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This year's National Alliance to End Homelessness conference took the beginning of the pandemic. During the week, we focused on gains we made during these changing times as well as new realities. We are scaling up on racial equity and empowering those individuals with lived experiences with homelessness to have a stronger voice at the table. This year's conference is also looking to organize a day visit to Capitol Hill on Sept. 14 of at least 1,000 people with lived experience to give a stronger voice to what they feel are the best solutions to ending homelessness and housing instability. As this year’s conference came to a close, it also brought an end to the stories of three amazing women: Nan Roman, Patty Mullahy Fugere and Maria Foscarinis. Nan Roman has been a tireless advocate and leader to the community, shedding light on housing injustices for unhoused people across the country. She is now stepping down from her role as President and CEO. As the leader of the alliance, Roman has helped inform unhoused community and for people at risk of becoming unhoused themselves.Roman’sexperiences call to mind two other amazing women. Both of them have long served the unhoused community locally. There’s the longtime leader of the Washington Legal Clinic for the Homeless, Patty Mullahy Fugere. She built the legal clinic with the vision of creating a just and inclusive community for all D.C. residents. She envisioned this city as a place where housing is treated as a human right and where every individual and family has equal access to the resources they need to thrive. She has brought together a community of lawyers and advocates to achieve clients' goals of receiving housing justice. The legal clinic connected people with a network of expert staff and volunteers who provided them with low-barrier comprehensive legal services at intake sites throughout the city. Maria Foscarinis, the longtime CEO of The National Law Center for Homelessness also retired this year, like her other two contemporaries. Her services and impact on housing justice simply can't be measured. All three of these amazing women are being succeeded by another amazing woman. Ann Oliva is a career veteran of homelessness and housing policy. She previously worked for the U.S Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) where she served as deputy assistant secretary for special needs. She was also named one of years.
4 // STREET SENSE MEDIA // AUGUST 10 - 16, 2022 NEWS HANNAH LODER Editorial Intern A few years ago, Chris Cole made an important decision. She dialed the 10-digit National Suicide Prevention Lifeline. “Someone answered immediately, and it was someone who had been through the same circumstance and kind of knew what to say, almost like a therapist but more relatable,” said Cole, a vendor with Street Sense Media.
The goal of the new number is to make care more accessible, but it also indicates an important change in the way society prioritizes mental health crises, Dr. Richard Bebout, chief of crisis services at DBH, said. “Behavioral health belongs squarely in the rest of health care, and I think 988 treats behavioral health care as a health care crisis,” Bebout said. Cole knows the aftermath of a mental health crisis. She said she has lost more than a dozen friends to suicide — she has even thought about what it would be like if she was no longer“I’veliving.gonethrough periods where I didn’t feel important, felt like I shouldn’t be around, but thankfully, I had people around to talk me down… to get me to that next level where I could see outside of myself,” Cole said. In her experience, many people in crisis “didn’t know they were in crisis,” Cole said. To her, this makes it that much more important that people know about the number in order to have a safe place to talk.
The resources and help Cole received have made her a proponent of the lifeline. She hopes people are not only aware of 988 but that they call or text it when there is a mental health emergency.“Ireally encourage people to use the hotline before they make a decision they can’t take back,” Cole said.
Bebout referred to the July 16 rollout as a “soft launch,” emphasizing that it projects a 10 to 30% increase in call volume over the next five years. According to Bebout, the District’s call center offers 24 hour care and has a local answer rate of 91%. That means nine out of 10 local calls are answered directly by the DBH call center. If it is not answered quickly enough, the other call is rerouted to the next available call center, where the caller will still be able to get help. The national requirement is at least an 80% answer rate. “I really encourage people to use the hotline before they make a decision they can’t take back.”
The 988 Suicide and Crisis Lifeline is the new three-digit dialing code for behavioral health emergencies. Photo by Hannah Loder
Now, by dialing 988, people can receive care from the same trained crisis team from the national hotline — like Cole did yearsLaunchedago. on July 16, the three-digit change aims to make it easier to access mental health care. Since its inception in 2005, the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline has received more than 20 million calls. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, nearly 46,000 people died by suicide in 2020 and more than 12 million people seriously considered it. The shift to 988 comes almost two years after former President Donald Trump signed a bipartisan bill into law to create this easy-to-remember number. When someone calls or texts the lifeline from a 202 number, they are connected to trained call takers at the D.C. Department of Behavioral Health (DBH). These mental health support specialists aid callers by teaching self-soothing tactics, helping with problem solving and practicing active listening.
Call takers may also connect callers to ongoing care. Currently, the lifeline routes calls based on area code, not geolocation. The agencies administering 988, as well as their federal partners, are working to make the lifeline’s location services more accurate. Until then, call takers will work to connect callers to resources near their physical locations.
There are many programs that already exist in the District to prioritize behavioral health, including the Access Helpline at 8887WE-HELP; a mobile crisis team that works within the Community Response Team; law enforcement trainings in mental health first aid and crisis intervention; and the Comprehensive Psychiatric Emergency Program, a center where people can receive care. “I want to emphasize locally nothing’s going away — 988 is an add on,” Bebout said. “We do think that over time they’ll probably converge so that 988 really becomes the front door and the dominant way that people access urgent care, emergent support, for the full range of behavioral health crises.” Jean Harris, president of D.C.’s chapter of the education and mental health-centered nonprofit National Alliance on Mental Illness, NAMI DC, believes the new 988 number should help people feel more comfortable accessing emergency care. In the past, people have been “reluctant to call 911” because of law enforcement’s involvement, Harris said. In rare cases, however, 911 may still need to be dispatched because of a concern for loss of life, Bebout said. People on the line must still consent by giving the call taker information about their location. “It may be anonymous,” Bebout said. “There are very rare occasions (when) a call taker would like to dispatch a 911 response but is not able to because the person is unwilling to share location and identify themselves.” If a 911 response is necessary, Bebout suggests callers request a Crisis Intervention Officer. These officers have undergone training to equip them to better handle and deescalate a crisis situation. For more information about what a call to 988 in the District will look like, Harris urges residents to call NAMI DC at 202-466-0972. “I can tell them about what is available in D.C. that will help them when they call this number, and it won’t be a mystery,” Harris said.
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A small city in southern Brazil has found a way to attract more homeless people to one of its shelters on chilly winter nights: They now also take in people’s pets. Canoas – a city with an estimated population of 348,000 in the state of Rio Grande do Sul –came to the realization that many people living on the streets avoided staying at the city’s 14 shelters during the Southern Hemisphere winter now taking place because their pets were not welcome, said the city’s animal welfare special secretary, Fabiane Tomazi Borba. “Many times, they prefer not to stay in a shelter, so as not to abandon their pets,” the animal care specialist said.
Animal care specialist Borba said pets are checked for parasites, vaccinated and castrated or spayed. “They can live here with their parents, sleep warm, healthily and with the guarantee that they will not transmit any illness. So the perspective is to care for humans, but, also, for pets,” she said.
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Salle Sao Paulo school facilities, which can house up to 150 people per day. Machado de Lima has been sleeping at the shelter with his dogs. “If I couldn’t stay at the shelter, I would take them (dogs) to sleep with me. They sleep with me in the street,” he Homelesssaid. people receive an amenity kit containing items like soap, towels, toothbrush and toothpaste, and are provided with breakfast and dinner. Their pets receive a veterinary checkup.
The instant care callers can receive through the lifeline is “a game changer,” said Dr. Satira Streeter, executive director and clinical psychologist at Ascensions Psychological Services Inc., a nonprofit offering counseling support to residents in the District. Streeter grew up in foster care after her mother was diagnosed with bipolar disorder. Because of her mental illness, Streeter’s mother faced many hardships, including homelessness. This childhood forced Streeter to have to understand how fragile mental health can be and made her want to help people get the support they need, she“Wesaid.really need to make sure that we are tapping our homeless population, our youth population — we need to be tapping them into resources, and it’s those resources that are going to make all the difference,” Streeter said.
A man scratches his dog on the head. Photo courtesy of Nappy.co
Bebout attributes this call rate success to Mayor Muriel Bowser’s investment of $5.1 million to increase call center staff by 14 and the Community Response Team by 27, as well as a federal grant from the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, according to a July 15 press release.
In the first weekend, Bebout’s team saw a tripling in calls to the center through the 988 line, primarily as a result of public curiosity, he said. To prepare for the launch, DBH added call takers, and the answer rate went up to 95%. The local focus of the lifeline is important in connecting callers with the best care in their immediate area, Bebout said.
As regards the future, the family has no answers, only questions, said 62-year-old Fedor. "When will this war end? And on whom does it depend? On politicians? On us? On the military? Because it is unacceptable in our time, it is savagery. That my mother-in-law and other old people who are 95 or 97 years old should end their lives in such conditions. The sooner it ends, the better."
For the past four months, 92-year-old Maria has lived underground with her daughter, son-in-law and the family cat. She gets her only glimpse of natural light by sitting in a doorway at the foot of stairs that run up to the street outside.
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Maria Nikolaevna has been living in a basement for the past few months due to the war in the Ukraine. Photo by Oleksandr Chernobai // Unsplash
In one call, Maria asked her bemused granddaughter if there was also shooting where she lives. Laughing, Natalya interjected: "No, mom, it's good there, it's warm and quiet. She (Masha) wants to bring us all there." Maria beamed and kissed the mobile phone's screen.
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A fter surviving World War Two, Maria raising two children, working as an engineer in the Soviet aerospace industry and cultivating a beautiful garden at the family home in the Ukrainian city of Kharkiv. As she grew old and her husband, Vasilii children playing on the swings and visits from her daughter who lived nearby. When war returned this year and bombs struck her building after Russia's invasion of Ukraine, Maria's world shrank further
"She does not hear well so we have to write things down. a way."Natalya's home was in one of the most heavily bombarded areas of Kharkiv and she believed her mother would be safer staying in her own residential suburb eight miles away. She arranged for neighbors to take food to Maria and check on her. One night though, a neighbor called to say there had been an explosion next to Maria's apartment and power had been cut. She managed to get through to her mother who was in tears
Kharkiv — Ukraine's second-largest city, in the northeast close to the Russian border — resisted a Russian assault that but has endured almost daily shelling in the past month after a period of relative calm. With both their homes now uninhabitable, the family lives in limbo in the cellar of a friend's apartment block. Maria suffers from mobility problems, progressive memory loss and confusion that has worsened since the attack on her home."She has forgotten what the city looks like, she is confused and does not know where to go, what to do, how to lie down, how to sleep, how to hide," her daughter Natalya, 58, told Reuters.
War is not new to Maria. As a girl, her family was forced to World War Two. The man she would marry fought in that war. Maria and her husband hailed from the same village in the Poltava region but met after the war in nearby Kharkiv where they attended night school, shared a desk and fell in love. Maria then worked as an engineer in Kharkiv's state-owned FED factory that made aerospace parts. "Because she is a person of the Soviet era and she worked like a Soviet person, she received the maximum amount of money, as an engineer," her daughter said. The couple married, had a son and a daughter, and bought an apartment with a garden and a motorbike. "They left the hard times behind," Natalya recalled.
Today, as her memory fades, Maria occupies her time reading dog-eared magazines and reordering her husband's medals, They serve as a talisman: a physical reminder of her family's place in history. They include the Order of the Patriotic War for his involvement in Soviet operations against the Germans
In the basement, Maria sleeps on a mattress laid on wooden pallets in a makeshift "bedroom" delineated by three cheap subterranean chill, she lives for WhatsApp calls from her granddaughter Masha, 31, who lives in New York.
Natalya's husband Fedor found a taxi driver willing to cross the besieged city to retrieve Maria and the few belongings they could grab. "The taxi driver picked her up, carried her downstairs and very quickly rushed through the city to bring her to safety," said Natalya, who did not want to give her surname. "She can no longer live without us because this has affected her health."
The shelter is being operated by the Community Partnership for the Prevention of Homelessness, which has two providers on their behalf — the Coalition for the Homeless, which manages the facility, and the KBEC Group.
In an interview with Street Sense, D.C. Coalition for the Homeless Director Michael Parell said that his organization — which will serve as the “landlords” of the property — is proud to be a part of the project. surfaced. We were excited about the prospects building, continuing to serve persons who are homeless in our community, who are homeless,” Parell said. Barbara Martin, who experienced homelessness after coming the ribbon-cutting event. Martin will now work at the shelter, that she also endured because of her sexuality. only provide members of the community a bed, but it will be a trauma-informed care, and safety,” she said.
STREETSENSEMEDIA.ORG // 7 HOLLY RUSCH Editorial Intern M July. The low-barrier shelter, funded via the American Rescue Plan Act, will offer 40 beds for unaccompanied adults over 25 who sometime this August. “We are recognizing with this shelter … that people experience homelessness differently, for different reasons and in different ways, and that people who avoid homeless shelters do so for a multitude of reasons,” Bowser said at the ribbon cutting ceremony. For Sybil Taylor, a bisexual Street Sense Media vendor who has experienced homelessness, the idea behind a shelter their sexuality is the catalyst behind their experience of homelessness, she said. According to Taylor, during her time selling Street Sense papers, she’s spoken to several individuals who were forced out of their homes by family members after they came out — an issue she hopes will be addressed with shelter like this. “I really think that’s really unfair. You know, they don’t have nowhere to go,” she said. “I think they should have shelter for the gay community.”
particularly our transgender, non-conforming, and non-binary family members, face some of the highest rates of discrimination in housing… and this will be a safe haven,” he said. A 2020 study by the UCLA Williams Institute School of of homelessness than cisgender individuals and challenges accessing homeless shelters and services. violence and trauma while being unhoused, Street Sense reported in June. Taylor also noted that during her own experience with homelessness, shelters could be “pretty nasty” — sometimes asking residents to leave the premises by 5 a.m. and removing them if they weren’t back by a certain time — and she hopes this shelter will be different. “I feel that they should make (residents) feel wanted, number one,” she said. “Number two, they should have some kind of social worker, some kind of case management, that can sit down and talk with them to where they could sit down and work with them. They should make the shelter comfortable.” For those who will work with residents of the shelter, Taylor encouraged compassion and understanding of the unique “I just want them to know that they’re not alone, that there are other people out there like them,” Taylor said. “There are people who can work with them, to make things better for them. Make their life a little better.” Zeilinger said that the shelter was created to provide traumaservices. These services will be provided by the KBEC Group, a direct aid organization, with the ultimate goal of a successful transition to long-term housing.
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W hen the Taliban seized control of Kabul last Afghanistan with his wife and six children. He says his prior work on a United States military base put him and his family at risk. “Our life was in danger,” says Sahel, who assisted U.S. Marines during his 14 years as a computer and database operator for the Afghan Ministry of Defense. “We left the country.” Like thousands of others, Sahel and his family were eventually brought into the U.S. They lived in Indiana for two months before making their way to the suburbs of Maryland, not far from Washington, D.C. Since then, Sahel says he’s been supporting his family with work as a part-time Pashto and Dari interpreter for a resettlement agency. He helps people like himself – many of them only just arriving – with medical appointments and other important processes. Still, Sahel says life in the U.S. hasn’t been easy on a single income. “We need some support,” says Sahel. “I’m working by myself and serving eight people. My wife is taking care of the baby, so it’s too hard for us.”
Although Sahel initially received assistance for rent and food, the money has since run out. In addition to his work as an interpreter, Sahel now does quality assurance for a produce factory in Landover. He says it’s the only way to keep up with hisNow,bills.he’s asking his community to help buy him enough time to get on his own two feet. “If they help a little bit more, for two or three months more rent or something like that, then we will be able to manage over here,” says Sahel. According to Andrea Cook, who’s been volunteering with Afghans for about a year, Sahel and his family are not the only people who still need help in the region. She says many families are still arriving and that resources are stretched thin for everyone. Previously, resettlement agencies like the International Rescue Committee estimated that more than 1,000 families have been resettled in Maryland alone since August of 2021. “Last summer, people were happy to donate money to help set up apartments to help get people on their feet,” says Cook, Asadullah Sahel and his son, Wahidullah Sahel, sit in the pews at the Calvary Lutheran Church in Silver Spring, Md. Photo by Héctor Alejandro Arzate / DCist/WAMU
In an effort to better support Afghans, Cook recently in Silver Spring. The concert was put together with help from other volunteers after Cook put an informal call-out in a local listserv. From there, the group partnered with Homes Not seekers and people with special immigrant visas.
The organization says the fund provides individuals with $2,400 so that they can afford to spend time on professional development opportunities like trainings and mentorships.
According to the executive director of Homes Not Borders, Laura Thompson Osuri, they plan to award six individuals each month until the end of the year. While Cook says the event was held to generate funds for short-term assistance, it was also an opportunity to continue sharing the stories of people like Sahel. She says the focus on Afghans has tapered off in the past few months. “Afghanistan isn’t in the news anymore,” says Cook. “People aren’t talking about it. People aren’t donating money.” The concert also featured performances from local musicians like Melinda Baird, who says it’s crucial to continue highlighting the needs of Afghans in the year since they were forced to leave their home country.
“The consciousness goes away sometimes as other things – other world events – eclipse the things going on in Afghanistan,” says Melinda Baird, who teaches piano at the Levine School of Music in Silver Spring. “But the need is stillAmongthere.”those in attendance were Nicole Cassou-Mackenzie, a student at the Georgetown School of Foreign Service. She says events like the concert serve as a reminder for community members to support their new neighbors. “It’s been really great to hear stories of Afghans that have arrived and been settled here,” says Cassou-Mackenzie. “And so (it’s) really amazing to see the community come together in this way and hope we can all continue to do so.”
Meanwhile, volunteers like Nancy Pressa are eager to jump into the ongoing efforts. Pressa says she recently became a stay-at-home mom but that she’s started supporting Afghans in her spare time. Along with putting together events like opportunities.“Theyhad homes set up but they might need different things,” says Pressa, a church volunteer from Silver Spring. “This is hopefully helping to bridge the gap for some of those families that are still applying or still looking for jobs.” This article was orginally published by DCist.
STREETSENSEMEDIA.ORG // 9 who teaches chemistry at George Washington University. “But it’s not happening anymore.”
“The consciousness goes away sometimes as other things – other world events – eclipse the things going on in Afghanistan. But the need is still there.” The funds generated from the concert and ongoing donations will be used to provide families like Sahel’s with direct cash assistance through Homes Not Borders’ “Moving Up Fund.”
OPINION 10 // STREET SENSE MEDIA // AUGUST 10 - 16, 2022 MORGAN JONES D ear readers, the government offers a tablet to the public for a $20 fee. And it is one of the most amazing devices I’ve ever seen. thing is if you lose it, it only costs $50 for a replacement. I’m a senior citizen and D.C. resident and I continue to be impressed by the range of services offered by the city. The transportation, such as the connect program. To me, there’s no reason anyone should be driven to commit a crime. There are programs here for everyone who needs help from health care to supporting citizens coming out of jail, transportation programs. If you’re 60 years and older, you qualify for most programs. If you're 65 and older, the city will also take special care to card which offers free trips on Metro and bus. You can also take an Uber or a taxi off this card. The main problem is no one really knows about those programs. But as a paper we can tell people about it. Of course, there are also certain income requirements. If you make less, you get more. They even have a deputy mayor in If you’re coming out of jail, the government has to provide Affairs. There’s no reason for anyone to commit crimes in this town. We have to talk about the impact of these programs helping citizens get back on their feet. Everyone in this room should have one of these devices, but I’m the only one who does. This is the thing to keep you out of prison, connect with your city council, free internet, it’sWhenfantastic!you turn 65 in this city, you hit the motherload. You can get anything in D.C., besides housing. I’m happy here. city. Morgan Jones is a vendor with Street Sense Media. SHANE SULLIVAN “I ’m so glad I ran into you guys, it’s been weeks. Where have y’all been?” This is a sentiment any Honoring Individual Power and Strength (HIPS) outreach worker will hear if they stick around long enough. Most recently, it’s an unhoused HIPS participant who I’d been searching for in his usual stomping grounds, but had been unsuccessful in connecting with until now. in drug use and the sex trade. Many of our participants exist in a manner of perpetual precarity, where — because structural violence pervades without resources like a phone or stable housing — staying connected to us and other service providers can prove challenging. In this case, our participant is fentanyldependent and relies on us for sterile syringes, safer injection equipment and Narcan. So the HIPS outreach van’s consistent presence can literally be the margin between life and death. At a minimum, the van is a stopgap for preventing bloodborne illnesses like HIV and potentially serious skin infections. A typical HIPS outreach shift involves a team lead — usually a staff member — and two to three additional volunteers. HIPS serves the entire city, and is equipped especially with additional donated supplies such as food, water, hygiene materials, socks, hand warmers and thermal blankets in colder weather, etc. that we distribute when we have enough donations. The need is endless. Without committed volunteers experienced in harm reduction techniques who also keep our 24/7 hotline and other vital programs operating, regular outreach shifts would not be possible. Could the city be providing more? a parking spot. On multiple occasions, we’ve served more than 20 individuals in a single location — many of whom we know by name or face — while the same police vehicle clear presence. When police do engage with the community while the HIPS van is present, it is almost always to harass and intimidate participants trying to access services, and often us as well by extension. Along with the unpaid labor of volunteers to succeed, HIPS relies on direct service staff who make a fraction of for MPD, comfortably exceed even most other government employees). While Mayor Bowser unveils a $30 million dollar plan to increase the police force to 4,000 and expand MPD’s existing annual budget of over half a billion dollars, HIPS’ 36 staff members are among those calling upon the city to decriminalize drugs, establish life-saving overdose prevention centers and meaningfully invest in a harm reduction infrastructure for D.C. This infrastructure would include $1.5 million for a 24/7 harm reduction center to provide desperately needed wraparound support for people who use drugs, sex workers, unhoused individuals. For these community members who participate in street economies, these forms of care are essential for survival amidst a housing crisis that has devastated Black Washingtonians in particular, and an opioid crisis that killed a record-high 567 people in 2021 — 86 % of whom were Black.
Many HIPS staff and volunteers have lived experience with sex work, drug use and being unhoused. Many of them come directly from the communities we serve. The vast majority have a personal and emotional connection to harm reduction work. Our lived experiences, specialized skill sets and connections to community are what makes us effective. We often have closer relationships with participants than most service providers and engage in community-building and solidarity alongside them. Those connections also mean that the ever-increasing losses, year after year, of community members to violence and drugs are deeply felt and incredibly traumatizing. It is nowhere near the degree of needless pain, grief and trauma felt by our most marginalized participants, who deserve so much more from all of us. their bloated budget aren’t helping, but there is a better way. Amidst an overdose crisis that is by any reasonable standard a public health emergency, the D.C. Council needs to act swiftly to divest from carceral systems of punishment and instead fund real systems of community care, including the health and harm reduction services being proposed by #DecrimPovertyDC. Shane Sullivan is a community outreach coordinator with HIPS.
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I’ve paused from writing because I have writer's block. While there are many things to discuss, I draw blanks when it comes down to putting my words on a piece of paper. The hardware in my brain has short-circuited. As with any technician, I have been troubleshooting to see if it’s the motherboard or a software problem. With any technician, you have to troubleshoot, then diagnose the problem. You pray this is a minor glitch, not something that needs a complete overhaul. However, I’m afraid the problem is more severe and may require a new operating system. Writer's block is like solving a puzzle. You know something is missing, but you don’t know where to go to solve it. I’m not a quitter, but I suffer from perfectionism, paralyzing me from posting anything. You don’t have to write alone Admitting writer's block is kicking my ass. It’s hard to ask for help. I’m a writing purist. I think of Ernest Hemingway or F. Scott Fitzgerald in a beautiful space by themselves, typing away working on their masterpieces. I can’t fathom trying new approaches to writing. Every day, I cling to the old way of doing things; younger writers leave me in the dust. I’m an old-school writer in a war with change. I’m doing what I always do instead of interacting, I’m encouraging. I refuse to call someone or discuss my terrible fate. Current events have become divisive, polarizing and boring I used to be a news junky, and I would spend all day channel followed the money better than inside baseball or politics. I don’t know when I stopped watching or believing cable news, though maybe it’s because the media ceased being objective and became blatant partisan hacks, not reporting the news but insulting the other side with the most vulgar and vile names. I slowed down posting on social media because nobody is moving the needle, just bots and trolls. I have been blocking and muting like nobody's business. I want off the island; I miss dialogue and debate with people I disagree with. Nobody is on the cusp of a civil war when you turn off the television. There is plenty of poverty and desperation that is not being addressed. Keep it simple and go back to the basics
To get back to your writing self, sometimes you have to get back to the basics. I'm currently listening to lectures and videos of other people who experienced writer's block and how they got their passion for writing again. I like TED Talks and quick 10 to 15-minute videos on how to overcome writer's block. But, even with this, it's still not unclogging my brain to get Find writer’s workshops book clubs and meeting writers I wanted to emulate. I realized I don’t have to go through it alone and call someone up for advice or have a cup of coffee shooting ideas around. Sometimes writer's block may be more profound than not being able to write. You are in a slump, making things worse by not asking for help. Find connection The best way to talk about controversial topics is to point And you can examine why you support your position. People that can’t respect where you are coming from are maybe people that you don’t want to be around. Sometimes it is better to attend to compassionate customers than people looking to run you over and claim their position is the moral position.These are things I am working on, but I feel I'm getting out of the weeds of writer's block
FREDERIC JOHN Artist/Vendor
For much of my youth, I was drawn to Black culture. I found myself awash in the Florida beauty of gospel anthems, even sneaking a listen every now and then behind a cellophane-stained glass storefront bayfront, usually up ruled here — Sister Rosetta Tharpe, the celebrated guitarist/ singer (arguably the original gospel superstar), was married About the same time, 1962, that I’d seen “To Kill a Mockingbird” in the cellar of the pilastered masonic temple, also known as the Town Theatre, my beloved Dad, Samuel Willard, pulled off a true “Atticus Finch” move outside of Woodsborough (or Bridgeton), New Jersey one dusky evening in July or August. Our rickety Ford wagon had gone kaput. Ever the conscientious citizen, my dad allowed the creaking “puddle jumper” to roll off the road, coasting to a gentle halt in a grassy gully. Directly across a sandy footpath the entire congregation of a neat clapboard church was sharing an evening repast — moist fried chicken, savory greens, and tangy homemade mashed, washed down with locally made fruit punch. The robust reverend, in a starched surplice, along with several members of the choir robed in spotless linens, surrounded Dad as he joggled worn cables sprouting from what looked to resemble the original 1953 battery of “Mabelline” in all her faded lime-green glory. My sweat-soaked father fumbled in his pen-choked pocket for a folded 50-dollar bill. He smiled sheepishly, offering his preacher said, as he offered his broad hand with a wave. “We’ll get you back on the road once you’ve had a good meal.” Years later my mother explained the arcane legend about her lineage, courtesy of the unearthing in a Hoboken backyard farm garden. Anyway, by then I knew my Dad’s mom was a quarter Iroquois. Thanks to her cousin, President Cal Coolidge, whose ancestral surname is Akula! Are we not all one people?
JEFFERY MCNEIL Artist/Vendor
In this world, people have days when things are going great. Some days, your hair may get wet from a rainstorm. You may lose your cell phone and the keys to your house. Bad days happen, but good days follow.
BRIANNA BUTLER Artist/Vendor between two mountains. Dip in it to refresh the soul. Birds glide and sing their praises around it. Love and drink and you're made whole. Relax and feel the water waves that roll heat through your the water, as it rests, smiling towards the sun. This water means you never have to be thirsty again. Dance, dance, dance. Encourage faithful energy. Love, calm, joy, this is how I feel, how about you?
We all need to come together, both sides, to work on discrimination. Not only here, but all around the world. I was discriminated against yesterday. My aide and I were on our way to Street Sense, and I asked a metro employee to clean one elevator after someone pissed in it. It was disgusting, but no one cleaned it.
JACKIE TURNER Artist/Vendor
I’m in a wheelchair, so I need to use the elevator. The bus ramp has also broken down It’s complicated. It needs to stop. The employees need to come together and do better. Many times, I’ve been trying to catch the bus and the driver will close the doors and deny entry. It’s discrimination. All of this needs to stop. I’ve also been robbed on the train, just minding my business. A woman stole my phone and my backpack. The harassment and discrimination needs to stop. I wish I could drive, but that’s not possible for me. There’s also nowhere to park downtown for my aide to drive me. Discrimination is not in my blood, I don’t discriminate. In 2018, a woman hit me when I told her the Street Sense paper wasn’t free. I called the police, but they did nothing. A lot of things have to change. I feel like I’m burning my energy. I care about everybody.
Somebody explain to me how you heal from hurt. There are all kinds of suggestions. Pray, meditate, throw yourself into work. But, when you are really hurt emotionally — say from the death of someone close or a broken heart, from love gone wrong or disappointment from a dream you know could never happen, like when a child grows up to be a drug addict and you can’t help; it’s hard to heal. Some wise people say you have to learn to live with the pain, bury it inside and try not to deal with or think about it. It’s very hard, sort of a brain operation to forget. No matter what, it creeps into your thoughts without notice. You cry, you talk to yourself, and you try not to be a burden to others by being down all the time; you are overly nice to people. And, sometimes, talk too much about nothing, because you don’t want people to know you are hurt. In short, the hurt becomes you and changes your life. You have to constantly work at living strong and not letting the hurt take life from you. Everyone has experienced hurt and pain, now you have to learn to love yourself more than the pain.
ART JENNIFER MCLAUGHLIN Artist/Vendor
ABEL PUTU Artis/Vendor
DANIEL BALL Artist/Vendor poet who sat in the backseat of a taxi cab to write a poem for her. They asked Sybil, “Is Daniel more like a moon or a tree?” She said, “no.” She reminds me of the Brooklyn Bridge; there is so much But, I did have time to watch boats on the river.
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CARLTON JOHNSON Artist/Vendor asleep. I didn’t want to hear the sound of bad news — the blues of being homeless. Oftentimes, on the street, I have nowhere to sleep. I have no place to sleep at night, no place to dream of good news. I am waiting for the train to depart — from the life of homelessness — from the endless days and nights on the street.
My family was into nuts! I remember always wanting to crack open the walnuts and almonds the most whenever we went over to my grandparents' house. That's a good memory of some things we've gotten away from. Those warm, cozy, toasty moments. I remember they had a set of mean dogs, Zip and Zap!
PATRICIA DONALDSON Artist/Vendor
I am a street newspaper vendor in Washington D.C., and I am an artist/vendor for Street Sense Media. I am from Washington, D.C. I like to watch movies at home. Born August 20, 1960, I will be 62 years old soon. I went to three high schools in D.C., then I went to take a GED program. They put me on a computer to see if can I pass a test, learn to read, as well as math. I would like to go back to take the GED class. your self-esteem. It can affect whether you like and value yourself as a person.
I see myself running through the open door. The song took me into a melody mood, believing that I was like
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This poem is inspired by the song, “I Believe I Can Fly” by R. KellyIbelieve I can touch the sky I think about it every night and day Okay, if you go to CVS, you can buy it. If you go to church, you can believe it. The choir is going to sing it. If you go to the club, you will hear it. If you take your child to daycare, they are learning it.
RITA SAULS Artist/Vendor
When the seasons change, it also brings cheers and fears, whichever is near. king, the other a queen. There is also a college dean all on the scene. There’s food for the occasion: pies, soups and decorations to address the season for whatever reason.
The hug she gave me made me never give up;the peace and love made me never give up. Just wanna say thanks to those that I missed, I got a billion more names, Never give up.
PHILLIP BLACK Artist/Vendor
Eric told me to never give up, Eric is good luck; he reminds me of Chuck. Chuck told me to never give in, Chuck is like Eric, Carol told me to never give up; Carol, she good luck, she's like Eric and Chuck. Carol told me to never give in, Carol is like Chuck, Mikah told me to never give up; Mikah, he good luck, like Eric, Carol and Chuck. Mikah told me to never give in. Mikah is like Carol. MJ told me to never give up; MJ, she's good luck, she's like Eric and Chuck. MJ told me to never give in, MJ is like Carol, Fiona told me to never give up; Fiona is good luck, she's like Eric, Carol, Mikah, MJ and Chuck. Fiona told me to never give in; Fiona is like MJ, Street Sense told me to never give up, Trader Joe's told me to never give up, Louis told me never give up, Wydel C told me never give up, Yoga District told me never give up, Lupo Pizza told me never give up, Mikey Ds told me never give up, Walgreens told me never give up, Ben’s Chili Bowl told me never give up, Ohs and Ohs told me never give up, Florida Avenue Grill told me never give up, Crown Pawn told me never give up, Chicken and Whiskey told me never give up,Pink Fox told me never give up, CVS told me never give up, friends and family told me never give up, my customers told me never give up, the tree of life told me never give up.
On July 2, I saw an old friend of mine from high school. He comes from a good family. They invited me to a cookout. We drove to Crofton, Md., and got pulled over by the police. He reached under his seat, put a gun under my seat and told the police it was mine. Everything got cleared up, though, and I was eventually released. Thanks, old friend.
RON DUDLEY Artist/Vendor
LEVESTER GREEN Artist/Vendor
ROCHELLE WALKER Artist/Vendor
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AUGUST 10-16, 2022 VOLUME 19 ISSUE 37 From your vendor, 9,000 VENDORS WWW.INSP.NGO 4 million READERS 100+ STREET PAPERS 35 COUNTRIES 24 LANGUAGES NO CASH? NO PROBLEM. WE HAVE AN APP! SEARCH “STREET SENSE” IN THE APP STORE AKINDELE AKEREJAH Artist/Vendor Sept. 29, 2022, 6-9 PM 640 Rhode Island Ave NE Washington DC at An evening of art, community, and entertainment celebrating artist/vendor talent and creativity! Mix and mingle Buy art Enjoy a brief program Tickets include two drinks Food trucks onsite Tickets $30 to $100 Proceeds support employment, case management, and workshops. Get your tickets today at bit.ly/Artshow2022 Want to volunteer to make the event happen? Let us know at info@streetsensemedia.org.
