Street Spirit Logo - Click to go to Street Spirit's Website.Stories and Poems from the January 2005 Street Spirit Publication

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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.

A Lonely Death on the Doorstep of City Hall - When a homeless person dies outside the mayor's door, it is his own fault. That's the way the system looks at it.

Innovative Ways to Build Truly Affordable Housing - The alternative housing tour was sponsored by the Campaign to Abolish Poverty (CAP) and the Senior Housing Action Committee (SHAC), a part of the Senior Action Network. The tour was intended to demonstrate the possibility of "Truly Affordable Housing," and was followed by a meeting at the Senior Action Network office on Mission Street with the builder, architect and activists.

Poor Leonard's Almanack Remembering Martin Luther King Jr. - Martin Luther King Jr. (1929-1968) - prophet, man of peace, hero for all ages - was born in Atlanta on January 15th 76 years ago. Remembering his words and deeds, let us strive to realize his dream.

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I am Homeless - You see me on the street. I have no place to live. I have no place to sleep. And I have one last paper dollar.

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