It’s been making a difference for unhoused people for 20 years.
., one of his usual spots, when he saw the attack. Just after dark on an evening in July, a 74-year-old woman was assaulted by an apparent shoplifter—kicked, punched, and hit with a shoe. At 66, Davis wasn’t much younger than the victim. But along with other good Samaritans, he raced toward the melee, chased off the attacker, and waited with the woman until the ambulance arrived.
and a story about congressional legislation to address homelessness. “Back then, before social media, [unhoused] people didn’t have outlets to honestly tell their stories,” Henson says. “We really prided ourselves on the fact that over half of our content was produced by people experiencing homelessness.”vendors was James Davis. He hadn’t been on the streets that long at that point: Following a painful divorce, the former electrical engineer had found himself without a job or a place to stay.
The organization’s leaders also realized they could help more people by expanding beyond the newspaper. In 2017, the nonprofit changed its name to Street Sense Media, and it now offers workshops in theater, illustration, photography, poetry, and watercolor painting. “Not everyone is born to be a writer,” says Will Schick, editor in chief ofAmong those who have benefited from this expansion is Sasha, a 38-year-old mother of two who got involved within 2014.
Davis and Osuri decided to team up to report a story about the exploitative practice. “We thought it was ironic that these homeless people were getting paid to then make other people homeless,” Osuri says. Davis signed up for a shift on an eviction crew, while Osuri worked the phones. Their story—“and precipitating a class-action lawsuit against leading private eviction firms. For Davis, the experience was thrilling. “I was making a difference in people’s lives,” he says.
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