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Misty Cross and Dominique Walker of Moms for Housing, Chairman Fred Hampton Jr., and Carroll Fife address the crowd (video/mp4 94.9MB)
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Posted: Fri, Dec 27, 2019 8:17pm PST
Schaaf wouldn't answer door, so Wood Street residents demands were read to her video doorbell (video/mp4 105.9MB)
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Posted: Thu, Dec 26, 2019 11:41am PST
Explainer on the care package delivered to mayor Schaaf (video/mp4 23.8MB)
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It's similar to the frugal handouts occasionally offered to curbside communities, when they get anything at all besides being pushed around....
Posted: Thu, Dec 26, 2019 11:41am PST
Video of Cat Brooks: If politicians aren't going to do it, then the people will (video/mp4 112.0MB)
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After leading "Housing Is a Human Right" chant, Cat speaks about local politicians not supporting the moms or real solutions. Libby Schaaf, for...
Posted: Thu, Dec 26, 2019 3:13am PST
Interview with Dominique Walker and Sameerah Karim of Moms4Housing on Move-In Day (video/mp4 66.4MB)
On November 18, two mothers without shelter, born and raised in Oakland, took possession of a vacant investor-owned property in West Oakland. Here, Dominique Walker and Sameerah Karim speak about the economic hardships of life in today's Oakland and how much this opportunity means to them and their families....
Posted: Sun, Dec 15, 2019 5:39pm PST
Professional washer cleans grimy exterior (video/mp4 3.1MB)
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Posted: Sun, Dec 15, 2019 5:39pm PST
Oakland Mothers Make Vacant House a Home: Move-In Day Video (video/mp4 5.7MB)
On October 18, two homeless mothers born and raised in Oakland reclaimed possession of a vacant investor-owned property in West Oakland. The mothers, Dominique Walker and Sameerah Karim, are the founding members of Moms for Housing, created to address the extreme challenges working mothers face in finding safe and affordable housing for themselves and their children. Here's video from their move-in day....
Posted: Wed, Nov 20, 2019 9:40pm PST
Dominique Walker: It feels good to be home. (video/mp4 5.7MB)
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Posted: Wed, Nov 20, 2019 9:40pm PST
Housing is a human right. Fight, fight, fight. (video/mp4 7.9MB)
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Posted: Wed, Nov 20, 2019 9:40pm PST
Pastor Cherri Murphy: Let this act be a symbol of a new era which is rebuking greed (video/mp4 53.8MB)
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Posted: Wed, Nov 20, 2019 9:40pm PST
Carroll Fife: What we are doing is uplifting the courage of these mothers (video/mp4 50.9MB)
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Posted: Wed, Nov 20, 2019 9:40pm PST
Walter Riley: We will take over these properties, we will make our own lives better (video/mp4 131.5MB)
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Posted: Wed, Nov 20, 2019 9:40pm PST
Sameerah Karin: I was born and raised here, I deserve to be here (video/mp4 46.0MB)
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Posted: Wed, Nov 20, 2019 9:55pm PST
Dominique Walker: Oakland has a speculators-in-my-hood crisis (video/mp4 161.7MB)
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Questions at end of press conference continues into further videos below....
Posted: Wed, Nov 20, 2019 9:55pm PST
Sameerah Karin: It takes a toll.... I got really really sick not having my own place (video/mp4 26.6MB)
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Posted: Wed, Nov 20, 2019 9:55pm PST
Sharena Thomas speaks to the lifelong trauma of having grown up homeless (video/mp4 23.1MB)
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Posted: Wed, Nov 20, 2019 9:55pm PST
Carroll Fife: It's important that we keep this level of support for the moms (video/mp4 22.3MB)
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Supporters can text 510.800.7810 to join the Moms for Housing coalition....
Posted: Wed, Nov 20, 2019 9:55pm PST
Commission for the Prevention of Violence Against Women Strays from its Charge (video/mp4 35.6MB)
Gillian Greensite, the co-founder of the Commission for the Prevention of Violence Against Women (CPVAW), and its first Chair, spoke to the Santa Cruz city Council on October 8 about how the Commission has strayed outside of its original charge, of "sexual harassment, rape, and domestic violence," when it moved to endorse a censure of Councilmembers Chris Krohn and Drew Glover. Greensite added, "I have no doubt that the complaints that the women brought forward [against Glover and Krohn] were...
Posted: Wed, Oct 9, 2019 4:56pm PDT