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Month: July 2022

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Our July cover

July 7, 2022
News
Artwork by Dusk Delacour.

Street Spirit events calendar: July

By Street Spirit staff on July 7, 2022
Arts and Culture   Community Events   Features
Resources and community events for the month of July

What’s been going on at People’s Park?

By Alastair Boone on July 7, 2022
Features   News
UC Berkeley plans to begin construction on the housing at People's Park this summer. Meanwhile, park supporters have taken to court to thwart development plans.

The time to fight for People’s Park is NOW!

By Berkeley Copwatch on July 7, 2022
Commentary   Opinion
The fight for People's Park is heating up, and the time to plug in is now, Copwatch writes.

For people living in poverty, getting an abortion was already hard. It’s about to get much harder

By Kaela Roeder on July 7, 2022
Features   News
Post-Roe America will hit people living in poverty the hardest.

Samel Leparan Ntiwuas: seeking greener pastures

By Samel Leparan Ntiwuas on July 7, 2022
Features   Street Spirits
Samel grew up in the Bay Area, and wants to find a better life here. But the cycle of homelessness is hard to escape.

How I celebrate Pride in prison

By Lexie Handling on July 7, 2022
First-person   Opinion
Despite being incarcerated, people in prison find a way to build community and celebrate Pride.

Street Spirit horoscopes: July

By Boudia Crow Lafleur on July 7, 2022
Arts and Culture   Features   YSA youth contributions
Horoscopes for the month of July, written just for Street Spirit.

Street meditation

By Claire J. Baker on July 7, 2022
Arts and Culture   Poetry
We live on this planet wondering who we are beyond our griefs & sorrows, hunger, struggle & war.  Our cares

How to reverse an opioid overdose

By Compiled with information by The Everywhere Project on July 7, 2022
Features
The basic steps to reversing an opioid overdose using the narcan nasal spray.

Tenants condemn private managers in new Oakland veteran housing

By Zack Haber on July 7, 2022
Features   News
Tenants are organizing for a cleaner building, and a stronger sense of safety, in the building.

Why would anyone want to live on the street?

By Timothy Busby on July 7, 2022
Features   First-person   Opinion
Accepting one’s homelessness can yield a kind of psychological peace, Busby writes.
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