Content categorized as Jobs

New Year, New Friend

I’ve had the pleasure and honor to be a cardmaker with Second Story Cards for the past year. Second Story Cards is a D.C.-based social enterprise that… Read more »

Georgetown’s new program prepares returning citizens to be entrepreneurs.
K-12 schools should follow GU’s lead.

Steve Lilienthal argues the GU Pivot program should be demonstrated in other schools throughout the U.S.

Still Standing

Street Sense Media vendor Barry Hobbs explains his incremental journey to homelessness and how he keeps moving forward.

Being Cool

A poem about the experience of a Street Sense Media vendor.

My future of extra income

An aspiring food service worker faces age discrimination when seeking opportunities.

Don’t repeal a fair wage for D.C. workers

A tipped restaurant worker discusses why she supports Initiative 77 and why you should too.

Product of Progression: Gotta keep moving

Tyrone Chisholm Jr. writes this series to demonstrate the challenges and opportunities
he has found while homeless, employed and enrolled in higher education in our
nation’s capital.

The growing gap between rich and poor

Ilyas Muhammed shares an editorial about income gaps, both gender and racial, and explains why we can’t continue to just blame corporations.

D.C. Central Kitchen will expand their services in response to youth crisis

D.C. Central Kitchen, a work force training program, will create a youth program for food service training

Vote Yes On 77

An opinion piece advocating support for ballot initiative 77, which would force employers to pay tipped employees the minimum wage.

My best, bad days

Artist/Vendor Reginald Denny remembers his mother and how she helps him even now.

Time to move on

Artist/Vendor Marcus Green describes how he lives his life and his goals for the future

Product of Progression: ‘Why can’t the homeless help themselves?’

Volunteer Tyrone Chisolm describes the methods he uses to improve his life as a homeless person.

A $1 million donation from Amazon is keeping D.C. families out of homelessness

With the help of a $1 million donation from Amazon, the D.C.-based nonprofit Friendship Place recently launched Family Connect, a privately funded homelessness prevention and diversion program. The 115-day program focuses on getting participants into stable housing and helping them gain employment as quickly as possible.

Pay it forward

I wake up in the morning with different thoughts in my mind. At my age I do a lot of reminiscing about the past, whether it be good or bad.

Frenemies

A poem about the importance of family

Knowing your self-worth

A look at Street Sense’s public image and what it means to be a vendor

Wage theft

A look at wage injustices

We’re all in the working class

A look at what work means to people experiencing homelessness.

Work

Sasha Williams reflects on the challenges she’s faced and the progress she’s made.