Street Spirit

Reporting on homelessness, poverty, human rights, and local news in the East Bay. Sold by unhoused ppl in Berkeley and Oakland. An independent publication.

[Street Spirit @StSpiritNews]

🖤 Hello world, we are back on Twitter after a prolonged absence! RT if you follow us elsewhere and are excited to get our news updates about homelessness in the East Bay here, too 🖤

[Yesica Prado🔎📊 📸 🎧 🎥✨️ @Prado_Reports]

@UCPD_Cal @ThePeoples_Park @Copwatch411 Despite the controversial 911 call, people came together in community for a peaceful art action to pay tribute to People's Park. 🎨🖌🌳

The mural honors a quote from People's Park poet, Julia Vinograd: "There are many hearts buried in People's Park, and part of my own as well."

[Yesica Prado🔎📊 📸 🎧 🎥✨️ @Prado_Reports]

@UCPD_Cal rashly drove into a closed street where community activists, students, and children were gathered to paint a street mural for #PeoplesPark. Officers were responding to a call that APEX security guards were being "surrounded by people." But no one had threathen them.

[Street Spirit @StSpiritNews]

@ZZZZZZZZZZZack omg

[Authentically Oakland @ChaneyTurner]

I worked at Clorox from 2006-2011. Security guards have always escorted employees to BART & parking garages. I lived near the office and would get a ride home. This ain’t new & they should be ashamed acting like this is a new practice.

[Street Spirit @StSpiritNews]

@homeless_new @RoofLesser @amie_zamudio @objkshn @brgooley2 @ProfSaraRankin @MKushel @KellyMDoran @DeborahPadgett5 @emmytiderington @JoshGoldfein @robwipond @GwynneFitz @katie_honan @emma_a_whitford @EOckerman @SyvilleAlphonso @RealityBitestv1 thank you for this!

[Street Spirit @StSpiritNews]

🖤 Hello world, we are back on Twitter after a prolonged absence! RT if you follow us elsewhere and are excited to get our news updates about homelessness in the East Bay here, too 🖤

[Yesica Prado🔎📊 📸 🎧 🎥✨️ @Prado_Reports]

Cecilia Lunaparra, a progressive @UCBerkeley student organizer and housing justice advocate, is considering a campaign for Berkeley City Council.

She intends to take the now vacant District 7 seat after @RigelRobinson announced stepping down from office on Tuesday, January 9. 👇🏾

[Cecilia Lunaparra @CeciliaforBerk]

I’m so happy that this vital community news source will be back in print in March. Welcome back, @StSpiritNews!

[Street Spirit @StSpiritNews]

Tonight! Come see us on the big screen at @thenewparkway for Karma Cinema!

Every Wednesday in January, pay whatever you want for your movie ticket and 20% goes directly to support our work.

We hope to see you there!🍿📽️ & in the meantime enjoy these outtakes.

[Street Spirit @StSpiritNews]

@TJJohnston415 @Prado_Reports @SupriyaYelimeli @arielboone @alastairboone @nat_orenstein @BrokeAssStuart @LILBTHEBASEDGOD @rick_paulas @caroncreighton @rainey_l @iancastro364 @ZZZZZZZZZZZack @SteelandBallast @rainey_l @poormagazine @IsraelBayer

[Supriya Yelimeli @SupriyaYelimeli]

Street Spirit newspaper returns to print in March!! 👏🏽👏🏽 https://t.co/RVhIZCz4pE

[Darwin BondGraham @DarwinBondGraha]

Long live @StSpiritNews.

The “touchstone” publication and job program for Berkeley and Oakland lost funding last year but has raised enough to resume operations this spring.

✍️🏾@nat_orenstein & @SupriyaYelimeli

https://t.co/Rh3ZyqVXEQ

[Natalie Orenstein @nat_orenstein]

Here’s a guide from @StSpiritNews on voting in Oakland and Berkeley if you don’t have a permanent address.

You can still cast a provisional ballot tomorrow if you haven’t registered yet.

https://t.co/bcIbaTYwdy

[Alastair Boone @alastairboone]

Street newspapers provide accessible employment for thousands of people around the world. I don’t know many other work opportunities that are flexible enough to meet so many people’s unique needs. Beautiful new video about the worldwide street paper movement by @_INSP 💛

[greenkozi @greenkozi]

This is a couple weeks old so there may be an update, but a devastating real life example of people ignoring fact that unhoused/untraditionally housed folks are our neighbors, and the city’s ongoing criminalization of these neighbors from @stspiritnews https://t.co/QpgC1H8XKK

[Alastair Boone @alastairboone]

The May @StSpiritNews slaps. This is what it looks like:

[Street Spirit @StSpiritNews]

@RickPaulas ❤️❤️ you’re the best