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NEWS

New bill aims to require period products in all public facilities

BY KAELA ROEDER Deputy Editor

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she had to ask for a tampon while experiencing homelessness. Cole, a Street Sense Media artist and vendor, said it brought her to tears.

“It really emotionally brought me down to a new level,” Cole said. “I never thought that I’d have to go to a man, or anyone for that matter, to take care of something that's so personal.”

But soon, period products may be easier to access for people experiencing homelessness in the District. Councilmember Brooke Pinto introduced legislation in February that would require period products to be available in all District government buildings, shelters and congregate care facilities.

This legislation, the PERIOD Act, builds on a bill passed in January requiring D.C. public, public charter, private schools and post-secondary institutions to provide menstrual products to students.

Period poverty, the struggle to afford and obtain period people, according to a 2021 study by U by Kotex. Period products are still subject to sales tax in 30 states —but not the

District or Maryland. Food stamps and subsidies under the WIC program do not cover menstrual products.

When Pinto was in law school, a woman approached her and asked to trade — the woman would pay for a portion of Pinto’s groceries, and Pinto would pay for the woman’s period products because SNAP doesn’t cover the item.

“I found that to be so disturbing for so many reasons. Half the population has a period every month,” she said in an interview. “And it's a basic health necessity to have access to these products. And for some reason, they're treated like this luxury.”

Before experiencing homelessness, Cole said she didn’t think about how much period products cost. But now, the cost prevents her from buying products. Cole said the legislation would be incredibly helpful.

“I hope this legislation gets passed,” she said.

Cortney Signor, a Street Sense Media vendor, said having free and accessible period products is essential. More places should also offer underwear in combination with menstrual products, she added. In Signor’s experience, not many shelters provide period products.

“We can't cut off the resources from the people that truly

need it,” she said.

When products are handed out at shelters, it’s usually not “They typically tend to give out just the regulars and stuff like that, which for me isn't really an option,” she said. “I've definitely had a hard time finding period products since becoming homeless.”

There are local efforts to bring period products to those in Diaper Bank, started the organization to provide basic hygiene products and diapers to families.

She recently started “The Monthly,” an initiative that calls for the collection of pads and tampons to “provide for the

distribute the products.

“We're trying to make the work of other organizations stronger,” Cannon said.

When going without menstrual products, there’s a physical and emotional toll

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purchase period products instead use rags, toilet paper or their children’s diapers. This can cause a variety of complications including urinary tract infections. Using menstrual products for longer than intended can also be dangerous. Leaving a tampon in for too long can cause toxic shock syndrome, which is a rare but serious infection.

Lack of access to period products takes an emotional toll as well as a physical one, Cannon said.

“It is that feeling where you've forgotten to put on deodorant,” Cannon said. “You're very physically aware of your body in a way that makes you uncomfortable … I want people to understand how overwhelming and powerful that is. ” poverty were more likely to experience moderate to severe depression, as well.

“We know from the literature that other basic needs when they're not met, whether it's having a house or food - that is

Periods are getting easier to talk about, but stigma remains Lysne Tait, the co-founder and executive director of the products to local community partners in East Lansing, Mich., said periods are getting easier to talk about, but the stigma is still there.

The stigma is a factor in why there are few federal resources to alleviate period poverty, as well, Tait said.

“It's just starting to come into the forefront, people have started talking about it,” Tait said. “States are taking tax off

menstrual products, and more people are aware of it.”

Education on menstruation is now also a requirement in D.C. schools under the passed legislation, Pinto said. The

product access are not listed in national health surveys, as well.

crafting a comprehensive menstrual education. This is aimed to destigmatize talking about periods, she said. The education would start at the fourth grade for all genders.

“It's just a natural occurrence that really should be celebrated,” Pinto said.

that's not as critical for health and well-being. I think it's about convincing the decision-makers that it's something that needs to be addressed.”

lack is due to stigma, she said. Questions about periods and

“If you don't have the data, then how the people know how

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NEWS

2022 PIT Count takes place midst the challenges of another pandemic year

BY HAJIRA FUAD Editorial Intern

A volunteer assists with surveying unsheltered residents during a previous point in time count conducted in January 2020. Photo by Julia Pinney.

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round 9:30 p.m. on Jan. 26, a group of 12 volunteers stood on a street corner just a block or two away from the Martin Luther King Jr. Library. They listened attentively to instructions from their team lead, Maria Le. The group was participating in this year’s point in time count (PIT), which is an annual survey of the number of sheltered and unsheltered individuals experiencing homelessness in the District. Conducted by outreach workers and volunteers on a single night every year, the PIT Count is a nationwide count required by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) for all communities receiving federal homelessness assistance funds.

Le works for Pathways to Housing DC, a nonprofit that participates in the District’s PIT Count every year and also helps to coordinate, recruit and train volunteers. Le has participated in the District’s PIT Count for the last three years. Before that, she assisted with the count in a shelter in Maryland. As a team

lead in this year’s count, Le was in charge of coordinating and guiding her group of 12 volunteers as they canvassed their assigned area of the city.

After a briefing from Le, the volunteers paired up and headed out in orthogonal directions to begin canvassing their assigned zones of the city, leaving Le alone with her own partner for the count. Angela, who declined to give her last name, is a regular volunteer with Pathways to Housing and a contract attorney by trade who does pro bono legal work for homeless clients in her spare time. Together, she and Le methodically searched through Metro stations, loading docks, alleyways and storefronts for unsheltered individuals.

Participating communities are instructed by HUD to perform the PIT Count during the last 10 days of January, one of the coldest months of the year, to ensure sufficient time for compiling and reporting data to HUD, as well as to maximize the accuracy of the count.

“Because it is easier to count people in shelter than on the street, conducting the count on a night when the shelters are

most full will lead to the most accurate count,” says HUD in its PIT Count methodology guide.

On the eve of this year’s count, there were fewer volunteers than in previous years, according to Christy Respress, the executive director of Pathways to Housing DC. “I’m thinking that probably has to do with COVID, with people’s comfort level, ” she said.

An essential part of the PIT Count is the survey that unhoused individuals are asked by volunteers to complete. In this year’s count, volunteers used a mobile app to conduct the survey and record participants’ answers. In addition to basic demographic questions such as age, gender and race, survey participants were also asked questions that covered an array of sensitive topics, including sexual orientation, history of substance use, and experience with domestic violence.

Respress said it’s not easy to gather this kind of information.

“It’s hard to have very intimate conversations with people when you’re keeping social distance, and you have masks on, and it’s hard to hear,” she said. “We want to be really respectful

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of people’s privacy, so when you’re distanced, you don’t want to be shouting or raising your voice—you want to keep that information personal.”

On Feb. 4, HUD released the first part of its Annual Homeless Assessment Report, which summarizes key findings from the 2021 PIT Count. The report announced that the number of people experiencing sheltered homelessness in the District of Columbia on a single night in 2021 had decreased by 22.6 % from 2020, a larger figure than the nationwide decrease of 8%.

However, HUD advised that the report’s findings do not reveal the full picture.

“Estimates of the number of people experiencing sheltered homelessness at a point in time in 2021 should be viewed with caution, as the number could be artificially depressed compared with non-pandemic times, reflecting reduced occupancy in some communities or safety concerns regarding staying in shelters,” according to a press release.

Notable gaps in the reported data can be traced to pandemicrelated challenges, HUD said.

Due to concerns regarding the risk of COVID-19 transmission during unsheltered PIT Counts, many communities, including San Francisco and Los Angeles, did not perform counts of unsheltered homeless populations in 2021, with only 39% of participating communities in the 2021 PIT Count electing to perform an unsheltered count, according to part one of HUD’s 2021 Annual Homeless Assessment Report. Thus, the report does not account for a significant portion of the homeless population—those experiencing unsheltered homelessness.

But the PIT Count is not without its limitations even in a non-pandemic setting.

Le is well aware of the PIT Count’s shortcomings as a tool for carrying out an in-depth examination of homelessness in the District.

“There are things about the count that don’t give the greatest picture of homelessness in a given jurisdiction,” Le said.

Cold weather, for instance, can lead to a systematic undercount.

“People are more likely to find housing that they wouldn’t otherwise in order to stay out of freezing temperatures.

People will stay in less safe family environments, because it’s January,” Le said.

But, Le said, the limitations of the count have less to do with its methodology, and more to do with the nature of the problem that it is trying to understand.

“Homelessness is not something that’s easily just captured in a one-night count. So, while there are things that are not perfect about the count, I don’t know how much could be done to improve it. The nature of trying to get a snapshot of something that’s so complex can be really difficult,” Le said.

The PIT Count is, by design, only a snapshot of the scope and scale of homelessness within a certain geographic area.

But its importance cannot be overstated, said Respress.

The data obtained from the PIT Count every year is used to measure progress at the federal, state and local level in preventing and eradicating homelessness. It also helps policymakers determine how best to allocate resources and funding for addressing homelessness; assists communities in planning their homelessness assistance services and programs; and provides crucial information on the number and characteristics of the homeless population within a certain jurisdiction.

“It’s not a perfect tool by any means. But it’s consistent.

And I think having a consistent count every year is really key,” said Respress.

The PIT Count is also the only available measure to date of the number of people experiencing unsheltered homelessness.

“It’s what we have, and it’s what helps us out right now,” said Le. “So it’s definitely still worth doing.”

But beyond the numbers, there’s another layer of importance

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Volunteers preparing to assist with the point in time count this year. Photo by Hajira Fuad.

to the PIT Count, Respress said.

“The most important reason we do this is to hold ourselves accountable. We have really clear goals in D.C.’s strategic plan to end homelessness, Homeward DC,” said Respress, referring to the strategic plan to end long-term homelessness launched

by Mayor Bowser in 2015.

“We’ve got to use the data [from the PIT Count] year over year to hold ourselves accountable to meeting those goals,” she said.

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NEWS

Coping with the cold: a guide to D.C.’s winter weather services JEM DYSON Editorial Intern

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aniel Ball woke up cold and wet on the morning of Friday, Feb. 25, following a rainy night with a low of 34 degrees. D.C.’s Hypothermia Alert was activated the night before, but was deactivated by Friday afternoon. His brown puffer coat was darker near the bottom where water had seeped

through.

When it’s cold outside Ball wakes up early and catches the Metro, he said.

Most weekdays, trains operate from 5 a.m. to midnight.

“This morning I was up since four,” Ball said on the Friday he woke up cold and wet. “I think the bus comes at 4:10 or 4:26 around the corner here. So I ride that [and] down , then I ride back, then I get on the Metro.”

“I ride up and down, up and down until the church opens up,” he said in reference to a church he frequents during the day.

Ball, a Street Sense Media artist and vendor, sleeps in front of a church in a tent on a sidewalk. A tear in the tent window had allowed water to get in until he covered it with plastic. The cot inside which he sleeps on is secured to the tent so that the tent does not blow away. Sometimes he uses a plastic bag as a pillow. He had been given two pillows which both got wet, he said. “There’s no use to trying to dry them and stuff, so I had to throw them away.”

Not only is it uncomfortable to live outside in cold weather, but there are serious health concerns related to cold exposure.

Seven people died due to causes associated with hypothermia or cold exposure during the last hypothermia season, which lasted from Nov. 1, 2020 to March 31, 2021, while experiencing

homelessness, according to the DC Interagency Council on Homlessness. That season, the city called 114 hypothermia alerts. In the previous five seasons, there were two or fewer deaths associated with hypothermia or cold exposure.

The D.C. Shelter Hotline, 202-399-7093, is designed to connect people with resources related to cold weather concerns. It operates 24 hours a day, seven days a week during hypothermia season, According to the ICH winter plan, seasonal shelters which operate from 8 p.m. to 7 a.m. may be opened during this time of year. Once they have been opened they continue to operate for the remainder of the season. This is in addition to year-round, low-barrier, shelters. If these are at or near capacity, overflow shelters should open.

The plan also states that scheduled or unscheduled transportation to shelter is available during hypothermia season. Scheduled transportation is intended to provide morning transport from shelters to specified locations in the District, then to provide return transit to shelters in the evening.

Schedules and the locations that individuals are transported to varies by shelter. Unscheduled, on-demand, transportation can also be requested using the shelter hotline. This will transport individuals to shelter regardless of alert status.

Temperatures forecasted at or below 15 degrees with windchill, or 20 degrees with windchill and other weather conditions such as precipitation or snow accumulation, may trigger a cold weather emergency. When this is called, additional overnight warming sites are open from 7 p.m. to 7 a.m.

Street Sense Vendor Donté Turner expressed hesitancy about staying in shelters. Most shelters wouldn’t pass a health

inspection, he said. Turner discovered he had bed bug bites following a shelter stay. He cannot stay in housing offered through the Pandemic Emergency Program for Medically Vulnerable Individuals because of its 7 p.m. curfew.

HopeOneSource CEO Tim Underwood acknowledged the limitations of hypothermia alerts. HopeOneSource is primarily a text message based platform. In partnership with the Department for Human Services, they provide D.C. residents with text notifications whenever hypothermia alerts or cold weather emergencies are called. But currently this is a one-way messaging system.

“HopeOneSource, as we’re doing elsewhere, has the capacity for two-way communication between the provider, D.C.’s Department of Human Services, and the resident,” Underwood said in reference to HopeOneSource outreach in the District. In other regions, the texting platform allows for users to respond. Underwood’s goal is that this will eventually be the case in D.C. too.

“The alerts as they are shared now only leverage a small portion of our offerings of what HopeOneSource can bring to the table,” Underwood said.

In addition to text alerts, HopeOneSource runs a mobile outreach van which connects D.C. customers to internet access or their most immediate needs, such as job training, shelters and access to legal resources, he said.

But for now, unhoused residents such as Turner feel dissatisfied with the services available to help with his housing situation. He says he hasn’t heard from his social worker in three months. And because of his negative experience with shelters he sleeps in a tent despite the winter weather.

Although a tent provides more shelter than sleeping in the

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open air, there are still a number of health concerns associated with cold weather exposure, such as hypothermia and frostbite, which can be especially dangerous for unhoused people who are more likely to have preexisting health concerns.

“A lot of underlying medical conditions that aren’t managed well can make people more susceptible to being in the outdoors,” said Tara Cross, an emergency medicine physician assistant in Harrisburg, Pa., with experience working as an EMT in multiple U.S. cities. Cross has also worked as a trip leader and environmental educator for Outward Bound in Northern Minnesota, Philadelphia, and Baltimore.

“A lot of homeless people that come into the hospital come in because of foot problems,” Cross said. “It’s cold out so they don’t want to take their shoes and socks off, they don’t really have the opportunity to have a clean dry space to do that and I’ve definitely had individuals who have had frostbite, even lost digits, because of a lowered ability to care for their feet.”

Without access to soap or clean water it can be hard to treat scrapes and blisters on the feet.

If a patient has unmanaged diabetes it may cause nerve damage, known as diabetic neuropathy, in the legs and feet.

This results in numbness and tingling which makes it more difficult to tell when the feet are injured, Cross said.

Foot infections and amputations can occur even in patients with access to medical treatment for their diabetes. “This is definitely heightened for someone who is homeless and lacks the ability to properly manage their diabetes,” she said.

Wind makes it especially difficult to manage cold weather challenges. The body loses heat faster because of the evaporative cooling effect, Cross said. Moisture adds to wind’s heat loss effect, so staying warm and dry is key to keeping safe.

“The wind really don’t bother me,” Ball said. “See I’ve got my blue cover in front of my tent and that kind of keeps that wind from blowing in there.”

His feet were cold Friday morning despite wearing two pairs of socks.

“Having access to a couple of layers of clothing, preferably things that aren’t cotton but can be more like polyester can provide warmth even if they get wet,” Cross said. “Putting up a proper tent and putting it up properly can go a long way in terms of keeping it from falling down and providing that

wind protection.”

Dome-shaped tents which are low to the ground with sturdy poles are ideal, a consultant with a camping gear retailer said.

She asked for the name of the company she works for to be omitted. The shape and structure allows wind to pass over the top and prevents precipitation from accumulating. When rain accumulates on a tent it may leak through the fabric. Heavy snow may also leak or cause a tent to collapse.

This January, a 73-year-old woman was stuck in her tent near New Jersey Avenue and Fourth Street for an hour after snow accumulation caused it to collapse.

“A lot of tents they’re not really designed to stand the weight of snow, unless it’s a tent for winter camping,” Cross said. Securing a tent properly with stakes helps with weather protection. On hard ground where stakes can not be used heavy rocks may be used instead. Regular maintenance by removing precipitation build up daily can help too.

Having outdoor gear resources and education on how to use it properly could be useful for unhoused populations, Cross said.

Improper tent set up could put individuals at more risk for cold-related health concerns. Tent floors can be reinforced for winter weather using a ground cloth or tarp that goes underneath the tent. This will prevent small rips. By creating a barrier between a person and the ground, heat is preserved too.

“The best way would be to use a closed-cell foam sleeping pad which would be more durable than inflatable options,” the outdoor gear consultant said.

Closed cell foam pads are often significantly cheaper than inflatable ones. A thick yoga mat or layered extra blankets could work similarly. To stay warm while sleeping it is also recommended to change into clean, dry clothes at night. This includes clean socks.

“Even if you feel you haven’t perspired during the day you might have,” the consultant said. So changing out of day clothes into clean night clothes is a way to stay drier and warmer. But not too many layers, she said. Excess clothing can restrict the air flow when sleeping in a sleeping bag.

“Your sleeping bag is trying to capture your body heat,” she said. “And it needs air to get to it.”

Draping warm items such as jackets over top of a sleeping

bag can be more warming than wearing a jacket in the bag.

Hats will keep heat from escaping from the head. Alternatively, wearing warm layers and insulating with an emergency blanket, tarp, or trash bag can be a way to conserve heat.

Still, the best way to prevent cold related illness is by finding shelter indoors. D.C. residents have a legal right to shelter when a Hypothermia Alert or a cold weather emergency is called. The winter plan states that overnight warming centers operate when cold weather emergencies are called.

Alert status is available at dhs.dc.gov, or residents can sign up for text alerts at alert.dc.gov or through HopeOneSource.

Alert status is also posted to Twitter at twitter.com/alertdc. A list of shelters is available at dhs.dc.gov, and a list of warming sites is available at snow.dc.gov.

When asked if he knew about warming centers Ball responded, “No, where that at?” He warmed up at the Street Sense Media office during the day. “Might be cold again tonight but I don’t know.”

Individuals looking for help on behalf of someone else may also call the shelter hotline at 202-399-7093, the Mayor’s call center at 311, or, for minors under 18, the Sasha Bruce Youthwork hotline at 202-547-7777.

Individuals, community-based organizations and faith-based groups who have items to donate or wish to participate in cold weather outreach are encouraged by the Interagency Council on Homelessness to contact Tom Fredericksen at The Community Partnership at 202-543-5298.

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OPINION

The only thing that will encourage Metro ridership is the end of the pandemic

BY AIDA PEERY

The D.C. government’s plan to use $900 million of its unallocated money as an incentive for increasing more Metro ridership is a bad idea.

I haven’t heard the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention say “Hey everyone, stop wearing your mask and stop doing social distancing.”

Many employers in the D.C. area already compensate their employees with SmarTrip fare cards. And people who drive don’t want to be around people who might have the virus or didn’t get vaccinated.

No, it’s a waste of money and ridership will stay stagnant until President Joe Biden and the CDC say the virus is no longer with us and everyone can go back to their daily lives.

Instead, the $900 million should go back into affordable housing for families and individuals that are experiencing or about to experience homelessness.

That money could also be put toward job training programs, health workers who can help people get off the streets and I can go on and on how $900 Photo by Will Schick. million in unallocated money can be used. But it’s ridiculous to give D.C. residents $100 per month in farecards to encourage ridership during a pandemic.

Aida Peery is a vendor program associate with Street Sense Media.

America needs to move on from Covid-19

BY JEFFERY MCNEIL

I’ve heard stories of married couples who never knew their spouses were spies. I feel the same way — I don’t recognize anyone anymore. People I once admired seem to be under some kind of Covidian spell. I don’t get it. There was something about Covid-19 where people followed orders and complied.

Covid was a recreation of Exodus, where a two-week journey of flattening the curve turned into two-year cultlike repentance. Their Lent was slavish devotion to masks, mandates, and lockdowns, like the Pharisees who followed every CDC guideline to the letter.

Covidiens are like the Japanese soldiers who refused to

surrender 40 years after World War II. They never got the memo that the Public Emergency is over! Covid-19 is similar to rats and rodents. You will never get rid of it; you just have to learn to live with it. But still, even as most of the country returns to normal, a few holdouts and school boards refuse to rid themselves of masks. I don’t know if it’s about controlling the well-being of children rather than interact with them.

Covidiens have turned America into Zimbabwe. People who once lived with their neighbors side-by-side become paranoid if they don’t adhere to the dogma.

Progressivism has been around since King Canute, who ordered the tides to roll back; mandates and lockdowns were the latest attempts by Liberals to believe that science could conquer nature. The lesson to be learned from Covid-19 is that intervention is futile.

Covid mania is like being in the eyewall of a hurricane.

However, all storms eventually diminish, and the winds dissipate. Covid-19 will be a memory. As with hurricanes, let’s learn lessons and rebuild the destruction left in its wake.

Jeffery Mcneil is an artist and vendor with Street Sense Media.

Is a national divorce a viable option?

BY JEFF TAYLOR

For several years now, even before the Trump era, I've wondered whether we'd all be better off in the long run if the United States were geographically divided in some reasonably equitable way that would allow the reality-based and social justice minded among us to be free of the extremist right wing racists. Two married people who disagreed with each other this much would never stay together. Doesn't it make sense for blue America to amicably divorce itself from red America?

There are fundamental issues on which red America refuses to negotiate in good faith. How can we ever advance under such insane conditions? Mustn't we take some common sense steps toward our own sanity by separating ourselves from those who see us as enemies? say the least. But I believe deeply that if the right really had to make a go of it on their own, it wouldn’t take long for the right to want to reunify, given how much their states depend on support from left-leaning cities. We would then be in a position of strength to dictate terms of readmittance. Welcome them

back if and only if they check their BS at the door.

Those of us on the left don't claim to have all the answers.

But many issues have been more or less settled, requiring no further entertainment of right-wing lies.

Let's take a closer look at some logistical details.

First of all, who gets the District of Columbia? It seems to me that since the District votes more than 90% Democratic, it should go in the blue column. But I'd be surprised if Republicans would be willing to give it up. And what about northern Virginia, where the Pentagon sits right across the Potomac from D.C.? No way red staters give that up without

reasons? Even if it cost them nothing to relocate for political purposes, it could very negatively affect their quality of life.

However we ended up redrawing borders, it would obviously leave blue and red-minded people on the wrong side geographically speaking. So the governments of the new territories would need to assist people in relocating to regions aligned with their political ideologies. And it wouldn't just be individuals, it would be businesses too.

But what about people who live in certain places for health

evidence have no business calling the shots for the rest of us.

But to allow this to continue is insane. At the very least it's just plain stupid.

into this world with no choice as to which America, red or blue, born into red America. It would be a death sentence for many.

The more we get into the minutiae the more impossible the whole idea of a national divorce sounds. And the more frustrating it becomes, because the idea wouldn't be worth considering if conservative folks would just be open to leaving the lying and manipulation behind and embrace reality along

Jeff Taylor is an artist and vendor with Street Sense Media.

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What to expect when expecting a change!

CORTNEY R. SIGNOR Artist/Vendor

In the new year, I have made goals for myself. Maybe they work for you too.

1). Eat healthier: Add veggies, protein and extra vitamins to your diet.

2). Create your own business. I recommend taking skills and abilities you are good at and putting them to use. For example, I'm good at cleaning, so I used those abilities to start a cleaning company. If you like to do art or crafts, maybe you can try soap- making and painting as another means to make

an income.

Use the free resources available online to start your business.

The local farmers' market and craft vendor shows are also good avenues as well. Marketing, advertising and word of mouth can increase your clientele.

Some of the online resources I have used when starting my business include Facebook Marketplace, Instagram, Twitter

schedule your clients' arrival and even do taxes.

time with family, having a parents' night out, pedicures and manicures. Keeping yourself well kept, bathed, clothed and in good hygiene is also an example of appropriate self-care.

but helps to balance all your income and outgoing expenses,

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Love

MELODY BYRD Artist/Vendor

DON L. GARDNER Artist/Vendor

I love my jobs with you: writing, reading, and selling. You have nice articles. You are a factor in my life.

When we give love away To someone else That shines bright in their hearts As well as ours

Thanks!

QUEENIE FEATHERSTONE Artist/Vendor

C=caring people U=unbearable people S=supreme people T=trustworthy people O=outstanding people M=modest people E=embolden people R=respectful people S=sympathetic people This acrostic poem goes out to our customers. I want to stand for and with my Street Sense comrades, and give this sincere word of “THANKS” to our customers. It’s not at all unusual that our customers look forward to reading our news articles, our events section, our opinion columns, our art section, our poetry selections, the word puzzles and even our funny comic strips of Barney & Clyde. As well as the information, jobs, acknowledgements, etc. sections that are also printed weekly. To our customers, please know that we the artist/vendors, do often speak highly of you, (to each other) and we are very much grateful for your love, care, concerns, and support to us.

Always, Queenie L. Featherstone #654

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Camping in the wilderness BRIANNA BUTLER Artist/Vendor

My brother and I started our way to a glorious forest to be one with nature. We

body with grits like down home.

While casually laying down on a cozy mattress pillow, I eat a gooey smore that is nice and tasty. The next day we go canoeing down a clear river that sparkles. We

a breather and look up. We see what we heard while walking on rocks. It is an

in great depth. It is a wonderful ride. We enjoy ourselves, grilling hot dogs,

that feels like the sun’s heat on a hot day. Then we eat our well-deserved trout,

incredible life it is to see so much love around us. Here, we share this love with you. Be blessed and happy.

An ignored good morning

DANIEL BALL Artist/Vendor

CHRIS COLE Artist/Vendor

After all, we are humans, we share a bond Although I’m way down here, and you tower above I try to shorten the distance by showing you some love I want to brighten your day, show you that you matter Not just add to this city’s endless chatter Please don’t ignore me when I speak to you, A smile, a response, or a simple head nod will do It makes me feel invisible when I’m ignored by you

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BY FREDERIC JOHN Artist/Vendor

MARCUS MCCALL Artist/Vendor

A seed grows with no sound but a tree falls with a huge noise. Destruction has noise, but creation is quiet. This

An origami Dog: Lieth still Barking, silently.

Saying what we mean!

JUSTIN T. BLAKEY Artist/Vendor

I’d like to say to whoever reads this particular transcript, and especially to those experiencing homelessness such as myself, slow down. Think of your words. Consider their meaning. Now, say what you mean and mean what you say! Repeat this to yourselves: “I am not homeless…I have not yet a home to go to” Consider that sentence. How, or why is it that the “yet” is the strongest word?

A man once told me when I was a child that “the tongue is the strongest muscle in the body.” My spirit knew he was telling the truth yet my mind wrestled with accepting his words for two decades. I battled with the fact that a tongue cannot lift a solid pound!

I read a book a few years ago titled “African Proverbs.”

• thy lips…”

Since reading this ancient Ethiopian proverb, I began to speak far less and listen much more. Through knowledge, experience, and the blessing of aging I learned to understand the true power of the tongue. It is not simply a bodily organ to communicate with friends, family and co-workers. The tongue should not be seen as a tool for passion and lust amongst lovers.

And above all, it is not to be used in vain or for blasphemy. The tongue is the strongest muscle our bodies possess and these are the supporting facts: • It may be the soldiers who kill in battle, but it is by the King’s tongue that commandeth armies to engage in slaughter.

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By the hands of slaves were our most astonishing structures built; Still, it is by the tongue of the king that laid the cornerstone.

For the hundreds upon thousands of years that our species has been around, it is only through the power of the tongue that we know who and what we are.

-The power of the tongue, inspired by my African proverbs-

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My love is like writer’s block

Some CARLOS D. CAROLINA Artist/Vendor

JAMES DAVIS

I like you, I love you, Know I’m always thinking of you, But being with you ain’t good for my health Seems the more I’m with you, I start to lose myself And what’s worst, I’m lost, Or you hurt, Think hard, And think worth Because when self hurts, Self needs, Self-worth And I’d rather be with and lesser Than be with you and burn, Live life, Love, And get what you earn

A good wife REDBOOK MANGO Artist/Vendor

Her hair is soft, Her skin was smooth, Her body was curvy with lots of grooves, Her mind was sharp, as clever as can be– She pleased the crowd so naturally.

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Oh my, look at the clock, gotta get this done I think I have writer’s block Should I put it on social media Or should I get out my encyclopedia?

What should I write about, I’m so uninspired Is this a block like a children’s block Or is it like the Wall of China My love is like writer’s block I’m so confused tik-tok, tik-tok Love is blind and love is bliss I think I just got out of this writer’s block

A good friend REDBOOK MANGO Artist/Vendor

Will fry you in the end A good friend is a helper A good friend now let’s catch her

She loves people.

She doesn’t even know– This woman is wonderful– This woman is fundable– This woman is me. This woman comes in three.

Cold world REGGIE JONES Artist/Vendor

This is a really cold world we live in. Not even when it comes to weather. Mainly, people worry about money all the time. But if they only spend it the right way, and not the wrong way, they’ll be okay. People worry about their money. If they only they just had what they were owed, they would feel grown and independent and able to do what they have to do.

Everything would be okay for themselves and others, as well.

ABEL PUTU Artist/Vendor

JACQUELINE TURNER Artist/Vendor

There are two guys sitting on a bench dressed in jeans. One in a polo, one in a sweater. Both matching and stylish. They look about late teens, early twenties. They are discussing the pros and cons of drug use. One says that people are always

way. We will call him Jim. The other says that drugs are illegal for a reason. We will call him Bill. The reason is that they are harmful to people. Even the prescription drugs have to be monitored so that they

don’t hurt. Jim says that if you use heroin with no mix you could live a long time and feel good so why not let it be for all who want. Then Bill says I guess you believe in mass suicide too!

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