Los Angeles · People feeding people
At The People's Table goes directly to unhoused neighbors across Los Angeles with food, water, socks, hygiene supplies, and one thing that should never be optional: dignity.
At The People's Table is a nonprofit organization and IRS-recognized 501(c)(3) public charity serving communities across Los Angeles.
Thanksgiving 2026 · ATPT community campaign
500 Plates. One People's Table.
Our goal is to raise $10,000 for complete, prepared turkey dinners and the care it takes to deliver them. Every person deserves more than a meal: dignity, connection, and a place in our community.
Bring Something to the TableThe People's Public Table · Community Voices
Talk with the community, share an idea, respond to somebody else, or answer the question: What’s one thing we’ve started accepting that we should be changing?
From the Lead Architect: We’ve gotten too comfortable seeing people hungry, lonely, and overlooked. I believe we can change that by showing up, listening, and serving consistently. Dignity should never depend on someone’s circumstances.
ATPT bracelet · Monthly supporter thank-you
Join the Table for $10 a month and receive an ATPT bracelet in the mail.
Your monthly support helps us bring People's Packs, compassion, and dignity directly to our neighbors. Everyone has something to bring to the table.
After joining, claim your bracelet with the email used for your monthly gift and provide your mailing address. We’ll mail your bracelet to the address you provide. U.S. mailing only; while supplies last.
The philosophy behind the Table · From our Founder and Lead Architect
Before At The People’s Table became an organization, it was a conviction: nobody is defined only by what they need. Every person has gifts, knowledge, experience, and purpose. We can receive support and still have something meaningful to contribute.
That idea runs through Divine Instinct: Everybody Has Something to Bring to the Table, the personal book by Markus Moss. It shapes how we show up with People’s Packs, listen through Community Voices, and invite neighbors to build community with us.
Everyone has a place. Everyone has a purpose. Everyone has something to bring to the table.
The book is Markus’s independent personal work. Book purchases are separate from donations to At The People’s Table.
Outreach at LA River Farmers MarketCommunity outreach · LA River Farmers Market
Anthony at the At The People's Table booth, meeting neighbors, sharing our mission, and inviting people to bring their gifts and support to the Table. Farmers markets give us a place to build relationships that carry the work beyond the booth.
Everyone has something to bring to the table.
People's Packs · Ready for the community
These backpacks are part of the work behind At The People's Table: bringing practical supplies and care directly to our neighbors.
Help provide People's PacksCaught in the community · ATPT interview
Markus and Anthony were stopped for a conversation about At The People's Table, why we go directly to unhoused neighbors, and what community support makes possible. The conversation ended the same way this movement grows: one person deciding to help.
This is what grassroots looks like — real people, real conversations, real support.
What we're building
Community Outreach
Skid Row, neighborhoods, transit corridors, parks, and public spaces become places to serve. We go where the need already exists, hand food and essentials directly to people, learn names, listen, and return.
Explore Community OutreachPeople's Packs · Behind the work
People's Packs are prepared by real people, one pack at a time, before we take them directly into the community. No warehouse. No polished production line. Just people putting food, water, socks, and care together so somebody has something useful when they need it.
This is what the work looks like before you ever see us on the street.
Community connection in action
ATPT was grateful to join Hollywood Church of Christ for a hands-on Service Sunday and spend time serving alongside their community. Their Service Sundays take different forms throughout the year, from neighborhood cleanups to other practical ways of giving back.
We're excited to keep the relationship growing and brainstorm future opportunities where ATPT and HCC can serve the community together. Nothing forced, nothing overstated — just two groups looking for meaningful ways to show up for people.
The people behind the work
At The People's Table began with a vision, but it has grown through people who believed in it and brought their own strengths, resources, and ideas. These are six of the people helping turn that belief into everyday community action.
Markus founded ATPT on the conviction that everyone has something valuable to contribute. He developed Pull Up. Listen. Feed. Build., established the organization, and helped bring People's Packs, Community Voices, and youth leadership to life. His vision is becoming a place where neighbors can both receive support and help shape their communities.
Anthony believed in ATPT before it was an established organization. As Co-Founder, he has stood alongside the vision from day one, helping turn early conversations into community outreach and real relationships. His place in our story matters because he believed in what the Table could become and helped put that belief into action.
Caitlin helped make the earliest outreach possible. She purchased ATPT's first canopy, has made her vehicle available for community work, and helps prepare People's Packs. Her generosity, attention to overlooked needs, and practical support remind us how much of community service happens before anyone sees the table set up.
Zora was the first young person to step into the work. Her creativity and perspective helped make youth engagement part of ATPT's foundation, and she brought Pluto into the organization. She is helping create space for young people to speak, serve, lead, and shape the communities they will inherit.
Richard joined during ATPT's early growth and brought strategic thinking, community connections, and the drive to strengthen our partnerships and systems. He created A.W.A.R.E., a complementary framework alongside Markus's Pull Up. Listen. Feed. Build. On October 9, 2026, he joined ATPT's Board of Directors, bringing his partnership-building experience and fresh ideas to the organization's long-term direction.
Chelsea is contributing during a 30-day pilot, leading early planning for Jingle at the Table and exploring how her strengths in events, fundraising, and community engagement can support ATPT. She is developing an event timeline and working with Markus and Richard on practical next steps. Her longer-term role remains under evaluation.
These are not just titles. They are stories of people who chose to help build something together.
Read their full storiesBuilt in Los Angeles
Our model is direct: prepare useful food and essentials, go where unhoused neighbors already are, serve face to face, listen, build trust, and return consistently. Hunger doesn't operate on business hours.
How we serve
These are not decoration. They are the standard we carry into every pack, every conversation, and every block we serve.
Peace is how we enter.
Harmony is how the community moves together.
Compassion turns awareness into action.
Love means serving the people.
Dignity is non-negotiable.
This is the work
We are not building this mission from stock photos or theory. The work happens face to face — packing food, serving unhoused neighbors, listening, learning names, and returning to the same communities across Los Angeles.
Every meal, every conversation, and every return visit is part of the same promise: dignity first, always.
Youth Outreach
ATPT Youth Outreach gives young people a real lane to lead through service, preparation, creative ideas, community relationships, and youth-driven action. Zora is already doing that work — inside community spaces and out on the street with the team.
Ways to help
Help buy food, water, socks, hygiene supplies, and the practical essentials that go directly into People's Packs.
DonateBring your time, skills, energy, or professional experience to the table.
Get involvedChurches, businesses, schools, artists, and community organizations can build with us.
Partner with usPut the mission in front of one more person who may want to help.
Share the missionFor funders, cities & community partners
Our growing relationship with Hollywood Church of Christ reflects the kind of community connection we value: meet, serve together, learn how each group works, and explore what more may be possible. We welcome grocers, restaurants, churches, schools, community centers, businesses, funders, public agencies, and volunteers ready to build meaningful ways to serve alongside us.
