Kaela Roeder

Deputy Editor

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Kaela first joined Street Sense Media as an editorial intern in 2021. In January 2022, she was hired as deputy editor. She holds a B.A. in journalism and anthropology from American University. Prior to joining Street Sense Media, she worked as a freelance journalist in the District covering LGBTQ issues, human rights, and health for publications including the Washington Blade, NBC Out, and The DC Line.

Articles by

• For people living in poverty, getting an abortion is hard. It’s about to get harder

• People For Fairness Coalition celebrates 14 years

• Annual walk to end homelessness returns to DC

• Councilmember introduces Green New Deal legislation for DC

• Paying it forward: How this bookstore coffee shop is making a difference in Adams Morgan

• DC Mobile Voting Coalition urges for hearing on mobile voting bill

• Mayoral candidates discuss homelessness at Miriam’s Kitchen forum

• Basketball star and vendor Abel Putu shares his story

• My Dog is My Home hosts second annual co-sheltering conference

• New bill aims to require period products in public facilities

• Local organizations call for use of surplus funds to address eviction crisis

• New cash assistance program for new parents will launch in February

• District set to receive millions to boost lead removal

• Floods and extreme heat: how climate change affects unhoused populations in the District

• Community-controlled affordable housing model could address gentrification in Southwest Washington

• Mama and Baby Bus: Bringing care to wards 7 and 8

• When trans and non-binary people age out of homeless services, there’s nowhere to turn

• DC continues vaccinating unhoused residents through mobile clinics

• Residents urge D.C. Health to expand resources for people experiencing homelessness

• DC Attorney General sues health care agency for defrauding Medicaid

• SMYAL expands services for LGBTQ youth experiencing homelessness

• Angela Hill, a fixture in Southeast DC, dies at 58

• DC Housing Authority begins COVID-19 vaccine rollout while nonprofit low-income senior living is left behind

• Vaccine rollout begins in DC shelters and PEP-V centers

• Vaccine rollout will begin in low-barrier shelters Feb. 1