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That’s because Richards’ mom was the legendary Ann Richards, an original Texas firebrand and political activist who went on to become governor. From that dynamic and politically charged upbringing, Richards would establish herself as a formidable organizer in her own right. She campaigned alongside nursing home workers, janitors and hotel staff to secure just wages and benefits. She later formed the Texas Freedom Network and rallied a community against the religious right when it tried to take over the local school district by ousting board members, directing curricula and composing reading lists. In 2002, she became deputy chief of staff for US Rep. Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.), and later went on to found America Votes, a progressive organizing network that advocates for voters’ rights.
Photos: Cover, Cecile Richards (credit: Planned Parenthood Federation of America), Above Make Trouble cover, page 6 Planned Parenthood Federation president Cecile Richards testifies before the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform on Capitol Hill in Washington September 29, 2015. REUTERS/Gary Cameron
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By Joanne Zuhl Article courtesy of Street Roots and INSP.ngo
In her new book Make Trouble, Cecile Richards, the powerhouse behind Planned Parenthood Federation of America, discusses her lifetime of taking action and challenging injustice. Here, she talks to Street Roots, Seattle Washington’s street paper, about the book, her experiences on the front line of the battle against the stigma surrounding women’s health and sexuality, and the challenging times we now find ourselves in.
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It started with a relatively small action: A black felt armband worn to her Texas grade school as part of a nationwide protest against the Vietnam War. Cecile Richards was only 13 at the time, and it was her first big leap into the resistance. As a result of her act of rebellion, she was summoned by the principal, who promptly phoned her mom. As Richards recalls, her mother wasn’t home at the time, which made it probably one of the luckiest days of the principal’s life.
In her new memoir, Make Trouble, Richards writes about the influence of her mother, Pelosi and the countless workers she’s marched alongside who helped shape her own activism. For the past 12 years, Richards has been the president of Planned Parenthood Federation of America, championing its work providing health care to low-income individuals and standing up to constant assaults on reproductive rights. The federation is composed of 80 local affiliates operating approximately 800 health centres nationwide. This January, she announced that she would be stepping down from that position. The title of Richard’s book, Make Trouble, is as much a reflection on her life as a directive to her readers. The book is filled with lessons on how to organize – not textbook tutorials, but personal tips learned from someone who has spent decades being a troublemaker, questioning authority and not waiting for someone else to do something.
You are absolutely right. More than three-quarters of Planned Parenthood patients live at 150 percent of the federal poverty level or below. For a lot of our patients, we are the only health care provider they see – without us, there’s no one else. In order to get beyond this cycle, I would like to see our leaders in this country recognize that abortion is part of women’s complete health care, and to understand that access to reproductive health care is also an economic issue for millions of women. I’ll never forget the student I met in Iowa who told me she was about to become the first in her family to graduate from college,
From the day this administration took office, they have been working to make it harder for women to access health care in the US and around the world. On his very first day, President Trump reinstated and expanded the Global Gag Rule, so that it not only slashes funding for global family planning, but jeopardizes health programs addressing HIV and Zika. This administration has also cut off US funding for the United Nations Population Fund – an organization whose sole mission is to support maternal and child health around the Hereworld.inthe US, they have tried to kick millions of women off their health insurance, block women from coming to Planned Parenthood for affordable birth control and cancer screenings, and even tried to strip away maternity care benefits. Not only that, they’ve taken steps to allow employers to deny birth control coverage to their employees, undermined programs that prevent teen pregnancy, rolled back protections for transgender people and survivors of sexual assault, stacked the administration at every level with people who are radically anti-science and anti-abortion. The unintended consequence, however, is that these attacks have energized and engaged millions of people across our country who are fighting back. I hope that will be the lasting legacy of this moment: the activism and grassroots organizing it has inspired.
I believe we will never change our politics until we change our culture. That’s especially true when it comes to the shame and stigma around women’s health and sexuality, which is so pervasive. But the ground is beginning to shift. We are experiencing a groundswell of women speaking out like never before about everything from abortion to miscarriage to sexual assault and harassment. They’re challenging people’s attitudes and assumptions and normalizing women’s experiences. And once that change begins, it can’t be reversed. As my mother used to say, you can’t un-ring a bell.
Q: In several instances, you reference cases when people really change their mind about these issues that seem carved in stone – either for or against, around reproductive rights. What is the key to making people see this divisive issue in a new light?
Well, for a lot of people in this country, reproductive rights are actually not a divisive issue. Nine in 10 women have used birth control. One in five women have been to Planned Parenthood. For millions of people, this is simply part of life.
Q: I was struck when reading about the young woman, a senior in high school, who said four years ago she was really shy. But after working with Planned Parenthood, she could talk about anything to anybody. And it struck me that the stifling of women’s health care, and just the “abnormalizing” of women’s physicality and sexuality, has a much more significant impact than just appeasing objections to sexual behavior. What are your thoughts on this?
Q: The section on Dr George Tiller is particularly moving, especially that he found out later in life, after he went into health care, that his father had been providing abortions for women who had no other options available to them. And they were coming to George hoping to find similar services. (Tiller was murdered
Q: You speak a lot in Make Trouble of your experiences at various Planned Parenthood outlets. How often did you visit clinics across the country, and how did those visits shape the work you did?
and she was graduating thanks to two things: scholarships and birth control.
I also heard countless stories that really brought home why we do the work we do. I’ll never forget talking to a doctor in Ohio who told me, holding back tears, how hard it was to be forced by the state to repeat false information intended to shame and scare her patients out of ending a pregnancy. That was one of the common themes: The doctors, nurses, clinicians and staff who work at Planned Parenthood are deeply committed to their patients, whether they’re in Alaska or New York City or anywhere in between.
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When it comes to the issue of abortion, we’ve found that there is more common ground than it sometimes seems. That’s part of the reason why, a few years ago, Planned Parenthood stopped using the labels ‘pro-choice’ and ‘pro-life’. This was a conversation folks in the reproductive justice community had been having for years: If you ask someone whether they identify as ‘pro-choice’ or ‘pro-life’, many say they identify as both or neither. But if you ask them whether they believe a woman should be able to make her own decisions about ending a pregnancy, a lot of people, regardless of their own personal views on abortion, say yes, of course. That’s something that has been proven in states like Mississippi, North Dakota and South Dakota, when voters overwhelmingly rejected proposed bans on abortion. People are capable of more complexity and nuance on this issue than we give them credit for.
That has been, hands down, one of the best parts of the last 12 years at Planned Parenthood. From the moment I took the job, life on the road became my new normal. In fact, I recently visited my 50th state: North Dakota! Meeting the staff, volunteers and patients who are the heart of this organization has not only shaped my work; it has changed my life. There were so many incredible moments. Seeing the IUD-shaped bike racks outside Planned Parenthood in Portland was a fun one.
Q: So many of the battles against Planned Parenthood and other women’s health access points have been projected through the lens of abortion, when these are matters of complete health care for women, particularly women experiencing poverty. After a century, we’re still fighting for health care and reproductive rights. What do you want to see happen to get us beyond this cycle?
Q: What impact has Donald Trump’s presidency had on women’s reproductive rights, here and abroad?
Q: You reference a vote in your book, I think it was held in the early 1910s by the Portland City Council and done in secret to ban the pamphlets on birth control published by Margaret Sanger, the founder of Planned Parenthood. Today, Oregon is viewed as being one of the most liberal states when it comes to women’s health care access and abortion access and Portland considers itself ahead of the curve. Meanwhile, other states are curbing access to care. Should we worry, given your experience, that the pendulum could swing back, even in a state like Oregon?
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while attending church services in 2009.) Can you speak to the message of George Tiller’s story?
Q: You’re leaving Planned Parenthood, but I can’t imagine that you’re retiring. What’s ahead for you?
We provide the technology and the support you need to move into the future.
I’m leaving Planned Parenthood, but I’m definitely not leaving this movement. I’m going to be fighting for reproductive health and rights as one of the 11.5 million supporters. Beyond that? Well, I have this new book coming out…
George Tiller was an incredible man, and one of the things that made him so remarkable was that he loved and respected his patients. He understood that they knew what they needed and deserved the right to make their own decisions about their health, lives and futures. To me, the message of George’s story is the same as his motto: Trust women.
Oregon has a long, proud history of activism on reproductive rights. Back in the early 1910s, when the Portland City Council took the vote you mention, the women in town made pamphlets which read, “Shall five men legislate in secret against 10 thousand women?” They were definitely ahead of their time! If we’ve learned one thing over the last year, it is that we can’t take anything for granted. It has never been more important to keep pushing forward and working to expand reproductive health and rights in places like Oregon where we have the chance to keep making progress and provide a North Star for the rest of the country.
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Since Kilauea began erupting on May 3, 2018, many residents of the Puna district of Hawaii’s Big island have cleared out, even as some roadways were blocked by lava flows and gashes in the ground that spewed molten lava. Lava flows are not new to Puna, but it is unprecedented for fissures to emerge within communities like Leilani Estates and Lanipuna Gardens, which have been hard hit.
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Amid the wonder, and devastation, left in the wake of Hawaii’s erupting Kilauea volcano, Reuters photographers were tasked with the challenge of taking dazzling photos, while also capturing the human cost.
The spectacle of Hawaii’s erupting Kilauea volcano challenges photographers of the rare display to avoid being hypnotized by it and instead look at the whole picture, including the human toll from the burning lava, hot ash, and poisonous gases.
Still, from the helicopter I could see at least two homes within a mile of the lava.The next day, the owner of one of them invited me to the hill-top property about a quarter of a mile above the fissure. He was sipping seltzer water with several friends, watching the spectacle from a second story porch. The fissure did not seem to pose any immediate danger, but frequent explosions in it caused his house to shudder. The noise from those explosions and venting steam and gas was loud enough
To get more of the picture, on May 13, I boarded a helicopter at the airport in Hilo, about 25 miles from Leilani Estates, and flew over the most active eruption area. Days of cloudy, rainy weather and restrictions from the Federal Aviation Administration had made scheduling the flight problematic, but in the end our timing was good. At around 6 am, we were hovering at 4,000 feet, watching the 17th fissure of this eruption open.
HUMAN TOLL
It had begun only hours earlier and was already about 1,000 feet long and belching steam and chunks of lava several hundred feet into the sky. It was in a sparsely populated area east of Leilani Estates.
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Photo 1: People watch as ash erupts from the Halemaumau crater near the community of Volcano during ongoing eruptions of the Kilauea Volcano in Hawaii, U.S., May 15, 2018.
The tourists, residents, and journalists around me seemed awestruck.
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REUTERS/Terray Sylvester Photo 2: Lava erupts from a fissure east of the Leilani Estates subdivision during ongoing eruptions of the Kilauea Volcano in Hawaii, U.S., May 13, 2018. REUTERS/Terray Sylvester
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Constantin Plinke, a visiting German exchange student, told me, “We had a big list of things to do and maybe 80 percent of them were in the national park. It’s sad.”
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On May 14, Halemaumau Crater near the summit of Kilauea gave up towering plumes of ash. Hawaii Volcanoes National Park, where Kilauea is located, is closed because of the activity. I drove toward Halemaumau and joined people along the sides of Highway 11 and then at a golf course in a community named Volcano. The crater vented a constant screen of smoke and ash. I was on the golf course when, just before sunset, a huge ash column shot high into the sky. Surprisingly, I found the event peaceful. I could not hear an explosion. The ground did not shake. Birds were singing.
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that we had to shout to communicate. He seemed fatigued, unnerved by the constant onslaught. He said he just wanted it to end. A caretaker and his family were at a home much closer to the fissure, which was hurling bright red semi-molten rock into the sky. I watched chunks of lava land on a lawn and clatter off a metal roof. One crashed into a tree, where it momentarily dangled, glowing red like a Christmas ornament.Lavachunks that fall from the sky cool quickly. One local resident, Jolon Clinton, 15, said a golf ball-sized lava bomb hit her leg. It singed her clothing, but she brushed it off before her skin burned. Intense fumes have also caused people to relocate. At a Red Cross Evacuation Center in Pahoa, 72-year-old Linda Dee Souza looked after her African Gray parrots, Clucky and Mary Magdalene, with whom she fled her home in the coastal community of Kalapana because of dangerous sulphur dioxide fumes. She was one of hundreds who left Lower Puna over fumes and the risk that roads to their homes would be cut off.
Then, noting the rarity of the event, he added, “You may never see something like this in your life again.”
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2018 Advocacy Award Winners
The Advocacy Award recognizes people who advance One Step Away’s mission by being champions for individuals experiencing homelessness through their writing, their words, and their actions. The recipients of the Advocacy Award write and speak powerfully, bringing attention to issues that matter to those experiencing homelessness, joblessness, and poverty. The Advocacy Award recipients also support One Step Away vendors, helping to give them a voice and a platform to speak. Our 2018 Advocacy Award Recipients are One Step Away vendor Richard “Ram” Ramson and FOX29 Anchor & Host, Bill Anderson.
As one of the organization’s first Team Leaders, Ram serves as an ambassador to the public, helping us build new partnerships, recruit new vendors, and share our work with new people. Ram consistently writes poetry for the paper, sharing his own inspirational words; and he has helped other vendors share their stories in last year’s vendor issue. He has been featured on Philly Loves Poetry and Philly Cam, performed a poem on Homeless Memorial Day, and he regularly speaks with volunteers about his experiences. In recognition of Ram’s work, we present him with the 2018 Advocacy Award.
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RICHARD “RAM” RAMSON, ONE STEP AWAY VENDOR
Bill Anderson, FOX 29 Anchor and Host of “For Goodness Sake,” a show highlighting inspirational stories in Philadelphia, is our 2018 Community Advocacy Award Recipient. After receiving an email from a homeless vendor challenging him and the community to take a look at how they treat and may judge people who are homeless and trying to get on their feet, Bill Anderson spent a day with One Step Away vendor Tammy. After filming Tammy for a day, Bill was discouraged by how the community treated her. He concluded the video, “Can we do more to help the homeless find light in their struggle?,” urging Philadelphians to be courteous to people who are trying to work hard to earn a living.
Richard Ramson, “Ram,” is our 2018 Vendor Advocacy Award Recipient and longtime Champion. Ram is one of One Step Away’s most outspoken champions, consistently spreading the word about what we do and helping new supporters learn about us. Many times, when we are approached by a community member wanting to know more about One Step Away, it is someone who first talked to Ram and became interested in our work through that conversation.
Bill took this message one step further by joining us as a Guest Vendor during our Big Sell Off event in February. Bill hit the streets in a bright yellow One Step Away vest with papers alongside vendor Zachary to “Walk in Another Person’s Shoes.” He videotaped his whole experience, and once again reminded Philadelphians that things will never get better if we don’t give people trying to do the right thing a hand-up. For advocating for One Step Away, our vendors, and Philadelphians homeless, we award Bill Anderson with a 2018 Advocacy Award.
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MARIA JAMES, ONE STEP AWAY VENDOR
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Maria James is 2018’s Vendor Leadership Award Recipient. Maria was promoted to Team Leader in December 2017 in recognition of her ability to collaborate with others, uplift them, and reliably show up for the needs of others. Since she began in this position, she has exemplified the role of a leader. She collaborated closely with her co-team leader, demonstrating her commitment to supporting all her team members. Since then she recommitted to her team as their only team leader, adding more responsibility. She continues to support everyone on her team, as well as dozens of new vendors by leading weekly orientation and trainings. As a consistent new vendor trainer, Maria works with each person on what makes a good One Step Away vendor, then carefully selects a location that plays to their strengths and the community. Maria is consistently positive and encouraging to other vendors, a supportive team player, and someone dedicated to working towards excellence in her own customer service as well as others. In recognition of Maria’s role in building the team leader position and supporting her team, we present her with the 2018 Leadership Award.
Laurie Scheff is our 2018 Community Leadership Award Recipient for leading her colleagues, the community, and our One Step Away vendors as a Big Sell Off Guest Vendor for the past three years. Every year, the International Street Paper Network (INSP) hosts a Big Sell Off event, bringing together 110 street papers in 35 countries to support and celebrate the 27,000 street paper vendors around the world. As part of this event, we invite community leaders to distribute our paper as Guest Vendors alongside One Step Away vendors each February. Laurie Scheff has braved snow storms and Eagles’ parades to participate as a Guest Vendor for three years in a row. She has worked with her Willis Towers Watson colleagues in Guest Vendor groups, and alongside One Step Away vendors as a Guest Vendor. Despite “being invisible,” as Laurie describes the experience, she continues to show up and participate year after year. She truly leads by example, and shows the community how you should treat someone who is experiencing homelessness.
The Leadership Award recognizes people who motivate others, who are strongly collaborative, and who set a high standard for excellence. The recipients of the Leadership Award see their work as a team effort and seek to help others. The Leadership Award Recipients are also clear on their purpose, and they serve as a strong ambassador to the public, sharing the mission of One Step Away
In 2016, Laurie worked alongside One Step Away vendor Tammy, who said afterwards, “today was an eye-opening experience, because these are respected people in the community; and today when they were out there in that vest, they got treated the same way I do.” For truly leading by example, whether a team of colleagues or a vendor experiencing homelessness, we honor Laurie Scheff with our 2018 Leadership Award.
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Our 2018 Leadership Award Recipients are One Step Away vendor Maria James and Willis Towers Watson Vice President, Laurie Scheff.
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Jeff consistently demonstrates that selling the paper is not just a transaction to him, it is an opportunity to build a connection. Since Jeff began working with the paper, he has obtained housing, while continuing to be a champion both for individuals experiencing homelessness and the broader community. Jeff has shared his art, his reflections, his story, and his passions in the newspaper; and he has reported on Homeless Memorial Day, the District Attorney Race, and the Student Walk Out. He is a powerful representative of the One Step Away community. In recognition of Jeff’s achievements, we present Jeff with the 2018 Vendor Lifetime Achievement Award.
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Our 2018 Lifetime Achievement Award Recipients are One Step Away vendor Jeff Greene and Arch Street United Methodist Church’s Reverend Robin Hynicka. Lifetime Achievement Award
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The Achievement Award recognizes people who have had a significant impact throughout their lives on the community. Moreover, the recipients of this award consistently give back to the community, One Step Away, and individuals experiencing homelessness. Their work and their contributions have made a lasting impact on our organization and the City of Philadelphia.
REVEREND ROBIN HYNICKA, ARCH STREET UNITED METHODIST CHURCH
Reverend Robin Hynicka has devoted his life to helping others, in the good times and the bad, and is an inspiration for all. Reverend Hynicka’s compassion and hope expands far beyond his Sunday sermons and out into the streets of Philadelphia, which is why Reverend Hynicka is our 2018 Community Lifetime Achievement AwardReverendRecipient.Hynicka presides over the Arch Street United Methodist Church, established in 1862 — before City Hall was even built. Every Sunday, as Senior Pastor, Rev. Robin Hynicka preaches messages of hope and inspiration. However, Rev. Hynicka uses his inspiration throughout the week, when he opens the church doors to anyone or any group who needs refugee — including One Step Away
We could go on, but Reverend Hynicka’s impact in the Philadelphia community cannot simply be written, it can be seen throughout our community: at the church, or the corner of Broad & Arch streets where it resides, but most importantly, in us, the community members he supports. For this and so many reasons we can’t express, we want to honor Reverend Robin Hynicka with our 2018 Community Lifetime Achievement Award. Thank you for all you do for us, Philadelphia, and those without homes.
Like so many people, One Step Away needed a home, and Reverend Hynicka provided us space in the church basement. As One Step Away grew, Reverend Hynicka allowed us to turn a room into our offices. However, we are just one of the many groups Reverend Hynicka has opened his doors to. Over the years, the church has hosted many guests: A.A. meetings, Occupy Philly dwellers, DNC goers, a student-run safe haven for homeless men, Grace Cafe, and countless other advocates along the way — as well as tourists and even some movie stars. Every day, the church doors are open for people who need a rest, and you will often find some of our most vulnerable neighbors sitting on the benches or praying in the Chapel — all because Reverend Hynicka made us feel wanted, secure, and safe. Thanks to Reverend Hynicka, many groups and individuals call Arch Street United Methodist Church their home. In the heart of Philadelphia, his church is undoubtedly a lifeline for so many, and we have Reverend Hynicka to thank.
JEFF GREENE, ONE STEP AWAY VENDOR Jeff Greene is the recipient of 2018 Vendor Lifetime Achievement Award. Jeff started working with One Step Away during its first year and has been a consistent positive presence for the organization ever since. Jeff has held many interests and developed many skills and hobbies throughout his life, and he brings his wealth of experience to the paper and to the people he meets. He is quick to build relationships with customers and speaks with an energy and a wisdom that leaves a lasting impact.
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And look forward to my inspirational submission next month: Tyler Perry. ‘Til the next time pen meets paper, stay focused on greatness, because you have it in you.
IN HONOR OF GERALD FORD, FRIEND AND ONE STEP AWAY VENDOR
· By Tony Parker ·
· By Jayden Hensley ·
I was surprised that no one has honored Gerald Ford in the One Step Away newspaper yet.
Every day we make hundreds of choices, and many of them are bad or unhealthy for us. If we start training our minds to make rational and healthy choices, that will lead to changing our actions. Our thoughts become our actions, our actions become our habits, and that is how we make our choices. It only takes one small step.
This month I would like to introduce something new and much needed. It’s an inspirational piece to inspire everyone to reach for greatness. We all desire to be great, but what will you do to get there? We need inspiration in our lives regardless of our situation. For the first installment of this column, I started with a Philly native and legend—Will Smith—because who better to inspire us to be great? These are quotes from him and my take on what they mean to me and what they inspire me to do.
2) Self-discipline “is about your mind. It’s getting command of your mind, to be able to choose actions that are in your own best interest.”
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This quote is very important to me. It means if you want to do or be something, you have to be willing to work for it. You have to help yourself to get there. I can’t just believe that I want to have a house and then just wait every day, hoping someone says, “Hey do you want a house?” No, I must believe I can have a house. I must work to get money to get a house. I must share my dream and show people I am working towards that dream. If I am not willing to make even a small step, how bad do I really want it? Will goes on to say that 90 percent are not willing to do what it takes to make their dream come true. I want to go farther though: Is it that they aren’t willing, or is it that they don’t believe they are capable? Has life beat them up so much that they feel like it is too much effort and that they can’t endure the stress or pressure? What can you to do to help them believe it can happen? For instance: The starving artist who is using cardboard boxes or plain copy paper to sell their work to eat—Would it be so hard to buy them cardstock or encourage them about how good they are? That might be the thing that makes them believe they can be great.
UNCOVERED ISSUES: VENDOR SUBMISSIONS
Hello and how are you? This is William. To all my supporters: I am coming along just great and everything is turning out just fine. So what did you think about last month’s message? Was it enough to encourage you all or what? I got another one for you this month. You wouldn’t believe it, but I am discovering a few things that I am going to need later on. You know that I am a Prior Service Man in the military, where I served for 6 long years; and I found out some real good things on my own just recently, and it took me out. That is what I need to get me out of this mess. It is a little quiet thing for the time being so don’t worry, we will work something out in a few. By the way, I am still learning my call signs, and they are still getting that much more refined. Where I stay for the time being at my mother’s place, they are messing in the basement, and I called in about the situation, and they put all that stuff out of here with flame throwers. The fire engines and the ambulances were outside clearing. So don’t forget to learn your call sign—it will make a whole lot of difference. I am happy now that I can depend on the man and just a little bit more.
Thank you for reading, and I would like people to share ideas of videos of people you would like me to write pieces about. Send them to Jaydenjhensley@gmail.com.
UPDATE · By William Powell ·
Some people do slip through the cracks, so on behalf of my friend, I will try. The first time I met Gerald was in Ridge Shelter. At the time it was the largest men’s shelter in Philadelphia. My memory of Gerald is his commitment to the street newspaper One Step Away.
BE INSPIRED, DO SOMETHING GREAT
Gerald was employed at the shelter where I lived. I was in a section where people were suffering from mental disorders, substance abuse, and, of course, homelessness. Gerald worked on the second floor in the shelter where people had slightly different issues. I lived on the first floor in a section called First Step Refuge. My case manager at the shelter knew that I was a salesman. She told me there was a paper for the homeless upstairs that I could sell. This was November or December of 2010 and I have been working with One Step Away street newspaper every month since. This is how me and Gerald connected for the first time. Gerald Ford was a representative of One Step Away, and he gave me my first twenty papers for free. His commitment to the paper and the homeless are one of the many reasons why I want to honor him. Gerald was at the gala where One Step Away was honored by the NAACP for Philadelphia’s street newspaper with the 2010 Community Service Award. He was also One Step Away’s Vendor Representative. I saw Gerald years later at a 12 Step meeting. I believed he recognized me first because of my bright One Step Away vest. He gave me a big smile which told me he was proud that I was still involved with One Step Away and my own recovery. Then we hugged. After the meeting, Gerald told me he had cancer, but it was in remission. Years later, a customer who gave me money for a One Step Away paper asked if I knew Gerald. Then she told me he had passed. This is my personal but open memorial to my friend Gerald Ford.
1) “Everybody wants to go to heaven, but nobody wants to die.”
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I get this idea that I’m about to die. That life is only this good before you die. My eyes are full. Everything inspires me. I buy all the paper. I want to buy all the paper. I want to write on all the p a p e r . I like the dots. Spencer steals a hand. I laugh until I cry in a coffee shop called Joe. A song from Across the Universe comes on. I Want to Hold Your Hand I lose it. Passing the trees in the square feels like breathing, Moving feels like breathing. I can feel being alive. I’ll stay up at night until I can write about it. Until I can’t write about it anymore. I can hear life in instrumental music.
Doesn’t guarantee you a life above average
SCHOLARSHIPS AIN’T FREE
It’s the passion in your heart that matters most It might sound corny but it’s true
We’re told to go to school, it’s all about education
Don’t worry…it’s an investment for your future!
Some of the best people I’ve met Are self-made and self-taught
It’s to cause blind eyes to the real issue at hand
And then we graduate and what do we find?
And remember that a piece of paper
Why spend all that time and money and be left with regret?
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· By Ram ·
Degrees that end up collecting dust on walls
I can feel it brewing under the surface
I’m Free No hate I Am Free No mental chains I’m Free No crime I AM Free No
It’ll fester and stew Until it boils over And eats away at you Stay smart, stay focused
Hungry and honest
Traveling the world One bad decision at a time No right way or wrong way This is just my perspective Based on personal experiences I gotta keep it 100
Still waiting for that moment to reach true potential
Nobody wants to hear the truth, because we love denial
The breath of life Is about living Living your life to the fullest by fulfilling your purpose Every aspect of it From your lower to your higher self We were born to Matureevolveinto fully developed and functioning beings So much more than any word can
ChristabelSpencerDannyJ I can hear connection in music. I’m glad I thought about Mother Nature today. Maybe that’s why I feel like I could die. I always could. I have a dream I’m on the edge of a cliff. It’s warm and windy and grass is dancing for miles And again it feels like breathing It smells incredible. The wind feels like sunshine My hair is free and me eyes are closed I know that there is no one. I am both excited and calm and it’s thrilling. I’m writing and I’m fluid. Isn’t it so good it’s scary? I love to be alone with life. I love to revel in it. I need a waterfall. I can feel it on my tongue.
There’s no real jobs to choose from Like navigating a landmine This isn’t to say ‘don’t go to school’
While you’re scrolling for jobs at local malls
· By Ali McLaughlin · Intro I’m Free Free to live Free to be Be HighermeLivingBeingMeIAMFree Spoken Word The pain made me stronger The
But the destruction of debt is what they forgot to mention
If only you could see through the haze society impressed upon you
Go to the best schools, get the highest grades
But the population is what’s crampin’ our style
If you don’t pursue what you’re capable of
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am The legacy of my ancestors My indigenous roots The origin of my form and how I came to be The soul…of my being The abyss of my creation spoken into existence
Too many others to compete with, universities offering full rides every week
I just think not everything is for everyone A reality we should truly start to accept
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It can’t be stopped; only slowed
Stay on course and hopefully my prayers will be answered
People without a college degree, Makin’ more money than me
· By Vanessa Fiore ·
The smart ones who took up a trade No student loans will they ever pay
Of what we could have done with our time And how we could have spent our money
knowingSentMadeHelpedhardshipsmetogrowTheliesmesearchforthetruthmeonapathtowhoIreally
Not everyone needs to be a doctor, lawyer or nurse
HIGHER LIVING (I’M FREE)
It’s to reel us in with the promise of something that sounds too good to be true
People say it gets greater later. With the elements we know the struggle comes first. Let us keep moving in unity. For the fact with love, peace, and blessings. Be the quench of our thirst. Every day in the struggle!
Another field goal helped the Pats get da picture
We rumbled hard like the Thrilla in Manilla
From da bench to the injured everyone was needed
Straight across the finish line even if you fall through. The struggle is not to go backwards or be left behind. To never catch up, to end up with things right in front of you. That could haunt you! Then you’re wondering how did all of this happen?
Nothing in this world was ever promised to be easy. The blessing is to get anything that will come my way to please me. When the weather gets warm. The sun shines, it’s not freezing, and we see the beauty of this earth.
Villanova’s mind was set on winning this again
Not before a Brandon Graham strip sack
To get up every day mentally motivated. Knowing facts of your life that could irk you to be aggravated. Just doing your best, and all you can say at the end of the day is that you made it.
But Nick slang da rock like a pigskin dealer All-out team effort 15 from our kicker
Because they got Malik Newman and Devonte’ Graham
Brunson just picked up the John R. Wooden award
THE STRUGGLE · By Brian Belcher · CITY OF CHAMPS · By Kareem Jones ·
This is a city full of champions and ball players
STORMS · By Keith Barbour · STORMS – From the first day I was born It was a torrential storm. Wave after wave it was disturbances going on, The winds were whipping, and the storms were kicking Up dust, and the visibility was so low that you couldn’t even focus. Telephone lines were down all over town, And everybody was on lockdown.
STORMS – My birth was anything but the norm, From the First Sunlight until the dawn, From the moment I open my eyes and yarn, Wet and cold from the thunderstorms, I knew My Lifestyle would be torn Between the thunder and lightning and the snow storms. Hurricanes and blizzards made my skin thick like a lizard, So I adapted to the stormy lifestyle, And after a while, I realized how blessed I am. In order to realize your blessings, you have to go through some STORMS.
It’s over Billy, you can close ya mouth, friend We da Philadelphia Eagles, not the Falcons
My main concern is for me to be able to maintain and stay humble.
Crowds still spill from Eagleville to the Villa Big Gronkowski came off like a killa
To finish strong without caring who comes in first.
Bryant is a poet an author whose work examines his own journey aroundthehomelessness,withandstateoftheworldhim.
Big men caught hell when they crashed boards with Omari Spellman
Just sing my song for me baby, Fly Eagles Fly It feels good to be always winning Like Peterson said, It’s only da beginning Philly teams are da best overall Jay Wright got them boys playin Villanova ball Keenen couldn’t stop us or the Texas Red Raiders
That’s player of the year, you gotta do more than score
“This is a serious thing we stand for, so I learned how to come out of my shell, and really communicate with others. I’m also writing a book about my life and the lessons I’ve encountered so far.”
CULPEPPERBRYANT
Yes, it’s a struggle to make it. When the getting is good we take it! When this is not to the satisfaction we break it. Things could get crazy like walking down the street in the public buck naked. Your whole ass out! All the mistakes you made picking the fast route. The thinking to put things together. Can be confusing, and make you feel like you’ll pass out. Feeling like this is not good enough all in this struggle?
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POETRY WITH BRIAN
Moving along feeling weak at the knees. Like they’re going to buckle all in this hustle?
A come back like last year won’t fly
DiVincenzo dropped 31 off the bench like he was hellbent He also had 5 re’s and 3 assists 19 more points from my man Mikal Bridges
It’s nice to see how our success has silences all haters
That’s why they didn’t even start missing when facing Michigan
Just know ya squad gonna take a L when y’all play us
There is in there somewhere when we’ll begin to understand the worth.
The Jayhawks we thought would be a problem man
Our whole coaching staff man look who we defeated We played great teams and came out on top Making us the greatest so give us our props Everyone we played got scorched and friend Because our number 1 squads refused to be denied We could care less if your team comes all amped But they will take a L in the city of champs
JONESKAREEM Kareem is a One Step Away vendor often found in City.CenterThis is Kareem’s thesubmissionfirsttonewspaper.
What exactly, am I going to do?
Like play D and get mad assists often Killing teams every night, nails in the coffin
The game is closing and it’s almost time to kick back
OUR FEATURED POETS
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OUR FEATURED POETS
POETRY WITH SLOBODAN
“I’m a philosopher—someone who likes to talk about science, love, and physics. No one out there would ever know that about me.”
BARBOURKEITH Keith is a poet and a regular One Step Away struggles.timesthedrawsHiscontributor.poetryfromgoodandthe
DOG AND CITY · By Slobodan Mrkojevic ·
Vanessa enjoys writing as a creative outlet and writes about a variety of topics at:fiexperiences.poverty,homelessness,including:andreallifeYoucanndmoreofherwork com.saddleupwithstella.
In that case, however, they are poor without voice and without ball. Most hate me. And they say I can be so crazy. Why do you bark at the moon? Sometimes I am barking at their lords. They just laugh. They have ready the castration scissors. In that city there are lives without souls. Lords can do what they want. The moon is so skinny above our city.
I’m a mood – I’m living on snowshoes and sunshine. Sometimes I eat, I’m always hungry. Nobody cares for me, I don’t have anybody to feed me. I do not give the ball to anybody for food. I am a dog and I can still bark at the moon and everything. I can love. And I live for love. The city is called the No Have Hope. I look at them unhappy and obscene. No ball and no voice. Sometimes they pardon them when they get onto their ass successfully. City without a horn and when they kill themselves and still love their masters. Only masters know how to wash. And without a break. They call themselves patrons. Ready for home.
MY FATHER, MY FATHER · By Bryant Culpepper · My father, my father, why do you cry? Is it the hurt or the happiness in your eye? You sit so high, as the priest of your home. When others have fled, you never left me alone. When I was a child, you taught me how to love. You taught me how to pray to the one far above. You held my hand tight, as you walked me to school. I held my head high, thinking to myself, this is so cool. A lot of children never got the chance, to stroll boldly with their dad. But God gave me a gift in you, and for that I’m glad. I remember when I got hurt, you were the mender of my wound. My healing became easy, as you stayed with me in my room. I don’t care about riches, or things laced in gold. Those things pass away, the things that became cold. But your love is forever, forever in the blood. Your love was breathed into me, as you formed me from the mud. You gave me a good life, a life filled with hope. You instilled in me the tools, to that which I could cope. And I say to you in this poem, that my love for you is true. And no other dad in the world, could ever do the things you do. I truly love you my father, my father which art in Heaven. Who gave us our fathers here on earth, with blood links like brethren. My father, my father, tell me why do you cry? Is it all the hurt we caused, oh…I can see now. It’s the happiness in your eye. Thanks for being dad.
I do not know where I came to the world. In some throttle tire from the tractor in the middle. There was my first home there. Nobody pissed me. Then our mother did not come back. We were looking for food. I do not even know if any of my sisters and brothers were alive. I came to a town. And I stayed there. There is something to eat here. No one liked me, and everyone always said piss off. City is the city. I have my ball. And my long tail full of crickets. Nobody cut off my hair or pulled out a loud bell.
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