Berkeley shelter closes
By Alastair Boone on The closure of the largest homeless shelter in Berkeley leaves many with nowhere to go
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Animal Friends: A Saving Grace for Homeless People
“I wrapped her in my jacket and promised I’d never let anybody hurt her again. And that’s my promise to her for the rest of her life. In my mind she’s a little angel that saved me as much as I saved her.”
Writing for the Street Spirit: My 17 Year Journey
Writing for Street Spirit has awakened in me a sense of responsibility toward others. Street Spirit is a way for people silenced by big money and big media to have a voice.
Hate Crime Laws Needed to Protect the Homeless
As homelessness becomes more visible, people living on the streets are targeted for bullying, assaults, harassment and even murders.
Resurrection of the Poor People’s Campaign
Rev. Barber told the activists gathered in the nation’s capital that by demonstrating in solidarity with poor people, they had become a link in the long history of people who fought for justice.
Visionary Art of Leon Kennedy
In Leon Kennedy’s painting, his living friends are portrayed next to long-gone elders and assassinated civil rights leaders. Even death does not shatter the bonds of love and community.
Society’s Failure to Care Is the Root of Homelessness
In one of the richest places in the world, people become so wrapped up in their own comfort and status that they don’t care about the human beings they are stepping over.
The Invisible Natural Cathedral of People’s Park
Builders, please go away. Allow the beauty of an Invisible Natural Cathedral to remain, a living shrine of open space that gives refuge to all people.
A Life Consecrated to Compassion and Justice
On the bleak streets of the Tenderloin, a sister took a stand against inhumanity. Her solidarity was inspired by the beatitudes and consecrated to the poor.
Inmates Forced to Tear Down Camps of Homeless
Prisoners are paid a dollar a day to clear the homeless camps where they once lived. Some officials call this penal labor “a vestige of slavery.”
Mother Wright of Oakland: Love in Action
The ripple effect of her love continues to be felt by the suffering everywhere. They know there was a woman named Mary Ann Wright who gave her life for them.
A New Way of Seeing
Homelessness is about discovering that your lifelong friends and family, the very people you thought were truly supportive, are suddenly very leery of you.