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Dreams inside a dream
from 02.08.2023
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ROCHELLE WALKER
Artist/Vendor
A dream from the Empire State Building. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. had a dream that one day a change will come, that racism will vanish, justice for all will triumph and we will be free at last, free at last. Let us all thank God we are free at last.
A dream can last a lifetime, and it takes a dream to know that not everybody dreams at night, though all of us dream at some time or another. Maybe it happens when we’re in our REM sleep. Or, maybe we dream our best when we daydream.
Remember that Martin Luther King said he’d been to the mountaintop and that one day justice will flow down like mighty waters, like from the top of the Empire State Building to the hills of Mississippi. And that, once again, we shall overcome and we shall be free at last.
Bringing awareness to 2023
PUTU
ABEL
Artist/Vendor
I bring hope, love and unity. People should know more about Street Sense in 2023. I think Street Sense could make a movie featuring all our vendors to help with that. Mayor Bowser should also come to our Street Sense office. She helped me when my apartment was flooded multiple times. My dream is to play wheelchair basketball with my team, the NRH Punishers in the Capital One Arena. I wish the NBA, the NFL and our local teams would get more involved in my sport. Maybe a famous basketball player could come to the Street Sense office and visit us sometime.
I appreciate everyone who buys the paper. Thank you for reading my stories.
I faced everything from violent attacks, discrimination, denial for jobs and housing during my times on the street. I’ve also had plenty of hard times staying in shelters. I've been put out of public parks by the Park Police. I’ve been forced out of buildings, called all kinds of bad names and also bullied and stabbed while sleeping on a park bench. The tough times I’ve faced on the streets have never made me weak but stronger than the average woman who never experienced those things. My place in life is not to stay in a home but to move through the streets and help others still
