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Covenant House organizes Sleep Out to raise awareness AMANDA OLIVER Editorial Intern

Covenant House is hosting its annual Spring Sleep Out on May 19 to raise awareness about youth homelessness in the D.C. area. The Sleep Out is an overnight event beginning at 7 p.m. at the Church of the Epiphany. Participants will hold a candlelight vigil in memory of youth

who have died while experiencing homelessness. Afterwards, a panel of Covenant House young people will share their own stories and provide actionable steps to end homelessness and rebuild lives. Participants will later have dinner and take part in the Sleep Out, which will

take place on the sidewalk in front of the church. The event is meant to model the challenging experiences of children and teenagers who are distanced from their families and their community. As a virtual alternative, people can join from their homes by sleeping out in backyards, living rooms or garages.

DC Housing Authority launches waitlist update campaign AMANDA OLIVER Editorial Intern

The District of Columbia Housing Authority (DCHA) is hoping to increase public housing opportunities for currently waitlisted families. To accomplish this, the agency is recommending that all qualifying families update their contact and household information within the next two months, according to a press release.. This opportunity is only open to families currently on the DCHA waitlist, which was frozen in 2013. The goal of this campaign is to match those families

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need for updated information. “As part of the District’s greater network of affordable housing providers, the DC Housing Authority wants to ensure those who still need housing provide up-to-date contact and household information for our files,” said DCHA Executive Director Brenda Donald in a press release. Anyone currently on the DCHA waitlist updated forms available on DCHA’s website. Current waitlist customers can

also update their information by calling (844) 306-0531. Although the waitlist currently remains closed to new applicants, there are now hundreds of public housing units available for current families, according to the release. This campaign will expedite the application and move-in process so more families can access safe and affordable housing.

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Remembering Miguel Gonzales AUSTINE MODEL Volunteer

iguel Gonzales, a lifelong resident of Washington, D.C., and staple of the Adam’s Morgan neighborhood, died on March 29, 2022. He is greatly missed by those who knew him. Gonzales grew up in Adams Morgan, attended Oyster Adams elementary school, and graduated from Wilson High School. He worked for many years as a janitor throughout the District, including for the housekeeping department at the Watergate Hotel. Gonzales lost his mother, also a longtime resident of Adams Morgan, due to COVID-19 early in the pandemic. Since her passing, Gonzales was fully unhoused. Many people in the neighborhood came to know Gonzales and his best friend Jeannie Allen, because they both lived in the Adams Morgan Plaza. “Miguel was my best friend and my little brother,” Allen said. “We called ourselves the street family and took care of each other… Miguel was the sweetest person. It’s not easy to strong man, but he never hurt no one, and he’d let others bully him and not complain, just walk[ed] away from the situation and mind[ed] his own business. He was extremely shy, so I’d do the talking for him! I’d be the loud one, and he’d laugh all day at my jokes. We were a team.” David Hargrove, a longtime friend and former classmate from Oyster Adams, said Gonzales was one of the kindest people he knew. “I always remember him as a very genuine person and a good friend,” Hargrove said. “He had fallen into hard times in recent years and was homeless. I had just reached out to him [on] Saturday [March 26, 2022] on 18th St, and he seemed ok, or at least about the same. It’s still a bit of a shock to me, but homeless people dying on the streets is a daily occurrence now in our city. I will miss him and had real hopes of him John W. Gross, a friend of Jeanie Allen and Miguel Gonzales, remembers Miguel’s loyal spirit. “Miguel was a real good guy,” he said. “He was so quiet all the time, but this one day he surprised me. I went over to the Plaza and started calling for Jeannie to come out from the railings. I was calling her name, and Miguel climbs over the railings comes up to me real big, now he’s a foot shorter than me, but he comes up to me and pushes up to my face and says, ‘Leave her alone, she sleeping! Let her rest, man.’ It actually made me smile to see him protecting her like that. Jeannie, I love that woman, and her and Miguel were there for each other like real family.” People throughout the neighborhood knew Miguel. “I knew a very kind Miguel, who mostly stayed in the corner of Biltmore and Columbia,” said Charles Koppelman-Milstein, a close friend and neighbor. “Once, he saw my 8 year old carrying a watermelon and told him how strong he was. My 8 [year old] said, ‘That is the reason I carried this watermelon. I wanted a grown up to say I was strong.’” A high school yearbook photo of Miguel Gonzalez. Coutesy of D.C. Public Schools

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K Street residents reinitiate the conversation about protected bike lanes in DC HAJIRA FUAD Editorial Intern

ver since he was shot during a robbery in 1977, Kevin Rodgers has been in a wheelchair. But Rodgers, a four-term Advisory Neighborhood Commission member who is up for reelection this year, said his handicap has never stopped him from getting to work.

April 21, he organized a protest against protected bike lanes on K Street NW, where he lives. In a press release, Rodgers expressed concern for how protected bike lanes, which include would impact “low-income Black residents who are largely senior and many handicapped. The installation of new bike lanes have historically been a that in certain U.S. cities, the construction of bike lanes have Advocates for bike lanes have acknowledged that new bicycling infrastructure is often built in wealthier, white neighborhoods. One solution proposed by advocates is to build a connected and protected bike lane network that would expand bike lanes beyond the communities they currently exist in. As part of its outreach efforts to make cycling a more inclusive activity across the District, the Washington Area Bicycling Association (WABA) has hosted workshops in communities with lower rates of cycling that communicate the bicycling classes for adults and group rides for new learners. The April 21 protest organized by Rodgers reinvigorated the debate about protected bike lanes in D.C. For Rodgers and other protesters with disabilities, concerns about personal safety were dominant, as well as claims that bike lanes reduce parking spaces. But cycling advocates insist that bike lanes make the streets safer for everyone, are better for the climate “The bikes move too fast for anyone to step out their door and get a cab, Uber or MetroAccess bus,” Rodgers said at the protest. Just a few days before the protest, Rodgers said, he was nearly hit by a bicyclist while trying to catch a bus at K Street and New Jersey Ave. The cyclist didn’t apologize, he said. Rodgers demands that the District Department of Transportation (DDOT) conduct a full impact report on bike lanes in D.C. and the safety risks they carry for pedestrians. Sarah Roberts, who also attended the protest, lives in an apartment building on K Street NW. In December 2021, the 67 year old resident suffered a bad fall that resulted in a broken kneecap and ankle, as well as injuries to her spinal chord. She says bike lanes are a hazard to pedestrians just trying to go about their day — especially for those in wheelchairs. A month ago, as Roberts left her apartment building with toward them nearly ran them over, she said. In early 2023, the city plans to install dedicated bus lanes on K St. NW that would physically separate bus routes from other need for bus riders such as Roberts and Rodgers to cross bike lanes when getting on or off buses, reducing the likelihood of the near-collisions with cyclists they described. “There’s gonna be bad seeds in any population,” Rachel Maisler, chair of the D.C. Bicycle Advisory Council, said in

Kathy Boyd, center, holds a sign at the April 21 protest against bike lanes. Photo by Hajira Fuad

an interview. “The vast majority (of cyclists) are gonna look out for you, and slow down,” she said. An avid cyclist herself, Maisler is a passionate advocate for protected bike lanes. “Everyone is entitled to their opinions, but research shows that bike lanes make the city safer for all road users,” she said. For instance, bike lanes create a buffer between drivers and pedestrians on the sidewalk, she said. And by making travel lanes narrower, bike lanes slow down drivers. In a 2019 study, researchers at the University of Colorado Denver and the University of New Mexico found protected bike lanes lead to “fewer fatalities and better road-safety outcomes for all road users,” including drivers and pedestrians. Researchers reached the conclusion after analyzing 13 years of data from 12 large U.S. cities. In addition to making roads safer for everyone, protected they can provide a boost to the local economy. Having protected retailers and the restaurants in those areas, Maisler said. When protected bike lanes are built, they also lead to more people cycling around the city as opposed to other modes of transportation. And more people riding bikes reduces motor 806 cyclists died in motor-vehicle crashes in the U.S. in 2020, according to the National Safety Council. Numbers for 2021 have yet to be released. Over the past decade, American roads have gotten deadlier for pedestrians and cyclists, according to Maisler herself has been involved in two motor vehicle accidents while riding her bike around D.C. “I’m one of the lucky ones,” she said. One time, Maisler stopped at a crosswalk in front of the Jefferson memorial, her hand pointing out to make a left turn onto a trail. The driver behind her drove right into her ankle. Another time, when an Uber abruptly stopped mid-block, the

disembarking passenger slammed open her door into Maisler’s wrist. Sustaining a torn ligament, Maisler had to go to physical therapy for ten months. Even now, she said only has about 80% strength back in her injured hand. 2009. Protected bike lanes are considered safer for cyclists using just painted markers. DDOT says “protected bike lanes safety for pedestrians and drivers.” In 2020, DDOT announced a plan to install an additional 20 miles of protected bike lanes over the course of three years, citing an increased demand for safer cycling infrastructure. allocates $36 million towards the addition of 10 miles of protected bike lanes per year for the next six years. Throughout the years bike-lane advocates criticized the city’s progress on the plan as being too slow. Another issue that he raised at the April 21 protest was how the installation of bike lanes on K Street has reduced parking space for residents. There are at least 1,500 miles of on-street car parking in Washington, D.C., according to the Parking Reform Network on climate change and equity. With 24 miles of protected bike lanes currently in D.C, the organization said that at most, 1.6% of the city’s on-street car parking has been repurposed for protected bike lanes. Still, in some areas, people with disabilities attending the protest who live in densely populated areas such as the K St NW corridor said they are having an increasingly hard time “People now have to go halfway around the block, or even a mile away from their home, just to get a parking spot,” Maisler said.

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What you need to know when you give birth in a country with rising maternal mortality rates ADRIANA GALLARDO ProPublica

This story was originally published by ProPublica.

In 2017, ProPublica and NPR launched a project shedding light on maternal deaths and near-deaths in the U.S. We explored better ways to track and understand preventable deaths, and the intergenerational trauma caused by childbirth complications and chronic racial disparities in who suffers from them. We heard from more than 5,000 people who endured, or watched a loved one endure, life-threatening pregnancy and childbirth complications, often resulting in long-lasting physical and emotional effects. These people who sent us their stories frequently told us they knew little to nothing beforehand about the potentially fatal complications that they or their loved ones faced. They wanted to help others. So we decided to publish some of their wisdom. They told us what they wish they had known ahead of their severe complications: How do I get medical professionals to listen? When are changes in my body normal, and when are they a warning? How do I navigate the postpartum period? In the years since, other readers have told us this advice was critical. Recent data shows maternal deaths, including deaths in the

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Preparing for an Emergency “ — Megan Moody, survived placenta percreta (when the placenta penetrates through the uterine wall) in 2016

— Susan Lewis, survived disseminated Intravascular Coagulation (DIC) in 2016 — Dani Leiman, survived HELLP syndrome (a particularly dangerous variant of preeclampsia) in 2011

pandemic. The increase puts the nation’s maternal mortality rate at 23.8 deaths per 100,000 live births in 2020, up from 20.1 deaths in 2019. If the U.S. Supreme Court strikes down Roe v. Wade, they’ll do so in a country where pregnancy and childbirth continue to become more dangerous. We’re republishing this advice today, in a shortened and easier-to-navigate format, because self-advocacy and community knowledge are important when systems fail.

— Eleni Tsigas

Getting Your Provider to Listen “

Choosing a Provider

— Kristina Landrus, survived a hemorrhage in 2013

” — Megan Moody

— Kristen Terlizzi, survivor of a 2014 placenta accreta spectrum (a disorder in which the placenta grows into or through the uterine wall) and cofounder of the National Accreta Foundation.

— Miranda Klassen

“ — Eleni Tsigas

— Marianne Drexler, survived a hemorrhage and emergency hysterectomy in 2014.

— Carrie Anthony, survived placenta accreta and hemorrhage in — Emily McLaughlin, survived a postpartum stroke in 2015

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— Brandi Miller, survived placenta accreta and hemorrhage in 2015 — Leah Soule, survived a hemorrhage in 2015

— Susan Lewis

— Emily McLaughlin — Valerie Bradford, survived a hemorrhage in 2016

Paying Attention to Your Symptoms

— Miranda Klassen

Other Resources

— Anner Porter, survivor of peripartum cardiomyopathy in 1992 •

• • — Amy Barron Smolinski, a survivor of preeclampsia, postpartum hemorrhage and other complications in three pregnancies in — Kelli Davis, survived HELLP syndrome in 2016

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— Dani Leiman

separating from the uterine wall during pregnancy) in 2007 • •

— Emily McLaughlin

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— Eleni Tsigas

Grappling With the Emotional Fallout •

cardiac arrest in 2012

“I wish I had known that postpartum PTSD was possible. Most people associate PTSD with the effects of war, but I was diagnosed with PTSD after my traumatic birth and near-death experience. Almost 6 years later, I still experience symptoms sporadically.” — Meagan Raymer, survived severe preeclampsia and HELLP syndrome in 2011

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After the Delivery • “

— Jessica Rae Hoffman, survived severe sepsis and other complications in 2015 •

The Leapfrog Group provides performance data on more than 1,800 hospitals and publishes an annual Maternity Care Report. Consumer Reports offers C-section data from more than 1,300 hospitals by ZIP code. The California Maternal Quality Care Collaborative’s toolkits of protocols for treating life-threatening obstetric complications include infographics, checklists and extensive backup materials. Register on the site for free access. The Alliance for Innovation on Maternal Health’s offers bundles of similar information in a condensed, downloadable form. The Association of Women’s Health, Obstetric and Neonatal Nurses (AWHONN)’s Health4Mom site has a “Save Your Life” campaign, including a one-page checklist, to help new parents recognize post-birth warning signs. The Institute for Perinatal Quality Improvement offers resources for medical professionals. Childbirth Connection provides evidence-based information on maternity care. The Preeclampsia Foundation’s “Wonder Woman” posts put the U.S. maternal mortality numbers in context and suggest more strategies for self-advocacy. Postpartum Support International offers many resources for people suffering from pregnancy-related depression, anxiety and mood disorders. They also have resources for dads. Facebook is a gathering place for thousands of people who have experienced life-threatening complications. Many One open group worth checking out: The Unexpected Project. Some social justice groups advocate to reduce childbirthrelated deaths and near-deaths. Many focus on why Black people are disproportionately affected. Those groups include theBlack Mamas Matter Alliance, Moms Rising and the National Birth Equity Collective. For more context, check out “Killing the Black Body: Race, Reproduction, and the Meaning of Liberty” by Dorothy Roberts, which was reissued a few years ago in celebration of its 20th anniversary. The new edition on the continued escalation of abortion bans across the country. For those dealing with complicated medical bills, former ProPublica reporter Marshall Allen offers advice in his book “Never Pay the First Bill: And Other Ways to Fight the Health Care System and Win.”

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Hair treatment SASHA WILLIAMS Artist/Vendor

Hi, it's Sasha. I wanted share a photo I took of Onyx and me, when we were at the salon yesterday — started out younger than Eboni was when she got Onyx will be turning 5 in September! Photo by Sasha Williams

Happy Mother’s Day ROCHELLE WALKER Artist/Vendor

Shout out to all the mothers out there who are not here today, yet here in spirit and truth. We say Happy Mother’s Day. You know what? I remember my mom. She is gone home to be with the Lord; Mom paid me 50 cents for watering the lawn. Mom paid me 75 cents for washing the dishes. Mom paid me a dollar for cooking our dinner. Mom paid me $1.75 for taking out the trash and Mom paid me $13.75 for babysitting. Mother’s Day is a celebration,

honoring all the mothers in the world today. God said, honor your father and mother and your days on this Earth will be longer, and we can be a blessing to all touched by her life, especially me. Mom, at the end of the day, the real cost of your love is no charge. This poem is inspired by the song “I Remember My Momma” by Shirley Caesar.

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Smokey-voiced ladies CHRIS SHAW Artist/Vendor

Jazz opens the gates of soul’s imagination, particularly my inner relaxation fueled by the smoky, soothing sounds of gentle ladies — Sarah V., always on. Shirley Horn, early in the morn. All day: Carmen McRae. Don’t forget the Ettas, Jones and James. They’ve passed on — ain’t that a shame? The song, however, ever remains —

Catholic school girls REDBOOK MANGO Artist/Vendor

Well, the saying is true, Catholic school girls are the worst behaved ones, boo They are off the chain; they will jump in front of a train. Now, you will have an adventure down memory lane. Their moms sheltered them so much that when they jumped off the porch, they abuse their bunch. Couldn't wait to break a rule, Catholic school girls are pretty cool. They will play hooky, play bets with a bookie, have kids early and love to talk dirty. The opposite of a nun, so far from a bum. A catholic school girl is on the run,

They will try anything under the sun; they want the attention from whoever is willing, they go get it,always revealing– a Catholic school girl is a piece of work. She will tell lies to deceive you; She wants her way, boo. How do you know their world? ‘cause I'm a catholic school girl.

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your blessings?

LEVESTER GREEN Artist/Vendor

One good thing about Yusef is that he kept all the latest music. He bought mixtapes for all of the long car rides. Now that I think back, I was jamming to the Migos before I even really of them when Bad and Boujee came out. As I heard some of their earlier work, I realized their standout tracks were on the mixtapes! Fortunately, for Yusef, the pawnshop wouldn’t take burned CDs. I did eventually pay him back after I got situated back in Maryland. I ended up just renting a room on my own as my mom always wanted me to. I didn’t think they existed outside of college. It’s part of the reason why I even

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for an old folks home. So, I was on the waiting list. I got skipped over twice in Prince George’s County due to misplaced return-to-sender letters. By the time they reached out, I was gone. This happened twice! Eventually, I mustered up my budget enough to get a series of rooms to rent. I settled in Dodge Park, which was a place around the corner from where me, my mom and my brother’s kids lived together. That’s where I began to try & recover from my setbacks and depression. I created a page on MySpace and went to the free Ice Cube concert in D.C. where I met Dub C, WC! He gave me a dap right up off the bus!

SHEILA WHITE Artist/Vendor

When the world turns you down, when the days seem so dim, when you don’t know where to turn. When you are homeless with nowhere to sleep, when the people you love don’t love you, when you have nothing to eat. When your heart is always sad, when people say you can’t, but you can, when you feel all hope is gone.

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in your heart, your soul, and in your mind. Your blessing comes fromGod. I found my blessing in theuniverse, surrounded by all things great and small.

ROBERT WARREN Artist/Vendor

The father of ancient America: that’s a beautiful piece, that the card said he molded us out of sticky black clay, and he’s destroyed a many of civilizations far greater than America, for she shall also have her day, for those who follow the ancient way of old Egypt and came to believe in the lord of Abraham, and that their Lord and his Lord was one all-knowing and creating. He, the Lord, wills with a raindrop from a cloud tumbling to Earth to create that black mud. The thought of a seed and where it came from, that image, that makes me in the likeness of you; the power of thought, that mathematical improbability, that ability to imagine and create things we teach each other by the pen. The love within our hearts, who put it there? That spirit, the soul of what we know to be true and deep within us, that we all seek the Lord internally, until the day we are called home, and the trumpet is blown. The truth of one universe, one God and Lord shall be known. Who will be on the rocky track, going up and looking down of those who say, I thought it would be me, not you. Some water, would you please? The Lord said, no water shall you receive this day, for this day, like everyday, belongs to the Lord, the God of Abraham, and that ancient Black woman of America, that’s a beautiful piece and so we dream —

Live life to the fullest, Part III MICHELE ROCHON Artist/Vendor

Life is so short with so many twists and turns, we have so much on our minds Truly, your perspective plays a major role. Don’t ever give up, throw in the towel or quit! I refuse to fall. God is on my side!

Paradise ANTHONY CARNEY Artist/Vendor

Stroll DARLESHA JOYNER Artist/Vendor

A stroll through the park, on a couple’s swing, looking up to the sky I saw a beautiful moon

Paradise with you can’t lie, compared with anything. So, let’s walk and talk to each other. Hold me tight in the night; Lord, I will sing praises to you in this glorious light, nothing like paradise. There is nothing like paradise. Thank you, Lord. Spread love

What being rich means to me RITA SAULS Artist/Vendor

The Earth is meant to be as rich as the sea, as tall as the tree, challenging me to be rich in many ways, changing all my days with wealth, health, and death of poverty — that’s what being rich means to me. Not just monetary freedom, but also freedom from worry or emotionally carrying stress of having less — being heavenly blessed is what being rich means to me.

I love God KYM PARKER Artist/Vendor

I will always pray, she will always burn for us I will always ask for understanding for what she wants I love God I pray because she heals us all She will always do what’s right for her children I love God It doesn’t matter I will always be angry and bad, but she still loves me Things go wrong in our life, just love God — Praying She says to have faith and believe I love God Praying She says to have faith and believe I love God in all of my disgust She shows us peace and change I love God I always will!

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OPINION

The Supreme Court is taking America backward AIDA PEERY

The Supreme Court now seems likely to “overturn” a woman’s right to choose not to have a baby. When a woman gets raped and decides to keep her baby anyway, that’s her right. But if she chooses to abort the child, that is her right as well! What some people are missing is the power of the word “overturn.” For decades, white supremacists have been hollering to bring back the good old 1950s and 60s. Ah! That’s not what they mean. They want to bring Jim Crow laws back, to stop interracial marriages, and for all Black and brown foreigners to cower while living in America. They want to stop bussing Black and brown children to be educated with their white children. Everybody from politicians to the Department of Education botched it up so totally that all parents who could afford private schools ended up sending their children to those schools instead! Sure, the Supreme Court has technically overturned previous decisions that upheld Jim Crow laws, which Southern states used to discourage Black and brown people from voting, or tell them who to vote for, or be lynched. (Of course, Jim Crow is effective in the north as well as in the south.) But many states have enacted laws with similar effects, even

if they weren’t explicitly based on race. For some white citizens, it’s still ok to kill a Black person because they looked suspicious, like they thought Ahmaud Arbery did while jogging. Police have been exercising brutality against Black folks before I was born in the 1950s, and got away with murdering people because of their skin color. But today, Black folks are tired of police brutality and white citizens killing our children throughout America, sick and tired of the justice system and the courts. “Overturning” a national legal precedent like Roe vs. Wade will allow states to pass their own laws regarding abortion. If the Supreme Court does overturn the right to obtain an abortion, states that ban it should not get one penny of in the way! Some legislators have the need to be cruel and heartless towards another person because of their skin color, and now they want to deprive women of their right to choose what they do with their bodies. Nobody questions a man who decides to do a vasectomy. It’s still a man’s right to have this procedure done and it’s still an abortion.

People gather in front of the Supreme Court on Tuesday, May 3 after a Photo by Will Schick.

Aida Peery is a vendor program associate at Street Sense Media.

Criminalizing sleeping in public will make problems for homelessness worse ELLIOTT PINSLY, KAREN FRANKLIN AND JEFF FLADEN

The Tennessee General Assembly recently passed legislation that makes camping on all state and local public property illegal. Senate bill 1610 failed last year, but was revived and passed this session, despite testimony warning of potential unintended consequences. This legislation makes camping or sleeping alongside a state or interstate highway a crime. The bill also targets homeless encampments and aims to expand the ‘Equal Access to Public Property Act of 2012’ by adding local government lands to the list of places where camping is a felony. If the goal is to remove homeless people from land intended to be used by everyone, is this really equal access? The irony is obvious.

Evidence is clear — Housing First is an effective model for solving homelessness, especially for individuals who have been homeless for an extended period and those with mental health or addiction issues. Housing First policies recognize a stable living environment as necessary for someone to engage effectively with behavioral health and other services. This is not rocket science — psychologist Abraham Maslow wrote in 1943 that basic human needs like shelter, food, and sleep must be met before a person can take care of health and personal safety needs.

remain housed than those who were required to participate in treatment before qualifying for housing.

state could be opening itself up to a major lawsuit.

Tennessee does not have enough shelter capacity to house all of the state’s homeless population, which includes a large number of families, military veterans, and children. It is already illegal to sleep on state or private property. If local public property is added to this list, there would be nowhere left for homeless individuals and families to sleep without risking a criminal charge. Sleeping or cooking at night on any state or local public land would call for a felony charge carrying a minimum of one year under this law would not only lose their right to vote but also face extraordinary barriers to accessing housing and employment. Tennessee does not have enough shelter capacity to house all of the state’s homeless population, which includes a large number of families, military veterans, and children.

Support, not punishment, leads to recovery As professional social workers and mental health advocates, we recognize homelessness is a complex issue. Leaders must that support but don’t punish our most vulnerable neighbors. We applaud those working day and night to help homeless individuals and families gain and maintain housing and employment. Other dedicated professionals provide the necessary mental health and addiction services that support ongoing recovery and help prevent homelessness. When someone is experiencing poverty, homelessness, or a behavioral health crisis, we must meet them where they are with respect and compassion. Criminalizing sleeping in public is a solution for no one in Tennessee.

Cruel and unusual Arresting people experiencing homelessness does nothing to solve the problem. While those advocating on behalf of Senate bill 1610 say they want to help those living in encampments

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Further, the US Supreme Court in 2019 upheld a ruling (Martin v. Boise) banning communities from enforcing anticourt found that such laws violate the Eighth Amendment protecting citizens from cruel and unusual punishment. If Tennessee passes this new public property camping ban, the

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My sister’s good vibes

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Can I toot my own horn? I think so. Can I be happy with myself? I think so. Can I take pride as I go? I know so! Here is my own acrostic poem to myself:

My sister is like the oceans, she gives good vibrations I think I have heard throughout the nations. She gives good vibrations!

Q = Quaint U = Unique E = Easygoing N = Nice I = Intelligent E = Extrovert

Moonlight ANDRE BRINSON Artist/Vendor

Lifting my head, I watch the bright moonlight, lowering my head, I dream soon one day I’ll lift my head off my own room, home is in sight, my eyes, it’s very bright to see the bright light of the moon, the moon’s so bright, seems so close, yet far away. I watch the moon it gives me comfort at night, forever distant sight for another night.

Hope of my life and game ABEL PUTU Artist/Vendor

I am waiting to move to my new home. It’s hard to move when you are disabled. But, I have the wheelchair basketball team, the NRH Punishers, as a positive constant. From 2018 through 2020, I went through a tough time when my cousin died. She was always there for people and gave to the poor. I want to give back, like her, in West Africa. I pray that when I win the lottery I will start an organization to give back. I hate when people put me down because of my disability, but it makes me stronger. I don’t let my disability tear me down. I’ve been mistreated by my family. My mother would take my wheelchair and put it outside. My wheelchair was stolen twice because of that. I’ve been punched, slapped, and robbed by people because of my disability. Follow the NRH Punishers on Instagram @nrhpunishersbball.

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I know my sister feels the same about me; she says, I’m like a tree; I’m still, quiet and peaceful, and my vibration is quite colorful — a red apple.

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Easter Weekend, 1968 FREDERIC JOHN Artist/Vendor

A dark lad in Bermudas, Light boy khaki-clad, trying

ANGIE WHITEHURST Artist/Vendor

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OMG … so over that, is that true? No, the revolt of a few, chipping, manipulating, fooling the shepherd at the gate — Oh, Freedom of choice! Slavery returned, or so they say, feeding secession once again against the Union’s unity. Remember the scars of a nation torn apart? Abe Lincoln said…we hold these truths… The politic of power controlled by man, do not let the ignorant rule. One time women can Not stand by the three-legged man, falsely impregnated by a misleading chauvinism philosophically in society–

a faulty dam. Slavery in this country cannot stand, cannot stay As they say, if freedom's choice is threatened and taken away– stand, protest, lobby, and scream! Shut the snatchers of freedom down. We hold these truths that all men…was miswritten rewritten. Well, hear this: we hold these truths to be factual, legal and given that all women are unequivocally… free! The rights, choices, and liberties are not dictated by gender– All humans have human rights, encroachment on women's freedom cannot, will not, be.

Of the Knowing JUSTIN BLAKEY Artist/Vendor

If you know, you knew But to be of The Knowing, you must believe you don’t know anything to begin with– Only through this stage of humility will the Truth of Light be revealed from within thee– All through the day, and even our Eve, believed there is more to see & be… Now, the constantt bruises, bumping on heads, blisters on feet is man’s claim to the streets…Fruit falleth not far from this tree… A cool, limply crippled step and Groovy Hop is how we must dance to the beat! …until 3 a.m. approaches, when the music stops and the DJ announces it’s time to greet sleep… When your drunk off Vibrations High from Humanity and stimulations

Whether – stumbling, calling, or carried out of the door Your choices while in this club, determine which of the three drivers to greet? The Glowing Moon, Rising Sun, or Shining Star of the East, are these the only destinations to teach? Or, the only trilogy spoken of, to be? If you follow the map from the tip of your Crown – to the souls of defeat… You’ll see the signs of the meek, or follow your Spirit of Light and walk purposefully towards the strength leading the week…This is Me!

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How to get a job in 90 days ANNEMARIE CUCCIA Staff Reporter, Street Sense Media & The DC Line

ulyia Demetria needed a job. She didn’t need training, having worked in customer service before. She didn’t need to spend a year learning hard skills. She just needed a steady income to move herself and her son out of a domestic violence shelter. If Demetria had joined almost any other workforce training program, she might have spent 10 weeks learning how to install solar panels or getting a commercial driver’s license. Most of the dozen or so programs funded by the D.C. government assume participants lack the training, education, experience and skills to qualify for jobs. For instance, if she participated in Project Empowerment, a program designed to help D.C. residents with barriers to employment, Demetria might have had to attend a three-week job readiness workshop to learn the skills she already possessed — all while making a small training wage that’s below minimum wage. Instead, Demetria connected with AimHire — a different kind of workforce development program offered by Friendship Place, a local housing service provider. AimHire, which Demetria joined in December 2021, connects participants with jobs in three months or less. Instead of assuming people need extensive training to be employable, AimHire assumes people

When Demetria connected with an employment specialist

initial screening to see what kind of help she required for her job search. The AimHire program — distinct from the newly established Jobs First, a D.C. government-run pilot inspired by AimHire — is open to anyone in D.C. looking for a job. Friendship Place hosts orientation sessions for the AimHire program every the organization. Upon completing the orientation, participants are connected with specialists for screenings to see if they need help with a resume or with interview preparation before they start applying to jobs from home. Unlike most job training programs, there’s no set list of requirements someone has to complete before AimHire connects them with employers. The initiative skips the usual weeks of hard-skill training and goes straight to any needed assistance with resume development and interview preparation, encouraging participants to interview for jobs within a month. “We believe everyone has a skill set or some form of strength that can be leveraged into an employment opportunity,” Read said. This approach parallels the Housing First model that is popular among homeless service providers in D.C. In the same way that Housing First regards housing as a prerequisite to addressing issues of substance abuse, behavioral health or employment, AimHire regards a steady paycheck as a prerequisite for stability. Among AimHire’s current participants, 70% are experiencing homelessness or housing insecurity. As it’s turned out, all participants in the program already have work experience, a

fact that staff members attribute to a median age of 52 for single adults experiencing homelessness in D.C. Jean-Michel Giraud, president and CEO of Friendship Place, bristles at employment programs that ask trained workers experiencing homelessness to spend six weeks learning from people who have less work experience than the participants they’re training. Not only can that disempower job seekers delays the day they can actually start applying for jobs and making money. “The time we use is not our time,” Giraud said. “The time we use is the people's time. And we have to treat it with respect.” that define success solely as connecting participants with full-time jobs. AimHire instead sets the goal as “meaningful time or seasonal work. Richard McKey, assistant director of the AimHire program, prioritizes connecting participants with jobs that pay a living wage and are near their housing or other support systems. Personalizing the job-seeking experience also lets AimHire job specialists help their clients overcome small barriers. More than once, McKey has paid for Ubers when clients are running late “It’s a very time-conscious, person-centric, solutions-driven model that’s also very cost-effective,” Giraud said. in the country and has helped inspire a burgeoning workforce development model known as “Jobs First.” The organization has presented at conferences around the country, has trained

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over 30 area organizations on the model, and has now caught the attention of the D.C. government.

Demetria’s search started slowly. At the time, her son was struggling to adapt to day care, meaning she would often have to pick her son up only an hour or two after dropping him off. That took away from time she planned to spend applying for jobs and working on her resume. Unsure of when she’d be able to commit to full-time work given her son’s unpredictable schedule, Demetria was hesitant to apply to jobs. She didn’t know if she’d have the availability. This was the hardest part of the process, she said — since she wasn’t making much progress, her employment specialist at one point suggested deferring Demetria’s participation in the program for a few months. But Demetria opted to persist. Every week, she sent logs of her job applications to her employment specialist. After a while, they got to know each other. The specialist would recommend places to look for jobs, like day cares and children’s centers. She also called Demetria at least once a week to ask about her son. “I like that she kept me accountable,” Demetria said. “We were just always in communication.”

Vicenty, the AimHire division director. The team of three to four staff provide information on hiring fairs and job postings, pushing participants to apply to 10 jobs a week. If job seekers do that, McKey said, they can expect to get interviews within one or two months. With applications to the right jobs and good interview skills, participants are likely to get offers after within 90 days — a similar benchmark to the time it takes to be matched to housing under Housing First. After participants are hired, AimHire helps them transition to the work environment, funds the initial costs of starting a job —- like transportation and professional clothes — and checks in every three months for a year. The program can serve up to 120 people at a time and is often near capacity. “If you really have little to start with, they can help with so much,” Demetria said.

When the D.C. Department of Employment Services (DOES) released its Request for Applications (RFA) for a “Jobs First” pilot program in January, it differed greatly from the kind of program Giraud had envisioned. Inspired by the success of AimHire, the D.C. Council had in grants to organizations running similar job placement programs. Last month, DOES announced two grantees — Friendship Place and Byte Back, a tech-focused job training organization — to serve 75 participants each. “We believe the current RFA does not capture the essential oversight hearing on DOES’s performance. The parameters set forth by the agency, he told members of the D.C. Council’s Committee on Labor and Workforce Development, departed from the AimHire model by not including a mandate for quick employment and by allowing for vocational training. Giraud likened the DOES program to traditional job placement and said the agency would need to issue a new RFA to set up a true Jobs First pilot program. AimHire accepts anyone looking for a job, while the Jobs First program as laid out in the RFA only accepts people who are unemployed and have a barrier to employment, such as

past involvement with the criminal justice system or housing instability. The Jobs First program launched by D.C. also uses full-time employment as a benchmark and places emphasis

50% and 60%. Since AimHire began in 2011, it has placed 1,200 people into jobs. One of those is Demetria. She found her current position,

retention thresholds. These differences led Giraud to conclude that DOES had not fully understood the AimHire program when they attempted to expand it. DOES Director Unique Morris-Hughes responded to the objections at a hearing on Feb. 18, insisting the RFA was developed correctly and the program would go forward as planned. After Friendship Place was awarded a grant, Giraud declined to speak further about his previous criticisms. Some of these concerns seem to have dissipated at least to some degree: Read described DOES’s Jobs First description as “an arm’s reach from what we do.” The Jobs First model soon faced a new challenge; Mayor Muriel Bowser cut all funding for the second year of the twoyear pilot in her FY 2023 proposed budget. Though the D.C.

website Indeed two months ago. While it wasn’t a job AimHire

restored in the current draft proposal. But no matter what happens, Friendship Place will keep running AimHire.

Measuring success The goal of “90 days to a job” doesn’t work for everyone, Vicenty admits. Some participants sign up only to realize they need more technical training. Others fall out of communication or stop applying to jobs. But most participants have success stories. In FY 2021, the program enrolled 160 people and placed 120 with jobs, a success rate of 75%. While benchmarks for success differ across job placement programs, programs with a training-based model typically see success rates between

her search. Demetria believes she could have found a job on her own — an assertion AimHire employees agree with — but said the program gave her motivation to look for jobs more regularly and apply to jobs for which she didn’t initially think

in my search,” she said. This is a common feeling among participants who just need help making themselves more marketable, according to McKey. “They’re really good at doing their job; they’re not always as good at showing an employer that they are good at doing that job,” he said. Demetria and her son have now moved out of the shelter and into an apartment of their own. She enjoys going to work and having colleagues after two years of being a stay-at-home mom, and is hoping to take classes in the future to help her obtain a higher-paying job. “There is still a way to go, but it is a beginning,” Demetria said. “And I like that we have our routine and stability.”

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Growing up in the DMV, we were encouraged to go sightseeing and learn about our hometown of D.C. Our city is actually two cities, and both have treasures that people come from all over the country and the world to experience. But most visitors only see the National Mall and downtown, which is only half the pleasure of being here. When my friends and I got old enough, we used to skip school and ride the bus

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trip to Disneyland. But sometimes I gave them the alternative tour that not many get to go on all around the city. A few years ago I was even asked to write a tour guide of Washington D.C.’s

must-see sites for foreign tourists for our U.K. cousins at The Big Issue street newspapers that are sold throughout the British commonwealth. Let me be your guide around the many neighborhoods that make up this diverse and interesting town. If you choose, come ride along with me outside the lines of normal sightseeing and we’ll visit some places of national and local on any tourist maps. The good news is that you or your family won’t have to be Indiana Jones-types with loads of expedition gear for this voyage of discovery. Just bring a willingness to think outside the box.

A lot of these places are hidden in plain sight. Some right under your noses. This challenge won’t cost you an arm and a leg during these challenging economic times because there is no membership needed or app to download. Everywhere we’re going on this adventure is free.

This is a beautiful mural of the March 26, 1964, Washington D.C. meeting of Malcolm X and Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. It’s located on an industrial building. Of all places, it’s located on a dead-end street in Capitol Heights, Maryland. Detectives —

in. Happy hunting! Photo by Wendell Williams

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