Submissions from BOSS Staff and Other Activists

Articles, stories, poems, statements, and such sharing first-person accounts and opinions do not necessarily reflect BOSS's organizational views. We offer this site as a forum to share all views, particularly those not generally heard in mainstream outlets. Many of these stories were published in other publications such as Street Spirit, Berkeley Daily Planet, and such.

Somebody Turn Off the Faucet: Vote Every Day (by Winston Burton) - The day before Thanksgiving I was at an event where well meaning local dignitaries volunteered to help cook and serve dinner to homeless and poor people.

The Fire Next Time (by Winston Burton) - People of color have been talking for years of the inequalities and injustice in the United States, but main stream America constantly counters with – you’re just paranoid.

Making the Local/Global Connection (by Homeless Scholar) - Homelessness is fundamentally the result of economic and social systems that do not provide adequate access to affordable housing, decent jobs, health care, and a social safety net.

The American Aristocracy and the Homeless Disaster (by Robert Mills) - Such blatant inhumanity towards the poor and homeless makes this a strong indictment against our modern-day aristocracy.

The Struggle to Save the Free Box (by Robert Mills) - For more than a decade, a container known as the "free box" has been in place at People's Park in Berkeley.

To read stories from the Street Spirit Publication, please click here.

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