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March 10-March 16, 2010 Vol. 18 No. 11 VOL. 18 NO. 11 M ARCH 10-M ARCH 16, 2010 Buy StreetWise only from a badged vendor $2 MISSION: TO HELP PEOPLE HELP THEMSELVES TO SELF-SUFFICIENCYTHROUGHGAINFULEMPLOYMENT STREETWISE STAFF From the Director EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR PUBLISHER / BRUCE CRANE By Bruce Crane Executive Director is to expand those services so [email protected] Executive Director we can assist more individuals, and serve them Like most busi- more fully, increasing both the magnitude and EDITOR-IN-CHIEF nesses, we strive to breadth of the help we can offer. Unfortunately, SUZANNE HANNEY have our public per- the first most important item for me is fundrais- [email protected] ing, for without that, we can do little else. But as ception match our DIRECTOR OF DISTRIBUTION & VENDOR SERVICES reality. Sometimes, our fundraising activities have incremental suc- GREG PRITCHETT cess, so can the services we offer expand in what a business does [email protected] goes beyond the turn. scope of what the Most of our vendors have complex education- PRODUCTION & MARKETING MANAGER public generally knows. This is true with al needs. In order for educational programs to be BEN COOK StreetWise as well. We have long been associat- successful with them, they need experienced [email protected] tutors and understanding mentors to help them ed with the homeless, and rightly so. Though DIRECTOR OF ADVERTISING & most of the people who come to us are home- take advantage of the educational opportunity. CORPORATE DEVELOPMENT less, most of the StreetWise vendors have found We have embarked on creating partnerships GRACE FEDERIGHI with colleges and agencies to expand the educa- stable housing and are not homeless. They could- [email protected] n’t have done this without three ingredients: tional opportunities for our vendors. We have their hard work, your support through purchas- also been forging partnerships with universities ADVERTISING SALES EXECUTIVES ing StreetWise magazine, and the resources at that can meet the vendors’ ongoing needs for MARY FAITH HILBOLDT StreetWise. The first two are pretty well under- graduate student interns for the assistance they PROOFREADER stood by the public. Most buyers of the maga- need. ROBERT CASS zine recognize the work and determination of We have computer workstations for the ven- the vendors and encourage and assist them by dors to use in their coursework. We supply cloth- BOARD OF DIRECTORS purchasing the publication. Surveys have told us ing not only for everyday life, but for job inter- ROB FEDERIGHI—PRESIDENT JUDD LOFCHIE—FOUNDER that it is the third ingredient—the resources views as well. Coupled together, these ingredi- SOCORE ENERGY LOFCHIE & ASSOCIATES, INC. StreetWise provides—that is less well known. ents will make more of our vendors successful in PETE KADENS—VICE PRESIDENT ADAM MEEK SOCORE ENERGY BROWNFILED MANAGEMENT Much of what we do is to prevent homelessness, getting the education and preparation so impor- ASSOCIATES JUDD R. HORWITZ—TREASURER either from happening to an individual, or from tant to today’s employers. When they may obtain JUDD R. HORWITZ & CO. P.C. JASON MERSEY full time employment, they truly become part of J.P. MORGAN reoccurring to an individual. Homelessness RAY GILLETTE—SECRETARY often is a chronic problem that reoccurs for the solution to homelessness. And in the process NONPROFIT CONSULTING TIMOTHY RAY SONNENSCHEIN, NATH & ROSENTHAL impoverished men and women. Using StreetWise we hope you, our public, gain more insight into LEE BARRIE resources, most vendors are able to break that what StreetWise does. We strive to end home- KURMAN COMMUNICATIONS, INC. JONATHAN REINSDORF STONEGATE DEVELOPMENT RICHARD BOYKIN cycle and attain permanent housing. lessness one vendor at a time and one StreetWise PARTNERS, LLC BARNES & THORNBURG LLP The second most important item for me as customer at a time. WHITNEY ST. PIERRE EMILY BRINKMOELLER INTERNATIONAL INITIATIVES EXTENSION, INC PATRICIA TILLMAN DANNY K. DAVIS VENDOR REPRESENTATIVE U.S. CONGRESSMAN, Where the money goes... 7TH DISTRICT, ILLINOIS KEVIN WARD Vendors buy StreetWise for 75 cents, and the remaining $1.25 goes directly to the licensed vendor. THE FORWARD GROUP LATONYA ELLIS ERIC WEINHEIMER VERIZON WIRELESS CARA PROGRAM PAM FRYE IRA WILLIAMS RETIRED Look for the Badge! JOHN J. LEONARD BERNSTEIN GLOBAL WEALTH Please purchase your copy of StreetWise from badged vendors only! MANAGEMENT STREETWISE IS PUBLISHED WEEKLY AND IS SOLD BY THE POOR AND HOMELESS OF For questions or comments regarding our vendor force, please CHICAGO. STREETWISE IS A REGISTERED 501(C)3 NONPROFIT ORGANIZATION AND IS A MEMBER OF THE NORTH AMERICAN STREET NEWSPAPER ASSOCIATION. contact Greg Pritchett at (312) 829-2526 or at 1201 W. LAKE, CHICAGO, ILLINOIS 60607 [email protected]. OFFICE: 312.829.2526 FAX: 312.829.2623 2 WWW.STREETWISE.ORG MARCH 10-MARCH 16, 2010 WorldWise Becoming a Binner Kira describes how she makes a living as a “binner,” someone who sorts through garbage for recyclables, in Victoria, British Columbia. page 5 Spring back into fitness Yoga lessons for change and tension from Nancy Gerstein plus nurtrition tips from the Mayor’s Fitness Council. 11 page Vendor Spotlight Stand up and be counted: Rebuilding his life portfolio Groups are participating all over the Joseph Molnar lost his family city in Count Me In, an effort to reach and his life’s direction. But more minority groups and secure now, he’s using StreetWise and much-needed federal the Salvation Army to earn back funding from the 2010 what once was his. page15 Census. page12 news entertainment streetwise volunteer WorldWise page 4-5 FoodWise page 6 The Playground page 14 Volunteer Chicago Wise Questions page 10 DineWise page 6-7 Vendor Spotlight page 15 online at www.streetwise.org Cover Story page 12-13 Theatre page 7 Event Calendar page 8-9 MARCH 10-MARCH 16, 2010 WWW.STREETWISE.ORG 3 International Network of Street Papers Street News Service WorldWise Unjust laws target youth job By Rodney Graham Toronto and Canada. John Clarke, head of the system—ended up i n jail and in gangs, to a Street Sheet, Winnipeg, MB, Canada OCAP, said that although it is legal technically, great extent because of the system and because the police can decide how to interpret the law of the law! Because of the way the system is s with most cities in Canada, geared to bash you down instead of pulling you Winnipeg has both a panhandling that “regulate” the practice of panhandling— and that it is not being done justly. up. Laws repressing those who beg in various By-law and a “squeegeeing” By-law ways are definitely adding fuel to the fire of as well. Public Interest Law Centre "People are going to jail for second offenses on Bill 8," Clarke said, "there are people sitting poverty. is challenging the law—again. But It was only after I moved to Winnipeg that I theseA things go slowly—the city and PILC have in jail for panhandling here in Toronto." Besides panhandling and squeegeeing, there became an activist and writer. It was because not even exchanged all their documents yet they were planning to outlaw squeegee kids. I after a year. is a no camping law in Toronto as in many American cities. went to meetings at city hall and saw that they In Canada, youth on the street find that were going to push the law through even “squeegeeing” is more rewarding than panhan- "We live within a system that creates poverty and destitution then proceeds to criminalize though the police themselves advised them to dling and more public accepted. (Squeegeeing let them do it but license them—Even social is washing car windows at intersections for them for the things they need to do to survive," said Clarke. agencies advised it not be criminalized. The city change). In Canada there is a great lack of ignored the advice and went with the advice of resources for youth, especially those under 18. the chamber of commerce and passed the law So in an “evolutionary” or rather, “revolutionary” My personal experience as an activist & a former homeless youth: anyway. Overnight a whole beneficial resource way they have come up with their own was taken away from desperate and abandoned When I was 12 my mother was a chronic resourceful way to survive on the street with- youth on the street. alcoholic and I had no support from an y other out having to turn to crime or be exploited by The reason why many youth are transient and source. I was made a ward of the court in the criminal element—cleaning car windows wander across Canada from coast to coast is Vancouver BC. The first day I was sent to a for money. because they are hounded and harassed from group home to live I witnessed a girl jump off place to place - instead of being offered a help- The Law the roof of the three-story house in a suicide ing hand - which a true democracy is supposed attempt. The staff there seemed unconcerned. The panhandling laws have been challenged to do to its most unfortunate citizens... It's the The same day I witnessed employees of the in most cities in Canada over the past 10 years law itself that beats them down to such an “business” smoke pot with 14-year-old-kids. The but the only outcome is that they have been extent that they have a hard time finding work, only thing they said to me was - “there's no modified. The law dictates that panhandling accessing resources, and gene rally just trying to balling allowed in the house.” No mentionf o laws are not unconstitutional. On the other survive. hand, the law also indicates that panhandling is going to school at all..
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