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Working to keep newspaper benefitting unhoused people alive: ‘I felt like Street Spirit wasn’t ready to die.’
The editors at Street Spirit, an East Bay newspaper focused on homelessness, are nearly halfway to meeting their fundraising goal to revive the shuttered newspaper. Bradley Penner, the newest editor of Street Spirit, and Alastair Boone, its outgoing editor, are working on a long-term funding plan for the paper once they secure enough money to…
Read MoreCommunity raises money for Street Spirit, hoping to save paper that aids unhoused people
Over 100 people gathered at Tamarack in downtown Oakland on Saturday for a “Comeback Party and Fundraiser” for Street Spirit, a newspaper that has focused on homelessness in the East Bay since 1995 and lost its funding in May. The loss was a major blow for about 40 vendors, many of them unhoused, who sell…
Read More“Dogtown Redemption” documentary shines spotlight on local recyclers
“Dogtown Redemption,” a documentary film shot over seven years in West Oakland, follows the lives of three local shopping cart recyclers.
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