preface
1 the end of innocence
2 origin stories: grandmother
3 origin stories: mother
4 origin stories: mom & dad
5 origin stories: a very young tiny
6 on our own
7 the valley
8 mexico
9 adios
10 estados unidos
11 venice beach
12 the art of survival
13 1984
14 seven days and seven nights
15 berkeley
16 the hustle
17 the “apartment”
18 pacific gas & electric
19 three-day notice
20 one court date away from homelessness
21 incarceration—poverty criminal
22 the storefront
23 art as life as art
24 bleak
25 go directly to jail
26 the first intervention
27 the second intervention
28 a healthy mouth is a wealthy mouth
29 the third intervention
30 my sister
31 POOR is born
32 one year later
33 hard realities
34 POOR practices
35 hellthcare
36 youth at POOR
37 work
38 welfare deform
39 POOR takes off
40 media resistance
41 life in the face of death
42 mommahouse
43 dee’s last campaign
44 mama dee’s road trip
45 a message from my mama
46 FAMILY
