Stories and
Poems from the
August 2005
Street Spirit Publication
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Wheels on Wheels, Cheryl on the Bus - Riding
the bus is difficult enough if you are able bodied and healthy but for
our disabled community limited by mobility problems and bound in
wheelchairs a bus ride can become a nightmare; so much so that many
disabled do not attempt to use public transportation adding to their
isolation and depriving themselves of healthcare, fresh food and
recreational activities.
The Landfill Blues - One morning I read about
how the city of Albany sent bulldozers to clear the homeless encampments
at the Albany Landfill. The article made no mention of the people that
had made the landfill their home and what had happened to them.
Tony, Street Spirit Vendor for 25 Years
- Tony has been a homeless advocate since the early 1980’s. In those days the Bay Area police were especially abusive. Among other things, they would tell the homeless, regardless of color, where they could and could not sleep.
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