Yet one more column written last year, around this time, by yours truly. This one was published in several different
Street Newspapers around the country, including
Loaves & Fishes.
Loaves & Fishes is published by
Meeting Ground located in Elkton, Maryland.
To read the column, go to:
Close to Home: Homeless Remembrances & Street Insights
For additional information about
Street Newspapers, go to the
North American Street Newspaper Association (NASNA) as well as the
Street News Service.
About the NASNA:
The mission of the North American Street Newspaper Association (NASNA) is to support a street newspaper movement that creates and upholds journalistic and ethical standards while promoting self-help and empowerment among people living in poverty. NASNA papers support homeless and very low-income people in 47 cities across the United States and Canada.
NASNA offers technical assistance to new and growing street newspapers, content sharing with the Street News Service , and an annual conference featuring skills building workshops and other topics of common interest.
NASNA models itself after the International Network of Street Newspapers , which represents street papers in other parts of the globe. As a sister organization, NASNA is the only coalition that represents the street newspaper movement in North America.
About Street News Service
The Street News Service (SNS) is a gateway to the best articles, essays and features written by and about homeless and low-income people. These articles are collected from the pages of street newspapers -- enterprising publications produced by low-income communities in over 40 cities across North America. Street newspapers serve a vital role in these cities, giving homeless people meaningful work, educating citizens about poverty issues and breaking important news stories.
The SNS aims to strengthen these papers and facilitate the creation of new papers. By doing so, the SNS will create meaningful, sustainable employment and a greater quality of life in street newspaper communities.
The SNS is a joint project of the North American Street Newspaper Association (NASNA) and
AlterNet.org. This unique partnership allows for content from street papers to find their way into AlterNet.org's larger online readership, and into the pages of AlterNet Syndication Service clients. In this way, the SNS will help to increase coverage of homelessness and poverty online and in print publications.
The SNS is headquartered in Seattle, at the offices of
Real Change newspaper, and is edited by Adam Holdorf. Adam began volunteering for Real Change in 1999, writing news stories on housing and homelessness-related issues. He's been managing editor of Real Change since January 2000. The SNS is funded by a generous grant from the Real Networks Foundation, also located in Seattle.
