RSS FeedFourth Anniversary Of Street Sense Published
Street Sense, the G Street newspaper that covers homeless issues, recently released it’s fourth anniversary issue. You may have seen Street Sense vendors selling their self-authored and published newspaper within DC – they wear the construction yellow vests. The last time this writer casually picked up a copy of Street Sense, it didn’t take much time to get through the issue and the writing needed some work. Contrast that with the most recent issue which includes interesting statistics about the paper and highlights the success stories of those who have climbed out of homelessness. Throw in a few gut check articles about the DC Government’s efforts to address associated issues and it becomes an interesting and educational read with much improved writing. To be sure, this is not The New York Times but it isn’t meant to be either.
The paper is sold on a voluntary donation basis by authorized individual vendors (they are all badged) who adhere to a Vendor Code of Conduct published in the paper. Vendors get 75% of the purchase price with the rest going to cover production costs. Street Sense is a non-profit organization and it now has a blog, Internet archived back issues and is produced biweekly.
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I would encourage businesses in the neighborhood to advertise in Street Sense, perhaps to show support for efforts by homeless to improve their lives. It would certainly impress the people in the neighborhood who buy issues from vendors.