We’re in The Progressive – Blue Hollywood Street Sanctuary
“I Still Hold My Head Up, and I Still Know Who I Am,” with interviews and photos by Blue Hollywood Street Sanctuary (BHSS) Co-Executive Director Amelia Rayno, features the stories of ten members of our our very own BHSS family and team: Charlie Andrews, Marlene “Shorty” Rubio, Alaesha Rowdean, Wanda Robinson, Maura Fortes Capestany, Roderick “Eyes” Armstrong, Viola “Mama Smooth” Robinson, Rickey “Mississippi” Mallory, Doris “360” Smith, and Lawrence Coleman. These stories are not simply accounts of pain and instability, but testimonies of endurance, kinship, and hard-earned wisdom about what safety, dignity, community care and true support for unhoused people actually looks like.