Education
ArtBy Veda Simpson August 27, 2014
Back to School
E is for elementary D is for definition U is for unread C is for crayon A is for alma…
ArtBy Jeffery McNeil August 13, 2014
How Reading and Writing Helped Me
Before I came to Street Sense, I never liked to read or write. I made attempts to read books but…
NewsBy Eilidh Jenness August 13, 2014
First Lady Praises Reading
“Reading might be the most important thing you can do for your future,” First Lady Michelle Obama advised at a…
D.C. Libraries Address Homelessness
Public libraries were unofficial day shelters for the homeless long before computerized search engines replaced card catalogues and encyclopedias went…
NewsBy Hannah Roop July 30, 2014
Panel to Address Need for Literacy Services in Jails and Prisons
At an upcoming forum, a panel of adult literacy experts will discuss the importance of reading skills in helping prisoners…
ArtBy Scott Lovell June 18, 2014
Relationship with Street Sense
It’s a real joy working with Street Sense and building relationships with the customers. It is a real joy for…
NewsBy Brian Carome May 22, 2014
Staging Hope Two
Street Sense’s new theater project, Staging Hope, gave its second performance Sunday, May 18, at Seekers Church in Washington. The…
NewsBy Eilidh Jenness May 21, 2014
From One Black Man to Another
When Street Sense vendor David Denny wrote his poem “Commentary to a Black Man” in 1999, he never imagined the…
ArtBy Jackie Turner May 17, 2014
Sticks and Stones
There is nothing more powerful than words Speech, what you say out your mouth, can kill. It can conquer. It…
OpinionBy Vendor Melanie Scott's Stepdaughter May 17, 2014
High School is Just an Attitude!!
I’m an 11th grader and I have one year left in high school. I’m going to tell you about what…
NewsBy Elizabeth Bryant May 4, 2014
Rising High at Academy of Hope
Recently I have shared some devastating things, but now I have to share something good and new! I go to…
OpinionBy Gwynette Smith May 3, 2014
Gayle Goes To Washington
Gayle Tyler was working in her office at Legal Aid in Los Angeles. She was busy a lot, but really…
NewsBy Morgan Austin April 10, 2014
Volunteers Help Homeless Aim Higher
For the past 21 years, a nonprofit called Friendship Place has been working to defeat homelessness, one man and woman…
OpinionBy Angie Whitehurst April 9, 2014
Opinions, Presumptions and Assumptions
Opinions, presumptions and assumptions are thoughts Unthoroughly held to the cross Of the truth until otherwise Proven false and or…
ArtBy Daniel Johnson April 4, 2014
Wake Up: Racism is Ignorance, and Sin!! *Hosea 4:6*
LEVITICUS 19:33-34 GENESIS 22:15-18 1 SAMUEL 16:7 GENESIS 11:1-9 GENESIS 22:1-18 REVELATION 7:9-17 ROMANS 2:4-11 ISAIAH 56:1-7 MARK 11:12-17 MATTHEW…
ArtBy Veda Simpson April 3, 2014
April Fools’ Day
What is the golden rule for April Fool’s Day? One way or another you’ll have to pay. Don’t get caught…
NewsBy Eric Falquero March 17, 2014
Pickin’ for Sasha Bruce Youthwork
Indie Bands With a Mission started with a healthy dose of youthful idealism – and a cookbook. Clarissa Villondo and…
NewsBy Reginald Black February 28, 2014
Neighborhood Activists Want Voice in New Projects
Neighborhood residents should have more of a say about development plans that impact public property. That was the message of community…
NewsBy Tommy Chalk February 28, 2014
Skateboarding in Cambodia
Hundreds of thousands of children are struggling for survival on the streets of Cambodia. Many of them work in brick…
OpinionBy Reginald Black February 18, 2014
Inner-City Music
According to Chinese astrology, 2014 will be a stubborn year. On Jan. 31, the streets of the District’s Chinatown were…
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