Episode 4 - Why Do You Need Housing?
September 22, 2020

HOUSING IN THE TIME OF COVID-19, AND WHY IT MATTERS
A panel discussion hosted by House the Bay with unhoused San Franciscans speaking about the urgent need for housing. This conversation happened August 13th and the full video can be viewed on House the Bay's Facebook or Instagram.

PANELISTS:

COUPER ORONA
https://www.couperwashere.com/
Couper is a disabled firefighter and street medic offering care to other unhoused San Franciscans. On May 1st she was part of the home takeover that launched House the Bay, and has since returned to living in her RV and doing outreach in San Francisco.

SHY BROWN
https://www.streetsheet.org/im-a-survivor/
Shy is a journalist with the Street Sheet publication and an outreach worker in the Tenderloin. She has spent many years without permanent housing in San Francisco and now lives in an SRO.

DONALD A. FRANKLIN
https://pad.riseup.net/p/donaldfranklin
Donald is a native San Franciscan and lives with his dog Sasha. He holds numerous degrees, and is a former police officer currently working towards disbanding the SFPD and shutting down its POA. Don is the founder and executive director of the Every Twenty-Eight Foundation, a non-profit focusing on the upliftment, education, well being, and protection of black and brown people.

House the Bay is a group of housed and unhoused community members who are tired of waiting for our cities to address the very immediate need for housing. To learn more about House the Bay or to organize with us, visit housethebay.org !

-- the Weather Report --

Revolt is an "uppity crip"- an SF activist, rapper, singer,
illustrator, journalist, and all-around troublemaker who rouses the
rabble with the arts that he dabbles in.

His brand-new first release "REVILLISION" was crafted with painstaking
detail over a period of seven years. It's a grimy, artistic tour de
force featuring 14 superb tracks of resilience, heart, and badassery
traversing the full gamut of our emotional spectrum.

The album can be purchased through www.RevoltRightNow.com and is
currently only available as a deluxe full-color package on CD. The
album boasts original drawings and collages by the artist himself in a
6-panel Digipak casing with a full color 8-page booklet.  Revolt gives
two shits about digital music and wants to empower people with artwork
they can actually hold and fully engage with.

Copies can be purchased currently for $12.99 however, FREE copies are
set aside in solidarity with unhoused neighbors and those on SSI or
extremely low income.

He is planning on upcoming record release party via Zoom, which will
have a live DJ and many amazing hip hop artists throughout the bay!
Email [email protected] for info on upcoming shows and album

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