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Month: May 2022
QuARTz Queer Art Market makes selling art accessible
By Emma Hegenbart on 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 How the shame associated with homelessness can become something like a mental illness.
Berkeley is ‘reimagining public safety’ all wrong
By Berkeley Copwatch on 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 CCA’s recent action is part of a growing national trend of union combativeness, Haber writes.
Street Spirit events calendar: May
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 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 On the 53rd anniversary of People's Park, community members gathered to celebrate.
Star: on the loneliness of living unsheltered
By Martha Cast on 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 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 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 Your voice can be a useful tool of self-defense when a situation begins to escalate, Bragen writes.