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Month: April 2022

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Our April cover

April 1, 2022
News
The cover of our April paper

‘We’re your neighbors, and we’re organized’

By Zack Haber on April 1, 2022
Features   News
Amid a national wave in renter organizing, tenants in eight Oakland buildings organized a 13-month rent strike—and won.

April Letters to the Editor

April 1, 2022
Letters   Opinion
Letters about recent articles in Street Spirit.

Youth Spirit Artworks presents: Paper Windows

By Emma Hegenbart on April 1, 2022
Arts and Culture   Community Events   YSA youth contributions
Youth Spirit Artworks is currently hosting the Paper Windows gallery exhibit, which will be open until May 3.

Oakland council member proposes RV parking ban

By Zack Haber on April 1, 2022
News
If passed, the policy would be another step in the direction of criminalizing homelessness in Oakland.

Youth writing from YSA’s Tiny House Village

April 1, 2022
Arts and Culture   YSA youth contributions
Writing from the Youth Spirit Artworks Tiny House Empowerment Village.

Josh: Sailor, diver, ‘decent human being’

By Martha Cast on April 1, 2022
Features   First-person   Street Spirits
Josh, who is 47, maintains simple, attainable goals: to be happy, and to be a decent human being.

The lingering feeling of homelessness

By Andy Pope on April 1, 2022
Features   First-person   Homeless No More   Opinion
Even after moving inside, one may never stop "feeling" homeless—as if they might be "found out" for their past at any moment.

We need compassion, not code enforcement

By Berkeley Copwatch on April 1, 2022
Commentary   Opinion
The city government works in tandem with police to enforce anti-homeless policies.

The revolving prison door

By Jose Carlos Grant on April 1, 2022
Commentary   Opinion
Home is a crucial component of the stability that keeps communities safe, and people out of prison, Grant writes.

Gov. Newsom says Berkeley advocates are ‘slowing progress’

By Where Do We Go Berkeley on April 1, 2022
Commentary   Opinion
Where Do We Go Berkeley responds to a press release in which Governor Gavin Newsom says the group is "slowing progress" with encampment sweeps.

Street Spirit events calendar: April

By Street Spirit staff on April 1, 2022
Community Events   Features
Resources and community events for the month of April
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