The Heritage of our Fathers

…The Loudest Voice in the Room!

“Our power comes from the fact that we create wealth. Wealth is power, we have the ability to withhold that power.” Boots Riley- Filmmaker and Activist , Juneteenth 2020 ILWU shutdown Port of Oakland

ILWU Walking Boss George Donald Porter and Family — Circa 1958. Porter lived with his family in the Potrero Hill Housing Projects at the time of this photo. Porter was a Silver Terrace homeowner and shipping clerk for American Presidents Line at age 56 when forced into premature medical retirement due to pulmonary asbestosis. His daughter, Dr. Ahimsa Porter Sumchai, founded the Hunters Point Community Biomonitoring Program.

“An injury to one is an injury to all!” The International Longshore and Warehouse Union shut down twenty nine West Coast seaboard ports for…