Josh Kramer

Josh Kramer is a cartoonist, journalist, and all-around nonfiction comics evangelist in Northeast Washington, D.C. His comics and writing on cities and other subjects have… Read more »

Photo of Julia, a Street Sense volunteer.

Julia Zur

Julia has been volunteering with Street Sense for the past several years and is excited to a part of the “Lessons of Hope” Forum Series…. Read more »

Kevin Jaatinen

Kevin has volunteered within the homeless community since 2019 and has learned first-hand how housing instability exacerbates health outcomes.  His mission is to advocate for… Read more »

KJ Ward

Volunteer reporter and editor.

LaShaune Littlejohn

Originally from the Washington Metropolitan Area, LaShaune has been passionate about helping people struggling with homelessness for many years. She is a business operations professional… Read more »

Leonie Barber-Peterkin

Leonie is Jamaican but a Naturalized American Citizen who worked with the Jamaican government’s Social Development Commission for 13 years. Additionally, she Worked as an assisted living… Read more »

Martha Johnson

Martha moved to DC from Michigan in summer 2013 to be a research assistant for the Urban Institute, dedicated to better understanding policy impacts on… Read more »

Matthew Berrick

I am a graduate of Mill Hill School in the United Kingdom and currently attend the University of Leeds. I am currently working on the… Read more »

Michael Burkley

Michael Burkley is  a vendor at the Denver Voice, the street newspaper in Denver, Colorado.