopular 
 Assembly\n\nThe Homeless People’s Popular Assembly (HPPA) is a gathering 
 of the homeless, formerly homeless, and their supporters for 
 self-determination to create solutions for encampments.\nStrategies 
 involve:\n\n• Collectively develop a political analysis of the current 
 homeless crisis and the systemic\nroot causes of homelessness,\n\n• Come 
 up with visions of the life we want and create plans to get there (consider 
 short, medium,\nand long-term demands as appropriate),\n\n• Create and 
 coordinate related collective actions, campaigns, and strategic movement 
 agendas.\n\nWe will report on our efforts re: establishing the Homeless 
 People's Popular Assembly. Additionally we will speak about props R&Q, two 
 anti-homeless measures on the November ballot.\n\nBilal Mafundi Ali is a 
 longtime organizer/activist with over 30 years experience living and 
 organizing in oppressed communities in Los Angeles. Bilal became involved 
 in the Black Liberation Movement as a teen in Los Angeles as a member of 
 the Black Student Union, organized by the Southern California Chapter\nof 
 the Black Panther Party Self-Defense.\n\nThroughout the 90's Bilal served 
 as the program coordinator for the Coalition Against Police Abuse (CAPA) in 
 Los Angeles. CAPA was started by former members of the BPP, who continue to 
 carry out work against police misconduct. Through his involvement with 
 CAPA, Bilal was imprisoned for six years.\n\nIn the 2000s Bilal's worked 
 and lived in the Skid Row area in Downtown Los Angles as lead organizer 
 with the Los Angeles Coalition Action Network (LACAN) and Coalition L.A. 
 organizing those living in skid row to confront the social-economic 
 policies that give rise to poverty and homelessness, along with organizing 
 resistance against gentrification of the West lake / MacArthur 
 area.\n\nSince moving to San Francisco in 2014, Bilal has been involved 
 with the Coalition On Homelessness, as a Human Rights Advocate and 
 organizer. His current activities with the COH includes establishing the 
 Homeless People's Speakers Bureau, the Homeless People's Popular Assembly, 
 and building the campaign against Props R&Q. Bilal is also a board member 
 of the Idriss Stelley Foundation. Bilal serves as the co-coordinator of 
 the\nPeoples Commission for Justice Campaign.\n \nKelly Cutler of the 
 Coalition On Homelessness will also be speaking about Propositions Q & R 
 and our organizing to defeat both these ballot measures. Both anti-homeless 
 ballot measures legislation will be on the November ballot.\n\nMonday, 
 October 24th 2016 from 6 - 9 pm at Global Exchange\n2017 Mission Street 
 near 16th Street BART\n\nInformation, discussion & community! Monday Night 
 Forum!!\nOccupy Forum is an opportunity for open and respectful 
 dialogue\non all sides of these critically important 
 issues!\n\nAnnouncements will follow. Donations to OccupyForum\nto cover 
 our costs are encouraged; no one turned away.\n\n 
 https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2016/10/20/18792508.php
SUMMARY:OccupySF: Report from The Homeless People’s Popular Assembly
LOCATION:Global Exchange 2017 Mission Street near 16th Street BART
URL:https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2016/10/20/18792508.php
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