Sidewalk Stories: How do unhoused people stay informed?
By Alastair Boone on Our increasingly digital world can make it nearly impossible for unhoused people to find up-to-date information.
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Celebrating 30 years of Street Spirit
By Street Spirit staff on Introducing the Street Spirit digital archive.
In Dialogue with Corrina Gould: On rematriating land in West Berkeley
By Alastair Boone on In March, the Sogorea Te’ Land Trust made history by rematriating the West Berkeley Shellmound.
After eight months out of print, Street Spirit is back!
By Alastair Boone on “Street Spirit!” an unhoused friend exclaims each time I walk by her encampment on San Pablo Avenue. “That’s the people’s newspaper!”
The End of an Era for Street Spirit
By Alastair Boone on After nearly 28 years of uplifting the voices and stories of homeless people in the East Bay, this may be our last issue. Here's an update of our future goals, fundraising efforts, and the future of Street Spirit.
A note on our cover and the year ahead
By Alastair Boone on The images you see were cut from old issues of this newspaper spanning decades, the earliest from 1999 and the latest from just last month.
In Dialogue with Moms 4 Housing co-founder Dominique Walker
By Alastair Boone on Street Spirit sat down with Dominique Walker to talk about her history as an organizer, and the future of the Moms 4 Housing movement.
This is a community
By Terry Messman on The poet T.S. Eliot once addressed a deeply disturbing question to city dwellers everywhere, a profound challenge to our consciences that cuts to the heart of everything that has gone wrong in our society.
Changes suggested to Oakland’s encampment strategy
By Alastair Boone on Sanctioning self-governed encampments. Providing storage options for unsheltered residents. Prohibiting evictions during extreme weather. These are just some of the changes that Oakland City Councilmember Nikki Fortunato Bas is suggesting to the City of Oakland’s Encampment Management Policy.
Remembering William Barclay Caldeira
By Alastair Boone on William Barclay Caldeira, a Berkeley resident known to many for his deep commitment to justice and equality, died on Sunday, May 19. He was 51 years old. Barclay Caldeira—who went by “300”—was homeless. On the day of his passing, a number of his friends and neighbors saw him sitting at a bus stop on Adeline Street near Ward Street, looking unwell.
People’s Park celebrates 50 years
By Alastair Boone on “The first time I played here, there was no park here yet,” Stevie Barsotti, the frontman of a band called Dapper Shindig, said to a crowd who had gathered in People’s Park on April 13. “The third time was when we tore down the fence, and that was really fun!”
Remembering Calvin Kelley
By Alastair Boone on Kelley was shot at People’s Park in April—the first ever murder to occur in the Park. A memorial for Kelley