Street Sense Media uses a range of creative platforms to spotlight solutions to homelessness and empower people in need.
Seven-year Street Sense vendor, Ivory Wilson, knows a thing or two about success. His popularity with customers on the corner of Seventh Street and E…
Building a strong foundation is the key to success. That’s how Street Sense vendor Glenn Artis views his work sellings newspapers. “In order to attain…
Tommy Bennett, 56, has one of the most positive outlooks on life you’ll ever encounter. In a soft but firm voice, he speaks about his…
English actor and comedian Stephen Fry once said “You are who you are when nobody’s watching.” Unfortunately for those in the city of Washington D.C….
For Kedist Girma, the road to homelessness started with an Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) complaint that she filed against the U.S. Department of State…
Andrell Robinson is a strong believer in the power of respect. A young man in his early 20s, Robinson warns against making snap decisions about…
“I’m a strong person, and Street Sense helped me so much. I believe in Street Sense.”
“I already had street sense, but now I have the paper.”
After high school in Philadelphia, Tammy Karuza married her sweetheart and became an army wife, traveling around the world and making friends everywhere. Her marriage… Read more »
When Aida Peery received her master’s in information systems with a 3.83 GPA, she never thought that in a few years she would be homeless, living on the streets.
I know the law can’t watch everything, but every school in the United States should have a breakfast and lunch program— make that around the… Read more »
Sammy Nganga Ngatiri has struggled on two different continents, but still wants to improve the world that has often been cruel to him. Ngatiri, who… Read more »
The story of Pieus Ennels
After overcoming drug abuse and a misdiagnosis, Deana explains her path to redemption.
Shakaye Henry moved to Washington, D.C. more than three years ago. Although she became homeless not too soon after her move, she has always enjoyed the District.
An in depth look at vendor Marcus Green
The story of Victor Blokhine and his experiences dealing with a language barrier and being falsely accused.
Franklin Sterling, 58, is proud of many things. He is proud to be vendor #214 for Street Sense. He is proud of his back- ground as a ’70s protest kid in D.C., opinionated and steadfast. And, above all, he is proud to call himself a modern poet with a love for the classics.
A look at the life of Barron Hall and his struggle with PTSD
A look at the life of long time Street Sense vendor, Veda Simpson
