Stories and
Poems from the
February 2005
Street Spirit Publication
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Berkeley Cops Serve Christmas Dinner for Homeless
People - It's too bad that we need Christmas as an excuse to give
presents, share a good meal, communicate and express kind feelings
between people who are usually at odds with each other - people like the
police and the homeless. On December 22, 2004, the Berkeley police
bicycle unit, spearheaded by officer Tom Jeremiason, put on a
traditional holiday feast at MASC (the MultiAgency Service
Collaborative) in the Veterans Building.
The Message of Mary Jesus - On December 10,
2004, tragedy struck downtown Oakland, when a 33-year-old woman who felt
brutalized by Oakland's kangaroo courts plunged to her death from the
Oakland Tribune Tower. Mary Jesus, a longtime Oakland renter, had a
message that she wanted to get out to the public at large, and she was
willing to sacrifice her own life to do so.
A Prophetic Warning About Deadly Effects of
Eviction -
Shortly before Christmas, Mary Jesus found that she had no home in this
world anymore. Her landlord had raised the rent and then evicted her
from the Oakland apartment she had lived in for 13 years. After her
release from a brief stay at John George Psychiatric Pavilion, Mary
Jesus found herself alone on the stark streets of Oakland, with no home
in this world.
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