Stories and Poems from the March 2005 Street Spirit Publication

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Berkeley Protesters Demand Shelter from the Storms - This is the story of the local tsunami that has hit those on the streets with heavy rains, police harassment, lack of public safety, cut services, and lack of the help that gets those on the streets the housing and assistance they need.

SOS! Save Our Services - Cuts to food stamps, housing and Medicaid will endanger millions of U.S. families and greatly increase poverty - Cuts in federal aid to education and changes in the rules governing Social Security, the tax code, and eligibility for basic services will lock in increasing inequality and poverty in the United States, where 36 million people already struggle to survive at the poverty level.

The Truth About Care Not Cash - On Sunday, January 30, in Civic Center Plaza, Dominic waited his turn with Rev. Jana Drakka, Rabbi Alan Lew, and others, to speak at the "Covenant of Compassion with Homeless People," a ceremony organized by Sister Bernie Galvin's Religious Witness with Homeless People to honor 72 homeless dead and tell "the other side of Care Not Cash." Religious leaders representing every faith and every area of San Francisco were present.

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