Submitted by Mama Tarika
November 8, 2011 | Categories: Writing | Tags: banks, brutality, father, government, occupy, people power, police, small business, west oakland | Leave A Comment »
I attend UCSC – already $30,000 in Debt
November 6, 2011 | Categories: Writing | Tags: debt, jobs, occupy, people power, public, santa cruz, schools, students, vote | Leave A Comment »
I am 20 years old and Graduated High School
November 5, 2011 | Categories: Writing | Tags: family, god, healthcare, jobs, mother, occupy, schools, single parent, spirituality, youth | Leave A Comment »
We Work Hard
November 5, 2011 | Categories: Writing | Tags: fear, foreclosure, healthcare, jobs, occupy, worker | Leave A Comment »
Share Your Story
Welcome!
We are a group of friends who participated in the 2011 Oakland General Strike by asking people to share their 99% stories.
By the end of the day, hundreds of people had shared their stories.
We hope you will enjoy them as much as we did
November 4, 2011 | Categories: Audio, Drawing, Uncategorized, Video, Writing | Tags: allah, banks, beautiful, believe, budget, college, community, corporations, create, crisis, debt, decolonize, deported, disability, elder, energy, father, fear, foreclosure, freedom, friend, future, god, grow, healthcare, homes, honesty, hope, ICE, immigrant, inclusivity, inspired, integrity, jobs, justice, listen, militarism, military, mother, native american, needs, occupy, peace, people power, person of color, POC, police, poor, prisons, queer, racism, reciprocity, retirement, revolt, schools, single parent, spirituality, struggle, student, taxes, unemployment, unity, veteran, visability, win, worker, working class, youth | Leave A Comment »





