In their own words: People’s Park residents get COVID vaccines
By Alastair Boone on Street Spirit interviewed the people who got vaccinated about their experiences.
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Remembering Barbara Brust: Founder of Consider The Homeless!
By Katherine Blesie on Barbara Brust died on February 25 at the age of 69. She is remembered by the many who knew and loved her on the streets, in Berkeley’s advocacy community, and beyond, for whom we hope this article serves as a celebration of her life.
What happened at Union Point Park? The long-awaited eviction of the harborside encampment community
By Thomas Brouns on Union Point Park has been closed and encampment residents and city officials struck a deal: Move inside temporarily while the two parties worked together to create Oakland’s first sanctioned encampment. But talks about the sanctioned community have gone cold.
The fight to save People’s Park persists
By Sabrina Kharrazi on On March 8, People’s Park advocates organized a march and press conference outside the UC Berkeley Capital Strategies office to oppose the university’s plans to build student and affordable housing on top of the park. Here's what's been happening in the fight to save the park over the last few weeks.
Street Spirit’s guide to getting your stimulus check
By Chris Lee on This guide will walk you through the process of applying for your stimulus money. It also contains useful resources for obtaining the documents you need to apply, as well as information about where to cash it free of charge without a bank account.
How can art stop evictions?
By Alastair Boone and David Solnit on You are holding a tool. We packed this issue of Street Spirit with artwork and songs we hope you will use to stop evictions and house us all.
The Street Spirit anti-eviction art kit
By Alastair Boone and David Solnit on This art kit allows you to download all our anti-eviction posters for free.
Songs to stop evictions
By Street Spirit staff on Street Spirit shares these songs to help us protect our neighbors (and ourselves) from eviction—now on the rise during the coronavirus pandemic.
Inside this issue: art and artists
By Street Spirit staff on Get to know the artists represented in this issue and the inspiration for their designs.
COVID-19 in the homeless community: In Dialogue with Dr. Harrison Alter
By Alastair Boone on At the outset of the coronavirus pandemic, it seemed a given that the virus would ravage the homeless community—but this has not taken place. We spoke to Dr. Harrison Alter about why.
With help from the unhoused community, two tiny homes get a facelift
By Thomas Brouns on Thanks to the work of advocacy groups and the hard work of a group of housed and unhoused volunteers, two families’ tiny homes became a bit less tiny.