Ken Martin

Ken Martin is a former vendor for Street Sense Media who continues to volunteer with the organization.

Ken recently opened his own hat business, Brims, with a pop-up shop in Adams Morgan. You can read more about Ken in his vendor profile.

Articles by Ken

• The unsung heroes at Samaritan Ministry are fighting cold with kindness

• Rest in peace Elizabeth Kitsos-Kang

• Memorial Playlist: Aretha Franklin, the "Queen of Soul"

• Barriers

• My counsel on D.C. Council

• My moments for the Jazz Masters

• The masterpiece of melody's measure is "Middle C"

• Trump's insulting food stamp plan

• Tenley takes action!

• The one percent

• Marion, Malcolm, and gentrification

• Inspired by D.C. youth, marching for all our lives

• "Spread Southside Love"

• A house is not a home

• Rejection

• You’re not smarter than a fifth grader

• Full circle or return of the prodigal?

• Remembering the Robert L. Christian Community Library

• On Colin Kaepernick

• National treasure and comedy legend Jerry Lewis dies at age 91

• Summer 2017 at Street Sense

• Senator Al Franken on Ending Homelessness

• Kids Lending a Hand

• Mom's Day

• I Am Not Your Negro

• Revisiting The Longest Night

• A Man on the Inside:
  MLK Library Through the Years

• Frederick Douglass was not "Great"

• Rest in Peace, Al Jarreau

• Behind the Story: Meeting a Superhero

• Vigil 2016: Where Did They Go?

• LIVE: Homeless Persons' Memorial Day 2016

• Christmas 2016 Playlist | +♫

• Can You See Me?

• Happy Birthday, Ken?

• Things We Do for Our Children

• When I Sell this Paper – Wait(!) I Don’t.

• On Food

• Street Sense Readers Celebrate Chick-fil-A in Tenleytown

• D.C. Government’s “Coffee & Capital” Lives Up to the Name

• The Blues: A Playlist on Homelessness (+♫)

• Hot Days With Metro

• Councilwoman Nadeau Hosts Ward 1 Neighborhood Meetup

• Remembering Muhammad Ali: The People's Champion

• Vendor Memorial: Sharron "Sunny" Chadwick

• The Longest Night...

• Right to Rest? The Barrier Grief

• Metro, Metro, Metro

• Meeting a Legend: Gary Burton

• Where Do You See Yourself in 5 Years?

• The Intersection of Art, Poverty, Activism

• Lessons of Hope

• Valentine's Lovelist 2016

• Lightning Bug Johnson

• Valentine's Lovelist 2016 (+♫)

• My Kind of Holiday

• We Have Not Arrived

• An Inescapable Reality

• New Year, New Beginnings!

• Go Ahead And Criminalize Homelessness

• LIVE: National Homeless Persons' Memorial Day 2015

• 🎧 Sounds From the Street
  Entrepreneur Ken Martin Wears Many Hats

• Reflections on Rain

• Hope

• Educating Ken

• The Presence of Absence

• Washington Works Hard to "Protect" Your Indentity

• MIA (Men in Absentia)

• Still Standing

• Art Is...

• Homeless Child

• Back to School Baggage

• Looking Out For #1

• No Place Like Home

• Kindness of Strangers

• I am TIRED

• They Said it Couldn't Be Done!

• I Never Sang for My Father

• You Call it Flag Day

• "React Month": What Does that Mean?

• PLAYLIST: Celebrate Jazz Appreciation Month With Me

• Wow, What a Day

• An Atypical Day

• Developmental Disability Month: My Daughter

• Dad, It's Your Day

• Community Values: The Hike I Can't Make

• Valentine Love Music

• One Day?

• re: Black Liberal Matters