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Street Spirit is an independent newspaper in the East Bay dedicated to covering homelessness and poverty from the perspective of those most impacted. Est 1995. A publication of Youth Spirit Artworks.

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Month: May 2022

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Our May cover

May 5, 2022
Arts and Culture
Courtesy of The San Francisco Poster Syndicate

QuARTz Queer Art Market makes selling art accessible

By Emma Hegenbart on May 5, 2022
Arts and Culture   Community Events
Queer Art Market feels like a party: it makes selling art accessible and cultivates a community feel.

The weight of shame: a common burden on the street

By Andy Pope on May 5, 2022
Features   Homeless No More
How the shame associated with homelessness can become something like a mental illness.

Berkeley is ‘reimagining public safety’ all wrong

By Berkeley Copwatch on May 5, 2022
Commentary   Opinion
In 2020, Berkeley committed to reimagining the role of police. Where are we in that process now?

CCA staff and adjuncts ratify union contracts, receive wage hikes

By Zack Haber on May 5, 2022
Features   News
CCA’s recent action is part of a growing national trend of union combativeness, Haber writes.

Street Spirit events calendar: May

May 5, 2022
Community Events   Features
Resources and community events for the month of May

In Dialogue with Sakhone Lasaphangthong: An advocate for unhoused people in Oakland Chinatown

By Alastair Boone on May 5, 2022
Features   In Dialogue
Sakhone is a community organizer who has become a key player Oakland Chinatown's homeless response.

People’s Park celebrates 53 years as Cal development plans creep closer

By Alastair Boone on May 5, 2022
Arts and Culture   Community Events   Features
On the 53rd anniversary of People's Park, community members gathered to celebrate.

Star: on the loneliness of living unsheltered

By Martha Cast on May 5, 2022
Features   Street Spirits
Star reflects on the reason why it is so difficult to become housed. Plus, an update about Street Spirit vendor Vernon Dailey.

Street Spirit horoscopes: May

By Boudia Crow Lafleur on May 5, 2022
Arts and Culture   Features
Horoscopes for the month of May, written just for Street Spirit.

New report says: 809 people died on the streets of Alameda County in three years

By Ariel Boone on May 4, 2022
News
A landmark report published in April paints a new picture of life—and death—on the street.

The power of one’s voice as a nonviolent form of self-defense

By Jack Bragen on May 4, 2022
First-person   Opinion
Your voice can be a useful tool of self-defense when a situation begins to escalate, Bragen writes.
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