Street Spirit Queer Poetry Collection
By Street Spirit Poetry Series on Introducing Street Spirit's new poetry series
Month: June 2025
Remembering Maceo Clardy: ‘I am somebody dammit, I ain’t a nobody’
By Destanie Newell on Maceo Clardy died in Oakland on February 8, 2025. Here, a daughter’s letter to her father, a note on his
What is the cost of encampment ‘resolution’?
By Bradley Penner on Oakland’s use of state funding shines a light on the unseen expense of encampment closure
Berkeley Homeless Union holds community gathering before eviction at Ohlone Park
By Margaux Bauerlein on On the heels of a sweep, community members discuss the possibility of sanctioned encampments
Sidewalk Stories
By Alastair Boone on How do unhoused trans folks find resources and build community?
Street Spirit horoscopes – June 2025
By Boudia Crow Lafleur on 'This is a good month to plan a dedicated path forward.'