ONE STEP AWAY VOLUME 9 ISSUE 1 THE COLORS AND FACES OF MENTALHEALTH A Program of Resources for Human Development HOMELESS MEMORIAL DAY * SEXUAL ASSAULT IN SPORTS * MENTAL HEALTH $ 5 Photo: Lidya Nada, Unsplash.
NEW YEAR, NEW US
TACKLING THE ISSUES WE FACED IN 2018 HEAD-ON Last year a variety of topics and hot issues surfaced on the news and throughout social media. The topics ranged from climate change to women’s rights, tax bills, to tax cuts to, ultimately cutting safety net programs designed to help our society’s most vulnerable citizens. People marched for their rights (February Women’s Issue), stood up to injustices (Cecile Richards on Women’s reproductive rights – June 2018), exposed secrets (Church Sex Scandal –September? Issue), and shared their experiences (#MeToo…. Homelessness). As we tried to make sense of 2018, many of us were looking for a way to help. This issue of One Step Away magazine shares some of those stories, continues the discussions/conversations, and provides solutions and ways you can get involved. You’ve already made the first step by continuing to support our homeless vendors by purchasing this copy of One Step Away magazine. We appreciate your continued support as we
SUPPORTING OUR VENDORS Every day our vendors put on their yellow vests and hit the streets distributing One Step Away. Our vendors work hard to earn the money they need to support themselves, to meet their basic necessities, to overcome homelessness, or to afford rent so they do not experience homelessness again. Why did you change to a magazine?
WHY A MAGAZINE?
The new price allows our vendors to continue to benefit from selling the magazine throughout the city, and allows the program to grow and continue to be an open opportunity and second chance for our neighbors in need. Vendors purchase each magazine for $1.50 and distribute them on the streets for $5 — earning $3.50 for each magazine. What does One Step Away's future look like? We are focused on remaining a no-barrier income opportunity for anyone in need, while supporting vendors and providing them with the skills they need to succeed. We plan on creating internal vendor positions and promotions, while building our community and business partnerships, with the goal of finding stable employment opportunities for our vendors.
In honor of our nine years as Philadelphia's street paper, we wanted to celebrate all of our accomplishments and create a magazine to help our vendors earn more money so they can truly break the cycle of homelessness. As a newspaper, vendors earned 75 cents from each paper sold. Over the past nine years, basic living expenses have increased, and 75 cents does not get you very far these days. We want to help provide our vendors with the best opportunities for success, and stay current in our constantly changing society. To do this we created the One Step Away magazine.Wehope you enjoy the new format, and will continue to support us as we prepare for the future.
Is One Step Away’s content changing?
While we are moving to a new format, we will still continue to provide the solutions oriented, community focused, and vendor driven content that you have come to expect. While adding some new sections to engage more of the community. Why is One Step Away now $5?
TABLE OF CONTENTS INTERNATIONAL VENDORS' 6 FAVORITE SONGS SEXUAL ASSAULT IN SPORTS 10 THE SCHOOL OF WILDLIFE 16 MENTAL HEALTH IS NOT A "WHITE 18 PEOPLE" THING LOCAL: FREE INTERNET KIOSKS & 20 PHILLY FAIR WORKWEEK HOMELESS MEMORIAL DAY 22 POETRY 25 UNCOVERED ISSUES 26 PUZZLES 31 THE MAGAZINE VENDORS BUY EACH COPY FOR $1.50 AND DISTRIBUTE THEM FOR $5, KEEPING ALL OF THE PROFITS! Every purchase of the One Step Away Magazine creates meaningful income and personal growth opportunities for individuals homelessnessexperiencingorpoverty. HELP OUR VENDORS WORK THEIR WAY OUT OF HOMELESSNESS. 1018 22 One Step Away is a program of Resources for Human Development (RHD), a certified 501(c)3 nonprofit organization. www.rhd.org. We are a member of the International Network of Street Papers (INSP), helping 20,500 vendors earn an income each year. www.insp.ngo OUR AFFILIATIONS
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What a great improvement the magazine is. I couldn't believe how on target and pertinent the content was. Definitely worth it. Thank you. — Steve LOVING MAGAZINETHE Loving the new magazine format! HBD @OSAphilly — thank you for all that you do to combat homelessness in Philly.
THANK YOU MARIA JAMES Hello, I am reading the new magazine from One Step Away and wanted to contribute to the From Our Readers section. One of the many things I appreciate about One Step Away vendors is that many of them work at the same location consistently. I think this is important because it draws folks in who may otherwise be resistant to speaking with strangers. Seeing the same person in the same place every day (or close to it) builds credibility and familiarity and puts many customers at ease. I believe it also contributes to public safety. Thank you to Maria James for being a bright light (both the vest and smile) in Center City. I wish her and you a wonderful 2019. — Ellyn LIFT-UP ERIC H. I want to lift up Eric Hazelwood for his positive attitude and friendly nature. I spoke with him one morning on Chestnut Street, and he is a fine ambassador for your organization. He has hopes and aspirations — I wish him well, and I wish your organization well. Best regards and peace.
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IT'S NEVER TOO LATE Grabbed a copy of One Step Away, a magazine that creates income opportunities for people reminderhomelessness.experiencingAgoodthatit'snevertoo late to turn your life around. — @getsupporti
PROUD TO BE PART OF OSA'S JOURNEY I was so excited to see One Step Away reinvent themselves in magazine form. I have been following One Step Away for close to eight years and have seen the way vendors have grown and prospered. One Step Away not only provides a temporary means of income for homeless individuals, but it provides a way to be seen and a way to be heard. I’m so proud to support One Step Away and in turn support people experiencing homelessness and joblessness in Philadelphia. I can’t wait to see what One Step Away will continue to do in the future — thanks for allowing me to be a part of your journey. — Ashley I APPRECIATE YOU I appreciate movements like this. I've been there and I support what you do! — Daniel I AM SO PROUD OF WILLIAM H. As the case manager at Arch Street United Methodist church I would like to say that I am so very happy that One Step Away is available to the homeless population of Philadelphia. I have been working with William Hawkins and I am so very proud of him and his achievements. Thank you for being the resource that he needed to help him move out of his shell, and blossom into an OSA writer. — Carnita AMPLIFYING THE VOICES Thanks One Step Away for amplifying the voices of so many of the unheard. — Lionel GIVING HOPE I am a graduate student at Drexel University. Last year I became aware of the paper and now eagerly look forward to meeting those involved in the publication and working so hard to get back on their feet. All I have met are lovely. Your newspaper really touches me every time I read it, but it became especially poignant when I interned at a women's prison.Their stories are incredible. I am constantly in awe of their strength and resilience. I'd imagine the authors of your paper are very much the same way. I open your paper every month and it gives me hope. The stories are so familiar and feel very parallel to the ones I hear every day of my internship. What gives me hope is that there are so many, like yourself, who are willing to help others who are less fortunate.Pleasekeep up the good work. It is important work for so many. — Deborah CHANGE A LIFE Chip and I were on our way to PetSmart when William from @OSAphilly asked us if we wanted to buy a homeless paper. I’ve purchased the paper many times since moving to Philly. But this issue looked different. It’s a magazine now. William and I had a chat about the change, including the price increase from $1 to $5. The mag is well done. As always it features stories from the vendors who benefit from the program. Last year, 62% of their vendors overcame homelessness. William wrote a piece on page 27 in the December issue [now p. 26]. When I returned after Chip’s appointment, he wanted to make sure I read it. I read his piece when I got home. A sweet meditation on the road to getting well �� If you see the vendors outside…do buy a paper. Change a life. — @jeanspraker I'VE BEEN THERE I support One Step Away to help homeless people. I have been homeless myself. — David
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Eduard Binder, 71, sells Austrian street paper Apropos outside a store on Linzer Gasse 72 in Salzburg. He chose ‘Der Glockenjodler’, a track performed by famous Bavarian yodeller Franzl Lang. The song — the title of which translates as ‘The Bell Yodeller’ is a gentle, festive sounding piece. “This song is real folk music; I like folk music a lot,” he says. “This song I like especially, particularly the melody it makes me feel good. It means a lot to me, as I feel very touched whenever I hear it. It’s been a part of my whole life. I first heard it at a very young age, and ever since, again and again. It’s always coming with me.”
INTERNATIONAL VENDOR VOICES WHAT DOES YOUR FAVORITE SONG MEAN TO YOU? Vendors across the street paper network face common vendorworld.vendorscontinueovervendorsstreettogether,isjusttheirtelldiverse.number,thestreetresponded.acrossfromwhy?wouldasifvendorscenteredputPaperTheindividualrathertonot,more.vulnerability,discrimination,homelessness,problems:poverty,andcountlessMoreoftenthanvendorsarereducedtheissuestheyface,thanseeingthemashumanbeings.InternationalStreetNetwork(INSP)togetherafeatureon#ourvendors.Weaskedstreetpaperaroundtheworld:theycouldgiveonesongapresent,whichtracktheychoose,andOnehundredvendors38streetpapers22countriesLikeourpapernetwork,songsarevastineclectic,andSomevendorsintriguingtalesbehindselections;othersliketodance.Musicuniversal,andtiesusmuchlikethepapernetworktiestogetherfromalltheworld.EachmonthwewilltoshowcasefromaroundtheTolistentothefullINSPplaylistvisit:YouTube:goo.gl/sMw8whSpotify:goo.gl/mJSrxx
LUÍS NASCIMENTOSILVALÁZARO AURORA DA RUA, BRAZIL REVOLTAOLODUMDO JOSÉ DOMINGOSOLISSANSÉRGIO Luís Lázaro Silva Nascimento sells the street paper Aurora da Rua at the traffic light intersections, outside schools, and at events across the Brazilian city of Salvador. At the city’s carnival in the region of Bahia, the song ‘Revolta do Olodum’ is a staple of the samba-reggae music, or bloco-afro, that is famousPerformedthere.by a band of performers, known as Olodum, the song is part of the foundation of Brazilian culture and is rooted in African styles of playing. “Olodum has songs that evoke social justice and citizenship. ‘Revolta do Olodum’ (meaning something like ‘Olodum’s revolt’) is one of those songs that gets people’s attention and makes them think about their social reality,” says Luís.“Iam from Pelourinho [a historical neighborhood in the center of Salvador and main hub of AfroBrazilian culture]. It is a good song and very moving. It talks about our people and the injustices of slavery, even now, in our country. The music’s cadence and speed evoke the African drums of slavery times. Nowadays, I really like playing the cajon, a percussion instrument that originates from Peru’s colonial period, where African slaves used wooden boxes and drawers to play their beats.” (Interview by Iris Queiroz)
Outside Exit 5 of Gangnam subway station in Seoul, 65-year-old Hong-Wu Moon sells copies of The Big Issue Korea. He explains that his song choice the 1960s Korean folk tune 아빠의 청춘 [which literally translates as ‘the youth of the father’] by 오기택 [O Gi Taek] makes him think of his family: “I really like the melody of this song, and also the lyrics. Most importantly, for me, it feels like a consolation. When I have a rough day on the streets, listening to and singing along with this song makes all my stress disappear. I can erase the memory of that bad day in a moment. “When I had a family and became father, I realized how much my father sacrificed his life for us and worked hard for us. I am away from my family now because of work, so I miss them a lot. So, when I miss my family, I sing this song and [mimicking the lyrics] say 'bravo!' to my life.”
(Interview by Jieun Jung)
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(Interview by Christian Lisseman)
JOHN DENVER Toni Menacher, a BISS vendor in Munich city center, has known John Denver’s ‘Take Me Home, Country Roads’ for a long time. But in 2001, it took on a special meaning for the now 57-year-old. “At the time, I was with my girlfriend visiting the Western-City event venue in [Bavarian town] Dasing for the first time,” he explains. “A band was playing, and the first song was this famous one by John Denver. ‘…Country Roads’ became our song, but I’m sad to say that my girlfriend has since passed away. My gift to every person out there would be for them to have a wonderful partner by their side, as I was lucky enough to have for those 13 years.”
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MENACHERTONI BISS, MUNICH TAKE ME HOME, COUNTRY ROADS
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IRISHIMATERUO THE BIG ISSUE JAPAN, OSAKA NAGISA MODERATO & BLUE LAGOON MASAYOCHITAKANAKA
Although he usually has a magazine in his hands, today Teruo Irishima, a Big Issue Japan vendor whose pitch is near the Sky Building in Umeda, Osaka, has an emerald green electric guitar. In a well-practiced manner, he takes the guitar, borrowed from a staff member, out of its case. “In the old days I spent so much time playing the guitar. Even now, when I have a guitar, my fingers move unconsciously telling me that I am keen to playTeruo,it”.
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55, always listens to music when he is walking between the office and his pitch, mostly renowned Japanese guitarists like Char, The Alfee, and X Japan. His favorite, though, is Masayoshi Takanaka, who is also a composer. “His songs ‘Nagisa Moderato’ and ‘Blue Lagoon’ encourage me to work hard, today and always. His guitar calms me down and makes me feel comfortable. Totally unlike other guitarists, he has originality. I think he has a unique sound that only he can play.” Teruo was 14 years old when he started to play the guitar. “Our class decided to sing a folk song in the school chorus festival and one classmate asked everyone: ‘Does anyone have a guitar?’ My father was the only one that did, so I got to play his guitar at the festival. Since then, I started going to the house of my older friend who plays an electric guitar, and then I started to practice it. It was in those days when I started to listen to Masayoshi Takanaka. I was also part of a band”. Walking with the guitar bag over his shoulder, it seems to fit naturally on Teruo’s back.
FactorAlbertoSPINETTAALBERTOFerro,63,sellsSoutsidetheUniversityofSociologyintheUruguayancapitalofMontevideo.‘Muchacha(OjosdePapel)’,or‘Girl(PaperEyes)’,byArgentinesingerLuisAlbertoSpinetta.Albertosays,“it’sjustthatthelyricsspeaktome.Ilikewhathesays,andhowhesaysit,thisstoryofamantellingtheonehelovesnottoleave,buttostayandbelookedafter.”
58-year-old Sue, who sells The Big Issue Australia in Melbourne city centre, chose a well-known classic — ‘Amazing Grace’. Specifically, a rousing rendition by the late Aretha Franklin, who died in August 2018. “When you face any difficulties in life, this song gives me hope,” says Sue. “It reminds me of where I’ve been, how far I have come, and what lies ahead. I love the words and meaning behind the song — it shows the grace of God. It is very touching, and Aretha’s voices is so beautiful.”
Big Issue North vendor Dave, 60, who sells the magazine at Manchester Victoria train station, dedicates the stone-cold pop classic ‘Hero’ by Enrique Iglesias to his fellow vendors. “I have chosen this song because everybody who is on the streets out selling a magazine, who has come off drugs or alcohol, or is dealing with another illness, is a hero. “I got married six years ago and this was our first dance. Unfortunately, we are separated now, but this song still has a lot of meaning for me.”
Guido (51) on ‘Fishing Junks at Sunset’ by electronic music pioneer Jean-Michel Jarre: “I like the complex structures of the song. You discover something new every time you listen and no matter how often you hear it.”
Vendors Harald, Kijas, and Christian chose Creedence Clearwater Revival’s ‘Bad Moon Rising’, Pink Floyd’s ‘Another Brick in the Wall’ and king of pop Michael Jackson’s ‘Billie Jean’, respectively.
Bodo is the street paper sold in western German cities Dortmund and Bochum. The publication’s vendors were falling over themselves to share their thoughts on the songs they hold dearest to them. Here’s what they said about the tracks they chose.
Lothar and Linda sell Draussenseiter in Cologne and have very different ideas about the kind of music they find meaningful.
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Jessi (37) on 2Pac’s ‘Changes’: “I like hip-hop best. To name a special song is difficult. But with 2Pac, you can never go wrong.”
Herman Brood has been with me my whole life. I can't count how many times I've seen the two bandsMarcuslive.”(44) on Scorpions’ ‘Wind of Change’: “I heard this song for the first time when I visited relatives in the former DDR [East Germany]. Since then I can't get the song out of my head.”
Lothar chose the soothing tones of American jazz pianist Horace Silver’s ‘Peace’. “This composition always brings me inner calm,” he says. “I particularly like the melancholy aspect of the song. It gives me strength. It reminds me of myself as a teenager — mad on jazz. I like to think back to that time. This song has meant something to me for decades now.”
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INTERNATIONAL VENDOR VOICES WHAT DOES YOUR FAVORITE SONG MEAN TO YOU?
Frank (58) who sells Bodo in Wattenscheid, chose German new wave hit ‘Blaue Augen’, as performed by the band Ideal. “This song was released in the 80s — I think I was just 16,” he says. “I believe the music you listen to at that age, you remember all your life. That was just another time. There was still a disco on every corner and always tensions between poppers and punks.”
THE VARIOUS MUSICAL TASTES OF THE VENDORS AT REVOLTABODODOOLODUM
Linda, on the other hand, recommends the wellknown hymnal ‘Hallelujah’. It has been performed by an array of artists — Leonard Cohen, Jeff Buckley, even X Factor winner Alexandra Burke — but Linda is in thrall to a version by acapella group Pentatonix. She especially likes listening to it whilst spending quality time with her dog, Clayd. “It’s so life-affirming,” she beams. “It’s important for me to be positive every day. This song carries me through life. It reminds me of all the people to whom I’ve had to say goodbye. This gives me strength too, because I know that wherever they are, they are free.” All interviews and photos compiled by street papers across the world. Courtesy of INSP.ngo.
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Stefan (50) on the old school soul of Tower of Power’s ‘You’re Still a Young Man’ and the classic rock of Herman Brood’s ‘Rock n Roll Junkie’: “I think Tower of Power are just one of the best soul bands in the world. I could never get tired of them.
Chris (35) on the shiny metal riffs of ‘Midway’ by Sabaton: “In 2015, I was at Wacken Open Air, one of the biggest metal festivals. Those were some great days, of which I remember Sabaton the most. I like the historically accurate lyrics.”
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in SPORTS Brenda Tracy on why it’s so important to #SetTheExpectation in sports By:
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Oregon sexual assault survivor Brenda Tracy has been speaking out about sexual assault since long before the #MeToo movement exploded into wider public awareness late last year. In 2014, Tracy went public about her experience of being gangraped by four men, including two Oregon State University football players, in 1998. Since then, she has been speaking at universities, lobbying for legislative change, and asking fans, coaches, and teams to #SetTheExpectation when it comes to standing up against sexism and violence against
The president. The Supreme Court. Hollywood. Journalism. Restaurants. Comedy. No aspect of American life has been untouched by sexual assault, sexual harassment, and #MeToo — including the world of college sports.
It seems impossible to get through a season without some kind of scandal: the repeated incidents at Baylor University under former football coach Art Briles, Michigan State’s enabling of USA Gymnastics team doctor Larry Nassar, Ohio State football coach Urban Meyer’s mishandling of domestic violence allegations against one of his now-former assistants. But against that backdrop, college football players, fans and coaches have been having a conversation about sexual assault, rape and toxic masculinity for longer than some other workplaces and cultures, and for several years before #MeToo. A big reason for that is Brenda Tracy. In 1998, when she was 24, Tracy was gang-raped by four men, including two Oregon State University (OSU) football players, in a Corvallis apartment. The case never went to trial and the Beavers players were suspended from the team for just one game, with then OSU head coach Mike Riley saying they made a “bad choice.” Tracy lived with that trauma — the shame, the fear, the anger, the public second-guessing of her, the anonymous victim, rather than her rapists — for 16 years. At her lowest moments, she considered suicide. But she also raised two sons, began a career as a registered nurse in Portland, and got an MBA.Then, in 2014, she went public with her experience in an interview with Oregonian sports columnist John Canzano, and began speaking to football coaches and their players — starting with a penitent Mike Riley, then at the University of Nebraska — about sexual assault, rape culture, and consent. She now tells her story as a full-time job, working with universities, educating student-athletes, lobbying both the Oregon Legislature and the NCAA for reforms, and asking fans, coaches and teams alike to #SetTheExpectation: a pledge to stand up against sexism and violence against women. She’s now nationally famous, but it’s also a demanding gig, with constant travel and awful online critics, to say nothing of the emotional toll taken by constantly reliving her own rape while also hearing the stories of other survivors.“Iliterally live in this dark world of rape and sexual violence, 24/7,” Tracy says. But two decades after that night in Corvallis, she also says she wouldn’t take it back, as it has brought her to her current life and purpose. “Somebody has to be out there talking about survivors, and that’s my job,” she explains, “to make sure you don’t forget about us.” Jason Cohen of StreetRoots interviewed Brenda about her experiences.
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the right thing. So however slowly this goes, it’s fine with me.
Yeah, I think so. For whatever reason, some fans have a really hard time understanding that. You can be a fan and support your team and love them and cheer for them but still hold players and schools and coaches accountable for their
It’s not easy, but you just keep grinding and hope that somebody’s affected. We need more people like me out there working and doing things to help change this culture. It’s not like anybody can deny that there’s bad things going on. It kind of feels like an earthquake hit, and there’s all this rubble, and it’s like, what do we do with it now? But the fact that we’re even talking about these things is progress. It used to be you didn’t talk about any of this. No one came forward to share their personal stories, and no one was being held accountable because you weren’t even saying that there was a problem. Your pinned tweet about the #SetTheExpectation campaign is a video clip of four college coaches you’ve worked with. The message “It’s time for every coach to step up and set the expectation: that sexual violence and physical abuse are never okay” — seems so simple. A sentiment nobody could disagree with. It seems simple. I think there’s something about going on record, making a public stand on this issue, and saying that you’re going to do this. That in itself is an act of courage. Some of my trolls and naysayers, they talk about the fact that hardly anyone has signed the #SetTheExpectation pledge. Well, the pledge is not a joke. It’s clearly saying for the coach, you’re going to hold your players accountable, and your staff, and yourself. It’s not just, oh, I pledge to be a good person. Coaches have to decide: Who are you keeping on your team, and what behavior are you putting up with? What are you allowing to happen within your program? There’s been a lot of sweeping under the rug, ignoring, and minimizing. The coaches that have gone on video and said, “I will set the expectation,” I think that means something, and I would love to see more coaches do that. But some coaches aren’t ready, and that’s fine. I don’t want you to sign the pledge unless you’re willing to follow through. This isn’t about likes and clicks for me. This is about actual change and doing
Women can’t stop this and the 10 percent that are committing the crimes aren’t gonna stop it. So who does that leave? They have to come to this realization themselves. And then we can actually start having some real conversations. Are you holding each other accountable? What are you doing? What are you not doing? What about locker room talk? How do those things contribute to this culture of violence? I think sometimes people think, well, if I do nothing and I say nothing, then I’m staying out of it. But isn’t doing nothing actually doing something? Isn’t saying nothing actually saying something?
Jason Cohen: We’ve spoken several times over the past six months, and there is always some new incident or new development. When the news broke of how Ohio State coach Urban Meyer handled — or didn’t handle — the domestic violence allegations against one of his assistants, a lot of people thought he was done.
“WOMEN CAN'T STOP THIS AND THE 10% THAT ARE COMMITTING THE CRIMES AREN'T GONNA STOP IT.”
Brenda Tracy: I thought it was encouraging when they immediately put him on suspension. When we look at Hollywood and we look at the #MeToo movement and you see Matt Lauer getting dismissed, it was kind of like, “okay, is that finally coming to sports? Are we going to say this is unacceptable when it’s one of the most powerful coaches?” But money and winning won out again. The report they did was like, “We know he’s wrong. All of this is not okay.” But you’re just going to [suspend him for only] three games anyway. It was very disappointing: a shining example of the power of a coach and a program and the culture that I’m fighting against. Is it more challenging to deal with this in the world of football when you also have a President and a Supreme Court justice setting a bad example?
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Yeah, the thing that really was different about the Michigan game was the amount of fans. And this is something that I think about a lot: being a rape survivor and having to watch tens of thousands of people cheer for the people who hurt you. I don’t know that a lot of people understand what that feels like. I do, and I know other survivors that do. So being on the field that day and having tens of thousands people cheer for me, it was a full-circle moment. I’ve had a lot of those, but I really did feel part of me heal. It meant a lot. That game and that day is proof that we can believe survivors. We are capable as a society of doing that, and as football fans, we’re capable of doing that. And I hope that we will do it more.
I feel like one thing college football fans miss out on is that it’s not just about consent and accountability but an entire value system of making sports more important than anything else. Is that part of your educational work?
I just want it to happen. You say in your presentation that it’s 10 percent of men who perpetrate sexual violence and that it’s up to the other 90 percent to change that. I think a lot of times as a society, we’re just telling young men, “You’re bad, you’re bad, you’re bad. Stop raping.” We’re not giving the good guys any tools. I tell them I’m not here because I think you’re the problem; I am here because I know that you’re the solution. Ninety percent of you are good. It’s just that you’re silent. Or you’re going along with things.
You’d previously had a #SetTheExpectation football game at Stanford, which is a major program. But there were more than 100,000 people at the Big House in Ann Arbor…
14 ONE STEP AWAY actions and expect more of them. It’s not one or the other. But there’s also blind allegiance. Blind fandom really does cloud people’s judgment.
The same thing happens any time a rape survivor tries to sue a perpetrator, or the school. The first thing is, oh, she’s money-hungry. She just wants a payday. It’s ridiculous. There’s nobody that woke up and said, “You know what? I want to make a lot of money, so I’m going to get raped. And then I’m going to sue somebody.” Unfortunately, we buy into it, right? When I first came forward with my story, people said you might be able to sue Oregon State University, and I didn’t want to. I didn’t want to at all. I was like, no, no, no; people will think I’m a gold digger. I had bought into all those stereotypes. I ultimately decided not to sue Oregon State. But those stereotypes are a weapon used against us to try to discredit “SO, NOW WE'RE GOING TO SAY, OH, PEOPLE MAKE MISTAKES, AND THEY DESERVE SECOND CHANCES?”
Cases that should be really simple: No, it’s not okay for a 15-yearold to molest a 6-year-old. But then when it becomes one of their star baseball pitchers, all of a sudden, we don’t know how to reconcile that, right? Because it’s my team. So, now we’re going to say, oh, people make mistakes, and they deserve second chances?
You are referring to Oregon State University pitcher Luke Heimlich, who removed himself from the team in 2017 when his conviction for molesting a relative became public, but returned to lead the Beavers to the College World Series championship this past season before going undrafted by Major League Baseball. Some Oregon State fans turned on you because of that. Oh, yeah. Everyone was very supportive of me at Oregon State when I first came forward. When I called out [OSU President] Ed Ray on the Luke Heimlich thing, people got really angry. But not everyone. The fan base was divided, as they are with many of these stories. It’s frustrating, especially given my history with the school. I will be forever grateful for the way that I was treated [after 2014] and the work that we have done there, but I was just really dismayed by the way they handled that particular situation. And really upset about the way the national conversation around these issues becomes “this is just a mistake” and “people deserve second chances.” Well, what about the victim? What about her second chance? It’s so easy to just not talk about survivors and only talk about this poor perpetrator. I hate that narrative. At the time, I think you tweeted that sports aren’t everything. You’re not taking away his humanity. Second chances don’t have to involve playing sports. And forgiveness is not the absence of consequences. Playing sports is a privilege, not a right. You don’t get to be on a pedestal where you drive culture and you drive the national conversation and people look up to you as a role model unless you’ve earned it. Character matters, and I don’t know why people have such an issue with that. I literally get threatened and called names because I believe that rapists and child molesters should not get to play college and professional sports. This whole thing of “second chances,” all that means to me is, “We want to win.” And that’s rape culture. Sometimes I don’t think sports fans understand the term. They think it means that everyone who participates in the culture is a rapist. No. It’s minimizing certain things. What drives culture is attitudes and beliefs. I focus on sports because there’s nothing bigger in America. Sports is our religion, especially men’s basketball and football. It’s really molding hearts and minds. People get mad at me like, “Leave sports alone.” No! Those are the stories, and these are the people that are driving cultural attitudes and beliefs about survivors. We have to address misogyny, we have to address victimblaming, we have to address this rape culture, because all of that, unfortunately, is really ingrained in some of our institutions, and in some of our men and coaches. Victim-blaming really is at the heart of all of this. We completely take all of the accountability and responsibility from the perpetrator and put it all onto the victim. “She’s in it for the money.” “She shouldn’t have drank.” “She shouldn’t have been there.” “He couldn’t have done this.” “He’s such a good guy.” Because as a fan, if I can just blame her, then I don’t have to do anything. I don’t have to hold anyone accountable. I can still cheer for my team and cheer for my favorite player because if she hadn’t gone there, and if she hadn’t drank, none of this would be happening. Do you ever feel like getting off of Twitter? I don’t, and I do actually think my trolls serve a purpose. People really are surprised if they don’t follow me they don’t see the hate that I receive. Like, why would people threaten you? They don’t realize that this is what rape survivors go through. Especially if you go public and you start talking about these things. But this is why a lot of us don’t come forward, and why we don’t voice our opinions and push back against misogyny and rape culture. So for me, the trolls kind of expose themselves, and expose the ugliness of what we deal with. How do you know who should be ignored versus who should be called out?
You know, it just depends. One of the things I’ve been really battling is people who think that I shouldn’t get paid as a speaker, and they spend a lot of time trying to discredit me. Saying that I only care about money; [that] I don’t care about survivors. There should be no shame attached to a rape survivor getting paid to speak.
One of the things I would like to address is the civil statute of limitations, which is two years. Which means that if you are a freshman in college and you get raped and you want to bring a lawsuit, you probably have to sue your school while you’re still going there, which is ridiculous. Some victims don’t want to sue because they can’t deal with reliving the details of their trauma. Having seen you speak, I know it’s still right there for you every single day. I have to go right back into that apartment. Every time I stand on a stage and speak, I have to go right back into that apartment and explain to them all the ugly details of what happened to me. And that’s hard, but I think it’s also necessary. If I say to you, I was gangraped for six hours by four men, I don’t know what that means to you. But if I tell you the details of that night and what exactly happened to me, then it becomes more real, and you’re not able to minimize it and make it into something that feels good for you. Because it’s not, right? You have to understand how disgusting and horrifying and horrible this is, so that you can understand how this affected my life, and why we all need to get involved to make sure that no one goes through this. I really have learned the power of personal testimony. A lot of people will have never really talked to a survivor. They’ve never heard these stories. I talk about suicide, I talk about domestic violence, sexual assault, being a single mother. I really could be your mom or your sister or your cousin or somebody you know. It really changes that for them.
• Share your letters and photos online at #HandsOffIX. Be sure to include the Docket ID Number (ED-2018-OCR-0064) and the RIN (1870-AA14) for this proposed rule at the top of your comment. For more information visit the National Women’s Law Center at nwlc.org/respect-students.
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CALL TO ACTION
• Sign the National Women’s Law Center’s petition asking DeVos to extend the 60-day comment period (current deadline January 28).
• Comment online to the U.S. Department of Education (USDE).
us and to silence us. There’s a civil system for a reason. If you have been wronged, you are due compensation for the harm that has been done to you, and rape survivors, we go through some of the most significant trauma and harm there is. It’s sad to me that we’re not encouraged to use the civil system, and it bothers me that the criminal system is so broken. Any avenue of justice we try to use, it doesn’t bode well for us at all. You’ve previously — and successfully — lobbied for new Oregon laws regarding the criminal statute of limitations for rape, as well as evidence testing. Do you have anything in the works for future legislative sessions?
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You have two sons who are not much older than the college students you work with. Does that help you relate to them? I think because I have my sons, I feel more inclined to want to walk into rooms full of young men. I have a lot of reason to be angry with men, but because I have sons, I can’t not see the good in men. It’s men that have hurt me, but it’s men that I want to work with and it’s men who have helped heal me. This football machine created the men who raped me. But it’s still the machine that I want to work within to change things. I can’t imagine doing anything else right now.
Photo pg. 10-11: Brenda Tracy stands on the Michigan sideline with head football coach Jim Harbaugh during the Sept. 8 game against Western Michigan. Harbaugh made Tracy honorary captain after she spoke to the team about her #SetTheExpectation campaign to combat rape culture (Courtesy of University of Michigan Athletics). Photo above: Brenda Tracy joins U.S. Sen. Jeff Merkley last year. They participated in a panel discussion at Portland State University, along with U.S. Sen. Ron Wyden, to discuss the Trump administrations' rollback of Obama-era policies on how colleges should handle sexual assaults (Courtesy of Jeff Merkley’s Office).
On November 29, Betsy DeVos proposed to amend Title IX regulations which could: remove Title IX protections for campus rape and sexual assault victims, require schools to ignore rape and harassment that occurs off campus, and require victims to be cross-examined by their attacker’s attorney. Putting stricter requirements on the definition of sexual harassment and assault, the location it occurs, and how it is reported, and by whom, hurts the victim and compromises campus safety for all students. These rules will ultimately result in fewer survivors coming forward. These rules would also apply when the abuser is a professor, teacher, coach, or physician. Men like Jerry Sandusky, Larry Nassar, and Brock Turner would be less likely to be reported. By law, the Trump administration cannot finalize or implement these changes until they have gone through a public notice and comment period open until January 28, 2019. After the comment period, the U.S. Department of Education (USDE) has to review each comment and either make changes to the rules, or explain why they’ve ignored that element of the public opinion. According to the National Women’s Law Center, the more unique comments they receive, the harder it will be for them to implement these changes legally.
WHAT YOU CAN DO:
• Write and mail or deliver your comments to: Brittany Bull, U.S. Department of Education, 400 Maryland Ave SW, Room 6E310, Washington, D.C. 20202.
The organization manages the biggest orangutan rescue and rehabilitation program in the world, including Nyaru Menteng, a jungle school for orphaned orangutans that teaches the animals how to live in the wild.“They’re good at foxing people,” Gilding says. “They’re clever in the way they can trick you and surprise you that’s what makes them so much fun.”
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By Meg Fulton, The Big Issue Australia Sure, they’re cute, but don’t be fooled — they’re rascals. No two days are the same with orangutans, according to Tony Gilding, president of the Australian arm of the Borneo Orangutan Survival Foundation (BOSF).
A typical day at Nyaru Menteng sounds more raucous than Kindergarten Cop. Among the orangutans’ slapstick repertoire is a refusal to walk to school, preferring to hitch a ride instead by wrapping themselves around the trunks of their carers’ legs. Sometimes they’ll even catch a wheelbarrow there. A few young orangutans are master escape artists, and the center has had to adopt an ornate locking system to keep them safe in their enclosures. “They’ve got eyes like hawks and they just watch whatever is happening around them,” says Gilding. “If they see a way of being mischievous that they haven’t seen before, they emulate it.”
Nyaru Menteng is in Borneo, Indonesia, and houses more than 400 rescue orangutans, most of whom have lost their natural habitat to deforestation. Over the past 20 years, up to 80 percent of suitable rainforest for orangutans has been destroyed across Indonesia and Malaysia — mostly by the logging and palm oil industries. Without intervention, some experts claim that orangutans will be extinct in the wild in the next 10 to 20 years. BOSF is doing everything it can to prevent this from happening. At jungle school, the orangutans learn all they need to know to get by on their own in the wild. There are lessons in climbing, nest building, foraging, and looking out for predators such as snakes. There are lessons on cracking open a coconut, and on which types of bark are safe to eat. The word “orangutan” translates literally to “man of the forest”. In addition to sharing 98 percent of our DNA, orangutans also have similar child-rearing practices to us: they typically spend the first seven years of life in their mother’s care, learning how to fend for themselves. The jungle school emulates these teachings as faithfully as possible with a surrogate human mother. It’s a rigorous seven-stage program; not all orangutans are deemed fit for the wild and stay at the center.“But without doubt,” says Gilding, “the most rewarding part of the job is when they graduate. They’re up, and they’re off, and they’re away, and they’re amazing. They just know that they should be in the rainforest — they don’t hesitate, they don’t look back, they just go up and they love it. Watching that sight is a guaranteed tear-jerker. Everybody cries.”
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I think there are many things at play when it comes to that. I think being a Latina — where you are kind of experiencing a border culture, where you grew up in a family that might be very traditional, very set in their cultural norms, and very community and familyoriented — and then you’re living in, let’s say, the United States, or for me, New York, it can be challenging. The United States can be very
It made people feel like they weren’t alone, both the people who were in the project and also people who just happened to see the project, who used the link to discuss these issues online and also to discuss the issues with friends and, I think even more importantly, their family members. I think it was something that wasn’t really discussed, especially given the idea that mental illness was seen as a white person thing. So being able to show that link to their family members and say, “Hey, we may think that it’s a white person thing, but there are so many people via this link that can say otherwise.”
“I thought, I live with mental illness, but I’m not like that all the time, and I don’t want people to think that’s how I feel all the time,” Vargas says. “It is a reality for a lot of people, but again, there weren’t people from my community that I saw in those images and articles.”
Vargas wanted to create a space that showed a different reality; proclaiming their name and mental illness.
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Dior Vargas is a Latina feminist mental health activist whose work has appeared in publications such as Forbes, Newsweek, and The Guardian, and whose many awards include her being named the White House Champion of Change for Disability Advocacy Across Generations. But in 2014, before any of this, she was searching for a way to be more active in mental health advocacy, which was something that she related to deeply as a result of being the survivor of multiple suicide attempts made while she was a child and young adult. Vargas began doing online research on mental health and she found image after image of white people, especially white women, looking sad and overwhelmed.
So Vargas created the “People of Color and Mental Illness Photo Project” in 2014. According to her website, diorvargas. com, the project started as a result of Vargas noticing an unfortunate trend in the homogenization and misrepresentation of mental health conditions and the people affected by them. Now, the photo essay seeks to highlight the diversity in the mental health community. Due to the viral success of the photo series, Vargas recently released a book, The Color of My Mind: Mental Health Narratives from People of Color. The Color Of My Mind visually depicts the experiences of 34 individuals as they discuss their struggles, strengths, and lessons learned while living life as a person of color with a mental illness.
Street Roots: How do you think your “People of Color and Mental Illness Photo Project” helps subvert stigma about mental health in communities of color?
Dior Vargas: I think it’s helpful because it gave people an opportunity to really think about their experience with mental illness, to see other people that looked like them, and find a point ofForrelation.example, if someone wrote on their sign, “I have seen therapists and they weren’t understanding of my identity or my culture and it made it hard to go back, and it didn’t make my experience fulfilling,” to be able to see that and say, “Oh my God, I went through the same thing.”
So it’s a way for them to start the conversation, to start thinking differently about this topic and, finally, to kind of find their voice and create their own narrative when it comes to this experience.
There’s some pretty alarming statistics out there in terms of mental health and communities of color, such as Latina teens having a high rate of suicide attempts in the United States. Why do you think that rate is so high?
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[I’m thinking about] domestic violence and how that has an impact on a woman’s health. I’m also thinking about societal norms and how women are supposed to behave and how they might feel trapped [in terms of the fact that] they are in this very narrow “box” of how they should be. In terms of how to address that, there needs to be better support of women.
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There’s also just the idea that if you’re a woman in the Latino community, there are these really strict guidelines, there are these cultural ideas and cultural norms that are placed upon you. You have to be ladylike, or you have to look a certain way, or you have to behave a certain way. There are a lot of things when it comes to appearances. If you’re not portraying yourself in the best light, it reflects on your family and your upbringing. Having all those things at play — especially when it comes to mothers and daughters — can be a very complicated relationship. It’s often the experience of women in Latina families that they may not be able to be their true selves. That really has an impact on family relationships. All of those things really impact one’s experience and just wanting to kind of escape from that — just feeling so overwhelmed and depressed and sad and not seeing an out — I think that’s what can lead to attempted suicide. We know that lack of insurance and language issues are barriers that prevent communities of color from accessing mental health services. What other barriers do you see, or have you yourself experienced, when it comes to accessing services or support for mental health for members of communities of color?
There are also some pretty alarming statistics for women in general, such as women being much more likely than men to experience depression. What comes to mind as to what can be done differently to protect and support young women, especially young women of color?
If you are seeking help, you can call the Philadelphia Domestic Violence Hotline at 1-866-723-3014. The hotline operates 24/7. All calls are confidential.
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There needs to be a change in the way people think about women and mental health. A lot of times people will dismiss women and say that they’re crazy or they’re dramatic. Basically, such women just feel shut down. If they’re automatically pigeon-holed into this idea that they are emotional and that their emotions take over things in a negative way, it’s hard for them to feel like their needs are being respected or taken seriously. I think there need to be multiple forms of support in order for women to be able to express those feelings.
Also, there’s societal stigma, and community and family stigma. [When it comes to] the idea of seeking help, a lot of times people see it as a sign of weakness: if you can’t take care of your own issue, then you need help, and people see therapy as complaining to someone.
I think also racism can be a huge part of it… specifically for AfricanAmericans. Because of racism, health professionals are more likely to more severely diagnose a person because of their idea of, let’s say, African-American men being violent. Racial bias can really affect how professionals treat their patients.
There are a lot of ideas that are behind therapy where they think if you can’t solve your own problems, you’re weak and you should keep those issues at home and not talk to a complete stranger. And then things like immigration status come into play. A lot of people are undocumented. They’re afraid if they do seek the help that they really need, they’ll be deported. There are so many things at play that prevent people from getting the help they need before they even go to the doctor’s office.
I mentioned an example about going to a therapist and not getting adequate care in the sense that, for the whole session, you end up talking about your culture as a way to educate the therapist, so they can treat you, when really that’s something a therapist should be doing on their own.
It’s one thing to not have access to insurance to get the care you need. But then there are some individuals who do have access, in that they’re able to make an appointment, but what happens during that appointment?
$30,000 per year are “smartphone dependent” for internet access. Those local folks now have one more option for hopping on the web: The ACS data release comes within a few days of the City of Philadelphia’s launch of its first LinkPHL kiosks, which will offer free and secure WiFi, device charging ports, phone calls within the U.S., and a city services finder.
The Office of Transportation, Infrastructure, and Sustainability announced in November 2017 that it had received approval from the city’s Art Commission to install 100 freestanding kiosks total, mainly in Center City and University City. The service will be paid for by advertising, not the city’s budget.
“LinkPHL’s many amenities support our SmartCityPHL goal of creating a modern infrastructure that will benefit Philadelphia for many years to come,” said Mayor Jim Kenney in a statement. Center City hosts the first five kiosk locations, listed below. Download the LinkPHL app to access the Wi-Fi kiosks.
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In 2016, the United Nations declared internet access to be a basic human right. However, in Philadelphia — the United States’ poorest big city, with a poverty rate of 25.7 percent — the internet subscription rate fell from 2016 to 2017 by 2.7 percent, according to the recently released 2013-2017 American Community Survey (ACS). Only 71.6 percent of households in the city had broadband in 2017, compared to a national rate of 83.5 percent and an 88.1 percent rate in the Philly suburbs. As Philly.com notes, though, there’s an even wider disparity among the city’s neighborhoods: Center City sees a broadband penetration rate of 89 percent, while North Philadelphia’s Tioga/Nicetown sees only 37 percent.Increasingly, residents without in-home broadband are relying on smartphones to access the internet. As of March 2018, a Pew Research Center survey found, 31 percent of American households earning less than
20 ONE STEP AWAY LOCAL: FREE INTERNET KIOSKS THE DIGITAL DIVIDE — PHILLY LAUNCHES FIVE FREE INTERNET KIOSKS IN CENTER CITY Active Links in Philadelphia: Market Street: 1835 Market Street 1700 Market Street 1515 Market Street John F Kennedy Blvd: 1515 John F Kennedy Blvd 15th Street: 51 N 15th Street ONLY 71.6 PERCENT OF HOUSEHOLDS IN THE CITY HAD BROADBAND IN 2017, COMPARED TO 83.5 PERCENT NATIONALLY. ON THE BRIGHT SIDE, SMARTPHONE USERS IN CENTER CITY CAN NOW USE FIVE OF AN EVENTUAL 100 KIOSKS TO ACCESS THE INTERNET.
“It’s a good day for justice in Philadelphia,” Councilwoman Helen Gym said after hours of public comment. "It’s time for a fair workweek … It’s time to take a stand.”
“In the long run, it’s going to hurt the industry,” Ed Grose, executive director of the Greater Philadelphia Hotel Association, told NBC10 last week. “We feel that we take care of our people."
Perhaps most significantly, however, language was removed from the original bill prohibiting under-scheduling, or the practice of not scheduling enough hours per employee. Councilwoman Gym removed that provision because she felt the bill as written provided sufficient worker protections.
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The amendments included new exemptions for employers to staff last-minute ticketed events and large banquets, and added language allowing employees to voluntarily change their schedules.
Propelled by cheers and thunderous applause, Philadelphia City Council passed a fair workweek bill that will guarantee predictable schedules for some 130,000 hourly workers in the service and hospitality industries.
Part of the ongoing problem between City Council and business associations is the state minimum wage, which stagnated 12 years ago at $7.25 under former Governor Ed Rendell. A provision adopted at the time prohibited local municipalities from further making changes to their minimum wages. That power was given to the General Assembly.Asaresult, Pennsylvania’s minimum wage has not budged. Meanwhile, New Jersey’s minimum wage increased to $8.44 and Delaware’s to $8.25.
“This is a City Council that is dedicated to ending poverty and supporting working families,” she said. “This is a bill that will do that.”
Several business associations, however, were disappointed with the bill despite amendments introduced to quell fears that Philadelphia's job growth could slow down as a result of fair workweek.
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"City Council members have always had the needs of working Philadelphians front and center of their legislative agenda," Kenney said in a statement. "Their support of these measures is another shining example of that commitment."
The bill, first introduced over the summer by Councilwoman Gym and seven co-sponsors, would apply to large chain businesses with more than 250 employees in the retail, food, or hospitality sectors with at least 30 locations across the country or state. Inspired by similar legislation enacted in other cities, such as New
Only three Council Members voted against the bill, including Councilman Brian O'Neil who said he objected because the ordinance does not exempt workers already protected by union agreements.
Dozens of workers and their advocates crammed into council chambers long before the scheduled vote. No one spoke against the bill during public comment. Instead, supporters lined the block outside City Hall and carried signs reading "Poverty is not inevitable" and "Philly workers demand a fair workweek."
“I consider it a poverty rate,” Councilwoman Gym said. “I can’t let that stop [Editor’sme.”note: this article has been updated by One Step Away to contain the most recent law developments.]
PHILADELPHIA PASSED A FAIR WORKWEEK BILL FOR EMPLOYEES IN THE RETAIL, FOOD, AND HOSPITALITY SECTORS WHO WORK FOR A LARGE CHAIN BUSINESS WITH MORE THAN 250 EMPLOYEES AND AT LEAST 30 LOCATIONS.
"Sometimes we come into work for 8 hours and sometimes we don't know when we'll be going home," hotel housekeeper Annie Ellison said before the vote. “I’m here for the mothers. I’m here for the families.”
"It should," he said as people jeered.
On December 20, Mayor Jim Kenney signed two bills into law: the Fair Workweek Employment Standards Ordinance and the Philadelphia Minimum Wage Bill, which gradually raises the minimum wage over four years from $12.20 to $15 an hour by January 1, 2022.
York and Seattle, the ordinance will guarantee at least eleven hours rest time between shifts, opportunities to work additional hours, and provide for enforcement and penalties if an employer does not comply.
According to 2015 U.S. Census data, at least a quarter of Philadelphia’s service employees work part-time. Many of these retail and service industry workers frequently face unpredictable schedules that change as often as the seasons.
PHILLY'S FAIR WORKWEEK BILL PASSES — AFFECTING 130,000 HOURLY WORKERS
In Philadelphia, every year an estimated 15,000 people —adults and children — utilize our City’s homeless system. With a total occupancy of 11,030 available beds, according to the Office of Homeless Services, many people are turned away from shelter due to capacity. Philadelphia’s 2018 Point-in-Time count (a one night count in January) reported 5,788 individuals PEOPLE
Days before this year’s Homeless Memorial date, HUD released its 2018 data, reporting a modest increase in homelessness for the second year in a row. Based on the HUD data, roughly 1 in every 591 Americans experiences homelessness.
On December 20, Philadelphians came together to honor the 270 people who died on the streets in 2018. Homeless Memorial Day is an annual event that commemorates those who passed due to homelessness and calls for solutions, so no one in America has to live or die on the streets.
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The vigil serves as a unique opportunity to stand in communion with one another and recommit to never, ever accepting homelessness as a problem that can’t be solved, [but] to instead remember that homelessness is a social problem that MUST be solved,” said Brooke Feldman, an advocate for recovery, the President of Sparking Solutions LLC, and a Board Member of Angels in Motion. Hundreds of people gathered at the Arch Street United Methodist Church for the candle-lit ceremony, and remembrance as each of the 270 names of people we lost were read aloud. Good Shepherd House Choir opened the evening with Barry Martin’s “Celebrate My Life” followed by the Veterans Multi-Service Center’s Retiring of the Colors. The people we honor tonight, Brooke said, “paid the ultimate price for a societalHomelessshortcoming.”MemorialDay is held in over 150 localities across the United States on or near the first day of winter — together we join as a nation to call for an end to homelessness. One Step Away partnered with street papers across the United States to remember and advocate for the lives we have“Forlost.too many, this will be the only memorial service they will have,” said John Parvensky, president and CEO of the Colorado Coalition for the Homeless. “Tonight we remember them, we remember them all.”
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“This vigil serves as both a solemn occasion for honoring the lives we have lost, and a stark reminder of the sheer injustice of homelessness. A reminder that none of us will ever be whole until homelessness is eradicated once and for all.
For the past 23 years, advocates, friends, and family have joined together to recognize those who have lost their lives while homeless or due to their experience with homelessness in Philadelphia. This year’s memorial included reflections by Councilwoman Jannie Blackwell, nonprofit leaders, and friends of the deceased.
In 2017, the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) reported that the number of people experiencing homelessness had increased for the first time in seven years. A December study funded by the real estate company Zillow estimated that HUD under counted the 2017 homeless population by 20 percent, or 115,000 people.
experiencing homelessness of whom 1,083 people were unsheltered or on the streets.
• Allowing homeless people to stay inside emergency housing throughout the day.
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mental and physical illness because a person becomes isolated, loses dignity, and feels they have nowhere to go, said Maxica. Now a representative for the Chicago Coalition for the Homeless, she urged the congregation to keep fighting to bridge the gaps in services, “to always see the person, not the situation they’re in.” She continued, “housing is a human right,” which helps a homeless person’s dignity and excitement for life.
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Finally, pay attention to “Code Blues”. A Code Blue is enacted during extremely cold conditions, when temperatures feel near or below 20 degrees Fahrenheit. During a Code Blue, the City takes special measures to keep people who are homeless safe. These measures include:•24-hour outreach to find people who are homeless and transport them to safe indoor spaces.•Opening all available beds within the emergency housing network.
Philadelphia’s Homeless Death Review Team (HDRT) began in 2009 with the goal of reducing the number of preventable homeless deaths and improving the health and wellbeing of people experiencing homelessness. According to HDRT, the average age of death for a person experiencing homelessness in Philadelphia is 49 years versus the 79 years a housed American lives. Mortality among the homeless population is increased by four to nine times, according to the Centers for Disease Control (CDC), due to unique challenges such as chronic illness, infections, violence, poor mental health, and substance abuse. These types of poor health outcomes are often related to lack of access to stable housing, nutritious foods, transportation, employment, access to quality health care serves and treatment, and health insurance.InChicago, Maxica Williams, a single mother with four children was homeless from January to August 2016 because of breast cancer. Homelessness can cause
On January 23 – 24 (10:30pm4am) the City of Philadelphia and partners are leading volunteers across Philadelphia to count and survey people living on the streets. Volunteers are vital to this effort. Learn more or register on Project HOME’s website or at bit.ly/PH_PIT2018. The deadline for registration is January 16. If you see someone who is homeless and needs assistance you can call the Philadelphia Homeless Hotline at 215-232-1984.
Liz Hersh, Director of Philadelphia’s Office of Homeless Services said: “This City works hard to keep people experiencing homelessness alive. In 2018, we sheltered nearly 9,000 people and provided permanent housing for nearly 6,000. Thanks to Mayor Kenney’s leadership, we have added hundreds of new shelter and long-term places for people. But we have to do more, all of us together, to end homelessness in Philadelphia. The Homeless Memorial reminds us of the terrible price that is paid when we fall short. It is our continued call to action.”
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OSAPHILLY.ORG 25 WE REMEMBER: THOSE WE LOST TO HOMELESSNESS
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Don’t worry young man, I got your back if you fall. I even recognize your pain, embrace your plea when you call. Again I hear you screaming young boy, with nothing else to lose. But please don’t let it go away, get lost in all the booze.
I hear you screaming young boy, your tears are truly there. It’s mixed with all the booze, wanting someone to care. You talk that love of your mother, of how she up and died. I had those same tears, and cried the cry you cried. Yup, I lost my mom too, and oh what an awful feeling. No one wants to ever experience, those cards that we’re dealing. So go on and cry young man, the tears you have I’ll share. Cry till the pain goes away and lock it in your tear.
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Just go ahead and cry young man, but keep your head high above. God is trying to reach you, to give you all His love. MY WALK THROUGH LIFE BY: KEITH BARBOUR My walk through life. As I walk through life, I see my people in despair, and tens of people pass them like they’re not even there, and the ones that do see them they don’t even care, while little kids stop to stare, wondering how did they get there, but when I see my people in despair, I hold my head up to the sky and send them a prayer.
My walk through life. As I walk through life and see married couples, man and wife, I wonder will they stay together for the rest of their life??? And when times get hard, will they think twice?? And in the next 20 years will they still treat each other asMynice?walk through life. As I walk through life, and hear our teenagers talk, I see why every day on the news there are bodies traced in chalk. As I walk through life, I have to be on guard every day, because I don’t know when four or more cops are coming my way, and want to beat me down because I bought a loose cigarette that day.
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Appreciation for what we do have is not prevalent amongst many of the masses anymore. Envy for what the next person may have also plays a large role in not having any gratitude in our attitude. We may look outside of ourselves into the wallet, hands, or thoughts of others, and envy them for their possessions. However; we should all be grateful for what the God of our understanding has given us. We must be patient and continue to pray and continue to believe that eventually we will get what we desire from this same God.
This writer has appreciation for One Step Away. This organization and publication have given me another chance to bounce back from being in the grips of the Devil by using and abusing drugs and alcohol. This publication has given me a chance at being a productive member of society, by working again. I remember what it was like being homeless and hungry; I am no longer in that condition. There should be this type of gratitude in everyone’s attitude because we are all just one step away from those conditions that exist, right now, only in our nightmares. Thank you, Lord.
Have you ever felt like no one appreciated you, no matter how much you did for them? Does it seem that you are always giving and not receiving? Does it appear that people are taking advantage of you because you simply don’t know how to say “No”?
How about this one, does it seem that everyone gets lucky and receive all of the things that you have been praying for — everyone except for you. When you watch the news and see some other guy win the Mega Millions lottery, do you sulk and hate because it wasn’t you?
Let’s appreciate that paycheck, although it doesn’t seem to go very far because there are many whom don’t even have a job. Let’s appreciate our significant others, boyfriends and girlfriends whom may not look like Denzel Washington or a Victoria Secret runway model. Let’s appreciate our health and or conditions. There are many, in our thoughts, who are not here and have passed away due to their health conditions, and yet you and I are still here.Mygratitude goes out also to the police, fire, and emergency responders, for saving the lives of countless others, including my own. These people keep us safe and keep others from creating bedlam and havoc within our communities. They protect us, our, friends, relatives, and even our enemies. We should have an appreciation for these people also, our enemies, for they know not what they do or think primarily because of their ignorance.
UPDATE BY:POWELLWILLIAM Hello and how are you? And to all my supporters, this is William. We are coming along surely but slowly, you know the Legal Services are it and that will be enough for that. I am finished with all that calling and reporting to the Legal Services and it is time to overcome all of that right now. I like that kind of recovery, we are making progress. And now for the other side of it to see if the other part will come in later, you know the lockout situation. You know the more things clear the more things clear off, I think they might have been trying to give me a word about letting off on the reporting side of it but it was not clear enough so that is why I learned on my own. It feels good to replace all that calling and reporting, I don’t need it anymore and that is that. I am looking for things to get better and recover that way. So how do you like this one?
People who do one or all of these things do not have gratitude. There simply isn’t any gratitude in their attitude. This time of the year, where giving is everywhere, there is a small chance that someone will be overlooked. There may be a possibility that there wasn’t a gift with your name on it under the Christmas tree. So, the big question is, what should you do if this is the case? Hate everyone and everything? Hate Christmas and downgrade this gift of giving ideology? Should you carry this animosity well into the many years to come? Of course not.
VENDOR VOICES: UNCOVERED ISSUES
BY: ERIC HAZELWOOD
UNCOVERED ISSUES GIVES OUR VENDORS AND WRITERS A VOICE. IT IS A CHANCE FOR THEM TO SHARE THEIR STORIES — AND CONNECT WITH YOU, OUR READERS. GRATITUDE
This writer always tries to have some gratitude in his attitude. Life is not a thing where we will always be a winner and get what we want all the time. We can’t hit the Mega Millions Lottery all the time, or just once because this is what we wish to do. We won’t always find that perfect significant other simply because this is what we feel we deserve. Our children won’t always grow up to be perfect or the “little darlings” that our neighbors and friends have produced. I say, “So what?”. I am grateful today for what I have, no matter how little or much it may be. There is a parable about half a glass of water. Some look at this glass and say it is half full. Others will look at this glass and say that this glass is half empty. It is my opinion that a person with gratitude in his attitude will always say that the glass is half full and not the other way around, half empty.
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Yes, we are the dream…the dream where there are no segregated water fountains due to the ignorance of not having the knowledge of the true living waters that gives life. A dream where side-by-side one can live in harmony in the same neighborhood on the same block with neighbors of various colors, and cultures, yes, we are the dream. In closing, I’d like to say that indeed we are all the dream… That dream when men, women, young adults, and children of all races and backgrounds can all band together across this great globe we call earth and again sing that old Negro spiritual: free at last, free at last, free at last! Thank God all mighty, we’re free at last.
Yes, we are the dream…the dream where minorities and Caucasians are employed in the same work place together, in the same positions with the same wages. We lived to see the times that minority men and women are now in the seats of Congress passing laws that are actually considered in these days and times. Yes, we are the dream…the dream that prestigious institutions of learning accept with open hearts people of all races and lower-class backgrounds. The dream where minorities could greet and speak to women of other colors and not get hanged or tortured to death. The dream that causes all people of all colors to lift up their heads and thank the God above for true love and understanding.Yes,wearethe dream…the dream where color is no longer recognized through the efficacious blood of the Lamb. Because God doesn’t see white, black, Hispanic, Greek, nor Jew. He only sees the blood. A dream where the lion and the lamb rest peacefully together in glorious fields of joy and admiration.Yes,weare the dream…the dream when no one should ever be hungry, homeless, and without proper medical care. A dream when all people band together for the betterment of our neighbors. Even and most truthfully, to the poor and desolate countries that desperately need the humanitarian deeds of other fortified nations.
28 ONE STEP AWAY WE ARE THE DREAM BY: BRYANT CULPEPPER TO ALL THE PEOPLE WHO EVER BOUGHT AN OSA STREET PAPER FROM ME, THANK YOU. BY: WILLIAM HAWKINS
We are the dream…the dream that the late honorable Dr. Martin Luther King rendered then for times of today. I sit in the church house alongside people of all races and backgrounds, worshiping the same loving God of restoration of blinded eyes. Where on the playgrounds and the schoolyards children of all colors and backgrounds innocently play together unconditionally. I stroll the city sidewalks where I see interracial couples holding hand-in-hand, bursting with joy from the love they discovered in their hearts for one another.
To all the people who ever bought a One Step Away street paper from me, thank you. To all the people who bought a One Step Away magazine from me, thank you. To all the people who only gave me money and took nothing from me, thank you. Because of each and every single one of you, I can do things. You all have made, and do make, things possible for me. I still rely on places that do free laundry for less fortunate people. However, because of you, I can pay for laundry, too. And I do. Also because of you, I‘m getting my photography together. I don’t plan on ever being a professional photographer. The photography is for me. It would be nice to have my images on public display somewhere (haha). But I don’t plan on being a professional photographer. Your money is absolutely important to me. In addition to laundry and photography, your money has helped, and does help, me to get deeper. I’m now able to travel to my mother and put money in her hand. That occurs once a month, though I see her more than that. Thank you.
DREW TAYLOR Drew Taylor is from the andreachandinmodelHePhiladelphiaNortheastarea.isanamateurwhodabblesacting,writing,music.WithinPhilly,Jersey,Delawarehehas potential to garner massive attention to any organization. Drew is a well-mannered young black male looking for paid assignments at a reasonable rate. Transportation, professionalism, and attention are some of the things that make him stand out from his peers. Growing up in a time where urban culture has become the norm he can give needed diversity. His favorite music artist is Drake, he loves BBQ wings, and is Liberian. He’s a reserved individual who gets attention without asking for it. He’s the idiom of all eyes on you and is always the star in the room.
Philadelphia is a place that has experienced racism, violence, and oppression throughout the years. People who commit crimes aren’t always as harnessed as they are portrayed to be. Where’s the line between a mistake and a character trait? Do profiles fit or were profiles made? It’s almost always a hard decision to make. It seems as though the main characters in the movie are the same, and only have different actors. When you see a Caucasian officer and a young black male does your heart tug with belief of the black male as guilty? Has it been incepted into our minds of who is innocent and who is guilty?
The decision to free the slaves from the material of blatant shackles was as much as a moral stand as it was a crippling effect of war effort to break the confederate regime. It takes money to go to war and by crippling income you starve the opposition’s offense. It was a brilliant idea and united America in a huge way. Years have passed battles have been won and lost on the side of equality.Speaking as a young melanin youth in Philadelphia. I feel that there is an abundance of resources but a lack of creativity and belief in the youth. As a youth, I wish the older generation were encouraging youth to separate themselves negativity. One mistake that an individual makes can affect the whole collective. Sometimes you don’t view someone you’ve grown up with the same way as society may view them. Often, when people who are from urban communities obtain success, they distance themselves from their place of origin. People in urban communities need to value themselves. I remember when I first got a job. It was an under the table thing doing security at a local gas station and people in the shelter regarded me differently. I would make sure that nobody was stealing, fighting, or loitering. I understand that people usually don’t have a lot and would usually feed the less fortunate. I hated the feeling of being employed. People treated me different because I had a couple of hundred dollars. I still felt the same but was treated differently. All of a sudden people were saying I was selfish, greedy, and I didn’t care about anybody. I have a big heart and tried to share with others to compensate for the guilt I felt. I started to give people bus fare and little things to help their day. It created a paradox to me that people who watched me struggle for months could want me to help them. And I would to a certain extent. Also, it made me feel as though people should value good morals over material items. I feel as though living in an urban community in Philadelphia having a job means that you’re doing better than a lot of people and I wish that wasn’t the case. It should be customary. I exhibited the characteristics of someone who you would want to hire. I was honest, respectful, and forgiving. Which are things I believe that are more important than anything money can buy. Urban communities need to value themselves more.
ERIC
WILLIAMHAZELWOODPOWELL
Instagram: @drew.taylor.712
After working his way out of addiction and homelessness, Eric is Awayvendingtocollege.focusingcurrentlyonfinishingInadditionwritingandOneStep,Ericwasrecentlypromotedto the position of Vendor Representative. He will be working with vendors and volunteers at One Step Away’s vendorWilliamsite.isa One Step Away vendor and writer who uses his writing to keep in touch with all of his supporters.
ABOUT THE AUTHORS
HOW THEY SEE US BY: DREW TAYLOR
Personally, I feel as though sometimes you are guilty until you are proven innocent. When you see a Hispanic couple do you sometimes feel as though they are up to no good? I have a fear that we live in a generation of false hope. The world is more connected than ever but do you ever feel like America is more of a business than a country?
30 ONE STEP AWAY INTERNATIONAL: STREET PAPER IMPACT #VENDORWEEK & THE BIG SELL OFF NEED UPDATETO
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ONE STEP AWAY VOLUME 9 ISSUE 1A Program of Resources for Human Development HOMELESS MEMORIAL DAY * SEXUAL ASSAULT IN SPORTS * MENTAL HEALTH THE LESSONS WE LEARNED IN 2018, AND SOLUTIONS FOR TACKLING THEM IN THE NEW YEAR NEW YEAR, NEW US
ONE STEP AWAY JANUARY 2019A Program of Resources for Human Development 270 PEOPLE DIED ON OUR STREETS
ONE STEP AWAY JANUARY 2019 HONORING THE 270 PEOPLE WHO DIED ON STREETSOUR A Program of Resources for Human Development
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