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By Katherine Chen and Henry DeMarco on The story of First They Came For The Homeless, the protest movement that made city streets into home.
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Homeless memorials celebrate lives lost; illuminate new data about mortality on the street
By Alastair Boone on Memorials for unhoused people provide a space to both celebrate and grieve lives lost on the street—and shine a light on new data about homeless mortality.
East Bay activists swarm Caltrans office, seeking data about encampment sweeps
By Quiver Watts, Alastair Boone, and TJ Johnston on The agency illegally ignored their public records request
‘We need your support’: An open letter from Wood Street
By members of the Wood Street encampment community on The Wood Street Commons is scheduled for eviction on January 9. The Commons is a resource hub for unhoused in the West Oakland area.
A Nation
By Mikaius Mikki Leon Smith on I’m Acceptable as I amWhy can’t others understand?For I was raised in a nationA nation whom people who are different
Street Spirit horoscopes: January 2023
By Boudia Crow Lafleur on Horoscopes for the month of January, written just for Street Spirit.
STREET SPIRIT EVENTS CALENDAR: JANUARY 2023
Resources and community events in the Bay Area for the month of January, all free unless otherwise specified.
Don’t look at the dying
By Julia Vinograd on Don’t look at the dying;you’ll only encourage them.The homeless, the hungry, the hurting,they’re not really thereand it’s not polite to
‘People’s History, People’s Art’: Dusk Delacour’s debut at YSA
By Alastair Boone on Dusk focuses on topics that affect the contemporary world, drawing from his own experience to help viewers get a sense of what it feels like to live through this historical moment.