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An inside look at our stories When I mentioned the theme of this week’s issue to Jeffery McNeil, he said he had the perfect story to go along with to write a piece about his own struggles with nutrition. After reading his piece, I thought it would be a perfect addition to this edition and felt it deserved a place up front. Most of our news stories this week several weeks now, our editorial interns

asking questions about what might happen when emergency Supplementary Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits expire. They produced a well-researched story which we published on page four this week.

have been trying to address them. In addition to stories about food, this issue also features some works of art from our many artist/vendors: stories about love and friendships and personal inspirations. Will Schick, Editor-in-Chief

our deputy editor, Kaela Roeder, who has been visitng a unique coffee shop in Adams Morgan that provides free meals to people who need them. I’ve also been thinking quite a bit about food deserts and how people and organizations in D.C.

The battle for today: My diet and blood pressure struggle JEFFERY MCNEIL Artist/Vendor

Being middle-aged, I have always been an active person. However, six months ago, I felt fatigued. Getting out of bed felt like a chore. Being incapacitated made things worse because I felt, depressed, played video games or slept all day. I’ve always been a tough wound up in the emergency room. When they took my blood pressure, the nurse said it was very high. High blood pressure runs in my family, it killed my mother, several relatives and paralyzed my brother. According to the American Heart Association, About 55% of Black adults have high blood pressure, also known as hypertension. The good news: while having high blood pressure, my internal organs are healthy and I don’t need stints or pacemakers. The saving grace for me was giving up drinking and smoking because if I continued, I wouldn’t be here writing this column. Having high blood pressure is genetic. I have to live with it, but it doesn’t have to be a death sentence. As with drinking and share my story with others before they have a heart attack, stroke or have to wear a pacemaker.

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Every day is a battle. Life changes While my blood pressure isn’t where it was, it’s better than it used to be. Health is linked to what you eat. Before I had my minor heart attack, I lived on Popeyes, drank soda and my diet consisted of Wawa and Dunkin Donuts. I loved McDonald’s but burgers and shakes are not healthy. While it is impossible to cut back on everything, I try to keep garlic, beets, grilled chicken and salmon in my diet. I learned to use a blender to not make it boring.

Exercise and dieting don’t have to be a chore – it can be fun As with many I would diet and exercise then quit before the results happen. I was trying to compete rather than work at my enjoy.

I have to accept at 55, I’ll never be on the cover of men’s workouts but I can wake up feeling good about myself by eating right and doing the minimum amount of activity.

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icaria Williams, 45, has received federal Born in Maryland and raised in D.C., Williams became homeless shortly after losing her job in 2010. She and her daughter, Journi, who is now 13 years old, were

years in the shelter system, Williams was able to obtain a housing voucher and moved into an apartment with her daughter in southwest D.C. last May. she has been struggling to put food on the table for her and her daughter. Her chronic health problems, which forces her to remain unemployed, has meant that Supplementary Nutrition provide for her family. on April 12, the U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services

Her last job was at Reagan National Airport. She worked as a ramp agent, loading bags and cargo onto planes and directing planes onto the terminal during landing. But, she said she was to health issues. In addition to having high blood pressure and diabetes, Williams lives with gastroparesis, a disease that obstructs the stomach’s ability to digest food properly and causes nausea, vomiting and abdominal pain. This causes Williams to have monthly episodes of severe nausea that make working fullWilliams said she prefers not to go to food banks around her because she has trouble digesting the meals offered due to her gastroparesis. “They give me a lot of starchy stuff, a lot of salty stuff,” she said. “I know there’s a thing where [people say], that if you’re hungry, you would accept anything. But that’s not absolutely true.” Students in D.C. Public Schools who already qualify for free school meals are eligible to receive temporary emergency

on SNAP recipients’ accounts through July A household is household size. The extension will give people like Williams more food options over the next few months, but is far from a long-term solution to food insecurity. D.C.’s SNAP, previously known as food stamps, helps low

Williams’ daughter attends private school through a scholarship, which eliminates Journi’s eligibility for the “The food that they serve there, she doesn’t like it,” Williams said. “So it makes us have to buy extra food.” is given expires, the change would be “detrimental” for her and her daughter.

which can be used to purchase items at most grocery stores, convenience stores and some online and in-person farmers markets. SNAP recipients receive a monthly maximum allotment on their EBT card. Since the onset of the pandemic in March 2020, all states across the U.S. have provided SNAP-eligible individuals and 2021, the Biden Administration implemented a policy where all

FRESHFARM steps in to help

cards at their various markets. She said the organization used to have a $10 cap on how much someone could spend at the market, but they removed the cap in 2020 and now match any “[We] believe that if you're starting with fresher food, it gives you a little bit more start into feeling better,” she said.

However, the April extension could very likely be the last,

food costs and gas prices will further strain low-income families like Williams and her daughter. The Center for American Progress said inflation and increasing food prices have eroded much of the spending power

District offer food stamp matching. These programs provide SNAP recipients with a dollar-for-dollar match on the SNAP specially crafted meals to ease the burden on people like “I’m not able to go out and earn money like how I should be able to. Some days I feel well, some days I don’t,” Williams said.

living with severe illnesses across the District area, said the the course of the pandemic. The organization is asking for increased donations to offset growing food costs, he said. After food prices surged in 2021 due to pandemic-related supply chain shortages, the costs of food and grocery items are set to rise again this year, according to the U.S. Department of The report predicts that food prices will increase about 4.5%-5% this year. serve have a household income of less than $1,500 a month, meaning a large percentage of their customer base are on the SNAP program. “When their food stamps run out, it can be a very scary moment for them,” he said. Transportation bottlenecks, labor shortages and major food and increased costs for everything, he said. an increased demand, due to the pandemic. He said changing menu items to provide seasonal produce and decreasing the number of deliveries, while maintaining the same number of delivered food items, helped the organization cut costs throughout the pandemic. Pantry, also said the costs of food like fresh produce and meat has increased during the pandemic. To offset the rise

received by a SNAP household is the difference between their

after July. The constant uncertainty of when exactly emergency SNAP allocations will expire doesn’t exactly make it easier for families, either.

How two District-area food service centers are dealing with rising food costs

children and seniors on the farmers market check program. The organization matches the value they are spending at all their markets, so an individual can exchange $20 in SNAP for $40 farmers markets. Mosaic District and Arlington courthouse markets in Virginia increased during the course of the pandemic. “The great thing about the program is if you get it at one market, you could spend it at any of them,” she said.

donations or grant funding to purchase fresh meat and produce. each month leads to an increase in customers who visit the food pantry. The organization takes this into account by ordering and preparing more food ahead of time. “We're growing, we're learning from our mistakes, and learning how we can better service individuals by listening to the people that we serve, listening to their needs and adjusting that way,” he said.

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Delivering to food deserts: The people and organizations trying to improve food accessibility in DC BY WILL SCHICK Editor-in-Chief

licia Burke was strolling through a farmer’s market in Jamaica when she came across something she had never seen before. It was 2017, and Burke, a native Washingtonian with a degree in information technology, had just begun working for Capital Rich Concepts, a D.C.-based community

she started, however, Burke found inspiration from an unlikely source: a piece of produce. The transformative fruit was not a casaba or a guinep or an achi or a tamarind. said. “It opened my mind.” An epiphany descended on Burke like a sudden jolt upon beholding it. This is what people meant when they spoke about food accessibility. “The fruits and vegetables that’s in the grocery store are not even all the varieties the produce world has to offer,” she said. “There’s so much more produce that we could have available for D.C. residents.” It wasn’t just the fruit. There was something special about the way people interacted with the food they consumed, she said. A year after returning from the Caribbean, Burke helped

Vegetables for sale at a farmers market in D.C. Photo by Will Schick

about 12 employees and 50 volunteers that aims to deliver fresh vegetables and produce to areas in the city known as “food deserts.” A food desert is a “low-income tract where a substantial number or substantial share of residents does not have easy access to a supermarket or large grocery store,” according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture. While D.C. has approximately 150 full-service grocery stores, only three of them operate in the food deserts of Wards 7 and 8, according to a 2021 study conducted by DC Hunger Solutions. Last month, VeggieCity DC received a $50,000 award from the Nourish D.C. Collaborative, a partnership between the D.C. government and Capital Impact Partners, a community collaborative awarded a total of $400,000 in grants to nine different businesses located in Wards 5, 7 and 8 to address the ongoing problem of food accessibility. Burke, who currently serves as the vice president and director for VeggieCity DC, said the recent grant will help it hire more staff and expand to more access points in the city. Though the city has been providing a variety of incentives and grants to encourage grocery stores to move into food deserts for years, these efforts had not been as effective as they

“We were seeing that a lot of smaller businesses and D.C. resident owned businesses really couldn't compete for those grants,” she explained. In other words, the grant amounts were far too large for smaller-scale companies to handle. The city needed a different model. appointed by the mayor to develop and recommend food policy. She said that for the past several years, the council has been researching ways to build wealth in underserved communities while expanding food access. They came up with the idea of building a collaborative between local public and private

A box of strawberries on display at a farmers market near Capitol Hill. Photo by Will Schick

enterprises to address this issue. Known as the Nourish D.C. Collaborative, this idea is modeled according to Balkus. The fund in Michigan is structured as a state-wide lending network intended to encourage businesses to expand access to healthy foods in underserved areas. Similarly, the D.C. collaborative hopes to help local businesses gain access to the resources they need to address the issue of food deserts. Aside from funding, the collaborative also provides loans, business assistance and training. Burke grew up in and around food deserts in D.C., though she did not realize it at the time. Throughout Burke’s childhood she lived in the Northwest D.C. neighborhood of Bloomingdale while attending schools in Georgetown and Capitol Hill. After school, she would often visit friends who lived in Ward 7 and 8 where there was only

one grocery store at the time, according to Burke. Years later, she would come to understand that the places she grew up around that were habitually lacking access to diverse healthy food were known as “food deserts.” During the past couple years, she said that one of VeggieCity DC’s most popular services has been grocery delivery to residents living in neighborhoods throughout Wards 7 and 8. In Burke’s view, people often overlook the needs of residents who may not have ready access to transportation. She also said that pregnant mothers and senior citizens rely heavily on their services. “We're just trying to make sure that food is one thing D.C. residents in Wards 7 and 8 don't have to worry about,” she said.

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Budget mark-ups feature small wins for housing advocates ANNEMARIE CUCCIA Staff Reporter

recommending some modest increases to housing programs and social services from the funding levels proposed by of the enhancements sought by housing advocates. Since Bowser released her budget proposal on March

week’s committee markup sessions gave councilmembers budget recommendations. The committees funded only a fraction of three of the other proponents as necessary to prevent more families from experiencing homelessness. Without increased investment, they argue, D.C. will not be able to use its The D.C. budget is $19.5 billion. Screenshot by Will Schick

As an intermediate step in the council’s budget process,

mayor’s proposed budget for the agencies under their purview. In doing so, the committees are constrained by council rules that limit their ability to propose additional spending beyond the overall level proposed by the mayor. While none of these funding changes are guaranteed to make it into the council’s

Vouchers, subsidies and homeless services Local Rent Supplement Program (LRSP) Advocates’ request: $17.33 million for 800 additional vouchers Background: Most tenant-based LRSP vouchers are distributed via a waitlist run through the D.C. Housing Authority (DCHA). Given that the waitlist currently has 37,000 names on it and is still matching people who applied in 2004, advocates contend that a substantial increase in the number of vouchers is necessary. The program is currently funded at $67 million, and the mayor did not increase the budget from last year. The vouchers allow low-income residents in the District to afford housing by subsidizing their rent; anyone who meets the income criteria is eligible to apply, although some vouchers

Committee: Housing and Executive Administration (chaired by at-large Councilmember Anita Bonds) The committee recommendation: $1,758,000 for 20 new LRSP vouchers for LGBTQ+ individuals, 20 LRSP vouchers for returning citizens, and 20 LRSP vouchers for families on the voucher waitlist, all of which were funded via a transfer

In explaining why she did not push for additional money for

tenant-based vouchers, Bonds cited an expected increase in the amount of extremely affordable housing available in D.C. as a result of investments made in LRSP project- and sponsor-

a case manager. The program, funded at $21 million, saw no new money in the mayor’s proposed budget.

Rapid Rehousing (RRH)

Committee: Housing and Executive Administration The committee recommendation: $80,000 to fund three TAH vouchers for returning citizens, funded by the Recreation, Libraries and Youth Affairs committee.

Advocates’ request: Enough funding to continue subsidies

Rental assistance

program by September

Advocates’ request: $187 million in Emergency Rental Assistance Program (ERAP) funding to match the mayor’s estimate last fall of the amount needed to help households at risk of eviction

Background: RRH provides a short-term housing subsidy for people experiencing homelessness. Advocates argue most families in the program will return to homelessness if their after their year in the program expires. The mayor’s proposed budget increased the RRH budget by $45 million to allow more families to receive a subsidy but does not include any provisions to extend subsidies for people currently housed through the program. Committee: Human Services (chaired by Ward 1 Councilmember Brianne Nadeau) The committee recommendation: Affordable Housing (TAH) vouchers for families exiting Committee. Nadeau said at the committee markup that more funding is needed to help these families, adding that she would work with the rest of the council to increase the RRH budget in hopes of addressing the issue.

Background: ERAP provides rental and utility assistance to people who can’t meet their payments and are at risk of being risk now that the eviction moratorium has been lifted. Bowser’s budget proposes $120 million in ERAP funding over two years, at least $67 million short of the amount needed according to her own prior estimate. Committee: Human Services The committee recommendation: $300,000 in additional funding for ERAP, transferred from the Committee on

as the budget process continues. The committee proposal participating families with $7,200 they can use throughout the

Targeted Affordable Housing (TAH) Homelessness services Advocates’ request: $27.7 million to serve 1,040 families with TAH vouchers Background: TAH is a long-term voucher for families in the homeless service system that combines a housing subsidy with

Advocates’ request: Money to ensure D.C.-funded shelters can remain open 24/7; money to provide portable restrooms and handwashing stations at homeless encampments; $300,000 more for a shelter diversion program known as Project

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Reconnect; and a $3.15 million increase to youth homeless service providers.

The committee recommendation: Inclusion of a subtitle in the budget legislation to require the DHCD director to

Background: As a shelter diversion program, Project Reconnect attempts to connect people experiencing homelesness with housing or a support network. Nadeau said the program has received positive reviews, and Bowser proposed an increase of $727,800. The $300,000 would allow an additional 171 individuals to receive support.

funding a project detailing how many deeply affordable units the project will produce and why that project was funded. This provision combines proposals in three bills currently pending before the committee that seek to impose similar accountability measures. Advocates also asked that more than half of this year’s

Committee: Human Services The committee recommendation: A $300,000 increase for Project Reconnect and $1 million to youth service providers that are under contract with the D.C. government. Youth

make up for past misuse. This request was not incorporated in the committee report.

The one-time investment is meant to prevent that, although Nadeau said a total of $3 million is needed to keep up with rising expenses.

Child and Family Services Agency (CFSA)

Community for Creative Non-Violence (CCNV)

Program and Close Relative Caregiver Program provide kinship caregivers who are raising children in D.C. with subsidies to help with unexpected costs. The mayor did not increase funding for the programs, despite passage of recent legislation that made more caregivers eligible for the subsidy. The mayor’s proposed budget also cut all future funding

Employment and social services

Committee on Human Services also recommended making permanent the close relatives program, which is set to expire in 2023. All these measures were supported by child welfare advocates. Employment services Background: Youth advocates have claimed that current workforce development opportunities do not work for youth experiencing homelessness. The committee recommendations suggest that the Department of Employment Services homelessnes, but the committee did not provide funding for such a program. Previously, advocates have suggested the funding should come via DHS.

Background: In an effort to avoid placing children in the mayor’s proposed budget cut funding for the pilot.

Background: support services to people experiencing homelessmess. CCNV operates a shelter downtown at 425 2nd St. NW that has a property tax exemption because of the group’s

the debt has been outstanding since, and CCNV does not have the money to pay it. Committee: Business and Economic Development The committee recommendation: all tax debt and interest for CCNV. The funding came via the Committee on the Judiciary and Public Safety, which is chaired by Ward 6 Councilmember Charles Allen.

Public Housing and Investments

Committee: Human Services The committee recommendation: A $100,000 increase for the Close Relative Caregiver Program using money from the Committee on Recreation, Libraries and Youth Affairs; a $50,000 increase for the Grandparent Caregiver Program; a

funded by money from the Committee on Government

DCHA properties Background: Bowser’s proposed budget funds public housing repairs at $110 million over three years, a fraction of advocates’ demand of $600 million over the next decade. Neither proposed spending level fully funds the $2.2 billion estimated by the former D.C. Housing Authority director as what it would cost to repair all of D.C.’s public housing. Committee: Housing and Executive Administration The committee recommendation: $1.1 million increase to funding for public housing repairs next year via a transfer

Housing Production Trust Fund (HPTF) Background: Advocates have called for increased oversight of the trust fund, which would receive a $500

“deeply affordable housing,” meaning units set aside for those making no more than 30% of the area median income (AMI). Administered by the D.C. Department of Housing and Community Development (DHCD), the fund has failed just 27% of the fund went toward deeply affordable housing. Committee: Housing and Executive Administration

program; $100,000 to establish a commission on poverty, per legislation previously approved by the council; and $3 Victim Services and Justice Grants.

the council, which overrode Bowser’s veto of legislation establishing the position. The council is in the midst of hiring for the position, according to Nadeau.

Public housing Advocates’ request: $60 million each year for public

Committee: Labor and Workforce Development The committee recommendation: $1 million to provide training for commercial driver’s licenses; $2 million to expand the School Year Internship Program, with 100 slots

Next steps The council will hold a work session April 27 before D.C. Council Chair Phil Mendelson prepares a draft proposal. draft budget proposal on May 10, according to the current schedule. This article is co-published with The DC Line.

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Paying it forward: How this bookstore coffee shop is making a difference in Adams Morgan KAELA ROEDER Deputy Editor

at The Potter’s House on a routine Monday afternoon in late March. After some hopeful warm days, the cold was back again. He sipped the hot coffee with sugar and light

greeted several people walking out of the coffee shop and bookstore. A 63-year-old native Adams Morgan resident and veteran, has an apartment and gives back by giving haircuts to people experiencing homelessness. The Potter’s House offers a variety of services, including a free meal program and soon, a job-training program. The Potter’s House is one of few establishments offering free meals in the District, let alone in the Adams Morgan neighborhood. People experiencing homelessness face a number of

are forced to contend with locks on bathrooms, being turned away from restaurants based on appearance and anti-homeless architecture. Without access to bank accounts, credit cards or smartphones, people experiencing homelessness have reported that are increasingly going cashless, as well.

program. The way it works is simple: if you need a meal, you just walk in during business hours and ask. The Potter’s House operates from 8:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m., daily. House is a gift from the Lord. Potter's House is a place where saints gravitate. Potter's House is a place where I can meet my friends and know that if I come up a few times I see those really comfortable.” The Potter’s House has served clientele from a variety of executive director of The Potter’s House. The place has been “At The Potter's House, you can certainly come in and get your $5 vanilla oat latte,” Tivol said. “You can also come in if you're in need. You can get a free meal and a cup of coffee and a warm welcome.” Tivol emphasized that all are welcome at the combination program. “There's no other requirement other than that folks just be kind to one another,” she said. The meals offered change based on food donations, Tivol said, but typically there are three options: a homemade biscuit sandwich with egg and cheddar, a biscuit sandwich with available periodically. When Tivol joined The Potter’s House as executive director she said. By comparison, in 2021, the group distributed around 20,000 free meals. They are on track to beat that metric this year. “It's humbling, and a real honor and privilege to run this program,” Tivol said.

Leigh Tivol. Photo courtesy of Leigh Tivol

But at the moment, the program is a bit underwater, Tivol said. They’ve only raised 50% of what’s needed to cover the meals given away this year. They are currently seeking donations to alleviate this pressure, she said. “If we're going to continue to meet the needs of every individual who comes in here and not turn people away, the Tivol said. Jamese Easley, the assistant manager at The Potter’s House, said her favorite part of working at the coffeehouse is the Pay “It makes me feel good,” she said. Easley's connection to The Potter's House, which was Easley’s mother also works at The Potter’s House, and her grandmother worked as a cook previously. The place means a lot to her, she said. “I’ve been here since I was a baby,” she said.

help guides and graphic novels. Landmark authors of literature and poetry such as Maya Angelou and Margaret Atwood are on display, in addition to newer names such as Amanda Gorman. In the next couple of months, The Potter’s House will also be offering a hospitality industry job training program. The Potter's House has trained individuals informally before. “It's a great place to come and get your feet wet, and to get the extra training and both learning how the operations work but also building those soft skills,” Tivol said. “Not just getting what to do when something goes wrong, how to climb the ladder.” All in all, community and belonging are central to The Potter’s House, Tivol said. “It's the soul of the place,” Tivol said. “There are many, many institutions, where unhoused neighbors or neighbors who are struggling with particular challenges would not be welcome,

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View of the street from inside the coffee shop and bookstore. Photo by Kaela Roeder

The Potter’s House has a wide selection of books to choose from. Photo by Kaela Roeder

Doors are open from 8:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m., daily. Photo by Kaela Roeder

The entrance to The Potter's House. Photo by Kaela Roeder

and where other guests would not want to be around those individuals. But the folks who come in The Potter's House, best we can to meet needs in any way that we can.” patron, he said the establishment is the backbone of the Adams Morgan community. The neighborhood has changed a lot throughout his life. People used to throw block parties, and would smile and speak with their neighbors, even if they were strangers. His mother used to cook and give dinners to people who were hungry on Sundays. Those kinds of things don’t happen as much in Adams Morgan anymore, but The Potter’s

be “crestfallen,” he said. “This … is the last bastion of the real Adams Morgan community,” he said.

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OPINION

Violence against homeless people is a constant and ongoing outrage Two men stop in front of a woman who is sitting on the street. One rummages in his bag. The other asks where she is sleeping tonight, then sits down next to her and whispers in her ear. The woman tries to ignore him, stony faced. Finally, the men leave amid curses and insults. “Better not provoke him,” she says afterwards. Scenes like this are commonplace on our streets; assaults on homeless people are on the rise. Stuttgart street paper Trott-war reports. ANNE BROCKMANN AND DANIEL KNAUS

“You must not only talk about violence against homeless people at Christmas, when it gets cold, when one more person has succumbed to the cold, or when there’s been another dramatic case,” says criminologist Daniela Pollich, who conducts research on structural violence on the streets. “Low-threshold offenses in particular, and also domestic and sexual violence, are often associated with the question: ‘Do I go to the police or not?’” Homeless people are less likely to trust in the help available, and they may also fear the perpetrators’ revenge. “So it can seem easier to remove oneself from the situation or area so as not to make oneself vulnerable at all, because spatial evasion is just the norm.” It is therefore dangerously easy for those who harm homeless people to go unpunished.

Some disadvantaged people become perpetrators of violence. In “relief aggression,” people seek to exert strength at the expense of someone weaker. Homeless people themselves experience tensions when they compete for equipment or places

agencies. However, people who look unfavorably on those begging on our streets can also become perpetrators. Homeless people rarely feel safe, and the streets offer little protection. Sociologist Tim Lukas conducts research on fear spaces. strongly with those of the majority society,” he says. “And on the other hand, the factors that trigger fear and insecurity are remote, these are places in which the majority society shows strong avoidance behavior.” The key difference is that while most people fear violence, the homeless are those who actually experience it.

consistently opposes right-wing extremism, racism and antiSemitism. “When asked ‘Why did you do it?’, perpetrators respond with phrases like ‘We wanted to try it out,’” Lüdecke tells us. Such statements can be summed up with one word: dehumanization. “I increasingly experience that homeless people are no longer perceived as living beings at all, but as things – as stuff,” Lüdecke explains. “This turns them into objects of experimentation toward which there is hardly any inhibition threshold anymore.” Such thinking was deeply rooted in National Socialism. Social Darwinism also experienced its heyday during the early 20th century. Disturbingly, perpetrators of violence against homeless people also include people with right-wing views. According to an internal study conducted by Amadeu Antonio

however, the data is not very reliable. Homeless people are too often anonymous dead people with no relatives who might help clarify the cause of death. “Discrimination against the homeless tends to be an adjunct right-wing ideas are themselves people who have been pushed to the margins of society. At present, however, they are in a somewhat better position compared to homeless people. Their violence toward homeless people is intended to serve as a means of demarcation. Against this background, such acts are always strongly individualized, they happen less often as the result of collective action.”

are also allowed to develop their own infrastructure. “Those affected have created their own place, where they can where they are not exposed to the disparaging looks of the majority society,” he says. A hut and community provide security, but friction can result when different groups attempt to coexist. “Security measures that are developed by the homeless community itself can sometimes collide with the majority society’s ideas of order,” Lukas explains. “That’s highly problematic.” Lukas has a suggestion regarding how to reduce tensions between authorities and homeless people. “A neutral ombudsperson is needed to ensure a fair distribution of security – and thus security for all,” he says. “There should be a lowwhere individuals can report their experiences of violence. After all, you don’t go to the police if you experience violence from the police or perceive an imbalance of power on the ground.” Ultimately, however, a person is only safe if they have their own four walls. “Homeless people are constantly accessible to perpetrators whether on the street or in shelters, where they have hardly any privacy,” says Pollich. “They can’t simply passers-by and from their own community.” Translated from German by Lisa Luginbuhl Courtesy of Trott-war / International Network of Street Papers (INSP. ngo)

way right-wing radicals behave towards homeless people. “Small right-wing parties repeatedly try to use homeless people for their own propaganda,” he explains. “In winter, for example, they distribute sleeping bags – but only to the Germans among them. This is intended to divide marginalized groups internally.

When people become things

What can be done in response to such attacks?

the sleeping bag of a homeless person. This is something that Robert Lüdecke knows all too well. He is the press spokesman

Self-organization can bring protection and security for those experiencing homelessness. Sociologist Tim Lukas positively evaluates police tolerance spaces, in which homeless people

Bowser should stay Mayor JACKIE TURNER

Mayor Muriel Bowser should continue to be mayor. She has worked hard to improve the city, she has built lots of affordable housing throughout the city and made sure the new buildings set aside 10% of their units for people who make less than the area median income.

the people who don’t comply. Bowser helped raise Washington D.C.’s minimum wage to $15.20 per hour. She keeps in tune with what the seniors need, providing educational programs, computers and free classes.

She has also made herself available to the people who need her. Jackie Turner is an artist and vendor with Street Sense Media.

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Yes or no

Dear Street Sense Media

ROCHELLE WALKER Artist/Vendor

WARREN STEVENS Artist/Vendor

I say no, no, no You say yes, yes I say no, no You say yes, yes, yes

Rainwater

How many times do you say Yes, yes? When I mean no, no, no. There is no excuse, not at all –

AMINA WASHINGTON Artist/Vendor

Do you understand? Yes, I Agree with you. Yes, yes, yes. Are you ready God said in Matthew (5.27) all you need to say is simply yes or no.

Rainy days are good, Water the earth, if you could. Water is life and helps us live, Water is also good to give. The earth is special, handle it with care; Love the rain, if you dare.

Happy Easter to loved ones and family and friends. We are celebrating Easter, going to church and thanking God for a good meal. He blesses us. Enjoying the good weather. My birthday was on Monday the 18th. We went over to visit my son and family home on Easter Sunday. My sister and her man were getting together to take me out to brunch and play some golf. Enjoy the good weather and be safe!

My red motorcycle DANIEL BALL Artist/Vendor

Now, do you like the color red? Sybil and I said, yes, we do. Next, he asked me, do you wear black pants when I ride your motorcycle? And, I said, yes, I do. Next, he asked Sybil, do you like to wear a red dress and Next time, I’ll tell him, I would love to buy everybody at Street Sense a brand new red and black motorcycle for Christmas.

Yoga Love

Songs ANTHONY CARNEY Artist/Vendor

Remember your favorite songs when you were a kid in elementary school? I do! “Bingo” and “Duck Duck Goose” were my favorites. And, also remember, When you’re sad, sing a song of joy. Spread love!

Food from the Gods JACKIE TURNER Artist/Vendor

I like, or shall I say love, blackberries; they are dark tasty. Blackberries are not easy to get all the time, even though in southern parts, where there are lots of wooded areas. We children used to pick them and wash them and add sugar, cook them to make a dish called blackberry mush. I don’t know

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where they eat blackberry mush except Virginia. I love it! God’s gift to the world that is free and tasty. I hate okra, because it’s slimy and has seeds and looks like something you push out of you. You have to mix it with other foods to disguise it, like having orange soda as a child and your aunt put castor oil in it, and it was all good until you get to the bottom of the soda where it settled. Yuck, yuck, yuck.

RONALD DUDLEY Artist/Vendor

She was jogging. I was walking. She was smiling. I was talking. She was cruisin. I was keeping up. She gave me her number, and told me to keep in touch. I called her, and we made plans. She said, Are you baptized? Are you a saved man? I told her, God is good. I told her, God is great. I told her, God is early, he ain't never late. She started laughing on the telephone, she asked me, do you pray? I told her, every day. I asked her, do you go to church? She said, every Sunday. She eats taco Tuesdays, and goes to work on Mondays, Wednesdays, and Thursdays:

going out to my spot, I seen a lot of customers that asked me why I wasn’t down there or nothing. And I told them I was just coming off of class. Every day, I was selling the paper but I didn’t have a vest yet.

GERALD ANDERSON Artist/Vendor

I like the vest because you stick out more better. People see you more. And are more interested in you. After selling the paper, I started to meet a lot of customers and I started going out with my customers.

20 papers, and I had to get my vest and my ID made. After

Service. All these different people. You know, it’s amazing to me how I could meet so many different people. Coming up,

She likes to hit the highway. I told her, people are resources and God is the source. She said, amen! Let’s celebrate and let's rejoice, now our eyes get to see the reward. The wicked the asked me, what's your favorite movie? I said, it used to be life, now it’s The Passion of Christ. Most people pray for money, me I be praying for peace. I asked her, why are you single? She said, my ex liked to cheat. I told her, I can relate. We just had a spiritual date that came from the man up above, after we meditated and that's when we fell in love...thank God for yoga!

met Emmitt Smith, the football player for the Dallas Cowboys when he was going to the Spy Museum. My customers love me being in my spot. I had a thing. I used to say “Good morning, Good morning” to everybody and say “Have a blessed day don’t let the Metro take your spirit away.” I’d tell them that when the escalator be broke. And some people be mad when they have to walk up the escalator. And I would be there to laugh with them and talk with them. Now that I’m injured, it’s like things have slowed down. But I miss selling my papers and being in my spot. I still come out now and then. The summer might be better for me.

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ART

My ragtime revival With a nod to Scott, Max and ‘The Lion’

From a PasteBoard Lectern, Frederic John presents: a 'Syncopated, But Out of Sync,' chunk of a mosaic autobiography FREDERIC JOHN Artist/Vendor

of the fabulous, strident syncopated piano genre created by Leaf Rag,” “The Entertainer,” “Easy Winners,” and the lot. No, I’m thinking of the heavily layered narrative ragtime that hit the big-time for obsessively studious author E. L. Doctorow. He, as do I, loved that whoop-da-doo, starword; and derbied, starch collared gents tipped their hats to demure ladies decked with bustles and ostrich feathers, to the background clip-clop of draft horses or the rumble of a brand new hupmobile! The most scandalous snippet of the Doctorow story is a

chief house servant’s youngest girl, that is. That wasn’t my only link to Ragtime. No, not by a long shot. Though my mom’s fantastical fabrication was a balm to a kid who had never felt at ease with growing up as pure pianist Max Morath’s half-hour TV show “The Ragtime Era” nearly every week. (You had to know there’d be a piano in the picture where I was concerned). Morath pounded those ‘88s at breakneck speed, but gosh, there wasn’t hardly any turn-of-the-century ditty he couldn’t Democrat newspaper on June 7, 1903. | Public Domain image

Ellington, both ‘chums’ of hers from her youth in Manhattan burnished from 60 years of steady ivoried mastery. It was Blues Lincoln met his demise) to pump Mr. Morath’s hand and quiz haired runaway kid in jeans, who couldn’t afford the cover or

awning family seat stands in a prosperous New Jersey town… Very similar to Hoboken, where my maternal grandfather Lecnidas dwelt under his father’s roof. Great-grandfather was a major general in the Union Army, and my dear mom insisted

“Didn’t you know it was in C?” Two years earlier, in the dead of a frigid December, when Washington still had the capability for ice-bound nights, I squatted in torn jeans beside Willie the Lion Smith, a master of strife and ragtime, and shook his velvety smooth palm,

Dear animals (birds)

spotlight on their grand piano for Avery Parrish after hours? [What? No Willie the Lion?])

The D-word KYM PARKER Artist/Vendor

To say the word Makes others upset, Some don’t understand the pain. The D-word is most to help others, Talking about it helps, Working through it helps,

MELODY BYRD Artist/Vendor

I saw a bird on the sidewalk wanting food. The bird was singing and playing; I like the birds, they are very friendly and nice. They are very pretty and colorful, so I want to say that was a good experience for me. I love the birds They are good company. They are God’s most beloved animals in the world, because that was a good encounter.

The art of humility? JUSTIN BLAKEY Artist/Vendor

begin within themself. What makes a person desire more in life. The answer is quite simple: it is the lack of appreciation

There is much more divinity within the rhythm of humility and humanity. It is the natural order in life for a reason. To

you have a job, vehicle, shelter, and a spouse; this is such a blessing to obtain. Though you yearn for a promotion, a new car, and a bigger house, some events take place (identity theft?)

of humanity far more than yourself. The ultimate respect of oneself is to consider and appreciate everything and everyone outside of one’s self. But to master humility, A human must

own signature band three decades on would be gracing their

pass, and a kitchen full of food given to you out of the blue

The D-word never is to be understood. The L word is love, lust and all that is. God save us all! The N-word is not of this world and should not be spoken in any text, That’s God’s law. The D-word shows us how to love – Depression: She is love, beauty, power. Depression doesn’t mean it’s over, The D-word.

create a fuss? So, the art of humility is if you appreciate more, you naturally desire less! Hence the sayings “Less is More” and “Too Blessed to Stress”! Practicing humility is looking for ways to contribute to humanity. To desire the world is to never possess enough. This is insanity at its best!

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Paper chasing REGGIE JONES Artist/Vendor

Every day, Monday through Sunday, I need money. Why? Money has to be on my mind all the time. Because I need it for food, beverages, etc. Why can’t people help me that have it? I was not raised with a silver spoon in my mouth. Always had to work hard for what I have, it’s never been easy for me. Always had to work for mine. A real job is what I need to succeed. Why is it hard for other people to understand?

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JEMEL FLEMING Artist/Vendor

That money will end my pain. Every day, I’m walking and talking to folks about why I need this thing called money. So, please can you help me or someone else, if you can? To make their day a little better, so they won’t have evil on their mind. I, personally, only come out when I need it, because I can’t sit in a house without it, and I know I need things in my house. etc., so please help if you can. I don’t lie; it’s hard for me to do that. Lying doesn’t work at all for me. So, if you were blessed, help someone out if you can. Might make your day a little smoother, never know. So take care and keep this in mind.

Your surroundings

Squash, cucumbers, onions, potatoes, chips, corn chips, Ibuprofen, Tylenol, Benadryl, garlic, chocolate, tobacco products, like snuff. Never rush to do anything wrong. Be honest, chill a bit. shipwreck of us, our emotions, our affections, especially Make sure everyone feels safe and blessed. Then pray your prayers, do your best, and remember pleasures and be thankful for them.

Live your life to the fullest MICHELE ROCHON Artist/Vendor

PHILLIP BLACK Artist/Vendor

I would like to tell all Street Sense vendors to be aware of their surroundings some people don't play fair, and take it from you. Always keep snacks with you and drink plenty of water. Always watch your surroundings, please!

Every day is truly a blessing from God. Make sure you are maximizing your potential, gifts, talents, and abilities, not wasting time. Time is something that you cannot purchase or get back; Macy’s doesn’t carry it! I have made a decision that I will not allow anyone to rent space in my life who wastes time.

Gotta think smart CARLOS CAROLINA Artist/Vendor

As I see, I saw. I continue to see on. The world brings you trials, And that’s alright. It’s up to you to keep your dreams strong, Always dream on, And when you go to sleep, Don’t sleep for too long, Because life a pass you by, Yep, quicker than freefalls, Even get thrown off? Because you were blown off? Take a step back, Analyze, Then move forward, And that’s how you move on. Can you be too strong? Love too hard? Is there such thing As too large? Ask too many questions, they think that you’re too lost. I know it’s a true God, I done came too far, Never give up. Get up and get on, Gotta think smart.

Spring haikus

Please don’t waste my time. I am friendly, but believe me I am no fool! I value my time and only quality people can associate with me. You have to qualify to be in my company. My criteria is extremely high, most males or females won’t make the cut. Why? I am somebody, no one is going to crush my Spirit in 2022, so don’t try!

Life update and looking forward QUEENIE FEATHERSTONE Artist/Vendor

It’s spring in the air. The cold and chill that don’t care. Sun, you are needed! Springtime is right here! We have put up winter gear. Sorry, keep it out. This season is what? Raining, snowing, the big chill. Duh, it is really spring!

ABEL PUTU Artist/Vendor

I got a call from a representative, and we will be meeting soon. I pray that I can move soon. Moving will allow me to come to Street Sense more. But, it’s not all good news. I’ve lost a lot of family, most recently my sister-in-law. I am keeping my family in my prayers. I’ve been trying to look out for people on the streets and give them a hot meal. When I see people hungry, I take them out. I was in the same situation as them not that long ago. I pray that change comes for them. If I won the lottery today, I would give back. I appreciate my social worker and my caregiver and all of the help they’ve given me.

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Dear Friend, Like you, we believe that homelessness is unacceptable and that its existence tears at the fabric of our community. We are committed to doing everything in our power to work with our vendors and others like them to move toward greater At Street Sense Media, we are constantly awed by the creative talents our vendors possess and shown in every issue of the paper. We are proud to be a conduit that brings such talent forward. Our ultimate hope for the men and women we work with is that they succeed in making the journey beyond homelessness.

• The artist/vendors are paid whenever their work is published. Last year eighty-three artist/vendors published 663 items, and we are working to increase this! • Last year, 124 artist/vendors provided papers to hundreds of readers across our community. Our goal is to recruit 25 new vendors this year. • We are distributing 32% more newspapers per week than we did while we were biweekly. As a result, vendors are earning more income since we went to weekly publication just a year ago. • Since launching in 2017, our case management team has assisted more than 50 vendors secure permanent housing, including two people so far this year! All of our work is made possible by the generous support of donors like you. Working together - vendors, staff, and donors - has been a game-changer for some of our most vulnerable vendors. We celebrate each life-altering success and are keenly aware that much more needs to be done. Every gift matters to us and our work. Can you make a donation today to keep our work going? Sincerely,

Donate online at www.streetsensemedia.org. From your vendor, APRIL 27- MAY 3, 2022 | VOL. 19 ISSUE 23

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