Stories and
Poems from the
December 2004
Street Spirit Publication
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Street Spirit, please visit Street Spirit's Website at
http://www.thestreetspirit.org/.
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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.
BOSS Celebrates the Success of Homeless Graduates
- On Friday, November 19, BOSS, a nonprofit homeless service provider in
Alameda County, honored six very special graduates from the Clean City
Program – a special program that places homeless workers in street
cleaning jobs in partnership with the City of Berkeley.
A Winter of Discontent for
Berkeley's Homeless - Berkeley Says
BASTA to the Homeless. It was election time. Police were out
harassing in and near People’s Park-once again. I was getting frantic calls from
Julia one of the homeless organizers reduced to sleeping on the easement on Bowditch Street on the east end of People's Park once again.
This article was written by Michael Diehl of BOSS COT and appears in
the street update section of this website as November 2004 update.
Homeless Woman Dies in Las Vegas - Laura Morgan
was abandoned by all levels of the system set up to help homeless people.
She never found the help she needed from her parole officer, nor from
shelters or recovery programs. She died far too young.
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