Gerald Anderson
Artist, Vendor
Gerald Anderson is a Street Sense Media artist and vendor.
He published his memoir, “Still Standing: How an Ex-Con Found Salvation in the Floodwaters of Katrina” in August 2015. Anderson dropped out of school in seventh grade. At age 15, he served time in juvenile detention for stealing. Juvie provided his introduction to drugs. Seven years later, in prison, he learned to read and write. He was 37 and had been on the street for three weeks before hurricane Katrina and the subsequent failure of the levees hit New Orleans.
After helping rescue victims of the flooding and his evacuation to Washington, D.C., Anderson returned to drugs, burglary, and prison. In 2013, his fortune began to change when he learned he could earn money selling Street Sense. Anderson’s customers are family to him. He lives with nine other men in a recovery home in Arlington, Virginia.
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Articles by Gerald
Happy Holidays
Treading the Waters, Part 32
Treading the Waters, Part 30
Treading the Waters, Part 31
Treading The Waters: Looking Ahead (A Special Message)
Treading the Waters, Part 29
The topic of the story: I’m Still Strong
Police violence is overdue for a change
Hard to believe I didn't touch nothing
Treading The Waters, Part 28
Treading The Waters, Part 27
Treading the waters, part 25
Treading The Waters, Part 24
Treading the Waters, Part 23
Treading the Water, Part 23
Treading the waters, part 22
Treading the waters pt. 21
Treading the Waters, Part 20
Treading the Waters, Pt. 19
Treading the Waters, Pt.18
Treading the Waters, Pt. 17
Treading the Waters, Part 16
Treading the Waters, Part 15
Treading the Waters, Part 14
Treading the Waters, Part 13
Treading the Waters, Part 12
Treading the Waters, Part 11
Treading the Waters, Part 10
Treading the Waters, Part 9
Treading the Waters, Part 8
Treading the Waters, Part 7
Treading the Waters, Part 6
Treading the Waters, Part 5
Treading the Waters, Part 4
Treading the Waters, Part 3
Treading the Waters, Part 2
Treading the Waters, Part 1
Going home: My trip back to New Orleans
My story, my thanks
At work
What I've Seen Downtown
No Matter How Hard Things Get, Times Can Change
MLK Library: What Do We Do Now?
Frightened Friday
I Never Voted
AFTER KATRINA: A Ten-Year Roller Coater, Part 25
Street Sense After Katrina: A Ten-Year Roller Coaster, Part 24
AFTER KATRINA: A Ten-Year Roller Coaster, Part 22
After Katrina: A Ten-Year Roller Coaster, Part 22
After Katrina: A Ten-Year Roller Coaster, Part 21
After Katrina: A Ten-Year Roller Coaster, Part 18
After Katrina: A Ten Year Roller Coaster, Part 17
After Katrina: A Ten-Year Roller Coaster, Part 16
After Katrina: A Ten-Year Roller Coaster, Part 15
After Katrina: A Ten Year Roller Coaster, Part 14
After Katrina: A Ten Year Roller Coaster, Part 13
After Katrina: A Ten-Year Roller Coaster, Part 12
After Katrina: A Ten-Year Roller Coaster: Part 11
After Katrina: A Ten Year Roller Coaster, Part 10
After Katrina: A Ten-Year Roller Coaster, Part 9
After Katrina: A Ten-Year Roller Coaster, Part 8
After Katrina: A Ten-Year Roller Coaster, Part 7
After Katrina: A Ten-Year Roller Coaster, Part 6
You Show Me a New Life and a Way to See the Pope
What My Street Sense Customers Mean to Me
Still Standing, Katrina Reflections: The Last Time I Talk to Mama
After Katrina: A Ten-Year Roller Coaster, Part 5
After Katrina: A Ten-Year Roller Coaster, Part 4
After Katrina: A Ten-Year Roller Coaster, Part 3
After Katrina: A Ten-Year Roller Coaster, Part 2
After Katrina: A Ten-Year Roller Coaster, Part 1
Ten Years After Katrina: Judgment Day
Nine Years after Katrina: Judgment Day
My Katrina, Part 31
My Katrina, Part 30
My Katrina: Part 29
My Katrina: Part 28
My Katrina: Part 27
My Katrina: Part 26
My Katrina: Part 25
My Katrina: Part 24
My Katrina: Part 23
My Katrina: Part 22
MY KATRINA: Part 21
My Katrina: Part 20
My Katrina: Part 19
My Katrina: Part 18
My Katrina: Part 17
My Katrina: Part 16
My Katrina: Part 14
My Katrina: Part 13
My Katrina, Part 12
I'm Still Standing and Still Writing
My Katrina, Part 11
I Survive
Birdbath
My Katrina, Part 10
My Katrina, Part 9
My Katrina, Part 8
I Caught a Flashback
My Katrina, Part 7
My Katrina: Part 6
My Katrina, Part 5
My Katrina, Part 4
My Katrina: Part 3
My Katrina, Part 2
My Katrina, Part 1
The Week after Thanksgiving
Thankful
Returning From My Trip