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THE TRI-STATE'S A Ll'ERNATI VE NE\VS SOURCE
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Food Banks Forced to Ration and Turn Hungry
Families Away Due to Supply Crisis
With C1ncir\nldi area fuod
ban ks facing severeshonages,
U.S. s~.u a:tor Sherrod BfO\\tn
(l:>-OHj announcedonJanmuy
IS, 2008.~ a rene"•ed efi"o1110
mmdt
~\\1a
are the \veaJ thiesl
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natson in the \\Oriel but \\e
cannot teed our ov.11people."
said Bm\\!U, the first Seoiuor
push legislation to increase from Ohio in 40 yc..ttr.s to so~·c
federal suppon.
on tl10 tlgricwrureand Nutritioo
1n Oe.centbcr, BtO\Vn Con1.mittea " Food banks u1
introduced legisl~ tion \vil1ch Cincumnti anducross Otno are
"Food banks in Cinci1u1ati and across
Ohio are ruru1i.ng out of food. Th.is is an
emergel:IL')' a.nd an o utrage."
- Senator Br.own
V.'OuJdprovide $40 nliJlion in nmningoutoffood. Tl1is is ao
The
6 n1el'g_ency f oo·d
tlssist.ance Program (TEFAP)
funding to address the curren1
food b:1nk c risis until a
pem1anenl fixcan be pJSSed in
the Frun1 Bill. At d1e FreeStote
en'l¢'rS-eli'-)' und ru1-0u tftige."
Food banks are.supported
1hro ugt1 1hree sources.
c:orporatc food dooaUOns rroin
\\'holesalers, producers. and
grocery stores thn1 h:.1v" a
PoodBan~-•.BroiA'll d1sc.ussed surpJus: personal donations ~1 e1'11bers fforo I.be comouu:ilty selecl_yrocerles l(om the Free$tote FoodBru1k Of'1 Libert)· Str'eet
pl:u1s 10 push the en1ergency
Familiesare allo\ved 20 lbs ofgroci'ries. J!h"''Qb)•f.-puN". ltt;r111fln
Continued on J>aee S
1,'gjsl:llioo lhrm~ C(>l~'11!S> this
Rothenberg Academy ni. Over the Rhine to be Renovated
1hree years. Ouring lhe san1e \line Stree1 School. CurrenliS'
rinw CPS notilicd tb• OvcrdJo th~ Now V'i.nc S1rce1 Sl:lhOol
1\bout lh.ree. years ago, Rb1n1?- Conmtuni-ty 1bnt they (Ro1henberg Preparatory
Ciocll'wati Publi~ Sdiools c:ll11e plt!l)ned Qnclosing Wash1n_g1QO Ac~demy) is. housing the
10 the Over the Rhine
J'ark Elementai:y School and
nei$hborhood nnd said that \\Ould rebuild Jtoo dle southend
Rotbonborg
needed
renovncioos. TI1ey explained
tha11.hey plltloed 10 tetl:')()ve die.
studerns fron1the building and
remporunl)•conlbine1.h oo1,.,;d,
thi: Ne·\\' \ 'i.oe Sucet School
CPSsrud th31 once Roth~1100rg
\\11$ reoovated d)<.--y '"°uld then
move thestudents back into d>a
ne\vl.Yrenovated building.
l11stead, 1hey rt-nam...~ Ne\\•
VmeStroetSchool,RQdtenberg
Prepara:rory 1\cad.emy aJ'1d lefi
1hc building Vl:\C;lnl !Or thcpasl
1'fle school then had to cut·a
nuro.bcr oftcncbcf$ a:t the start
of the year. No\Y, n1any
$1odentt;:haverecumedMd lhey
ofWminb100 Park,
Cinoinn:iti C'enter Ci1y
Developn1e111 Corpor~tlon
(JCDC) got iovolved and
decided 1h.at the ne\\' SChool for
rhc Creative l.lod Pcrforru.ir1g
Artsnev.•home\\'Ould beat the
south oodorW;)shh)gtoo Pai·k.
\\1ashington Park Schoolis
no''' closed, tom do\vn, ·and
cotLStruc.1ion has started on
SCPA. Students from dte then
Wn.5hu'l£:IOO Patk Scl1ool \Vefe
c-0mbi11t.-d into 1hc fomiLT Nc\v
"lt ~vould serve not on!y as a.n
inspixation, but an opportunity for
sodely to invest in the brightness of our
future..."
andconOict in thebuilding mtd
theooildiogitseU1s<lc.1crion11Jng
asassessme1ttsorii,;oally called
for 11 10 be closed due 10
subsuwdard conditions.
\\'ith all of. this in 1nind,
CPS ll fe,v months ago began
to speak of th ree diff~ren1
1de.as.
One \Vas 10 teat oo,.. n
dieoldRolheoberg b1nlding ond
neverreopeninga facilily. 'l11e
Timothy WilLiams, father of3 who a ttend Rotl1enberg
S{..°OOOd was to to.' lf it dO\\'U ood
con:ibinariooof die d1reeschools are up to·about 390 students. rebuilding d1ereorson1e\\11ere
and Ove1'the Rhine is dO\\lfl to lliey do not have enoush aod Lht; lhird " 'as to J'ebulld
jlb1ooe com111unil)• sthool in lhe teachers. desks, or books. son1e\\•here or doing nothing
They do not have a library, an and leaving 11 vacilllL for :i
neighborhood.
Ro1hecnber£; ·rrepara~ofy classes 0 1· nlusic classes. The \\ilile, it ~1red tht!)• \.\etequ1tt!.
Acade111y had roo·n1 for 450 combination ofall theschoots seton t~aring it do\\'11.
srudt:ois. l·lo"-evef the school aod teachel's has c.aused a
di~ 001 haw1ha1many enroll. significant amount oP discord
Conrinutd on pa:e 7
INSIDE THIS ISSUE
LoN1J Ne.,v~
C o1111nunit)•N~'S
lnc1'ea:;es iJl bttS fare \'tlll hil\I~
an affecton low in,-0n1e
individuals. Page-l
The Dro11lnn Ct!ntct
c:elebrilles 30years 3.1 Eln1
and 12th in OTR. Pa.i;t• 6
GuestC'ol:un1n
Burb11ta Flick 1olk.i.; nhout her
ex1>erience; ,.,.,-th Tender
i\1enres. l"t1g1.•. JO
National Ne\VS
111e Uni1 ~d Stues bl!gins to
uses horses tosecura 1he
border. Pa~v J1
lnremat:iona.J Ne\VS
~l odcm politu::s lei)ds 10
Violence in Ke0}'3 after r~en l
eJecuous. Pa.t:t~ I J
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Memberes in the<.-ommunily pick
ot1tgroceries at the Freestore
Foodbank on Liberty Stl\.'Cl
We are members of:
Veitdt>r$ hllJI l/1t'
Jft1perfur .t.'i t'Wb'
t1•/1ic/1 pl•J"'·for
11rot/11<:tlo11.
Cincnmati Holds Quarterly Street Count
In f ac1, l \VO weeks ago i n
~·lad i son vi ll.e. a ho111clcss indiv1dut\l
On T uesda)• Janunl)• 29
No11h Am('1i,:;1n St r1~1
Newspaper Assotiatioo
IN SP
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l'uttr11ati<111al Network of
Strttl Papet'S
In fact Stre-etvibes sales up O\'i:r
40~~ in
the last 6 months O\•t r lhl!'
over was 'Sleep1 ng 1n his car \\then d1e 1>rev1ous year.
o ulreac.h \VOrk~ r s a nd SJ)lll'~ heater bl! .hud caught ljrc ru1tl
vol un1eeres 111et at the Greater ultimately led to his denth
C1nt:inna1l Coa li tlon for the
TI'1ete is vety li1nited lf My spaco
Homc l ~ss: nt -l ·am 10 coJl d u cl 3 loft in thesh:eltcrs and the cmcrtcncy
s treet count
cold shelter only opens, '"'hen d1e
\Vhlle 1he nun1bers wlll not b~ ltntpdttllur~ ur \\'Utd chill rt!athes 0
l \Vl.'ri t y
fi nalized until the middle o f d egre~s
februru·y, the.total nurnbet is 1101 the
Sales of Stteetvibes ri1•e up 0 \ 1tr
point The poinl is lhat there a rc 20% from Jnnunf)' 2007 Thanks
hundreds of1>
_eople thar are,ste.eping_ for yo-ur continued support of dle
:\$you ntlg.h tex1iett Strectvibt!S
is in n lrans ilion period afler the
passing ofour Edi16rJint1uy Flc-a:tlL
\Ve hav6 begun the search for !'l
ne'v e-01tor While \'le \Viii nev.er be
1Wle to r~lru:~ Jl011uy nud 1hc \VOtk
he did1 we hope ,.,,jll be able 10
continue 10 be the voice in th~
c:ommun1ty that covers sto1ies th;lt
rhe main s1rean1 111ed1a do.es· nor
vendors aud the paper >A•hith Strives. tO\ll!r
abandon buildings and in the ears. 10 bri·ng sto ri es rha1 tlre oft~n
Nex1 n1on1h·s anicle deadlin.e Is
Sleeping outside 111 the ele1neurs overlooked by th e 1uains ttenn·1 February I 5 Thanks for your
prcseJ.its problems fo r indi,•iduaJs. media.
s-upp<>n.
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Shutter Speed
By the
Numbers
58 °Ai crfpee11le believe·
homelessness has
incceascd inlhe l!!St I0
years.
7°/o of people believe it
has decreased.
26°,1, say tba~dn1g"'lnd
alcoliol al5usi: is lhe
primary oal:ISe of
homclessn.css
18°/o believe.thatjob
Kelly Carr. fQm1~:r Am..:nCorps vtJlun1ecr \1-ith 1hcGrc.a.1cr('1ncin11ntl Coalition for 1hc Hmi:less., held a benefit al Rohs
Stre~t Cafe 10 benefrt Streetvibes. The event raised O\ler SI00. P/tQtobJ .\f('/();.fi r /:icJ('11s<hcJ:
lo$$()r unemploymel)Lis
the-primary cause
44% ofJ.he pub I i~ $lUd
1he FederalGovemnienl
should be most
responsible inagdrcssing
homelessness
Mr. a11d Mrs. Homeless Downtowner
Mr. Homeless Downtowner
i\ls. Homeless Dowtowner
Name: Edwnrd Ellery
llon.1e10,n1: Cinci.ooari, Ohio
Neig.bbo1i1ood: Ove[ 1.h e Rhine
Fn~oal te iutc.1~1: -\\'a1cl11nispo11s, especially
Nan1e: ··1 erri Reller
Eloo.tetowo: U>uiS\1llc-. Kcu.tucky
Nti~hbo11Jood: Oifton
foo1ball 311d playing basketball
I ran ·Lt'C.'Sist:1be \V3rmth of tl1esun
I cnn' t r't'sist·: Sv.•eetTea
I ran• tstan<I it " 'hen: Poople disrespect me
If I ,,·(lr.i the loife.r)' I \\'OuJd: ,Help OUlirJ}' fui:nily
'l be one thin~ I' d cbanj!t ab!)or Oiew·o1'ld would
be: Depressioo ru'ld po' 1e1ty
[f I cou.1<1 have done it all o"·er a~ain I" 'ould
have: Not 111n a\\'3Y fron1hol'ne
l.-Ovc to 1.1.e is: A kids smile:
I C'.:ln 't-stand it " ·heo: 'PeopJc irritstc m<:
If I_Yi'OOlbt lotte1·y I \\'Otdd: Be one happy person
T he on(I rh.ing. J1d cha.og1:~ abour tbt u·aJ'ld ,,,ouJd
be: Tony and make eveiybody happy
I( (could hll\'Cdoneitall O\'tr again I would
h:~ve : Floishcd school
44°/o ofad'u.lts say that
ats<>rretinie they have·
1Bken in aiTiena or
relative who was facing
11omclessness hadtl'le)'. not
providedshelter
f a,•01i1e.i.t11tres1: ~ty gtnt1dChlldreo
Love to u.lt" is: ~·1 eeu ng .a loveJy person
77°/o ofaClultspecceive
honiele,<;S people as beln&
ap lLI1-individu als
••All infumwion ~in frulnieMl!e.
'"HomefessinAmerita; Americans
Pcrcep6on, Altirudeia11d
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February 2008
Metro Raises Fares: City
Council Approves In.crease
h.J? I J·1111e ; lttj't1w11
... opposed tho fare- increase
because it providesno irnproventenrin
On Janu::iry 15, 2008, 1he service, ~ult.~111 I.4 nl.iJlil)1t.fi!-\\el'l'1des,
Southwest Ohio Regional Transit ;uKI 'viii impose additional blu:de:ns on
Aulhority (SORT; \ )1..stiliedbefore ~le \\<Otklugpoopleduting tough llnruicutl
City COtUlcil FirooccCon1rni1100., a.skins tirne.t;,.,S.1.yS Cran lt1)',
M.etro sta.tes
for their suppon ~----------~
1
and OJ>Pt0\ 0.I 1n
"I just th ink it's a bit
tha1U1eforemcreose
raising tliebus tare
much. You can never is d.ue10 rising fuel
by Jif\y COOL' lli<
COS($, l~ck or ~ltllC
break even! 111e
funding, widoldbus
Fin~ncc
Conunirtee.aftera
minimum '"age jus t
replacement Mc.io
pl'esentation an.d a
slat~ U\!ll more 1.hru'
\•VEmt
u
p
and
now
the
!'1%
of their bus
series of questions
fare is going up. S<ive a Oect1sov~rclev~11
fro nt couuel l
membL'I$. vot·c.d penny here and you lose y cn'rs .old •he
to approve the
't therel"
awrngehfeumefura
l
·
buslS t\\'elveyears.
increase John
Cranley, chair of
10is is not a
the.
Fi nance
-Della \\•ho riLi es the bus to
rc.co 1nulenda1ion
C'ornmlr1ee was
arid l;J'OO\ \vork e\1eryda}''
tha1 \ V e mak~
the o·nty n1e1nber ~----------~lightly," said Setzer.
presen11ovoh.! agains11.hef.'Ve 111crease. ···But 11 ·~ imperative tlrnt we 1ake
l~rnnley qu~stioned f\.fetro CEO appropriateaction now to spare much
~liohnel Sei:zctaboul the fltt'e increase 1t>ughetdt..'Cis1nns in d\C ful'urc."
and its impli<.-ations, CmnltJ)•madehliT\<fctro plans to purch1lSc the. n1orc
opposition cl ear throughhis comments. fuel eftlcloot., bio-diesel bus'"hi<.il ' viii
regardi.ng the lo.ss of ride.tSh1p due 10 n o 1ottl)' help keep fuel ~ts lo'ivbut 1L
increasedfaresnndthelackofimproved 'viii also l?e· more pleasing to the
services, CraJ1ley s0t1ctl th~t b~ 11ouJd sutt-oµnding co1nrnµ1U1y as !Jle bus is
undcr.5tand and increase in fti rcs if the quieter "I 1nke the bus ii.\ '() or three
·available services \verealso incroosed days a \\leek to sa\.'eon fuel and to help
rul approptrntean)()lmL
do "1>' ptu110 save.theer\v1ronmenL, but
Cmnle.>•concludedhisinterrogation I am just going to dri\re my car n1ore
by rc.n1inding Setzer of his pro1nise. ofl.eii nO\V. Afifty c.eot irta ea.o;e is too
m·adc Inst year, to earl)• 01.11 nine Cit)• muoh, cspcc i~l ly \11hcn 1hc h u~ is not
Cotu1cll recon1nlendations. SORJA has. going to run n\'ore o ften~· 'says an
not implemented. any of cl>e rt.lne the ~onal busnder.
rooomrneodarions.
TI1ecommw1.ityseems t<> agree \\ith
1\ ,&<enllemt:in boards the bus at C'.O\i'et'n1~1e111 Squllte. 1.te \viii soon have to p:ly
$0.SO lllOru per o de, /lf1()IQ fly t~r11111,• , IJ1,fl/U~I
CranlC)• In Over the Rhine.n.'$1d¢nlS 100$1. " JJUSl thnlk it"s a b111n1.1ch. You
can ne,rer break even! The minintum
v.-erenotsh}' about their disapp<oval
tl1e fat~ iJlC:rbBSr!. ·1111}\ sue.ks! \Veou1 \\'agej us1\IA!llt up and no\.\1 dle fnreis
bRrely scrape up the Sil'' says Nina. a gojng up, Savo a JH:nn~· hcrt! 11n<l you
bus 1ider and residentQf01R ft isclear lose it thero1" says Della
Be prepared, the
UlCrease l$ tn
•hat the.fare 1ncr~''~ Uhun those
are struggling to ntake ends me.et the efleel asoffebrnaiy 3, 2008.
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OU R P URPOSE is to create an environn1ent
where people \vith differing vie"vs can listen and
be listened to, and civil discourse can occur.
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5
Food Banks Need Your Help
C ontinued frc1n1 page I
fron\ theco111111u11ity; nnd govemDJt!lll
~i$1ar1ce including tb.J1n co1n1nodilies
andTEFAPfro the U.S.Departmentof
Agric.ulture (USDA). Don3nans from
aJI lhf\.'C SOUn:CS h~\'C· dimrnlshqd ror
n1a11y food bru1ks. Gr~ater i11ven.to1y
i:n1ciel1C)' has lt'!d tOlov.' er levefs or
oorpOrntedonations.personaldonations
1ypicolly full after the holidays, and bii;h
mar~ol
prices havo resulted in fc,vcr
purchases by USDA.
11ighetdernwldin tl1e fooe offo'i\er
··Supplies had led to.a crisis across lhe
oounuy. 1:EF1\P fund1ng fbr Ohio has
decreased 8 1 pcrcc111 since 2003
According co Second. 1:1.arvest fOOd
bru1ks v.•ill rw1 out of reSt)utces b)'
Februaiy. five months early.
Brov.fl ~s legisJafion \\"Ouldpmvide
S40 nullicx1 inertleJ£t'SlC)1TEF1\Pfi.nd11tg
to address the current food bank crisis
m1til a pw1m.nent Ii:-.: can be passed :.1S
p~n of' the forn1 bill, The St.'noto
increased TEFAP fron1S140 n1iJlion
anrtuaJly IO $250 mi1li0t1in iL'ivi:l'Sio11of
thefivm bill. The houseMd Semuohuve
passed separate \•ers1011~ot"rhe Farnl
Bill.
·\\<lore. and n1ore Ohioans need
food assistttnce.but thete i..-; less and I~
food to go around. Standing in li11e at
rood ban.ks. working ran1iJjes are
tecWringon thcod&"C. Fnmilics arc filcing
an inlp05Sible choice this winter- heat
0 1· eat \Vi1h fl\Ore peo~,le in need. the
govemmentlll\IStcon..edlrough..,Bro''"
said.
What You Can Do to Help
ContacLYour Senators and Repre-$entatives and ask them
.Donate to food banks and pantries in your area.
to vote for Senate Bil.I 2431 and House Bil l 4788.
Ohio
Ohio
Senator George v·oinovicl1
Re1J. Steve Chal>ol
(202) 225-2216
(202) 224-3353
Madisonville Education
and Assista nce Center
4600 Erie Ave.
F reestor e Foodba nk
1250 Tc.aaessee Ave
Ci11cinna1i. OH 4S202
(s13) 24 1-1064
Cincinnat; . O H 45227
Senator She1Tod Brown
(202) 224-23 IS
Kentucky
Senator JUn Bunaing
(202)224-4343
Rep. Jean S.chmidt
(202) 225-3164
Kentucky
Rep. Geoff Davis
(202) 2.25-3465
Senator Mitch McConnel I
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STREETVIBES
February 2008
Drop Inn Center Celebrates 30 Years at Race and 12th ST.
Thirty Years Ago
by Michael Hcoson
A ,vj ntcr storm movt.'S in and settJes oo the city stroets.
1110 froZ£ngargoylesofCiiy Hall leer from theirpornpcta
Fl'OSl gnps thepari< benches ";th cold wh11e fins~
Snow dusls lhe eaves of1he1cncmcots
a!M&RooeS!ree<. VmeSaoet, 14•
ond the sad namele.-s alleys d!ai "'"offRep.t>loc.
Snow caps the parking meters
and blinds die "'indows oftho parked~
It isa deep, perfect, silcncingsno'v
lluu muflles thesoundsofdle sireitS,
die cars Of1 Central Paiicway,
lhesnatches ofmusic 1ho11hump from thejukeboX<S ofMainStroot.
end the softened danorofa11\lc:k bang loaded
Into 1hesnowsreps a group ofragged shadows.
111reeor fo ur at first, then 1nore,
then lens and twelves.
111ey shi""r• blink bock Ibo snow.
pull lheirsiecond-hand coats tighte<,
llld51188«,Slep. orshuflle as Ibey.,. able.
southward clov.11 Main S1reet,
Some ml k, somegJUmble.
and SO Ille are silent as the snow,
bu1 1hcy walk in something like order.something liken 1narch.
111C)• walk as if. at thoend of1hcir march.
d1et0might be somedunglike l'<lpe.
l'atlapslhey-aippledby ll<Clhol,
for 1hey do 001
~
it is theiob ofthe poor
to diesilcn1 and in some other place.
Do\.\11r-v1run, they srumblesouth to I?" Street
Those at the head of the line slOp fora moment
They puzzle. where are wesupposed to go?
BUI 90111000e tdls them,
solhey rum '"'"'-'coonnue thar nwdi.
They do not seem ro unde"""1d
iris d~ 111issionof the miss~•ded
10 lose thei11Selves quiedy,
and in son1eotherplace.
Do"" 12"' to Walnui.
Ibey lt111>11ld shuffle in thoirbmteredmanner
ond pw under the cold eye of Oennarua,
th•• gte3t "erdigris goddess, perfect in limb and J>()61ltre.
But 1hey il!flOre her; they do not look up.
They do not seem to undorsttind
i1is 1hejob ofthe broken to keep on breaking.
quie~ and u1 some olher place.
Past WolnuL lhey cross Jack>0n v.bere a prostitute eyes d!em.
Shese.ms tosee herselfin them
and she SI0"1)S ber foot for and rums IWll)'.
The \loOnlen anX>Og the sMd:w.1 n1uttersonlelhing
and the 111er1 look do"n
and lhcy all keep marching.
They do not seem to wlderstond
it is the taslc ofthe S<Omed
to bwy lheir poin clov.n die rood
in some quiet, dis&lnt plll<C.
The shodowscl'<l5S into the gJ3111 ofVme Srreet
and lhel1ght is not kind
for it glitters on thcirsno\vy mgs
and liiJus lhe broken placesoo theircheeks
andmarks die red nnis that circle mar eyes,
But lhey nwch oo. They do not seem tooodersl:1nd
i1 is die duty of lhe~
to hide lho r broken txxUcs
S<elll.,
quiedy llld msomedism:n place
They nwth lheirshi"ering nwd1 pos1 Gkissiog<r's
and as they march, some gaze like lovers
into the darkened \vindov.'S
for they have already begun ro nchc Md shiver
for the'"; ne ihas v.-ai ts there.
811 lhey mlf"Ch and lremble
and Ibey do nol seem to undersllnd
itislhe1-bili1yoflhefallcn
to \\hisper theirsins to a cold, d:iy confessionaJ
in somedistant plaoo.
They maroh Jl<ISt Raoe Street
and lheparl< ";lh ilSgteat black trees
and some loolc sideloog IO w1uch O.C pall< fill up wilh snow
They keq> on. ooe after anocher,
for they do no1 seem to undefsland
it is in the interestofall
that die abandoned take thetr loss
to a quiet c.'fllpty ticfd in romo distant pince.
Dov.fl they nlard1to Elm
v.hcre they glw,.,. ioward Ibo floodlights facingMosic Holl
and Ibey do no1
to ooders!and
rt is lheobhgabOn of die undenau!il>t
IO spare the senses oflhe culrured
and to die. Quiel In son1eotherplace. Not here.
Birt therassod shadows march on,
just a few nlOrostunlbling steps
and through lhese doors agaill$l al1Ja,v,
all rule.all duiy forlhepoor
1hat they mi&ht fllld w:umdi.
and a liule food
and achance at life.
Through these doors,
these Iawlcss doors.
Right here,
and no1 in somedlsmnt place.
"""°'
Tbiny yemha"e )lOS.'ed.
Icwmottell you
ifdiese shodowslivedordurifully cliod.
But I know Uiedogsish cold
Slill folio"~•• tl,.hoelsoflhe poor
The ha"tish ,.;.d Slill v.histlesdo>.<11 the alleys.
The gargoytcsofC11y ball
test theirv.inp wt wait their orders.
But the arrogant poor still march,
They walk theirragged, crooked mile
igi1orancof la,vordury
in search ofa liule warmth., a little food,
a linle moreofli fe than others ''°"'d allow lhem.
Weh3ve mardled through the$n0\•s Ind sunsofduf1Y yean.
M111Yhove come end gone duough these doors.
And we honor each of them.
For hct'C\ in this pince,
v.-e renounce 1he law thatsays lite poor 1nus• die
for lhecomfon ofUte unoomfo""1Jle.
We abrogote lhc rule that says
a \\onw\ musi freeze
for lhe wamnh of1he v.~U-hoosed
or that achild n1 ust starve
to feed thewell-fed.
Here today, \VCdeclare,
chereis oo lawbut the law of love.
There is no rule but the ruleofj~nce.
There is no duty but the d'")' ofhope
Janu:uy 12. 2008
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Community News
February 2008
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Athens County Holds ''Walk for the Homeless'' Fundraiser
en~e. in
the other tv.'O lengthy "<alks
participatedin 1heMiniWalk. The 100
yard walk was followed by a video that
generated a \\'Orth\\•hile and
inforn1ative conversation about the
plight of1hchomeless and thcsmigglcs
ofthose in poverry. A n1oderator led
the di scussion and educated
participants about the realities ofthe
poor in this region.
UJ>On completion of the. e.vent.
participants gathered in the First
about rural homelessness '"bile also United f\.tethodist Church \~here a rice
incorporating the teachings of Dr. and beans lunch "'as served.. The 6111
Martin Luther King Jr.
annual \\'alk for the Hon1eless evenr
Walkers \vho were unable to \va.5 truly an overall success.
b,v (/reg Olk/1ov:•;ky
commun i ty of hope to peop l e Walk introduced basic concepts and
On Saturda)•, January 29•, arolmd
400 participated in a walk for the
hon1eless in Athens, Ohio. The walk
helped raise awareness and educate
the public about rural homelessness in
southeast Ohio. The event took place
from 9:00 am. until 1:00 p.m.
A ll of the money raised by
individuals participating in the Walk
wi II be used to assist the homeless
through the Good Works Timothy
House. where almost 75% of their
funds come fro nt pri,•ate donations.
Good \\'orks is a Christian based
agency that strives to ere.ate a loving
stmgglli:ig 'vith homelessness, poverty
and recovery issues. They seek to
acoon1plish dteir goal ofassisting dtose
in need dtrough connecting clients \vith
properpeople, programs and services.
Good Works was founded in 1981.
In 2001 , Good Works' 24 ho ur
operating e1nergency s helter 'vas
renan1ed the Tintothy House. The
Timothy House serves homeless
people fro nt nine southeast Ohio
cow'lties.
The400 plus participants had 1he
option to partake in one of three
educational "ialks. The 2.2 miJe.J<ids
issues about ho1neless11ess to children
and parents. Kids \Valk participants
also learned about the teachings of Dr.
Marrin Luther King Jr. and ho\V n1any
of his beliefs have never been truer
than they are today.
The Myth Walk specifical ly
focused on learning about the
serio usness of Appalachian
homelessness. This 3 mile walk
challenged myths and s tereotypes
Cincinnati Public School Board Decides to Renovate Rothenberg
Continued fron1page1
CPS came to 1hencighborhood and
saidthar the)• could nor renovatebecause
it \VOuJd cost 100 much. They said it
v.'Ould cost more to renovate it than to
tear dov.11 andbuild nevv.
Since then t\\'O groups have been
V.'Orlc.ing to save the school. One group
comes from theOTR Fow1dation. This
is a group of business people, Their
printary role has been ro \VOrk v.1th
architects to calculate.\\lhat the actual
costs v.<ould be to build new and to
renovate. The othet group is OTREPS
(OTR Education in Public Schools).
lllis is con1bination effort ofparents,
tesidents, Peaslee Neighborhood
Center, Contact Center and OTR
C.00101unity Housing.
On November 1st the- Contact
Center hosted a School Board
Candidates fo rum at Peaslee
Neighborhood Center in v.ittich the
candidates \\iereasked ifd1ey supported
and "'"uld tiglit !Or1hc renovationof1hc
old Rothenberg school. They all said
yes.
On JanuaT)' I l 'h, the OTR
Foundation group sent a letter to Rosa
Blackwell 1hat summari:oxl 1heir findings,
including d1eir beliefthat ir \\'Ottld cosr
less 10 rehab Rothenberg and that this
children and prut'flts ofOver-1hc-Rhinc
to make an achievable and realistic
change in ourcommuniry by tenO\'ating
and reopening the.doors ofthe historic
sireoftl1e old Rothenberg Elen1ental)•
School."
"Over-the-Rhine is built with terribly strong
people who knovv right from vvrong."
-Josh Spring, Residen t Services Coordinator,
OTRCH
s hould be done. On Janual)• 14•h
OTREPS went to the school board
meeting. Timothy \\'ii Iiams, afatherof
three boys who attend Rothenberg
spoke to the board and strongly told
1hom that Rothenberg mustbe rehabbed
and reopened and that the con1n1w1ity
andchildren ""'perately need this.
He said, "'Ir \li'OUldserve notonly as
an inspiration, but an opportunity for
societ)• to invest in the.brightness of our
furure and to offer a chance to tl1e
Rosa then statc'<lthat it was the intent
oftheAdi1tinistrarion ro recon1n1end to
the board that the school be renovated.
On January 2s•, OTREPS and the
OTR Foundation \Vent to the board
meeting . Four people fro m the
foundation !lJO~ spoke. '[hey presented
brieny the fact thatrehabbing is cheaper
and n1ore sustainable. The>• also
explained ho\v intportant ir is to the
oommuni1y.
Josh Spring, a resident services
coordinator with OTR Community
Housing has been 'vorking to keep the
school in theneighbolilood. Hesiates,
"Over-the-Rhine is built with terribly
strong people \vho kno\V right front
\Vl'Ong,. 'fhjs community $8\V that the
track recordofCPS in Over-the-Rhine
and the direction they "'ere plar1ning on
going \vith Rothenberg and the
con1n1unity v.•as wrong. So instead of
being \valkL-don. Over-the-Rhine stood
up, flexed its 1nuscle ofstrong people
and fought back. Ovet-the-Rhine is
\vinning.. Ovcc-the-Rhinedemands to
havethe greatest say in dte rin1etableof
therenovation, the physical s1andatdsof
the renovation ood1hequality academics
in the building. Over·the·Rhine \viii
oontinueto"<in."
'f'he up hill battle continues as
neighborhoodsroups fight to keep1heir
only school arolDld and to impro're the
education d1attl1eirchildren receive.
Celebrate Fat Tuesday and Help a Good Cause
Mardi Gras Fundraiser for Homeless Children
Information:
When: February 5, 2008 6:30 pm - IO:OOpm
Where: Northern Kentucky Convention Center
Cost: $50per person, Tables: $600-$700
Tickets: Call 859-291-6572
Proceeds benefit 4 Greater Cincinnati agencies Brighton Center's Home\vard Bound, Welcome House
ofNorthern Kentucky, Bethany House Serv ices, and Mercy Franciscan al St. John.
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STREETVIBES
February 2008
Abstract Ball
by Antl1on y Willian1s
Berta's Art Corner
A Heart in a Rose ls a Valentine
1833 Vine St. Over the Rb ine
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February 2008
Vendor Artwork
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Black David Letterman
by Antonio Hodge
A Little li un1or
Uy Cleo Wombles
Thece\\'as.a pilot, priest. sn1a.nes1nlan. in 1he \\'Orld. a:ud a
hipp1egaLheted l11at1:u1p.lane.. While.they were Ry.Ing. th~,
\I/erehavfngengine probl~ntS. Thepilm said. '·\\t-e only have3
parachutes... ·n1e piloL1ook oneandj untpedouL 111e·s111a11esi
rnao io the \VOrid said...They nr..'\.'d m.c.~· sohe look n
parachute andjumped out. Thep.riest·said to the.hippie. ""l
_guessonly ooeol"u.i:t is go1ng10 h\11!,..., l11e h1pv.lesaJd, ..No
\'nlY 0Jtd--io, The-smartcsl 1n:ln in the \l.'Orldjumpcd ou1,.,.;th
my sl"'!lmgbag."
The Woman
by Antonio Hodge
L'ooki•lgU:I her as the with; her beauty is l'.'udionr3S tbcgiceno.ry ofthe
eanh. lier vo1ce1s S\VOOl as die \\ttnd t.lllll blO\\S in d1esunui1t1.r 111gh1
rut. J.ler body •S·hke dteeatth, teady 10 receive the seed. ,vheJ'ea.4>. she
can bloo111it ;u theeanh blooms 1rees. Jlo\\~rs. fnu1s. :lad \1!'ge1ables.
Y<.'8. ycsl say. 1}lQ \\•oroJtn isa nost to I.be homeofma11 i1J nU her
k1t0\\ ledge and understandjng. The\\'Olllan laysbxk tohear tl1ecall
ofher l't \!ll\ md1e.\VJnd. \'lilt et . tife ru:id rur, hetearsray to Lhelnoer
pea.ceofhearing theGod /vi.an 'Alice!
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Poverty and
Addiction
by Michael H enson
Dt>nijiw.
/)Q1r ~let tJ>~>'hodJ1fre1.
Rejoice.
These \\<ere the last v..o rdsJin1n1y
l>leaLh srud 10 me. Not the vety last
v.'Ords-hcsrill had somejoking to do
and hesaid a prayer \\~th n1e. Sul they
v.-ere the message he tell me with and I
cherish the \.\'Ords.
l'iis voice ..vas vety v..eak by then
- his voice ,vasaJ.,"ayssoft. but by thl,..,
it \Vas just a v.hisper- and his fiancC
Brer1da had to translate for me. But he
hadthe fa1110usJi.111niy Heath snUJe.
For dloseofyou vAlo did oot know
him. Jimmy Hc.-a.th -James Randall
Heath-photographer. ait ist, educ.ator,
JOun1alis1. activist- ..vas the editor of
th.is newspaper. He died just before
0 1ristmac; la~t yearaftetalotlg. li.ngenng
illness
He \V<tS a national and inten1atiooal
leader'u\honleles.s,ounlalismand, before
his last illn ess took O\•er, 'vas ,rice
presidetltof the Notlh Ametican Street
Ne,\>1l)apc:cAssociation. hi thatrole. he
traveled to Montteal and Argentina to
represent Streer~·ihcs. vAlich. under his
editorship, \VOil praise and recognition.
(It also trused the hackles ofa certajn
mayor.)
Jin1n1y also traveled to Cuba,
Nicaragua and El Salvadot and
docun1ented those trips \.\iith his big.
blac.k camera l>Je spent several months
in St. Louis and \Vashinf,rton. O.C. on a
fello" •ship co sn1dy \vays to e.n1po,ver
tl1e horneless.
But thegreatestjourney he took \v.tS
froo1\\'ashington Parle to tlh! Drop lrlt'I
Center. from addic.tion and
hon1elessness co reoovery.
/Joli lji'Ct. he said. Rejoice~ l·le ..va.o;
t\vo days a'vay from that last journey
v.hen helefl dlOSe instructions. l11ey are
a g.rcatcon.solation to me and thc.-y arca
gtear reminder, for l have so often been
fretful - ..restless, irritable. and
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Columns
February 2008
The Beauty of Photography
J\!fichael Henst>n is au1ht>1· ofRansack. .-1 S.,uall Roo111 " 'ith 7h>ublc 011 1\lfy J\!filui.
111e 1iio <if/.,()11gi11g_.a1KI C1v•v Call. 11us c,"f)/1u11n i$ Jl(Jn <ifa u1(1111hlJ' series (In
JJO•~er1y ancl ac/(/i(:tion.
disc:ontetited... in the 'vords ofa book
someofus kno,vv.-elL
'There ren1ains a great deal to fret
about in the wol'ld and a great deal of
fretting goes on every day. Jinu1iy kne\\'
a lot about the ftetfulnatureofthe v.otld.
Hehad seen a lotofit and he had taken
picturesofa lot of it. He had 'vrinen a
lotabout it But he kne..v90rnethingabout
j oy. enough to ren1ind us about it as his
last v.'Ords to the 'vorld. 111ete is. in
nc:arly evcl)•imaf,oehclt.-ft us.melc.'1Tl<.'l'lt
ofjoy.
I tecall Jinuny·s photo of a n1an
,vaJking do\.\'11Raoe Street. \\'e see hin1
froo1the teat, slightJy out ofcenter. It
must have b<.'('1, 1 a ..,~nter day, for he
\\fears a hooded, insulated coat \\'e see
nothing about himexcept thru . an1idthe
clunerof v.~n dows and signs to the left
and tl1e sidewalk liner to the right. he
stridt.'S tOrv.·ard. his arms rais<.-d as if he
\vefeabout co cakeflight
In 1>hotography,you find ,vf1ru you
look for. Jinutl)' could have caught the
o\iloat another OlOOle:t'lt, ata tinle - ..ve
all ha,icthem- \vht.'11 hcv.'9S dov.11cast
and oppressed. lnstead, he caughc the
01110 in a n1oment ofetrujor1,a nlOnlent
ofapparentjoy. The i111age is startling,
for in such a place.you do not expect to
find anythingbut miscoy. When I"'Y !hat
Jin1n1y caughl lhar nlan in a n1on1entof
elatior1.1 n'teal1 lle ,vag lookingfor it. f<le
kne\\•son1eho"' it \\<as there.
Jimmy oflen spokeofpho1ograpl1y
and hov.• the poor arc depicted in
photography. 'Though he v.•anted to
docun1ent the dan1age done by
ho111elessness and poverty, he did not
'vant to build his career on someone
elsc'sdt.-gradation, He \V3Sin the school
of Dorothea Lange, Walker Evans, and
Dot1s Ulln11111. f<le 'vas not at all in the
school of son1e others \\<ho I V.'On' t
name, because it is ..vhai tl1~· look for.
to fi nd those moments \\ih<.'fl the poor
seeo1freakish, odd, alien.Jin1nl)' Heath
did 001 flinch fron1dq>ictingthe livesof
damaged people - he fully embrac:OO backgrounds, also c.atefull)' shot. you
the role of the documentary
phot<>g1apher- bUI like Lange, Evans,
1111d Ullrn1111. he \\'llr\ted to respect their
diri>iry alxw•all.
..BrokenCity'· '...as tf1e nantehe gave
hisS<.-riesofpho10&""IJhsoflhohomcless,
but the people you see are not broken
and theitdignityshines dtrough.
I think of his portraits of Helen
Ed'vards and N1111nie l·linkston. l·lis
might not knov.•thcpo..vcrofJimmy's
vision.111is is beauryv.-ithoutsenrinle11t,
beauty gro..vn up tl1e hatd 'vay, tl1e sort
ofbeauty that thrustsup front the cracks
in tl1e sidewalks and Bll'IOng the broken
bricks ofa 'iac.ant lot.
·r11ebeautythatv.'aS Jin1n1y hinlSel.f
came u1> the srune ..vay. l>Je n1ade no
secret of his alcoholism. The long,
Iin&-enng Illness tl1a1 tookh1n1 B\V'B)' may
Jinu11y Heath's photographs \veteable to depict the digniry ofpeople. Ph<>tob.v
.Ji111n1 ' //;:(lth.
inU1ges ofthese 'vomen tel.I evel)1.hi.ng
about the ha~d hves th~· have led. but
light fallsoo lh<'fTl like a blessing. Th•')'
resonate \vith hard-earned beaury.
Beauty v.•as aJ,vays part ofJirnmy
Heath•splan. andnevernt0reclearlythan
1n his series offlowerphotos - lovcly,
v.-ell-crafted images ofgardc.'fl flo.,vcrs
and ..,~ldfto ..vets in full blooni, each in
sharp. close focus agair\St a backdrop
of urban decay. For this series, he left
behind dte ttadibonofblack-aod·v.h1te
doc.umentaiy photography. These
flo,versare in full, glo1iouscolorand. if
you did not pay attention to the
have been a latent product ofhis years
ofdrinking. And it is a greatso1m,vtha1
some people \\<hO kne\vhim tov.-1U'd the
end neverk11C\vthe fuJ I Jinu11y. His v.1t
din1n1ed, his rl'l1nd slowed To..vard the
end, he even quit taking pictures. Al
times, it seemed, heJuSt \v.l.nted to give
up.
But attheend, itseen1ed he v.'aS che
oldJi1n1ny l·leatl1 ag<un. more full ofhfe
andv.1t than he had been in years. Dm1 t
fi'Ct, he said. Do11 l /c1 an>·h0</>1fi'Ct.
/?tjf)1Ce.
Guest Column
- Learning About Mental Illness
by IJarlN1ro l1ick
I still have a lotto learn...
\ \1lle:t'I asked to subn'lita colu1nn this
month forStreeti..Jbes, l v.•as asked not
because l an1 an e.xpe11 in social v.'Ork
or counseling or because I have ever
myselftie.n homeless, butbecause lam
a v.•titet. And as such. I took it as my
duty to reflect and Sfl)({y several issues
facing poverty to find out v.•hat l really
had to say. It caole do"n to involved a
lot more than just fucts andfagu.res. It is
rnuch n10reco1nplicrued than tl1at
l have observed this from simply
v.•alking to v.'Ork evel)'day off'Cencral
Pru·kwa)' andnoticing Olen and .., omen
looking for loose change and a \varn1 povert)'. fl becon1es an issue ofaction.
mc..-alandfromnotici.ngthclonglincscoch
O ne of my most enric.hing,
1110rning entering into soup kitchens experiences in the pastse,reral months
do..vn Eln1 Stteet. Poverty is n1ote than has been Ill)' exposure to tl1e local non
j ust an issue for thenewspaper,an i~ue profit organ.iz.ation, Tender r\.1ercies.,
for political debate ~-----------~ located on W. 121h
ot an issue to brush "P0\1erty is more than just Street in Ovet the
This
aside. It is an issue ru1 issue for the nevvspaper, Rhine.
noooeisin\rnuneto a11 issue for politiec:1l debate o t g an i z a t i o n
and i t has a or an issue to brush aside." pro,ideshot•ingand
f o u n d a t i o n ' -- - - - - - - - - - --' related services to
sptoutingftomall levelsofoursocie1y. homeless persons 'vith h1stot1es of
No one "'ears a label or carries a enl0rion.11andformentalclisabilities. One
genon1e for hornelessness. and n1any ofn1y co-v.'01'kets exposed rne to tl1is
pcopleinthcGn:atc."Cincinnati area arc organiz.ation and offered me the
si111ply one paycheck and one large opportunit)•co begin \l/Orkingon cheir
OledjcaJ or unexpected e.xpense fton1 developntesncommittee. Duringrl'I)' first
tourofa'render Mercies' building, I v.'3S
shov.n first hand. ho\11 1nlM:h ev<.'f)'day
'vas being done for men and \.\'0111en in
the urban Cincinnati con1n1uoity
struggling 'vith ntental ii.In~. This was
then10nle11t J realizedl still had so 111uch
to lean1 about all the complexitjes
in'i'Olved with poveJt)•. especially nmtal
illness as 11 related to llOnlelessness.
\Vhile \valking, through Tender
Mercies, I \\laS su1prised to see ho..v
1naoy people \vet'e actually livi11g1n the
facility. Currently. Tender ~lerci eshas
the space to house 120 pern1anent
residents ..,~ th access tOr transitional
Continue<( on page I_I_
�STREETVIBES
Febru ary 2008
Columns
11
The Poor Have a Top Place
on the Peace Agenda
\\lhru is oul'peace agenda fot those horrible. Cincinnati's20061>0ver1y tate
in gn.-atcstneed in Cincinnati? The n.'Ccnt \VSS 27.8%. the third hig.hcst among
events at City Hall relating co the 33% n1ajor cities according to the Anlerican
increase in the bus fare ru1d tl1e threats Com.01unity Survey.
to the Drop lnn Center's budget and
The Drop Inn Center's problems
future mise in1portru11 ques1jons about '"id1acceptanceb)' d1e co1nn1ll'Ut)' ii has
the place in our city for those v.Tio arc li,•ed in for the past 30 years is
en1blen1aric of the Cincinnati story.
lo\v incon1e, hon1eless, and disabled.
The story of Cincinnati cannot be Changing forces in Ovet the Rhine have
fairly 'vrittoo v..ithout rec:x:>gnizing that the altered the pov.·er structure of the
poo1', disabled and n1ino1'ities have had neighbothood. Sudderlly. the poor ate
andarchavUiga inc.,,,..;,,gJydifficulttirre being driven out and condominiums
survi...ing. Relocation ofthe r.xior, anacks se11ing in the hw1dredsof thousands of
on the limitedhousing forthe hon1ele$. dollass are beingwelcomed.
theevaporation ofjobs for lo\vincome
Schools are closed, com.111unity
people, and dle c:ontinuingdifficultiesof pools ate thteateoed, lo,v-incorne
inner cit)•schools and C-Ornmlmities. all housing,dcstro)·cd. and the riseofa nc..'\\'
add up to a serious Jo,vering of and innovative School forthe Creative
ex1>ectations for faitness, compassion ..-1d PerfomungAl1S is imphwned into the
and justice for those in greatestneed
con1111mity.
According 1oestin1ates released in
\Vho ..viii f."'ICe the reality thatpove11y
August 2007 by the US Ct."11SUS Bureau and basic survival is nov.•a grov.>ing
Cincinnati ranks anX>ng the 10 poorest problen1forour region?
cihesof2SO,OOO tes1den1S or mote.111e
l11esuccessof the Oras>lnn Centet
V.'Ork ofthe Drop 1Ju1Centerand other has gone unrecogi1ized b}• the ntajority
ager1cies sup1>otting Lhis populati011is of thecity. TI1eirachieveoleot has been
astoundingly good. Ho'V(.,"'-er, thcsoclal to promote personal and social peace
and econon1ic context for those at the by helping deeply injured people find
bottom o f 1he economic ladder is some modicum of ll'ust, Jove and
coolJ)a~ion 1n tl1cirlives.
Th®arethetOundations for moving,
fron1..refugee" status tofull citizenship.
Thanks 10 1he \VOl'k of the Dtop Inn
Center, v.-e have role n1odels ofpeople
v.110 have recovered aod retutne<l 10
lcadcrshjp pooitions inour cornmlmity.
111e peace\\'l>ikof, Gregf>3)1on,Donald
Whitehead, and 1he late Jim.Ill)' l'ieath
are but a fe\\•ofthosev.ho are ntaking a
rnajot difference 1n restoting the
shn.-ddt.-dfabric of hope in oorcity.
In addition, there are deep tootsof
coo11a$ion gro\"ing i.n highschoolsand
colleges that send youth to provide
v.>eeklyserv1C<.'S atavatie1yofagencies
in Over the Rhine,Theac.1ion ofpeace
is in fan1ilies that con1e to serve at the
Drop In Center, \Vet:k after v.•eek Md
generation after generation. Peace
continues to flow io the \VOrk ofrna.ny
churches. mo5'.1oes and ~)'ll l\f.'OS\I CS in
the ciry, thatcontinue to fund the \\rock
of reconsLruc.tion and seed hope for our
v.holecity.
Breakingd0\\111the fer1ces of fear
yoothhav-e\'Oluntren.-d \vithagencies to
oft"erfood, provide con1panionship, and
10 \V01'kon reconstrucuonofpeople and
builcings.
Change is oftc...'11 beneficial,giving
ne\V perspectives, triggering ne..v
energies, and opening doots that ate
closed. Yet change at theneighborhood
level ha.-; to take ioto account the
pattt.'ITISoflifein thcoorruntnity.thesense
of hon1e and con1fort that ate in
existence, and the feeling that evety
citizen is ,raJued, even the poorest
The Drop Inn Centel' pteser1ts a
cha nce to rebuil d fi,•es and
neighborhoods, even a \vhole cit)•.
Cteatinga peaceagaida forthis cit)' that
includes thepoorv..uuld send a n1essage
to 1he ..vorld 1ha1 C1oc inoa11 has
recogni7,£<J the importance ofpeaoo in
itsevet)•d3)•life. J'facing theneedsofthe
people in gteatest tl'Oubleat the IOI>of a
list of peace works also sends the
lllessage that peaceis but anod1erv.'Otd
for oompassion.justioe, and in~irati on.
'f11iscity, aspiring toa high standard
of compassion, cru1 achieve Lhat level
\vlten the handsofcon1passion reach out
10 those in greatest need.
0 1: ."ite~·e .,'\unt'fe rlandisa111vfess<)r
a1 UC aJt<I is 1J1e Director of J>eace
Jli/Jagc
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I Still Have a lot to Learn
Continued fro nt page 10
,mo \vcre educ:ated. had a stab!e farni ly
housingfor up to 16people. ln itssix
buildings.Ter1der f\1lercies J)JOlllOles ll1e
opportunity for homeless men and
v.'Ontei1\vhosuffer fron1n1ental illness
1he OJ)J>Ortuoity to experience a
pen1ment housingoption thatpro,1des
security, dignity !lOdCOOlllll.l'Uty. TI1ese
three \VOrds arc not no rma lly
S}'nonyn1ous \Vith hon1elessness or
povett)•.
T11e men and v.onien I SD.\\'atTender
~lete.ies \vet'e enjoying a \veil-balanced
lonch and v.-ere sittingat tables ta_lking,
v.rith volunteers andother nten1bersof
the Ter1detl\.1et'Cieshousingcomn1ll'lit)'.
It was refreshing to see a sentblanceof
eojoyolffn especially Jaugtnet fron1 \vho
could be ho1neless 1nen and v.'Omcn.
Quite often, thet)'Pic.al perception ofa
hon1eless ntan and v"ol'nan from those
far ren1oved front the situation is that of
sadness and despait.
M_cntal illnessand poverty arc daily
struggles thal harn1the ph)•sical \I/ell•
being and e!llOtional co11fider1ce of a
person, but \vith assistance and care.
rna.ny n1en and \\iQn1en ovetcon1e and
tind \Yays to capture his or her spirit
Mental illness is not son1ething
ru1yooe cJ1ooses. 11is no1 a destin)' thai
these n1en and \VOn1en seek. Front my
expetiencesv.•ithTe11det f\1erCte.\ Ihave
read mdh<.-ard live testimonies fn:)ln the
n1en and \"1)111en they have helped ..vho
can1e fron1 backgroll'uls similartom1ne,
and had a decent pa)•ing job. Tender
rvtetcies serves people in a \\itde taoge
ofages front all different backgrolDlds
in dteGre.aterCincinnari area Currently,
Ten ~" f\.l<."Ccicsser.·csm<.'ll andv.'Qm<.'ll
i.n age range front 18 to mid 70s.
The occurrer1ceof n'telltal illness is
n10re prevalent than n1ost Antericans
n1ay think. According to a study
conducted by the National Allianoo for
Mental Illness in 2007, it is reported that
about six perceo1 of the An1etic.an
population. one out of 17Antericans,
suffer front the ntost severe fom1s of
rtll."lltal illnesses. blrt that as many as one
in 6.,.eArneric.."'lllSsuffer from soniefon11
ofrneotaJ illness. t\ccording 10 these
nun1bers. it is incredibly possible that
eve«)' singleoneofus k00\\'5 at lea.stone
p<.'fS()fl \vhOsuAi."JSfro1n a mental i llncss.
Quiteoften, they n13}' not ei.<en beav.are
of 11 thernselves and ll\a!'ly ofll1ese n1en
oodv..nnlt'llmay exhibitnooutv.'Utdsigns
ofnlental illness in theirdaily life.
Throughou1 niy life, Ihave" '"""""
lllefl and V.'OOlen in my O\\'fl interactions
deal v.<ith olel'ltal illness. 11isa silent a-1d
prc\<alent daily struggle forevt.'fl those
\Vho are not hon1eless. 'rhe issue
becoo1es n1oreooolJ)licated ..vhen men
and \VOlllOO donothaveaccess to proper
01e<lic.al lteattnents. ca1·ing sup1>01't
systems and the basic evciyda)• net.-ds
forsurvival. 'lhis is \vhy·renderMercies
provides ilS coo1munity of men and
Residents fromTender riwtercies in Overthe Rhine. Pl'°'"frr;t11
\l'M>w, t•·nffl!rtt1i:'rcfr:.sinc. 07
v.'Omc."11
. \\>ith a suppartsystc1n granting
access tolocalsocialsel'\iicesto provide
COll'1seling. 1nedical sel'v1res.etc.
The m<.'ll and \\{)loon \vhOrt.'Ccivt.-d
these services have Slories ofsuccess
andsuivival that make the volonteers at
Tender!vlercies(X)Otinueto pro'ridadteir
1aJen1S and t1me. \Vhat1na)' drive these
men and "'<11nen the most is the fc.-arof
v.~1 at is occurring \vith those that are
homeless \\lhO do not receive services
oreven \VOrse, those that do not kno\V
the,)•havea mernaJ illness. \\'ith pf'Ol>et
medical treatment, an undia_gnosed
n1ental illness c.an be devastating to a
pt.TSOn.. hisorht.-rcart.'Cr,his orh<.or fa1nily
and hisorherphysical health. The life
ofa person ..viLh ar1 undiagnosedmental
illnesscan be lonely and frightening. This
type of(X)Ofusion andpain is \vltat drives
many ofh o1nelcss mt.'fl and \1o'Q men to
seekoutside. addictive substances.
Ltke nt.any 1nen and \ lo"Onten in this
Greater Cincinnati commonity.l have
just scra tched the surface o f
understanding the real issocs behind
honlelessnessand poverty and ho\\•our
socie1y can hope 10 move for..,1ard and
help dte less forturt.ate. II is ve1y easy 10
li,•e each day awa_y front po,•ert)• and
leave it as an issueof facls and figures
fo rthct.•vt."lling, nc\VS, bot it isout there
inourcities, in ourrural con1111unitiesand
inpeople and places)'Ou nuy 11evei·have
noticed Itinvolves issues that affectour
sociel)•at all levels-addictions, n1ental
iIln<..'SS, andt.'Conornic instabiIi ty. It is not
foreign. It isrighthere.
I Still have a lot to leart'l, ru1d I an1
glad Ido. Itiseasy to read a few articles
and feel I knO\I/ enough about
ho1nelessncss to k_nov.• its an issue of
oonceo1forourcity,oureoononl)•,but it
is the people \vllo l1vei1and Lhe people
\Vho volunteer and \Vork fo r the
honteless thatare the best testintOO)',the
best text book on the subject and the
best source to peel av.•ay the layers that
have caused horne lessness for
generations in ourcity.
8ar/J(Jro /':/it:k is afeela1rt:e urriter
a11(/u orks as an ad1:er1isi11g accor1111
1
1u<1nagcr
fo r
<1
<..'01'1n1u11i<.:n1io11s ngenc)'.
11tarkc1iug
�12
In The News
A~n•:
Flomeless {Vl,.~o
CT\IClly Killed on etiristmus
Pfioeni>t poli°"' fQund Aa,r~n
Tay1or- hQmell:S$ l'pr ten y~,,,,,_
buiniilgfu ile3dl olllSideofo·Sabwny
on 'Christmas morquig -Cho exact
'Ofl'C)lm>1WWOS'lf"~ol tC/:bc l'J"!JVorcd
or ws;l? sed, thOugh hlsfamify h;is
eomriunl'ica(Cd tliru ~1epc!)?"lnuOj's
appeared to h~ve covered ljiJn Jn
materilll, poured !l>Qlelh1nl!,over him.
ond sO.t him <>n liro, T"oylor w~•
~oltllX theVi<tim in similorncts.of
Cl'IJetty,AcCordlng IO lus filth&, Er;tnk.
Taylor, lie once bM lli5ankle brokea
and!'"' tieClapddiicuaped co a chair
l"'d lcl\outsi.lom theoold. Cu!}:\'O!ty;
Pl!lice will only consider it ac<leath
.lnVi:S)J~ ind will.not co1~1on
thltcous'i>. (KJ'AR Plroem:t, V/.J)
Massacl>osetts: Number of
EliiSton HomelessFamilies
·Rises Ii)( 17 P.ercent
ne\Y. censuj;·shows-.JJia1 tl\e
homeless ~pulotion qf 'B.oston·
llOJltlnues ioiner,?a<o, ll;inieulllriy in
the numOiirof flUTI1il~ e<poiloncing
1\
homelOSSMSSc DesPit~ the.numberof
l\Qm;l•'li in.diyid""~dedlmng by
nearly 5 R•caent since 2®'&. the
ovenill homeless; p~i>'llli>tfon lia5
·lru:~neoilY'\:porc~N~ lha$!1JllO
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STREETVIBES
National News
'
Jn the~fi.8een,years, thecitY,'s
hoQlCLesspopµliilfon~ri••~><,_ 57
~elt~ aiid\\jtllOOt ~tllid !JOin'
iho go\ot'f11111Crlt, ,iliC)'•S8Y1 ilio hoiisi!l!I
situation forlOW·inoome families.
QOntinues to~ d~a1e,ltn lh~ic
vio1~. fiQL1Singk'th• only,~hitipn I)>(
hq,melessrlessf (Dih7~ Ab~/, 't'h<
&i<Jin1 (llohc, !IS)
Louisiana: T\vo RoQ1eless
Die'OfHJ'.>potheonia1n New
0rleans
On JanllllfY' 3, two, homeless
1~~·1duals.\Yt:n: fot111d ~in ~ow
Oclean;;..J\womon bringi"[a blankat
toljlrl~Collrns. whoJnv$lstisatQfS
say b'3dbeen~ilg;11ierijghtunder
a'66~e for1he preoloos 1wo wooks;
1ostc'ld found her dcod Later lhHt
lnOmrn& MYCOilet Pliesa1vcki :\\133
ro.md deaa in tl;ewi•ns-lot or"''
n~311doned Slrlp JJJl1!l wliile ~..'baa
bi.oen Living. Bod1 bod~ temperatures
wen: IXKJsi$tcnt with!);<pothcrmi..,
Hontelessness is l:Jecoming, 1ui
JnCte.siDl);«111<ldlfi11.New~<:illl$aS
the cify continues to cope with !he
dew~10ung effect.s of Hurritonc
Kutnno A& tbc 't\'lq lcr \\'®thc.r
lntensffiesio f'}"\vor·l ~sand 3roood
~.~ nntl~n, "mlilly sliellprs ~rate
VimmlJy Iii C!ll>oci)l;' OVOl}"Jii2)it" llfld
must tum pjlaj>leaway, 1\i!iieh rorces
them 19 OJ1di•o~ cold "lithout sQd1or
orprotecri 0n, {/IP. 1r5j
February 2008
U.S. Turns to Horses to Secure Borders
/~)' 11111 (fu;i;11or
Reu1ers
AIU ZONA - U.S Border Patrol stt1rdyq111uicrhors:s-so ~died as they there that lhe horses'.stockn1anagen1en1
o.geiu Galen Fluffruao le41-us over the are the fa..tj:esa breed overaqururermile skllL-;ocu1ll! ioto lhcaro,..n, a,geoto; say
'Jllddle to look 1u fain1 tracks inn crude (400 rnetetS), ru1d arealso 1'000\vl\ed fol'
"lt's,..h ;it ~ caJI co''' sense.. It's a
herding insrin ~.. Schad1old Rel1rers..as
n·ail leading up llon1 d>e ·Mexico'border. 1helrstrengih and stanrina.
He rollO\\'$ d\~ tra.<:ks al R bnsk tr()I
~lostof 1hestock)•. n1uscularan1nltlls she triulcd a _g1ot1p of IS f\4c-x1can
through thick brush. up ~d dov.11 into aro bo.ugh1 fron.1 horse dealers or al 111~granfs out of~1e desert on her-horse.
l'oc-ky "vBShes~ then pDUSeS ns hi:,,horSC auctions, although a number aresejzOO Froddes.
'11iey galherpeople up... and ifdiey
t W1 tch ~ ir.t ears 11J1rl t11ms around i'ron\l\•le.xicnusmugglers cau£1ttriding.
ner\'Ously.
over 1heborder\\i th loads ofmarijuana run, they hav~ 1he abili£Y and desire-to
cha.so them do" ·n." ·sho uddcd,
"Ihavob:c:>dios." 11.., says. as the first c.mn1111ed into burl:i1>sn.cks.
ofagrouporl Iillegal
l1n1ulgttu1tS.v.111ppt.-d
~----------------------------~
in huts :md $Cl\rvcs
against the chill
morn,n,g ,:\1r, peel
thems~ l ves up fro1n
Lhe deserl no.o r
$&.-'\ft'rii.1 mllcs rnim lhe
nearest road
Horses have
been part of the
Bol'd~r Patrol s1nee
1hc agen cy
wus
fow1ded to secure the
Oni"-'<1S1;1tcsbonl<:rs
ag3ins.t
liquor
sn1uggJers
and
unliw.fll) immignTIL') in
the 1920s, and no"v U.S.. Borde:I' PMtol..ageotJun \\'eyga1td lea(is a group of ru'l'eSled Illegal 1rru1ugtat)tS LhJQugh lhe
1h oy a.re ml:lkJn,Y a Altar VaUey, Ari2X>na. 1-iorses-h:t\'e been pan of 1h~ Border Patrol since die 3btency was foWJded
romeback.
t·osect1rethe Uni100 Stnies bordersag.·11:rlS1 liquorsmugg,lersand unla,1oful in1m1grants i.n 1he 1920s,
Ay<'!tlS dres.«'<lru 1V1d oo\v tJ1_cy aro m.ab:iog a coo:u:bsck. Pl«"""''(Ml r1'£RS.-.\'11JO'J'1i(J1QJ!.tTlf''"'''i
leathe r chaps 11nd
b1:oad·brin1n1ed ha1s a.r~ increasingly
"Someoffl:tes1nuggfe.rshaveagood
"GOOD PUTURW'
being t1s·cd tO regain coJ11roJ over 1hc eye roro.horse," S-0J.1ad told t~eurers as
1nost rugged a:re.'\S of dle soutbv.-vst she rode out over a sandy c4tttle tra1l1n
As the B<ord.,,. i>a1nil rediscoVC1s th<
fl'onti~I' 1A ill1 rvtt::..:ico ru1d uov.•0 1tJ.hc th• Altar Valley south ofTucson
nonhcm bol'dc.r "'~th Canada.
'11tey rue 1-aised ltl the ll'lOUflcains nnd spet:ial abil ities lhat horses have.
'"1\.1ostofthe a·af'fic is beingpusl,ed they are ~>ood ranch horses ... and !hoy 11)JuntedWlitsare S1ru1ing topl:l)' a \vider
into 1ht..'Se 11l0untainul1S are.i s v.t11ch nn: n.re son1e of tJ1e best 1h;i1 \\fe have: · 1x1l~1n border pohaog,
In d1e Tucson sector- v.tlich is the
hJ.rder 10 \\'Ork. The}' arevery remote,"
sajd B obbi Schntl_. :1 hor~e p;urol COW SENSE
bLL<iic.-t1ulo11i:; the 2.ooo-n1ile (S;2:00
supervisor from Tucson. " \\fi 1h a horse
Km)south"..i border- lhe potrol aow
you can get up ut there."
Lastyear, more 1h311 870.000 illesal has around 1;o horses-and 87 trrtJned
''ThO)' rc.alizcd ""c "'icre so mucb unn11grai1rs "-e-re an·es1edcrosslngovel' nd;.TS,, tUX>\lld IOur limes 1hcnu1nbcr that
beiter at cootroUingoenai:nru-eas. so d1ey 1hc border from ~1.:~ico. rnorc th{ln a they had five~vearsago.
i-IQJ'Se uni~ are nlso beirtg used in
said "hey. lt:t's keep utihzlug ru1 old durdof!hemduo14lh tho " ildsof1\ riID11a
school rool :ind go back 10 the ba.'tics.•··
lJ1~ddJ11on IC> tetting ng,eitts S\vifUy Te.xas and Califomis_- v.•here they
-and stenlthiJy up into the 11Jgged,. pla} ed a key rolesavutghWSJ.ock fio111
n1ounrautous are.as through v. hjch thQmgn\.!:'."''1ldfin;::;ncarStut Diegolast
STITRDY HORS£S
migrants and sn1ugglors 1ncrc~iogly October - as v.•ell as in Spokane.
"\Vhen Lhc Border Pi'.ltrol y,•ns cross. ;igenrs say their horses are also \\'ashlng1on, \\•hece lhe &rder P~trol
fo unded in 192·1. tcc,n1 i t~ on the. n.c1ive partners in <letecting botde.1· receutJystarted using mUSlnllgS to secllle
so ulh\v~st bor<lerhad to provide their c·rossers.
asection oftbe Can!Kfian frontier.
~•rh et r s1gh1and bea[log 1s much
\\'11ile a drift to\..-itrd hi-~'Ch in bortkr
0 1111 bo""'8, n>ckand &ws. •Ithough di<y
policing
gathers p;ic.e. \vith unmanned
weregjvenbull<*-;,on1mal fe..'Ci and SZS sharper tbun ours When they sense
someone... ) 'O U feel it,_and_youkno'.\•to spy planes, ground radarand an array
il \\it:Ck
ofelecrronicsensors. mounred agents
Thoy \Wre·scntout oo thebacktrnils get ready," I r.urman said
from c.~alifon1ia to south ·re.xas10 rackI~
} 1olllt00 unitsinthe bu~· sm\tgg)ing are.coofidenl their l10rses \viJIcontinue
''k•q uilcroS'""-smugglcrshaulingl»mls coi:ddor soulh or ·rucson f'requent1y IQpl\ly u lr:~1· rolo1ny oarsto come
'"They are :sgood tool fotgoing out
8'1dgoal5kinsfilfod";d1liquornonh from arrest groups of I ~ or 20 illof:,>nl
~f e." i 110 on ho.r~ tnules l\Od burt0$ i ntmigcants. and son1effnJeS 1110re thnn and ·cu1tin.g fOtsign: 1n a1~.:;1hru thelu
100 :l u1ue. ;\gents Sa)' thcil' horses· 1cch $iuff \\'O(l ·1rcncb.·· 1;.iuffrru,111 St1id.
during1hc l')Criod of Prohibition.
·f\itodern·day nlOwtred :lb-"elltssecure in1poslngsiugivesthema_good vie\v using a ll!"ml fOr trac,king. at d1e eod of
mnny or th~ same OU1:-0f-1hc·\v.'IY 1nuJ!\ over the uneven terrain and helps theiu 1\\'() da;Y·~ 1n \vlucb ~e andhiscolle::ig.i.ies
as !heir predecessoo. althoughnowlhey ~tablish control .
stopped 29 tmdocu1nen1ed imn1i.grants
Once the)! have :ipprehended :i Cl'OS::Srr1g fton1 M.~co, ·1 ney still havi.:
1rae:k groups ofdll!_f;!d i111mig,tMts and
hardy dn1g trafficker$, ~me i1m1t.-d \\11h yroup, agents ot'tett hn,1e to le:ld ugood future."
knaves. pis1olsand lSS3Ultrifles.
detainees for a mile or more to reach
Like thc.1r fo rcbems. pr<:scn1-<lay r.mch roads ,vfle.re tJ1eycan band tben1 ('(>11r1t!:.)· of FW111er,\' to) S/1vct 1\ tc111s
& rder 1>atrol ag~n ts continue 1.0 use OV'1T lo colleagues \vi th a vehicle. It is ,\(tr\'it:e· 11·11·11·. st ll?.41~flCl/Jt'rs.Qf'6
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�STR EETVIBE S
International News
Februa·ry 2008
Modem Politics and Tribal Violence
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In The News - C0nt
h,.i;Ju11k'S Mhuka
s~ddCQed
::ind ,,111 nevar panu.:1pate in
m1 el~cromt proc.ess."
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The uwtst1ys hesold all his property
IU:NYA • l or a <Jusii resident
v.<0rking o.n ti tca fal'cn 111 Ketti:ho in Kisii before he moved 10 KJ1ale'.
districL, flcc1f'Jg from Lhorec-enItol001ion btJ)'t11ya 1O.aae parcel ofland. ,..\ Jlt'IC)tlgh
relaled violence \'<'OS an ...>scapefronl d1e. he v.'Ould Ukc1e>n.ium. hocxp~.fi:~1r
for his life: "'We \Vere ''runed not to
j3\\'$ ordeath
"'l hid in a tea phmtation. but the l°dlJl'll••
Nancy \Vi:Urimu, \\ho v.·nsa busin~
n 11~1ck.crs .aushcd nl e()UL U$ing dogs.··
rc-t:lolll$dlc ~picker, "ht) isc:unpiti_gnt \VOnll1rl in Kfsu1nu~say~peopleevic100
theKisii .\og,lican Cllurch v.•lth other front other ~si oos ''h&v~ fo und a..sl\fc
mternally displ1t<<<l fumillcs."The dogs haven inKisii tO\\n." She adds;··1had n
bit mein1he handsandfmgers," headds. \iibl'tull bt,tSiness v,1hlcl1 v.•as.b rou~1L to
Anod\t!t nltin, \l.bo is 00$0c.ruupiJlg its knees by looteis~ but thank God v.-e
'rhe ·uij?. Im1e Kenyn
t'lt
lhc church. S:t)'S his neighbors
identified him to the au:ickers..
"I \\'3S in my bed \o,·hon I he~rd nty
neighbor telI the youDtS tho( I was •
K i.sii.,.'' h~says 'The,.· <ook 1.:v~thiJlg
fron1 my house nnd told mi: to g<.l homu
fornlk>gedly voting tbrPr<!Sidoot M"<ii."
A \VOmnn a~ the c~mpsaysshc \\'(lS
rnp~ by six nteo. "'n 16)• dragged me
uuoa1eaplantati0«1 ru1dmped nl t!, l l 1e)'
did 1lt)t u.w pr()tf.."CriQn and I'm v.'qme<l
that I 111igh1 ha ve-conrr~1 cced diseases.
bCC!'.IU$Q 1 \ ..Ult lO h<.lSpi1aJ l:tte...
... \Ve \~re being evicted because
1be.;,•
cons1dcr~d
u.s us -PNlJ
S)'mpathizcfs. ttvl!n ifotht'J'S vot.cd for
OO!vl," -sa)'.S Jared Kin1ori. \I/h o \l/3S.
1;.'ViclL-d from (Jasin Gi.shudi~1ni.1
~al other displaced f.'1Jl1iliesaro
cai11pirt"
n1ru:k<!1lo No,.# •an1in1
.;. !lt
. lknn'•t:
0
distnct.
The VJc.:lr-geacrid of(huCnthoh1:
dioceseof Kisi1. Joseph Obao:,·i~ has
becJt shcltcciog lh<>us~tnds or displaced
peoplesince lhe,iol"en~en 1plecl ·'rllis
bay, ,.l\\vcndo. OliiO: ~tan spends"1lgh1
l~ongo~ Bureti. Kericho a.nd Kur'-'Soi
llomeles-s'&s seiltenee
Others hti\'c b«n ~prooted fron\ 1he1r
hon1es in eJdoreiTo\\n Bun1l forest wid
q. P; unesvt!lo iu~gc Qi\!~red
Natok.
Nath"" Smith, a) 8·)(••r-old b.ell
BcfOro tlu~- v:ioic.nce crupn:d, many riii~>0t:fiil-Salvllbon.Ahny,.lo~
Kis1ls had bee.n \\'Orking at the. 1ea ajjjhtllOn\el~ossfotsrealing,o-hOli~
i:state$, eo11rc.ly dcpei1den1 C'Jtl lb!! lre«le~ning·ithoittS2~()-,moneY,
meugre iocon1e they earned from 1heir ,m..,de~ to covor costs
food;
labour to eke.011r" Ii\1iny, and support <l\Jdllhg;indslt.elterforll\!>homel~"'
1he1r families. Th~)· arc no''' back .at Fi~ wi!h a5P$ <!.>VlceJottaclChls
home, empty·hllllded. and residents fear llll!YeS.Smiih.SJll'lllfilsnii!;'lit.ducking
1heiJ u1ltes1 n111y 1rigye.t a rnsh or in·llfldout'OfJio""1lment buill!mJ?,"in
robberies.
S<>aroh or ·\~frmtll, ~llhough bo
Nyrunbati Nyak\..'eig.et1a,_a ~1 den1 avoided a ~rillge p_opulatod
the
ofEt<tf,'O OiviSt<>n fn Kisij, s.1ys th.al most area's s leeping Jlomolcs~
peoplefl ushod outofthe reaest.ates had Commenting'?"'hisnigl)~·Srnilhlol~
ctthersold dlt!lt ru1c~trnl Jru1d or 1'Cl1t~. dte-ionamgjlldge,ult'sliardlO find
it beforemoving on togreenerpaSl\1res. a spot to go th~t]s wornt, untoss
llc.v.t"»1detsif1he1rd1Splaceme11tIslikely ,i:ou'reinsida" Snii\h, Whopl"'l<lod
tQ C1'CSIC tonsion.s b.'lck a~ 1hcir hon;ies
siilliY \0 '"'mlsdemcail(lr cllalil< 0 r
''Someorlhese brot11ecs sold dteir tlwll; mitsfod<lirionbl!y .st!rve1Hree
lnud 1t11d\...t1en tltey ru-e c-01uing v.<i1h th!! days In jaiL d·o ·eight hours 6f
n1enrafity 'hat they havelosteverything community '*""co, gel"JI gonerlll
10 1he \fiolt."flCQ, 1hey \VOuld v.·ant lhe. eqtiiyalency, diplom:tan,cliina ajob_
p<ir\:cls b~ck ," he S~)'S. ••rn1.ag1nc you (Al' l126J
P.l!ide'-..y1hmgr'
l(iinlc.,
~t1gori , l~ Qm·a
or
lir
hac: be<X)1ne a 1ransi1and tho:;e c.\'ieled
fro·n1 ot.htlr t'lsces eomu tO shelter here
before Diey are helped 10 rrrwcl 10 1heir
respective l)Q11le.S.,.. ht: says
The v.<eloomegiVen lothe e·v-ac:uees
\V1ns ptnise from Ki s1l dis1tic1
Ol)n:i11 11s$IOO~ NjCln>Sc ~cbrongu. ..rm
ove"'11elmed by the-suppon they have
ofl"e:l'e d I() !Ju: v1c:-1.1n~$ of \'lOlence,·· he
J\ CC()l'djn g 10 stutiSttCS. dlCl'e are
st1)'S: •1:'hisis che hosplmJi~' 1h.11-..vev.'lU1t Mou~ 40,000 Kisii registered voters in
nll Ke11ya11s1c>e111bmce.··
Saholt, K\VBnza ond Cherru'1gany
In fOC\.'flt days, the number of i;on~11 tucnc1 e:s 111oir total poputci1100
displaced fairnlies camping rul~ooge has throughout tl1e threeareas is esd111acOO
{letlmed. According to laCJtl vol u1 1h~CI' 01n101"e dlm1 150,000 and n1ost Jiavl!
Jackline Mosinya,sonlehave been gi\leO bought lnnd and 5"1tled there.
1r:a.nspo1·101ion hac.k 10 11leil' ho1nes.
111K\\>'ru\ZA. lhevotlng p.!!ltemoftJie.
i;ommt1nity beni;fi l\.'<lleacb:ssuch ~ the
current f\.t~ Noah \\1e.kesa, v..blle those
living in Nyobo1no, Nap:unbll 1tnd.
Kibomit baclrod Soboti Ml' Eugene
\\:ftn1nlv.•a. People "'ho torcJled h()t:rses
1n ihc Nonh Rift ;:iccused tlieK1s11 of
suppon-jng (\.1r. Odinga.
l\.'l eM\\flult;. th~e ,...i lOSt! houses
Archbishop ~n1ondTun1 (R}_gc.·~-uires ns he mc-:t." Onmg-e l);i1nocrntic
~lo ven1enc (ODM) feader RailaOdinga in Nairobi. Kenyru1 legislatorsback1ng
J>l't$1dei11 Mv...aj·Kibalu utged LheltuetnatiooaJ Ctlm1nal Court to bnng,ger1oc,1de
char~ aguinst opposition leaders it blaines fbrpost-election ethnicslaughtet
{'JiotiJ ~,.\, (.rrll."UY'liRs'Jf!Jt/ll(V ·'1•tJ(ll;NJ).
v.•ere to rc;bed in cos1nopoli1an
Chcmn~ \\~ accu;ednfsupponu1g
lbcmcr 1~.culturc m1nistr:r KipnitoAr~
Kl-""'<l.-\\bo, in osad Irony. uftiJlt.'ttely
losl the seat
Son1e reports attribute ihe violence
tlOl 10 110litics. hut t():tlons.->-iandlng.land
diSputc.TiieJ<iSIJ co1lm1:unity<lominntC!:t
Gose.1a, f\fyabonto, KeS9gori, Ch1sace
and Ges111ate fann:; 1.n the largetTraus
Nroi:l District They h.1ve.alsosenJed in
. OfetlSSt!Ch QS "'f unyako KJ1$af:\ f\.fo1's
13ridgeaud f,.ndcb~ts.
l'he residents of Kisii have ~ne
roJ~nu1 plea to d1~ir leatkt'S: (()shdov.1'
and dialogue 10 sol ve. 1h~ impasse, so
1ha1all Kertyani;- n-gard1e$5 of 1hetr
langt•nso. 1ribe or reg.ion- can rctum
io theirpre,1oos peaceful co-existence
w1d a.'IJOY thi:arrt.gl-uJo Uw:1t,)'\\f1ereru1d.
O\ltll
pro.pert): in comfo-rt
n,cy also urge the ,goven1men110 1oove.
$\vaf\ly to B"SS-l!lc"1. ihcm wtth 1hc1r ba~1c·
human needs. so the.y can get b-itck to
f-So,ve\..-er. n10refumilies a·reexpoctOO to
R.'iki!<I me why \\'C. uttuc.ked 001\1 pourin fmn~Butet ru\CI Keiichodi ~1ric~
l\.~rn;sgo«1 n>enlberVlilllru11l{uto i11soud1 as I.he 1ntcrtSG P<J:>"l·cli..'CbOL\ viofcnooover
Mug irango before 1hey ordered mo 10 diedisputod presldenrialelection r,>suJls
disappear," s..~·s Ken /\1at.va.oneof ~le oont111ui.:s io take its loll on lite COUOU)t
TheKisii com1m1nity lut!riOOe«I been
evacuees. Last y1::n1, 1n B 1neeting
caught
het\\lt'etl 9 l'OCkand a hard ploce
attended IJY tOOn-ro.'ltlS mrntstcr Siml.X>n
Nyachae. 'l{uto \\.'3'5 injured by youtl1.s mthe wrror11p0!itic.'ll cnsis lhuthas killed
tb.oug.h1 to be memberso fCh~ out Io' "'-c:d nlOre than 600 people and internally
di.!iiPlaced ru1ntJler 150~000. Whil1:: .tl1c hfca<: nomU!.l.
cJUnkororo nlilinanlOO.
" \Vhy should \\IC be: ~tltuekt:d J U51 ODM supporters accuse che -K1sii of
t;>cetsusc t.,,'O men «re figh ting for the vodny i'Or Presldi:nt Kjb:aJ.'.1, 1hcir PNU
presidency'?.. .says anoth~ r man, ,..110 oountorpartsblnroe th<:lm ofsuppomng llc11r111te;_i.fr()111 111c /Jig (:i:sue Kcn>'il
"''3S~·oou~1tcd from his Kisli Nord1 f:t,11)'1 hisoppone11t, Mr. Odinga. ·rbousands c S'rrecr Jl<:.1,1s .Sc?.rrlce: 11'U'l 1'.Stll'6t •
in Trans Nzoi3 djstrici..., am so of 1>00pl1: h.ave b!!en ej~cLed from JXl/X'fS_._(J~
"Whentbty cainc 10 nl )' hou...~ tl:tq•
ll!OJ'iila: Teen {!Jeads lo
FIQ'rioa hq111ele~-at1ack
One offblirreemtgeiscliariledin
th•beotil!s·'!!ld~b)g'!f~
)ll(Sl.in.Fon l,,Lderdale.Jil~guilty
10 fl!Mtcdsecoii~utd""
fo Q.006. Jtomel Jejln·LouiS, 17,
helpii'd Beot and CUI~ ho(lleless miul
w!lo was r~ill8 • b<lok on a p~
~ch..~clThe:itt3c~·left
Wllham Te.:j#S, 4;; bleodtl1l; in,d
rui$ed. TV.'CfQther 1~n·ngo:rs.flave
pleaded no ·contest lo atte1npeted
nlur*t-. A·no1hct•i\~~ti:ncod in
·Oqobeno ~years in.prison, (AP
lal)
Polfee'!Say ~ liom'eles5"m'an
attacked l\>ul.i1«Jllle w\Jh a:clialnsaw
near Je.:ff'..erspn .City. M,atthe\y
Watki~1$;,wi11' pan.ioip:11lng in an
on-tb<>-~01n11n1jt&ll~antwhen he
allegecll)"wenton Jheatnitk, "One
<ifoii?~rlU(mem~·apparently llall
• mental br®kdown -1 guess ¥OU
(Xlttld s;iy ho.""°1tbtllliSrl~·et~ployee
'fom Bi1111ham 1dls tho l'ulton'Sun
"fimhe·WaSruDniog aiotmd-polcii:ig
PeQPte-J!e pot~ •guy in theiiecl<
')(!lh. l tltirlk, • i><n<il -thoo hcct11110
after eeople with.. a chal nsawl..
Watki.S w~s ev"'11Ulllly arrcsio:d at
g101point outsi'dii the Mid-Am.iiica
C11re<;eotetinl'{ow BIO!)mlield, Mo
•n<I is bcms h<ld"!f SQ00,000 b\ll)<l
1r110AP ~1:t(q tllat twoof Ille four
Vie»~~ni¥1.1n alti.cifptl\!ditiQll,
(MilreCamoy, USATciruij>, J.121)
�Poetry
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STREETVIBES
February 2008
Jimmy f!ealh
O<tobcr 8. J954 - December 13. 2007
F11it:hJul friend
Photogra11her extr.aordinairc
Eyes wicb capaciiy fo r beau()• aod digoiiy
Activi'\t educnt<,r through
pe.r'Sooal story and vulnerabilil)•
Compassionate Brother
10 many homeless 011 chc street
A person of honor, crutb, •nd HUMOR
DearJimmy,
I missyou_n\y fneil<l V•leall nussyou. \Vhen Leonie hon1e.eaclJ n1glll l nussyQurcar be1ngparked-011 Jtep1.Lblic Sn·eet. Ieo1oyed.living ne,...1 door toyou. \.\'e
S&l\Vt::.lch othercouuns; and !-!Oin£. frequ~uJy, TIM?se Jitdctegulur ch~tk-ins. about lh~ haf)l>tcl1ngs.ln our lives. and ln the \VOrld.and uu our little cotrietof _I4~' and
l~epublic were prec.ious. Ourhugs \\<ere warm and-caring. The~ '''as aste3dy rhylhm lo our friendship and 1counti!d on that. Imiss our COO\oersatlonso\'e.r
tneals together. We brokebread togetheroften. le '"assadand.ditl'icult lO see your liver disease _giving fits lOyour body. 1\\1011..t be able 10 see tl1e coloryellow
v.ilhout 1hinking.of)'Oll can:ying iton yourskin, f respect«! yourchoi'ccs!uJdyour courngcns you livc..-d \vith your disease. Itri..:.-d to contemplate v.bal it ,,,.as Ii.kc
for}10Ukno\\1ngyou hadonJy so long to live. I\\'3Jltedso n1uchforyou to fight tbr a nev.•live.r. Burthat \V:l$11'1inyourcards. lhe lasl re\VCOnversations v.-e had.
you kept '.roicing "I had a gopd Lifeand I ha\1e a lot 10 begriueful for. .. lt"s \\'E \vl.M) have a lot 10 bi:._grateful for, Junnay ?vly lif~. our con1muni1y ·s hfe., Pe!k';let:'s lif~
and ypur friends' li\'eS, \\"ere tooohed by your pr~eOce, your art, your VlUn~rabil i [)I. ' 'our stocy of rooove()~ the tough pJ11S and thejoy, spreadaround U1Js city
ralsi:ng a\vnreness v.ithso nlany pool)l e~ particularly the youth. YoupoSsessed a never WJ.\tering conunin11ent to }'OW-brothers andsisterson thestreet. You
understood \'our hU1;1rt \vaS viSccral.ly in turn;t \ltith lhcirs. As ·e<litorof Strectvibe.5. you·hadyourpulsc on thCcri·sis sifuafi.onsofthe hornclcss. so·)·ourpcn could
ponder tougllquesdons for thepublic to retlect Qtl. You n1ade us a.ti d1ink deeper and \\'tser abourwhat \V8S going on v.ith the forgotten n1en1bersof01.trhun1an
f:blnly.
Ji1nn1y,your·n1ind \V':lSal\\~ys spinning creative ways togive pwpose 10 yow·photography. Y-0ur life "'3S<:Ul too sbon toactualizealJyour drerut\S. (•ens:Jee is
blc:;scd to have Cxpericnccd ~nieoftllcm. \\fc \\<Cloomc.'<Iyouto beco1nc a part-Ofchc Pcaslccf!lm'ily andbutlding.. Your\v--ork complemented andcnhw1ccd thc
misSJon.oCPeaslee. Mru1y folks can\e 10 Peasle.eJUSl·to viev.·yourphotosraphs. It \V'3S a grand day on June J5th, 2001 ""hen \.\'e celebra·ted the.opetl1ng ofyour
Cenl~r fot Co111n1un11y PhlJ(Qgraphy. 11 \V'tlSn ·r too long after the Ci11ci1ulatl Aprtl unrest You1photos:docurne:nt~d \1e1y vividly the ci\~l w11es.J 1hatoe<:.urred hi 1he
afumnath ofthe unjust killingofa yol&11g black mnn.Tiinothy'TI101nas, b):• a \Vhiiepoflceofficer Your photos spci-ke lo"uder·1han \\'Ords.
Y<)ur 1...item<..)'Through Photogrophy program v•l!S vcf)· popul{1r Secin..g-yOu sh:lreyo.ursk.ills with the chifdrcn·\'«1.$ ~"'\'l.'Ct The \.-hildtcn \1otreest(...-e1.ll(..-d loS.cc their
photO--\\iords displayed 10 the<Bnse Al1 Gallel}' on rvlaJn Street I ren..en1be.r asking my brother Pl1Hto constructa s.nuxty display board 1n our h.all\\13}' for your first
phc>I(> exhibit tll Pt!'-dSlt:e(~1.ay 19. 2000) soyou could saf'el)1 h.ar1gyOut(lltOl¢,grapl1$, Y<)urcxluh1t that night Wll$ rocuSclloc1 Ovi:r.the-.Rhlni;". You aske.d t\'tik~
l~enson and nl)'selfto intioduce)'OUMd your-..,iork. I felt privileged to be asked. [still can see tbechjldroo poinnng their fingers at your pictures They \\W~abJe
to identify \Vi th dle peopleandplaces. \)ou gave them so1nething LO treasure. Th~· sawtheir neighborhood lhrough the e)resofsomeonewl10 could recognize dte
beaut}· 1u1d digi:tity iohcrcnt here. Yourpho1ogmphy is·n. gjft.
)'~ u
\\'ere our \ V'Orfd travelt:s. As a 11hOtlJginphetyl)u tmvc-1 ~ 10 El Salvu<lor, Cubn. Cunatl:i, St Lotus w1d \\'·ash1ngto11, OC Bui you al\\'ll}'SCwn i: b.'l.l::k ho)~te t<J
us, You a)\~'3)"5 told me 1ha1 Over-the-Rhinesustained )'Oll That here is \Vhere you got)•ourlife back. Andyou gave )'Our life back lO us, Jimn1y. rm so glad Drop
ln11Centece.xi!.1-ed. 11wasour meetinggrow1d
OurJh endship deepened \\~1eo \lfeJ0t1meyed through the.tragOOy of'buddy's death. J \V'On' t tOrge1 your kindnes.sand enlpathy. 1) 1e ra\vprun \\'e both \Vere tooling
fi)rgeda bond. We rulkod a lot ubour life Md <lellth. And HOPE.
l lo1-0Avyou :ue \\'Orried about Brenda Z. your .franc&. Jinut\)'. \\le \Viii continue co.iuppon and love Brenda, sbe~s a pan ofour Jleas:Jee fan1ilyj ust :isyou :u-e :md
al\v:.iYS\\~II be~ You c:ln cOlmt o nthat.
)'~u gnveso tnucb tQ our fritndshi1>tircll!. T'vegot 101.s of n1cnJOries 10 hold on 10
Youtuld nte onci:on top ofd•eC~11"e\VTO'A1er tlt:IJ the best light lQttlke p1etu~
v.•as ' "'hfle thesun \V:tS beginning-to.set. Your Jife no\vhas gone dO\\fl with llOflor like 1hasertingslD1. Youar~tJ1e"'bestligl1t ,. Jin1111y. Your eyes through the lms:of
your can1era reflected lxtck so mucl1 light and be~ut)'. TI1an.k you. Ji1nn1y.
Love aod Fnends1up,
Boonie
Bonnie,,Jimn1y, an<l.\11ichael
�STREETVIBES
Poetry
February 2008
15
Remembering Jimmy Heath
by Riccardo ·13)1lor
Asoften as I V.'Ould cal.I hin1 my boss. he'd reply as often that he \v.tSll' t Ill)'
boss. J~e·d renlind n1e tl'Ult Ihad the capacity to direct rny life, thus n1aking n1e
the boss. Al,vaysa \I/Ord ofencouragement~ Jimrrl)' ,-..-ould lcavcmc\\<ith a
sense ofconfidence in an)• venn1re Icouldconger for his opinion.
His f.1ith in humaniiy is reflected in his V.'Ork. a nmn grounded in print iples. a
cor1fidencebettayed by few, his love and r~>ect forh1s fellow-rna.1, as a
prc9:.'11tation tOr his love ofothers is ''iithoutoqoal.
For Ille he is s1jJl the l>OSs and \\i1ll be greatly 01issed.
Homelessness
byAbby Haglage
As (leave n1y hon1eto go dO\lontov.11
my face is tired and in theshape ofafrQ\\<n
I'n1 oging to see the Bengals play.
but for some reason •'ll)' thoughts ate in the way,
I an1not as e.xcited as others seent
SnWIdlings in nty lifen1ake nle fed nlean,
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As v.-e park the car and begin to \valk.
I complrun al>0ut Ol)' itchy socks,
\Vhen looking in front ofn1e I see,
An old nlan lookingdO\\'ll and depressed as can be.
by Elaine Wlu1aker
Hope, n1y friend,
Is a fo ur letter \\Otd
It keepsyou fl)•ing.
11·s the \~nsof a bitd.
\Vith a can in his hand and a hat on his head.
I knO\V compared to n1e,
He has much 1110re to dread
Hope is the grace
That keeps 111e going
1•111 a bird i.n the sky
l·lope kees>s n1esoating
As J v.'Orry and co1nplain about ti_ny matters.
I realized that this man's 1.ifeis in taners.
fole is the0t1e that noods my ptayers,
He is the one for v.tiom no ones cares,
I gjvehin1asn1ileandhoped he lolO\V,
Hope is my friends
Hopeis my frundy,
That seed in my heart, he has SO\\'ll ,
Hopeis ntylife
Hope is life.
Street Dog
by Sarge LinU..'Cum
I \va$ brought up 10 beju.~t abigpuppy,
Then they trained n1e to be an attack dog.
After nty career as an attack dog
Thc..-y said J didn't tit back into the pack any more.
And they v.•rutted to have n1e put to sleep.
So I rrut a~vay rutd becao1e a sttay dog.
Looking for a kind handout. but expecting a kick.
I tried to get a job as a guard dog,
But after a tCv1daysl \VOuldn' t even lctthcO\\<ner in.
Beingastrny dog is no panic,
But beiogold and a stmy is a bitter fate for any dog,
Especially si.noe l'ntnot a dog at all;
I'n1anJ\J11erican veteran.
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Food Banks Forced to Ration and Turn Hungry Families Away Due to Supply Crisis
Rothenberg Academy in Over-the-Rhine to be Renovated
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About Us
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The Vibe
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Metro Raises Fares: City Council Approves Increase
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Vendors
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Drop Inn Center Celebrates 30 Years at Race and 12th St.
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Athens County Holds “Walk for the Homeless” Fundraiser
Cincinnati Police School Board Decides to Renovate Rothenberg
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Arts & Poetry
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Arts & Poetry Continued
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Poverty and Addiction
Guest Columnist
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Peace Village
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U.S. Turns to Horses to Secure Borders
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Modern Politics and Tribal Violence
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Georgine Getty
Susan Smith
Andy Freeze
Lynne Ausman
Greg Olkhovsky
Tiffany Harmon
Kenneth Cheriyot
Melvin Williams
Della Woolens
Steve Sunderland
Barbara Flick
Alyssa Konermann
Berta Lambert
Anthony Williams
Antonio Hodge
Melodie Fickenscher
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Andy Freeze
Anthony Williams
Antonio Hodge
Arts & Poetry
Athens
Barbara Flick
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Border Patrol
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Cincinnati Public School Board
city council
Della Woolens
Drop Inn Center
Food Bank
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Georgine Getty
Greg Olkhovsky
Kenneth Cheriyot
Lynne Ausman
Melodie Fickenscher
Melvin Williams
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Rothenberg
Steve Sunderland
Street Count
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Homeless Memorial Day Honors Homeless
Individuals Who Passed Away in 2007
by Tiffany Harmon
TheAtuwaLHomeles.• Memorial Dn.Y wa; he!~ onDecember20 atru)(ln in\l'asblnglon
Pa1i<. Spon~orl~l 10<'.ally byiJieCrea1crCl11~innat1 Coall1ion l'or 1hc H0mcles.<. Homeless
Me1no1iaJ Day ISaoatiotlcilda) of111ou1ning ror~te hornc.4ess rneri. v.'On1m and c:hiJdrenwlK>have
passed away in 2007.
1radllionally heldondielonges1nlghrortlieye'df. Hoflleless Memotla!Day isachalice
fQr frh;mls(Ind loved ones 10 gather1ornourn those, hodl kno'.vn nndunkno\vn, V\ ho are no
longer \\lldl u.~. Hom(1lessJ\.tc.1n10rl;il Dny ls also ;i <.0J1ance to mou1TI th(' na1iru1(1J tragedy or
horneleS:!t11ess atKIbring 3\\1t1renes~ to lhe sufferfngofl11e 1300 men. \Von~en and childrenv.·fM>
expe:nC'JlCe homelessness eacl1nigl1tm Cinannati.
1lie event rea1ures amemorJalfire Hiabarrel. t11e i-e.dingornames and Jightlllgofcan1lles
for diedeceased, singing. Md quiet reflectlon.
2007 wasan ox~pliQJially hardyear for peoplecxperlr.m;ing horti(•les.;nrsr.. 1\vo
hornelesS-me'.n \Yere 111urcle-red. l\'-'O died frornexposure.onewas cocnpac:Led by a lr,iSh truck as
he\VJSsleeputg lnadumpsi.er ruKI onedied fro1ninjuries he ~usrained \vork1ngrla}' labor. In
1j addition. 25homelesspeopledied100yo<u·1g trom tllll lllne.ssessu•iained rrom living tlie llrui;J1J1fo
· af hnme~sness, a rncurdnumher In UieJtisloryaf trn~klng homeless deaUJS in Oncinn.111.The
~
>->homelesscommunliy also losuhiw:scivlceprovldl'<S.lncludlngJlmmyHe<11h. lhe formel'ly
c
horneless man \Yl10 se:1ved foroversix yearsa:> tlte edilorof 51.reettribesn~\\'Spape-r.
:
·nus \\ras aJ1oa·ible,year rorus." st<tterl CeorgineCerty, executivedirectoroftlu:Crearer
•• ~ Clnclcmau Coalition lortileJ-lomeles>. "Momeli;ss Memorial.Day gives usad iaiice wcome
II fire burus as people pay lrlbute aud listell 10 SJorles~o:.if~ together as a r.omrnunilJ and rnaom 1hecontinuingtragedyof.homelessness.Nonneshauld havr
rliosP. 1r1/io 1,.,,,6 ,11e,1•
to die 1.r, lhese con<J11lons... ·
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City Ups Penalty for Targeting Homeless: "Little effect" forecast for
anti-harassmentlaw
lncreasetl l1omelessness
within Seattle is leadmg lo
Wldesp1·ead attacks from tliose
lool\Jng 10 obtain a "ihrUJ" by
pro.ylngnn1hedlsposed.Real
Change reports on lhe effortl.
to properly prosecute such
felons aml 10 br111g~uadls on
ihe homeless into <hecategory
of HateCrlme.
Seanle's homeless may
~1 be identitledil$a protec;te<I
gl'oup wide.· lhe c1iy·s hate
crlmefaw.
l"'islwrek, 1heCity CounrJI
public safely tomrnittee
approved aproposal lhitwauld
add homelessness 10 Its
prote<:ted class~ under llie
<JXi~ing Mallclr..isHarassmcnt
onlinance. Theamendment will
goforup for flml vote before
the full council on Ooc. 10.
lltis legiSl'1tio115 sup(Xlrt<d
hy Mayor Creg Nickels nnd
was developed by tl1eSea1de
l~uman Rights Co1nmi.ssian.
11ilsgri1UJ1 aml Oihcr 0Jmmun11y
Stakeholders Ciie ll\e rise of
hrutaJattlcks on the ho1ne1e.ss
In recemyears. i11tludb>gl'l!a.'lit
st:allsl.lcs by the Nationol
Coallllon for 1hr· Ho1nel~$
(NCH) which named Seattle
1he se1enlh-lll1lStcLmgerouscity
for homelessJleoµle.
·111lsl111S beena long time
ooml ng,- says I.co Rho1ks of
SHARE. 011e or 'everal 10
provide personal testimonyof
unpmvoked auacks.
"11.ere.ill'ecowitlr_o;.s stades
pc;oplc hav~ ·~ hC"rd. l~1twlw11
a h-0n1eless per.son s-peaks. no
one li~r:ns." hesays. "Peoph•
oul on 1hcstmctsrlgli1nowrton'1
feel like huma11 beiJlgs."
"We need to llslcm ID lhe
~1orles or homeless people."
"")~Julie Nelsonofthe Se.1N.lt•
OfOreorcwn Riglus. ·\vhrn l
tllillk abuul !he fa<l lhal tl1Js is
1olerc1te<j, ll"'s bonible, anything
Ihave losay on clle 1113.tlet is
secondaiy," she 5~)''"
Scatoe·s
malicious
hardSSrr1enl la\Vexpandsol'I the
st.1te law hy Adding gender
idenmy.marllalsia1US.pouucal
ideology. ~ge, and parental
srotus to 11s prnmc1e<Iclasses,
aJ'1d iS £neanl1oofferprolectioc1
from bodily lnjuiy. physu:al
r.onllne111e01L propertydamage,
and fearof l1i1m:L
charge d.efendants \Vith an rni'idemeanor,'vllh annxinrum
ad1illlonaktimeiflhc\i"1lm Is prlsoo s~ntence of01 ieyr.a1'." hP.
homeless.
~a)'S ... A 1naUcjous J 1(Jrd~n>e1lt
"lil'l.il:\\rjllhel1>makelhls
ttuly Si~!f1cantis if.whl'l1o Jmes
;ireoomrnittecl. me city altorney
uSt-~s lhe la\\' to hs (ull c-xtent...
Said AIJso11 Eisinger or tlie
SealtleKing C'.oonly Coalition
on l·lon.Olesi>n~ .
Bui according io City
Artom¢y Thomas Carr, the
ardlnaoce-diangewUIhi!Ve Utllc
e-ffeclinoourt.
Carr suJlpons tl1eproposal.
"lrsagoocl di'1nge. hltighllghis
things 1ha1 ~ happening lO
homeless poople," hesays. Bui
he is quick to JlQlnlool tl.,1lhe
city ah1Jadytakes t11e law as fat
as it <;an cr.anstltutianall}'~
An1en(ling 1he ordln(lncc
"S(:iittlc's
exlstlng
would allow proseculors 10 hilf'dSSrnenL<."OnVK:tionis·a~
\.barge carries. 110 greater
se-orence.•
Funherntore. a:rnaJlcinus
har;lSSl1icn1convictionrequln:s
proor that the perpelrator
targeterl tbe v1clin1bectJusc.•of'
his "'her class. "Lt g~n""3.Uy
\•,;on'1 be ciiarged hec;1use a
lesser crime \Vlth the s~n1e
~itaire \Vlllbe easier toprove,"'
Carr says.
111eclly chargedjust one
person
\VUJ1 n1allcious
haf3SSn1entthls y~-<'r, \'lhC'I~as
451 o!'dinary harassment
dwges were filed.acoom.lng to
cuunrewrd.
Butfmrn Lbe hurn.m rights
Continued on 1>age JJ
Inside This Issue
JimmyHeath
Re.1d peoplestributes 10
Ji111n1yHeaUlonpages 4 and
5
Horne.less i\fe111orial Day
\Ile\\' pictures fron1the
GCCII l!''ellt in Washingt<in
park on pages 6 and 7
Guest Colwn~
\!je\\' amvork and an
Ourguestcolwnnls1,
Jnleivie<Y witl\SilviaCol.Wisoo James l'tlguediSCUSSel;life in
pages 8 and 9
AtlruUll •ndCind1matl on
page 12
Streelvibes V•ndors
Ar111ual Dinner
Catc11pictures fro1n Lhe
CCCI IA1"1uaJ Dinner on
December 13cm pages l 3
and 14
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January 2008
STREETVIBES
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Sb·eccvlbr.s Isa ncwspa(J<lr tliat providesrelevant discussionso fhomclc'SSness. povenyand other related
socialjuSUce issues llis1>ublished oncea moml1 by Uie Greater Ciocinnrul Coalitionfor the 1-lomeless.
The Greater Cincinnati CoaUtion for the homeless l' a groupofshelt.ers.agencit'Sand individuals
committed to ending homeless In Ch\clnnatl through eoortllnaUng S<Jrvlces. educating the public, and
grassrootsorganfzing.
Our Vendors
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GCCH Staff
EXECllflVElllRECTOll
Georgine Getty
Alfn,'il
\Voodfolk
A11to1Uo
Hodge
Antl"'ny
Willia1ns
AIJ.\1Jl(JS11\A'l1V£COORDINAIDR
Susan Snlith
Andy Frt>ezc
Lynne Ausman
Cleo
1.amlxTI
Wombles
David
'A'atkim
Joo
Joseplth1e
Dat1}1oll
Darby
Ba.<kerville
Mruy
Mueller
Nell
Tonia
\\~lllams
Haley
Sih·ia
Tony
Collins
OrlnnntruKI
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Eadeoe
Moreland
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Greg Olkhovsky
AMP.lltCORPS\~S'tl\
Tiff.my Harmon
AllAPROJECT~~\NACER
L.onanl
Mark
Jackson
Calllpbdl
Raesba\vn
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Riccardo
G ijlSOll
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Sant
Jackson
Julie
Walki:r
KennethCheriyot
tlECEl'nONISTS
Melvin Will!ams, Della \Vooleos
Streetvibes
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CON'l'RIBIJl'INCWRl'l'ERS
Andy l'rce1.e. Lynne Ausman.
Georgine Getty. tvUchael Henson.
SteveSunderbnd. Greg
Olkhovsky. Cleo Wo111bles. Todd
Forman. Sonny Williams, Pat
Clifford. Kad1ed11e Ryder, Angl~
Jones.JamesPogue.Tiffany
1-lannon
PflO'fCJCRAPHY/AR'lWORK
Jimmy Heath. Greg Olkhovsl1y.
Andy Freeze, BenaLamberl
Anthony Williams, Antonio
Hodge
COVF.R
Jinu11y Heath is ren1en1bered ror
llis work and l:tJS life asfriends and
famlly pay tribute,
Becoming a SIJccwlbes Vendor Is a
great\\lay for homeless.alKI olhe.r loYi'·
W e are proud
members of:
75 r.e111.~ go£•S tlft'CCl.fJ' lo )'0111' i·121ii/Ot'
Vet1</013· htt)' 1J1e
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1•·/1i1:/1 pays for
produt·lio11.
City Council Restores Human
Service B11dget back to 0.06%
by St,...t•ibcs Staff
On December 19. 2007 Ciad nnati
City Council voted to rcsrore human
only council members Berdlng, Boru:
and Ghiz voling agair<iULAlthough$2.3
ndllion i~ a f.1r CC)' fro1n lhe trartitionaJ
amowu of 1.5% of die general fund
(generally around S5·6 million) ~1at
hu1nan se1vlces have tradltlonall}'
rect!ived fro1n cl1e city. agencies\"'ere
generally relieved dmt.lhe funding was
resrored.Over ·10 agencies «>ceive !his
furullitg and have a Vi1ide arra.y of
11rogiams and services 1hat address
come peo11le 10 gt1·backon(or stay se.l \'ice funding to $2.3 mllllon. 1"be
on) thelrleet. Sueetvl~ Vendors are humanseJ\'lce conununlt}r \Vas a.Litme<I
givenan orientation anrl signa codr.of whenCity Manager Mllto.n Dahoney
reco1n1uended a cut or $1 ruillion to
conduct before b<:lng givena
human
service funding In rt>e 2008
StreelVib~ Vendar ~dge. \rendors.
are privai. conlrJctor.i who DO NOT budg~1. Mayo1· Mallory then
recommended that lhls amount he put
workror. or rep1'<lSl'nttJ1eGreater
CincinnaliCooilition forihe Homele.~s.. back to l!'s2007 levelof$2.3 mllllon.
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All p.roflis go dlrC<'lly lo tlie vendor.
Council n1erubers Cro\\1le)'. CranJey, honu~less ness . domestic \ jolence
Pleasesee lheGCCHwebsite rorthe
Thomas.Qualls,ColeandMoll7.el voted prevention,education and lu10Jin!!. HIV/
JA'itlt ~le 1na}'or·s1t"COOu11oodat1on, \\lld1 AJDS. litllfacy. hui>ger and dieelderly.
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�STREETVIBES
The Vibe
January 2008
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Shutter Speed
Homeless
MemorialDay
l'lill Hemor'*
MichaeJAufrance
DoliilldFrancis
CJen V\lalsoi1
ScottJohnson
John Earls
Julie Martin
Carlton Davis
RalpJ1 Goodwin
JucJson Ward
Joiln Watkiils
MichaelStarn per
S~phtinSivernagel
QuentinSchlater
·~teven Rice
MIChll.el \"kiilg
€ rosby Knox
John Elenne.tt
Darreli Gray·
"Michael Kelly
Vvlhlier Gaffney
DaneitaHall
Maty J91lilson
Mr. and Mrs. Homeless Downtowner
Name:AJleJljohns-on
HometO\•n: ClnciJlfl3~
Neighborhood: A\<ondale
Occu1.:itimc C;UJientJy, Painting
(can't teslst:Money
I can' Istand: greed
Person I admire most; Pastor al Westside Venue lxlcausc
he gesluineJy \\'anls lO helP. lhecornmw:Lity
What Uike 111~1 about Cincinnati:Thallhey help the
homeless andfeed tl1em. There is alway~ a place to.ea!/
Place 1·d like to vl<il: Disney Land
Ir I wonthe lotfery I \\<ould: Getmy ntcces ~nd nephe1>~
whalevertl1ey \'/'JJ1tfd andhetp my lamity. lwouldbuilda
shelll!Tand gelthings righl
Hap11h1~ \\'Ould be:aserenepeace •nd my 11epl1ew
Life Phi!Osophy: Ife\·eiyone in the wortd were happy,
ttie<ewould be nodepfllSslon
Name: Cheiyl Ya1es
Hometown:ClncJnnatl
Neighhurilood: Over·lhe·l;l1ine
Fa\'orite Interest: Alngtng. cL10ciitg. i:eading.
w1itinij. sllOPfJing,·eating
I can't reU.!it: Churd1
I can'tstand:vlolence
Person I admire the-n1osl: M)•1nolher
What Uike-most about Cincinnati: All of the
different sites
Place I'd like to vl'lit: California again
1f I wonthe lo1te1y 1.would: Buy a bu tiding for the
hocne1.ess.andgive then1 tJ1eir o\vn clotJ1es. ~hoes,
qir, food. airconaiuontng and all otherluxuctes
llaripiness would be: Going to heaven
DewlttB<ittle
Earl Mann
'Iony BaqiweJJ
·Clrarlotte Moore
Pauta:W<iil'e
Magdalene Grasenrefd
Pau!BtyanL
Martin Stith
RaJph Hill
Antf\ony. Rodffgues
Klinnell1 Stone
Mary H!!&lle;i
JoeDi~rslng
Jimmy Heath
life Phlla.ophy: Tojust be stable.
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Tributes to Jimmy Heath
\'Ve started selling Streetvibes shonJy alter the paper
stan~:l. We have worked with Jimmy for almost 10
years and had tl1e opportunity 10 get 10 know him as we
sold the paper. We will miss Jimmy for his willingness
to listen to us, hi5 smile, and to share with us his
experiences and wisdom.
In response to tlie brokenmin-orsto1y by lateeditorJinuny
Heath. 1experienced mostor whatJinnny did during my
alcoholism and reooveiy from alooholismand druguse. 1sle1>t
on mysiStm cooch in her liVing roomafterdtinkingheavily. 1
staned recovering fromalcoholis111in the late 1980s and ant
sober today.
Grady Cook and Earlene lv!oreland
Insolidarity.
SoonyWilUams
Former Hon1eless Person
Clifton
Rememberingjimmy Heath
by PatClifford
lt was the spring of 1995. Iwasworking as AdmlnlstraliveCoordlnatorat
die Drop Inn Center. In addition. Ihad recently been granted U1e position or
voluntary "Director.. oftlie Greater ClnclnnaU Coalition for the Homeless.
' \bluniaiy· because tlieCoalition was ui tlie process of regroupingafter a
change in staffand abitter loss ofthe 115-unit.Milner Hotel whidi housed
M}' narne isKalt•erir•e R)ider. I i.·vas apartof tJ1eConnexionsgroup at
many low-Income Indl\;duals downtown. Coupled thatwith the loss of
Xavier
University thatyou andJimmy spoke 10. 1received an email about
sorne key granlS and \Ve had no fur1ds to pay an)1one. To top it off
Jimmy"s passing. I wantyou to knowtliaUiJlimygreatly alfecte<I me. He
my ";fe and rhadj ust found out we wereexpecting our flr.;t child
affected my faithand my life in general. One thinghe said1>ill always stay
la1erdia1year. Help was neede<ll
with me. He said S()methlng to the effect of"God makes me huge. God
1talked to the staff of the Drop Inn Center's Recovery
rnakesrny lire huge." I wish 1could havetold.lirruny how he trulyalfecled
Prog1am. whichoonslsted of one person(fom Lee) at thatpoint.
me.
I wrote apaper for my theology class and wrote aboutJinimy. l wrole
and asked hiJt1 to assign L\VO oftl1e ~Jive-ins" (as U1e)1're called)
how he inspired me tosee God in eventlie hardest tiJnes. l have always
todo theircommunityse1Vlce howswiththeHomeless Coalitlon.
believed thatGod wooId carry us through hard times but.whenevera hard
Botli agreed to work wididie Coalition. especially our lledgling
Umecame
1would doubt God's presence.~l\lll,Jimmy helped me to reallze
Street Newspaper Project which wasjust an idea at that point.
die God really does give us die strengtli toget dnough diose hard limes arid
Oneofthe live-Ins became our vendorooordlnatorand the other.
to have faith. My faithj oomey is farfrom done. 1oontinue togrow in my
apholographer. Thetr nameswere DonaldWhileheadandJinuny
widerstanding ofGod buUuiunygave mesu~ngdi to koepgoing even when
Heatli.
! think that I'll never get. there; that.I'll nevergetoff the · streets" of
In lastmonui·s Stree!Vibes. Jimmy maner-of-facdy related
1gno1
ance to God;that1·Ii never fully knowGod.Jimmy gaveme tlie
the depths towhich his addiction had taken him, literally living in a
courage and die s1rengd110 keepgoing.
basement like a cave. ~Vhen he came to the Drop Inn Center.
\VOrtersdescribed hirn as looking likeGriUJ)'Adaitis. tl1e rnountain
1wish 1cooId have told hun tliat befo1~ he passed. Hewill forever be witli
man ofthe 70s televisionseries. His familysaid thatbeforeentering the
me.
Drop InnCeiuerhe called tlie mall to tell tliem he was iJlunanentlygoing to
Thankyou.
die. That was hefore recovery. Now this self-descrihed ' basementtrolr
had asecond life.
Sincerely,
Hespent tlie fu>t yearsor diis lifeslowly but intently re-acqutriJigdie tools dwll
Katlierme Ryder
wooId come to define him. Anew camera. Anew lens. He got ajob atKlnko·s In Western
Hills. partially to be close to a place where he coold develop his negatives. It was dw·ing tliattime
that thedreams of a Cincinnati streetnewspaperwere beginning 10 percolate.
By the time tragedy AAJck In Novenlberof 1900 with thedeadi ofbuddygray. Jimmy was already considered pan of the famlly. He had quledy becomeOver-the
Rh.ine'sofficial photograpl1er: never i.·vitlK>Uthis carnera. Hegrieved \ViU1us. Wt he also docurnented ourcornrnwlilygrief. l11eroost irnportantphot0Jinut1y evergave
mewas a famlly poM!ltofmywife Katy. meandour I 1-montlioldson Mitchell at die second annualHomeless Coalition dlnner-onewoekaf\erbuddy"sdeatlL His
photoo were hisgifts to us. both tlien and now.
The firstlocally printed editionofStreetvihes cameout.in February of I 997. dedicated 10 the memoryofbuddygray. By thattime. wehad found agrant. loemploy
Donald Whitehead 1>an-t1me to work with meat theHomeless Coalition. organl7.Jng vendorsand speaking to crowds around thecity about homelessness. Jimmy
supplied all die photos. 11 was a low.1ech operation... none or us knew the
procedures. software or hadany experience In editingat thatpolnL
Jimmy. Donald and 1 anende<I die North American Street Newspaper
Association (NASNA) conference in SeaIlleinSeptemherofthatyear. We learned
from die folks at Real Change Ne"s diere. ~Ve all visited Scattle·s homeless art
studio. 1remember having Chinese food at Pike Place Market. Compared to
other cities likeChicagoand Boston. wewere rookies. Coold we keep publishing
montlilyl Struting witli 500 per montlt coold we everdream ofgrowing to 5.000
per month? It's HO\r\' over ten years later and Street\'ibes has never n1issed a
month ofpublicatlon. ~Ve turn out 6.000 copies each mondi. The paper was
named Paper oftlie Year al U1e NASNAconferenceof2003. And Uirough ilall
there was the quietdetemilnaUonofJimmyHeatli. "Editor, Layout and Design·· for
overtenyears.
Ourworld is mademore humane through these fragile forums that help people
reclaim Identity and express themselves through an and wrldng. And. thanks to
ourdedicated vendors and readers- and patientand creative people likeJinnny.
we all continue togrow.
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Katy, Pat aIJd Mitchell at Ho111e.Jess
Coali1io11 Di11_1)er, Noi1e111/N!r 1996
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January 2008
6
Jimmy Heath Too Cool for School
by Geoq;uie Ge(f1
person, is tl1a1he would ha1e tl1e last
paragraph that ljustwroie.Jlmmywas
self-de1irecallng aud deeply funny.
'V\'henever san1eone \\'ou1d s1:arlgoing
-011 311cl onabou1l1int, he\\rould ntake "
j oke a11{1 challglllhesubject. lie knew
thevaJueofthe\\1ork he produced. .his
photographs. S~eetvibes. but Ile was
•bleto laughabout diem In away U1at
pul lt<>ll In 11crspoc11ve, aml brought
everyone ro tlie colwessauon.
There was-a balance in Jlmmy
bet.weeJl great cynicism and grem
co1npassion.. He al\\'ays knew \Vhen
Llllsl niel)lmmy when ls1arted my
jobauhe GrealerO ncinnati Coalition
fonheHomeless in 2002. He took me
l'o ta lourof Over die RJliJ>e.I'd liVed u1
Cincinnati fi>r a few years al.that point,
but f' dnever reallybeen LOOTRbefore.
Willi Jimmy, walking tluotighalleys. I
saw ii for 1he Orsttlmc. Por mellwas
likeseeing0'11{ tlirough fa11y1ale eyes
- bulldlng5 that were Uie battleground'
f'or ancient SU'Uggles be~veen gtungy
while knigl11s and greasy developers,
crumpled u1> originsofageoclC'l diatare sQnloone \V~s legJtilnate (Ind when
now legpcies. We ended atU1e makeshift. son1eone \Vas feedhlg hbu a line - be
memorial where Timothy1l1001asdied. they politlclaa or1>anhandler.And d1eo
-·n1a1 was messed up." Jlnnll)'. ever U1e he'd go ahead and liSten oo everyone
mi11inl3liS~ exµlained. T' d seen it on die any1vdy. f tl1ink ii came.from being an
nt)l\~.Jlmmyw<lS tliei'e-dorlglng be<ln anlst; he saw 1he whole 1>erson and
bags witl1hiS canierain tow.
accepted U1e bad witl1 grace while
Thatnight LwroteabouLJlmmy in searching out the good. He.had a way
my diary.1l1eword ..c<X11" was used no <lfSJ>eaklngtlieuuU1 - bluntly. lluraJW<I}~
ending ln"1mm· or "brotl1er" tl1atmarle
less dran 1.2 times.
Piveyear.> lat£r, lhat'S,\tlli how I pro1ilo listen and no.1"1Jtcoffense.,!in1my
de.scrlbdunrtiy. Hewas reallyoool.1'he setanunSJloken code fortl1e Homeless
kind of cool you read abou~ die kind CoaJiUon. a bar that V\'e all strJve to
d>al only anti-heroes c•o poll.oil'. ~l his •cl1Jeve. Take itse.i·1ously.1>u1not wo
O\\IJl lifelirne~Jbnntjtbecame an icon. I seriously. Laugh ;:1 Jol, bul never at
heard 1he note of awP. that err.pt tow son1CJ0no. Takethethm: to listen, r<vcn If
peoples voicewhen tl1ey spoke orhim. you·,-e busy,even lftliey' re Lylng. Keep
Ievenhad atouch oftliai.myself.
listr.ning until they' redone teUJngyou
But what made Jimmy • great whattl1ey need 1osay andyoun.ed to
1J1add1epleasure orknu\\'ing.arKI \'iUfking
wlt11Jlmmy fo1·a number ofyears. In1st met
himafll'fhehad recentlygraduated rrom tl>e
trealmeotprogram at the DIC. You r.ould tell
tluu hehad aspecial spad< and U1a1he was
going to uotordy !>lUYive, burshine and tooth
manylives by sharing his liteexpaler~.
As a highschool 1ead 1erand cornmunity
servicedirector. I l>a<Itlie 01>portunity lO
\YOl'J\ \\ itl1J1bnOilquite a re\I/ projectsduriJ1g
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ovrnhcycars. Hlswlllingness 1osharc his
story and lO teach my s1uda11sabout
homeles.sness, sadaljuslice, phologmphy
andaboot lifearewha1Iremember best
I am now ttllchlngatMI. Nolle Dame High
Sdiool, and I am saddened tl><>Imycw·rent
studrnts"''ill no·i get io meet and 10 knQ\V
Jlnuny... l\iS llfehas touched mi1ie and made
111e a benerpersou. ~levriltal\vays lJe
J'Clnei11bt•l?<I.
Jimmy.youare loved andyoo are miSsed!
Peacl.',
Todd Fonn.in
hear. Honor U1e past. bul ll\'e in tl1e
pre.'iffii Ftnd.d1ebeautiful, because Lt's
1he1e il'you look for iL
Jimmy lookme lo an art stK1w once
for •he children lo his l.lr.c<acy tlwough
Photography pro<>.,ram,TI>erewasone
collage done by a small boy who
lived 111 OTR. The phot~were of
dupe IXl)'.S UlWhiJe l·Shlrui.pilbulls.
poverty. Ilookedai ltwt1hhorror
and said .• 1s U1ai a dope boy?"
Jlmmy"1ldyes."A11dapltboll?"
Jurunysia11edoodruekle. "Yes:·
he.aid, "it's perfect ThisntUe
boy Is 1><lrfec1: So I looked
again. The dope boy was
leaning ·agal1tst a kitchen
COUl\leJ'smiling al theliule
boy behind tlie camera.
He \Vas 110 1 a scary
crunu1al, hewas tlds linle
boy'solderbrother. ltwas
a plccute of sw11gtl1 and
love•ml adoraUon for his
blg b<oU1er.The pit bull\\~S
ooladru1ger.Tlie p;aure was
cut Imo the shape of a.llttle
he-dl'L Mewas a pet.
Tluit was the power of
Jimmy. He'ooulrtgiveyou new eyes. He
oould make you see sometl1ingyou'd
seen a million times. bulstrlp.itoflls
p1e1ense and Its media hype and your
own p1~ooncepuons so Uiatall that "~s
left was a little nugget of truth;
complicated. wonderful, uuU1.
I miSs youJin1my. Vie all do. T.he
Homeless Coalllion feels a Unit emp&y
anrl !his lossofyou wllls1 tng fora long
lime. Bue So·eetvibes will surviVe
One oll11e.dowruides of'~111g a11 avid uS<'I' of P/1otos/Jop, as Jilfl111)'
II'~ Is 1ha1 ivlie11 youJe9JtJmmelyser a plch1re nfyourself ll'ilh "
squh't!!I 011 your //~ad. eve1:yo11e ass1111ws fr~ a fake. I asswayou. ii is
uol. 1found a l>7i!)' squirrel on n walk one day rnrou.qh Colle9e Hill.
This pal11ei/c erea/tire lladjustopened his dJ~S. My hu.sbafl(fmid T
nursed !rim b:ick ro /U>a/lh (111)' lwsbar1d.geW11g up for 1J1e 4:00:<.m.
borllc feetllngs) ;wd nmned him.B.1ron von Chippy. Jimmy. alwnp an
animal 10,.er. askedme ro brf/lg rhe &ton ill/a die CoaliliotJ one day.
Jtnm~' '"'-'photogmphing /Jim leaping .1bo1J1 "!I' office when the
Baron jumpedon Jimmy's headandposedthere. Jin1Jnygufe/Jy
handed me />is C8/Jie1-a am/ I ""s able toget l11is shot. W/Je11 tile
Bamngot" flfile older. hescampered off bpck !mo the wilds of
College Ifill.
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Community N ew s
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Memorial for the
Homeless Dead
by Michael Henson
Qecember 2007
Thewinter wind they call die Hawk
rounds the comer of the s~ason
and skitters the last leaves to the fencelines.
'Ne stand in a park with a paper In ou1· hands
ancl down the paper rutL~ a Lisi of names
None ofthe names will ariswer if we.call them
but we mad them to remember tliat. tliey had names.
these people of 1he unclerbriclge.
the condominiums of the shelters.
the apartments of park benches,
the cardboard havens alid bedrooms of the poor.
\\!hat can we know about tl1ese nan1cs but thaLtliey died
- some in JJ1e usual way
and some Inways it hurts to think on.
They died of violence, accident. and neglect
They died of' uncreated disease.
of over-dos·e aud under-attention.
They were cold. U1ey were hung1y.
they were sick. and they died.
And now they are notl1ing buc a list of names running off
Into the wind.
't'he Hawk sweeps tl1e comer of U1e shivering season
and the cold grass is stiff amund ourshoes.
'Ne stand 1n a park "~ch our pockets full of wi.nd
ancl nolhing in l>ur hands bur these pages full of names
So1UJ)' ~Yil/fa11is lig/1ts n rt"me111beraJ1ce ti11Jt/le.
PtJ(J/Jfc gatl.1er torcn1e111ber Ji'ieI1ds. faI11ily. andloved011es 1v/10 l1n1·e
passed auwy.
and the names are fading from our sight.
111ey were cold. they were hungry. 1hey were sick.
111ey were over-dosed and under-funded.
displaced fromthe neighborhood of the living
and now Uieir names trickle into the cold. stiff grass.
The Hawk tes!S Ule cutre11l5 of the turning season
and strips the warmth from lhe downw""1 towers.
~Ve stand in a park with our hats full of dus1and we a·sk,
wbo decided wbich. doors would open and
who decided wbich doors would dose
and who decided these names would be on Uie list that we
read this day.
111eywere cold, they were tired.
they were gentrifiedand they died
and nowd1eir names fade into·thc light.
The Hawk calls once in U1e sweep of Uie cllangtog seaso11
and wickers away the lastof the leaves.
·
~Ve stand in a park withour hands full of light
and in.the light a list.ofet.e1:nal names.
1neywere cold, theywere sick'. U1ey were hungiy.
TI1ey .were over-dosed and under-guided and U1ey died.
If we.call these names now and It seems U1ey do not answer,
we can learn w lis1en In thegrass. In the wind.
in 1J1eshower ofsunlight thal fulls around us.
• \I.le can liswn in die cold ciy of the Hawk.
~ Listenclose:
iJ:
~ They are a whisper now on the tongue of God.
:1 ~Ve call their names to remember 1hey hall names.
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.,, these people of the w1derhridge.
J. the condominiums of tlie shelters.
Lil<: apartll\ents of park bend1es.
the cardboard havens and bedrooms of the poor.
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Community News
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.4bo1-c: .41·ot11w 111an talces n 11HJ111ent to re fled 011 his c/eCt>.a.se</
/'r;;u111. Rig/11: F11t11er an1J tltu1ghter look al Ifie co111111P-1,10 1t1ti1'e
mwJJh I/Jal clmmides hoJ1Jrlcss deaths siI1cc Z(}{)3. lie/ow:
CfJ1WJ1unlty OJf._'JJJbMSgatlter to sl1are 111eJ110l'les o/' 1J1oso 1v/Jo l1«tVe
JRl~·$·e(/ HH'8f.
J'linlo!'i hy ,\ Jidy F'recin•
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Vendor Artwork
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Bengals Abstract
Ball by Anthony
Williams
Berta's Art Comer
Franciscan I-Iaircuts
from the Heart
by Cleo Wombles
The Downtovvn
Streetvibes Clown
Esquire Theatre
Sr. BoMlcStelnJagcJs a nunwho
volumeeishertlnte. love.and care.
me
by Ctco Wombles
\i\fhen)roucome in the door,
greet5 youwltl1a smile. She takes
your name and putsil into d>e
compuler. The price ofa haJrrut or
Jn the mond1ofDOO'JOberwheo II
nears Chrtscmas timeyoucaucome
do1,\lnto\vnand see tl1eStreet\fibes
clown. Hestands arFiflhand \"lalnut
oospread a llllle che.r.All day lomg.
you may see him dancing and .slnglng a
song, to help brighcen upyoorday.
When )'OU \\lalk b}'.;·ousee his rl'd
noseand how It glows: tryou can take
time oo soop by and see how It goes.
he pu~on a good.sho\Y.
Agalll. Iwould like to leaveyou
witl1.-1 littlehumor. There is ajoke I
know d1at goes like tlJls.There's a
readerand a wrl1J11at tlte zoo. AUon
comes by and eaiS only one oflhr.m.
Canyou tell nie \\11ld1 one andwhy?
Hedoosn·teat tl1e writer because
""llcr's·crrun.p and reader'sdlgesL
Sl)'le tsonlylwodoJJars ora bag of
cans.Ai; farme,:ihe al\vays s.t~1ves m_}'
head and beard. She also washes my
!lead witl1waterand shampo0.
Atle1wards. she massages myscalp. I
don't wam lier 10stopbecause ll l'eels
so good. Sheuses a massa~e tCJOIon
tl1e baek of my neck. U1e 1opof my
llead. and Uie Sides. Sometin..s, Igo
In wlU1a headaclie.Af\crshe Is done.
tl1e headache Is gone arKI Ifeel so
good. I feelas tltough her hamL<are
used by God wld1a heaJittg toud1.TI1e
musiC tllalsheplays is ve1y suod1ing. ll
makes you feel relaxe(f and calm.
Whatmo~can IsayaboutSr. flo1u11e
and Franciscan H\ll1culS from the
Heal't'I Pleases,1op by andsee, You
c•n visit at 126 East 13'' Srreet. ur
call 513-381-01ll
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Vendor Profile - Silvia Collins
J11Je,:rie1v IJy .4.11dy f'ii!cze
'A'he1"tdldyougrow u1i?
l gr~w up acommandS<'flleant
major's daughter aild t11erefore l!Ved
all over tlie plaa;. J married a major
sergeant In tl1earmy. I!lave Uv« Iin
your feet. \\~ ueed moce uansmonal
housing for l"'Qple who ha'"'Joi» but
are"·1mak.IJig .enough or arerfl able to
saveeno.ugh for an apartment. lflhad
1111nsltlonal housingafter I gotkicked
out of my aJlartn\eot I would 11ever
been homeless.. When people lose
jobs tl1ey have oo b1con1efor hous.lug.
Grt'eee,Jran.Gemiany. FOrt_KrKJX.
Spain, Judy anrt •II across the Unltt'I
Wliat do you like l>e"<t ahout-sc:lllog
Srates. G<lnnanywasmyfavorite
~·treetvibes?
because it V\ras avery dean
envtrorunem In the sos and 60s. h1
The peo1ite who l111eractwuh rne. It
1979 f moved LO Cincinnati..
n:rakes me a\vareof ri1)1surroundings
and what lsgolngon In 1hecl(Y ! live.
How<lidyou lcan1aboul
Streetvibes?
Where do you sell the J"per?
Whenl llved in Over tlie Rhine in
2000. I lived next doono the Greater
CincinoatiCoalition fortlie Homeless.
Ms. Mruywas U1e receptlouist aod she
ronvioced me 10 sell t11e paper. Ihaw
beensellingSlreetvihes far7 Y"""'
l scll1nl>!itly a1Eiodlay mad<et on
Frtclay. Saturday. and Sunrlay. I also
sell arowid the CVS 011 Walnutand 7"
St.
Whal arl! your hobbies?
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Ho\v d1d y·ou beco1ue bo1uele.'iS?
I liketoknit alghanswtuchare
blanke1S and take 2 to 3 months to
1)take and sca1\1es.
I \\ as living Jn a. ReSLUc·aparuneru
1
buli(llng on lllm Stn."'etand th<\)' had lo
Wliat woulcl you Uke to say to you1·
close t11e buildu>g. Iwas homeless for
t.'US(Otllei'S'l
!he follnwlng month \\~lie I tried to find
anew aparUllE'Jll and get a job.
Tlw11ksforyow·suppon. Sll~ia also
works a temp seivir ejob ala
'A'hatwould you Ii kt. to tcll 11cople? W>rell()IJSe.
lttakes about SJ ,000 to get back on
Silvia
Col/i11s
sells
~et vibes
at lt/1 and
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Columns
January 2008
A Christmas Message
Poverty and
Addiction
J.fichael Henson Is author ofRansack. J\ Small Room with Trouble 011 J.fy /.find,
The Tao oflonging. and Crow Call. Tiiis col11m11 is pal! ofa momhfy se1·Jes 011
po1•erty a11d addiction.
by Michael Henson
By the timeyou read this.it may no
longer be the Christmas season. But
Christmas is what I'm U1inki11g about
no\v.Thedecorations are up. the malls
are packed.and Ute news tells us mata
great vvinterstolTTI is headed in front the
wesLThere Is plenty todo and plenty to
distract me. but U1estoryofCluislrnas.
the real story of i~ haunts me and Icannot
leave it alone.
This is the season \Ve celebrate
poverty and bllth. Poverty and hope, If
you wilJ. But ii is a hard·bought hope.
\Ve think ofCJ1risunas as ahappy time
ofyear. but to my mind. U1e Christrnas
story is aterrible, sad s1oiy that involves
exile.massacre. conflict. desperation.
and Uie depredations ofU1e great upon
the fol)JOttenonesof the world.\\\, will
gad1erin churches (orarow1d ourTVs)
to 1ell 1hestoryofachild born homeless,
to parents displaced by t11ewhlm ofthe
powetful.1l1en. inUiemidstofaslaughter
ofotl1erne1•bomchildreo.the Child and
d1ose parents will have 10 flee ford1eu·
lives and sojourn foryears as refugees
Inaforeignland.We' II stngJoy to t11e
World and try to turn this story into a
triumph.butit would helpiftl1esuffering
ofdtiS fan1ilyoould lead tosomehappier
ending. For the Child is fated to be
betrayed and to die on a cross. Of
course.tl1ere's a Resurrectionand tl1at
death and resurrectionaresupposed to
saveusall.
Buistill.onceyoustlipaway tl1e
seasonal feel-good advel'llstng and
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decoration. thisstory is one ofthe most of lheir homesand forced to live intents
painful u1all humandisoourse.
alongthe river Inthemiddleofwinter. It
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\Vas asour lin1e for tJ1ern. but l' n1sure
We celebratepoverty in thisseason. themine O\r\'ners celebrated a S\Veet,
We honor poverty and birth and die comfortable Christmas. safe in dieu·
Child. We recognize tha1 pan of the warm.comfortable homes.
111eantngof1heblrthofthlsChlld IS that
Tile nllne O\Yner·s Chtistnlas Is the
He is born a1nong co1nn1on people. orie we like to diinkofas Uie traditional
amongthe poor,orneiy peoplelikeyou Christmas:abig family meal. presents,
and me. But somehow die nouon of wannd1. and light iJI die darkness ofd1e
povertygets lost in all thehonoringand turning season.
the celebratlon. I' n1 not sure\Yhat\VC
Butthe Christmas ofthe mlners
really celebrate.but weschedulefeasts U1a1 of people who are embauled.
and partiesand presents all around and displaced, strugglingtosurvivein a world
wesay it iS iJl celeb1~Uon ofuie birthof d1a1seems bentondestroying uiem
this Child who saves us all from sinand thatseems to me the truerChristnlas.
Theirworld Is theone theChild was
death.
And yet tl1e sins keep coming and born into.
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the dealhs keep coming. Among the
homeless indie citywhere I live.atleast
Alld what are d1esins ofuie poor?
twenty deaths this year, from oold,
They Lie:1hey drink; theyusedrugs:
hunger. untreated disease. accident. they havesex with p«1pletl1ey have no
overdose.andunder-altenlion. TI1e,re busi11ess having sex \Vith: they are
were probably morethan twenty; those
arejust theones \\le k.110\\1 of.
And the sins? Icannotgiveyou a
countoftheslns.
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Anold man once told me, · if only
die rich man would giveup somediing
forlhe poor, thatwould be sweet. That
vvould be theche1T)'· But what \Ve had
\·Vas Uteplwn.AndLliat's rnighl)' sour."
He \Vas a black man \Yithan eerie
resemblance 10 James Earl Jones. lie
wa<talkingaboutstriking \~'est Virginia
But.whatofthesins oflhe rich? 11iey
Ile. t11ey drink. t11ey . . . . It's thesame
list. \~'e can read all about Uiemin Uie
Jl'lll"SOfPeople 1'lagazine. But tliese sins
seem to affect only d1ose sinner.; and
IJ1eircitcle and seem nierelypallietic and
sad.
To rny 1t1ind. U1eurunentioned sin.
the greatestofthese unconquered sins
is diat uie powerful still run die world
according to their\vhinl.Thatsin, by
which the powc1ful canset the JJQ\'~rless
outof U1eirhornes oroffto war. has no
conlmonnan1e and does notappearin
diepages ofPeopleMagazine. Andso.
we stillsend thepoor into exile. \Ve still
witness the massacreoft11e Innocents.
The holy families ofUie poorstillstalk
theoold hills insearch ofa place to give
bu1l110 u1eir hopes.
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Joy to the ~l\:>rld? I have ahard time
gelling tojoy when I U1iJ1kofUiestory
behind the season.And hope?That's a
tougJi one. too.11iere is noeasy paui to
eitherone. ButIkno\Y that, if \Veopen
ce11a111 doo1s.joy Improbablystumbles
irrespon.<ible; they are violenLJust.ask
any expert in any think-tankand d1ey
will tell you. WhaleVersmallchancestl1e
poorhave to nlakeltln thts\ovorld, the)'
spoil by tl1eirsiJis: Uieycompound U1e.iJ in. arKJ lKlpe \\ralks \Vitltus \·Vt.en we \Valk
poverty thattheydid notinvent. withsins in faith, even the grumbling faith I
and failures ofd1eirown nlal<ing.
SOilleli.Jlles 1/1.'alk.
Thesesins and failures are the b<isis
The Christmas lights are up: lhe
ofanentire profession.anannyofsocial roads to the malls are bumper to
\VOrkers . health care \·\'Orkers.
burnper: tlM:'!re'sabigstonn corning.
educators. andcounselors - lam a foot
Iwishyoujoy ifyoucanget tojoy.
solcller iJI U1ataonymyself- whosesole
lfjoyeludesyou. I wiShyou hope.
function is 10 help the poor remediate
1111nersIn the1920s \Vho vvereput out theseso-called sinsand failures.
Our Daily Bread Mourns the Loss of Tony Barnwell
by Angela Pancella
Aswe go fro1none)reat' intodM:'!next
\Ve ren1ember those vvho have gone
before us. Here at Our Daily Bread.
\Ve lost agood friend last Novenlber,
Tony Bam,vell. Hecan1e Inevei)'dtl)'
to \VOrkas aporter. greeting ourguests
al the door. runningerrands, and being
lielpful in manyways.
"Peoplestill a<k. 'Where'sTony?'"
ThmmyQulshpe, whoworksatour fn:mt
desk.says. •1miss his ·hellos.' liewas
agood guy:
We had amenlOrtal forTunyhereat
Our Daily Bread. FriendsofTony's from
his church. theTri-County Vineyard.
mernbersofhis family. and friends from
the whole neighborhood ga1hered to
sharestories. One mansang "Precious
Lord. Take My Hand• in his honor:
anothersununed u1>howweall fcit"llcn
fun person to be around; everybodyliked pain the last six months of his life he
him. Hewas agood person."
oontlnued tooome Infatthfully. He"oll
Joan Thornpson. Volunteer be truly missed:
Coordinator. remenlbers: "He alvvays
Cookie Vogelpohl, Our Daily
met meoutside and asked if he could Bread's founder. says occasions like
help nie carry lhings in. lalways loved Tony's memorial service put tl1emeaning
his heart. !loved ltwhcn he pushed the of the place In perspective. "! always
loon!" (TI1e loon in queslion was a thiJik tlial ifand when Igerto heaven !'d
stuffed animal in the office thatgave a like to ask Cod why He wanted Our
loon call if you pressed down on its Daily Bread 10 be here. lie nlightjust
back. Every tin1eTonycame into the say. ·ForTony.' ·
officehe made theloongive offIts call.
ouR OAILV BREllci
Itwas agood ULing tohear if vve \VeJe
e\1er in danger of taking ourselves too
serioosly.) "Hewas agreatguy. I really
nlisshint
n
"Tonywasoneofthose peoplethat
didn't knowastranger." saysMaiy Bech
Peters. Our Daily Bread's Executi\1e
Director. 'lie wasvery open and honest
about the life he led and the mistakes he
made-In the hopes ofoonvlnclngothers
he said. ~Orle oftl1e great pri\'ileges of not to go do,vn thesan1eroad. Tvvoor
being in this world has been getting to
know'fony.'·
Sandy Matthe">. oneof his fellow
porters.said this at the time: "Hewas a
his goals were to live to fifty and not. to
die from AIDS. which he contracted
vvhen he \Yas t\venty five. He \Yas
blessed with therealizationof bothof
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tlM:'!Se \Visl1es. AJU1ough he\Vas in great
..,,,., .................
Our Daily Bread isa food and hospitality rniJListry iJ1 Over·the-Rlline.
Cincinnati. \~\,serve a mid-day meal, and we se"•e more than 500 meals
eve1y day. Mondayd1tOugJ1Friday. \Ve providewann meals inacomforlable
place for aJJ 'vho con1e. aplace wtlere all are irl\'iled to be apartofa
oommunlty that ts cartng. suppoitlveand weloomlng. We arealways looking
ror volunleei;, !or food or non perisliable collections- pleasegiveJoan or
Kathy acall at621 -6364 to find outmore. Our Daily Bread is located at
1730 Race Screet. Cincinnau. OM.45202.
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January 2008
Columns
12
"I Never Died," Said he:
Goodbye to Jimmy Heath
Jimmy Heath, I am told, died this somehO\r\' SUl'\rivecl.
weekatHospice. I was reminded ofdie
The power of his gentleness was
lyric from ·Joe Hill"dialgoes."'[ never personal as \Veil as social. 1 can
died," said he...•·Jimmy Heathwill Live remember our Iunches withSte\'e Elliot
on i11 the n1any n1en1ories of his atMyra's as we ploned to bring peace
gentleness, a light thatshone from him into the schools under the cover of
CVC1) 1 t1n1e IA'C met.
photography. posters. and good story
Gentleness isaqualityofU1eltighest telling.
le\1el of peacen1aker. Jimn1y ne\1er
Jimmy, al\vayscurious.\Vondered
lectw'ed. 1le\'er instrucled 1A1il11 coercive just wherewe were finding tl1e energy
\Vords or actions, and ne\ 1er held that to keep teacliingand learning inschools
one way was die rtghtway.Jimmy was thatseem to dislikeyoudiand fostered
alwa)" skillful at opening aspace ina niacltine likebehavior.JiJruny reminded
cro\vded life 10 any who wanted to sit me that we had to take theother path,
orSland.remindingdiem tliatdieirspace altlioughgently. almost inviSibly. lie
\\rtiS alv.•aysthereb)•hint. He had sucha would say, "The kidsget it, if wesay it
!>0''~1ful hold oo th!sgenueness!rothigh With honesty.''
schoolyouth and adulls \\IOU Idrealize
What a po\·Verful re1tLinderof tJ1e
that hev;as · reaching" humanness in a \Yay \Ye could gro\v peace in the \Var
way tliat iS rarely seen.
zones ofhighschools. anudge to drop
Jin1my \Vas never far av\'ay front
shartngsomepart ofhlsstoiy as a plant
ir1 growtlt asalearrlef in lt.e processof
decoding the realities he found himself
in. as acitizenofdie world of peace and
justice, !likingtime and wolds toremind
usthat there \Vere too n1any hon1elcss
on ourstreets. too rnany hungry. rnerLtall)'
ill and so many peoplebeatendown by
die culture of hatred that he had
ruthlessness.
Jimmy seemed to forcecompetitive
e1t10Uons out of the roo1t1 when he
talked.11iere is hisway, the gentle touch
of a caring person. and diere are tlie
other \Ya)'S. the top do\vn plans.
directives. grades. and fears. Listening
lo his SlOty. it \·Vaseasy to hear llO\v n1uch
he loved being gentle and feeling
gentleness on tlie partofotlie1s as tlie
major way of teaching, learning and
!Mrg.
JiJrunywas also fierce ~out howdie
homelesswerebeingmis-handled in tlie
city. tlie nation and die world. His
anicles. ne\vs su111n1aries. and pictures
were direct and bold calls foracUon to
prolectdie mostvuhierablepeople. men.
\Vomen and children of thestreets and
drop inshelters.Jin111ly never\Vrotea
the rhetoric a level do\vn and gi\1e the shy word aboutjustice.
youtli achance to find their "vlSlon"and
Attimes. hisangerwould flashwhen
"voices."
sornetJLing or so1t1eone had burned a
Jimmy had seenandhea!d too nllch
self-rtgJneous talk and acuondiat led to
anotherdoor-less room for teachersand
students.Teaching tliroughstoiy and
through photography sparked
conversations in)'Outhand adultsabout
liVing a life of integrity and witl1out
person orkilled thespiritofa homeless
person. Yet. his eyes would never
harden and his \ 1oice ne\ 1er revealed
bitterness. Likehis pictures. the anger
·see" intotJ1eviole1M:eand
realize thatanother ''ictin1 \vas claimed
by a brutal society. He seemed to be
\Vas acall to
saying, although1ne\'er heard him putit
In words. · How could 1>eople, people
wiU1 everything. treatpeople" ' d'so little
\Yithso nluch hatred?"
Juiunywouldhave reminded usdiat
ourrears \Vere signs ofhealthy anger.
signals thatjustice denied to youtli ls
worthyofa loloflearsandactlons.He'd
have told us astoryabout Buddy Cray,
his mentor.who refused to giVe upon
any homelessperson and ho\v he \Yas
"saved" byBuddy.Somehow.Jimmy's
words would have helped usgel up and
get back inside. There is work to be
done.
I DREAMED I SAWJIMMY
HEATH LAS!' NIGHT.
AUVEASHECOULD BE.
"BUT Jl/\·~\1Y." SAYS !. "YOU'RE3
DAYS DEAD.''
"I NEVER DIED:·SAID HE.
"!NEVER DIED: SAID HE.
ANDSTANDING THEREAS BIG
ASLl.f'E
AND SMILING WITH HIS EYES
SAIDJIMMY: "THERE'S NOTIME
TO MOURN.
coourAND ORGANIZE:
coourANO ORGANIZE:
Seattle Ups the Penalty for Targeting the Homeless
Contjnued fro111page1
perspective, the move to include
homelessness meanseve1yth1ng.
In astateitier1treleased foJJov\'ing01e
hearing, City Council president Nick
Licata stated. "'fhese changes \Viii
tJlis kind ofbehavior."
ser\1ice pro\1iders. and fort.heSeattle
If the ordinance is passed. city Police DcpMment.
Reprlmedfrom RealChange
officials and local stakeholders in tl1e
11iey alsosharediei,'<laloflaundting
hornelessadvocacyco1tununityplan lo acan1p.a1gn to Include homelessness CJ $(reef .News Se.1vlce: 11111111-:.simet
couple It with aclt)'wlde educational under tlie state's hatecrime law.Atdie papers.otg
e-a1npaign in schools (NCH statistics statelevel. n1aliciousharassn1en1 isa
provide tough n1easures that sho\v rhat then1ajority of atlacks are felony and canbepunlShedvvtthn1ulUple
denionst1atethat the Citywill nottolc•ate perpetrated by youtli ages 16·19). for year.; iJ1jail. sa)" Carr.
Food Stamps 101 in Hamilton County
by Greg Ol khovsky
occur.;. They have anotherofficeat 237 a year. The average food stan1p prtmarilyembarrassmentabout.entering
~Vllliam H. Tafl due to the Central allotment Is $86 a monthor $t .032 a the· welfare ofnce,.. fearofgw1ng out
personal inforrnation and Jack of
Food starnps are an excellent Parkwa)' location being at 1t1axin1urn year.
resource. The problem is that n1an)' capacity. There are roughly I 50
An additional 64, I 28 Hamilton education about the food stamp
peoplewhoq.ialifyfor dlelll doOOI utilize EllgibilityTecl~liCians (foodstamp case
dtis benefit to tlieir advantage inHaniilton worl<ers) who are employed inHaniilton
County. Furthermore. It ap1>ears that County. Each Eligibility Technician
rJ1ere is aconunon Jackof k.J10V\•ledge works with 500-600 cases. called
aboutthe food stampprogram from both Assistant Croups.AnAssistant Croup
recipients andnon~recipients.
can include one person. or multiple
To understand more about food peoplefrom the same ramily who are all
SlampsI met\\4thJer1yO'Flynn.S<!ctlon entitled recipients of a food stamp
Cltieffor HamiltonCounty Department account.Assislant Groups are accow~ed
of Job and Family Services OFS) . for to helpJFS organizedata easier.
O'Flynn has been employed with
In Hamilton County. 89.7% of
HamiltonCountyJFS fora remarkable eligibleresidents received foodstamps
27yea1s .Durtngthe lnteivlew. O'Flynn In October.This 1>ercencage equates to
provided slatistics. ans\'\•ered co1nn1on rougMy8 I .370iJklividualrecipien!S and
questions and explained what specific 36,275 Assistant Croups. Of these
criteriaonemust meetto apply for food recipients in October 2007. 49.633
stamps.
were femaleand 31,737 were male. In
The main building for J FS In 2006. there were 77. I23 food stamp
HamillonCow1ty is located at 222 Ea.st recipients in HaitLi.ltonCounty.sho\ving
Central Parkway where most of the anincrease inuse.The minin1um food
intake for tlie food stamp program stamp allounent iS $10 amontlior $120
County residents areeligible for food
program.O'Flynnsuggests diatpeople
stamps. butdo nor recei\1ethem.Asa \Yho are uncertain as to\Vhether ornot
thcyquallfyshould."app~· and see what
happens. it doesn't hurt 10 see if you
qualify."
One can begin the a.pplication
process immediately by calling 946·
tOOO by walking In die doors ofJFS
a1kl speaking directly to anEligibility
NuhitionSer\rice reports that for C\'eI)' Tedmician.Once an applicant.completes
$5 iJl new foodstamp benefits.S9.20 ui and submits tl1e necessaiy paperwork.
rotal con1111unityspendingisgenerated. anEligibilityTechnician looks tosee if
This means thatIncreased food stamp the applicant qualifies foremergency
pal1icipalioncould resuli in S14. I59.462 assistance.AI1 e1nergent)'situation is
to $121,77 1,376.64 in additional detemiined by financialstatus and ifthe
community spending which would applicant iS unemployed attlie time.If
enormously boost the localeconomy. an applicant does not. qualify as an
What prevents eligible Hamilton eniergencythentheEllglbllityTechnlclan
Cow11y residentsfrom d ainling dieirfood willdetenniJie if tlieapplicant iseligible
stampbenefits?0 'Flynnoffers anumber to receive food stamps within a 30-day
ofreasons tl1atbeoefiis are notclaimed.
COntlnued on page 12
result. Hamilton Cooney loses between
$7.695.360 arid 566.180.096 in food
stamp payments togroceiy stores and
otliervendors tliataccept food stamps
who are pre·paid for theirgoods. This
money IS lost and IS ultlmatclyhurtingthe
local economy. TI1e U.S. Food and
�STREETVIB ES
January 2008
Community News
13
Guest Columnist - Life in Atlanta vs. Cincinnati
c:uest colurnn/SI James Pogue IS know for sure, but l would guess that butnwiy. farloo m•f&'. IOund ilicmseh'-.;
a 2005graduare olC/llri< Montessori llunianseivicesaJ'e even wo~ lhan bl
Hf&h School anda former student at Cincin.n(1ti. Drugsareevfl)'Whetc. Inlet
(/w School for rha Creative a11d more blg·1lme drug dealers In my shon
Perfotn1/ng Arts in a~·er~1J1e·RJ1/ne. 1Jn1e in A,llanta than I tlLink a \·\thi~.
He has been sw dy/119 ar McGiii mlddlc clas.s. noo·...ilngyrungn1<1Jecould
Unf\'e1~iry Iii 1'140fll.i'Ml. Quebec and ever >'easonably expe.c t to come tn
is llQlf' flt'11'elit18 CJOSS"COIJJlffY JiytraiIJ con1act.'Aith anywhere else. I rode with
and li>!lmb.
a trucker out ofSou1hTexas who'S<ltd
lhathe used 10 carry back fro mAtlanta
I spentso01e t.lmelnA1lanlll 1~emly. bciwoon ih'Cand innmllllolldollatscvciy
It was only about four days. bu1 I week lrl drug money. l11a1's just one
travela!byfreight lr3in t111d livedou1Side. truck. \\iorkiag forone cartel Every
so I learned a 101 abQut the wo•st the 'A1eck.
Buiallof Jhls feels in;ufflclenl IDme.
place had 10 offer. AUI <ansay Js tlia1.
h;wlng g11Jwn up In Clnclnnall,andgone llvccyonc· l talked to on the steer.ts
10 school fr1 Over Ille Hlilne; l llloughtl echoed a different theme. about
had seen h;1rro\ving, ston111ch-tumi11g son1ething<:ven n1ore basic than C\ren
poveny.but Atlanta Js In a class of Its )'CaJS of 1~clsm and neglea.Alotofwhat
O\\tn. H01nel0S.';iness anddrugs are afact 1hey >'3Jd wasfrankly h1cohera 1Lbul l' II
of life Incvecy single part of thecity. 1ry to voice It as J\llthfufly as possible.
wealthy suburbs like Jrunaii Park because 1dllJlk iraruculalllSsomeihlng
includ.ed.
profound aboutpoverty, homeles.sne.>.
It 's strange. because by any and how we lookatourcl1les.
reasonablen1easw·eAtJanca Ls a n1uch
Atlanta is.a b9om IO\.vn Jn Ltte \Yay
richer. more successful town 1ht1n Cincinnati city leaders only dl1lam of.
Ch1chu>ati.'Oie populaUon andeccu10my CaJes aod ga11erles are replacir1g
are booming. condos are popping up, \\Wehouses and .sh<tdj1 bars. TI1ere's
and n11Jlllnatlonal corpo1<1Uons don't moneyio dirowa1ln1er and ln11a-uroan
need ID be pold to Slay downlOwn. TI>e lightrail Thlenl IS being botl1 mtained by
Id~ of Allanlll asanlntcmallonal cul11141I and altl~ctcd to lhe Inner city. h's lhe
cen1e1·. particularly witlt regard to tlie khid of transronnauou about which
blackdiaspora. is veiymuch• realily. business and city leaders have been
h'sa cultufill•ntl economlcmagPel for having we1dreams ever since April
t!Je young Md etluC"dted fron1across ~1e 2001.
Soutlt.
ll's also terrifying.TI1e poverty rate
111e11 why are tllei'estill ci'Owdsor may be <hopping. bul where poverty
homeless people and proslitules in used 10 beson1elltinganeigbborhoOO. a
ColonySqoa1~? I'mnotreallyequipped communlt;y. endured In concert.d>ose
1<J say.Obviously some of ii has 1<J do conununlties fmv~ beel1 sundered Son1e
with.iru;citutlmL1llz!!(l racism. I don I penpiefound anlchein the ne\-\1 \Vave,
in a brave new world Uley no Jongei·
understood. T<Xiay. in Atlanta, enuy
level, decent payingjobs are available
in bulk ln lbe.innercity. but l11ey' re at
mstaurants·and ba1s that don'I have 1he
courage or U1edecei;cy 1<l hire.people
who don' t look and talk like tho
educated. upwardly mobile. young.
transplant, ~t to whldi bod1 proprieloo
and pallons belong. lndusuyJobs have
Jong since been puslied outoowards Uie
l-285 loop. leaving tl1e inner cily poor
with 11-.ichQJcebetwc:cnjoblessncssand
whatls essentially forced relOC'•Uon.
Tiils ISInteresting. because rents.In
comparison widiodiermiyor U.S.d Ut'S.
have- ren1ained fuirlv slable. TI1e usual
stoiyabout gentrtncailoo Is tha1 II pushes
people out because tl1ey can' I a!Tord
housing. TI1ar s probably true In many
cases.burwhat J lieard over ru\d over In
A1laniaw;1sn'1that peoplewere plices
out of housing. but •h.ai there was a
fu11dmnenLal cultural Sl1ifiin lnner·cil)'
AlIan ta tl1a1 left 1hc hr.avlly·acccnt1~I.
uneducated. ··old-school.'' our in llie
cohl
All 1hls lead 10 1he crushing.
destructive poverty and vlolem·e Isaw.
If II's a irulsmth<it hoticlessnoss !earls to
dtugaddiction. buaglne!OOhopelessoess
of a cily \vhere the ' 'Cl)' cultural ru1d
economic \htcads havebeen rlppcdout.
\Vhere ani\1isteshave n.?places tl.e soclaJ
and economicneC\\'Oli>..'ihit.her1o used b)'
poor nelghboJ'hoods to develop
conununil)1arKI n1utualaid.
Tiie rising tlde II fled a lot ofbQals.
Tiiat's undenlable. But tlle ones tliat
sank. sank hard. Thepovo.ny thalwa<
Food Stamps
Contlnuet.I f1'Q11t page 11
period.Once it is decided thatthey are
eligible. Uie.applicantwm beasslgned
atLappolnunentdare In whkh lheymuS1
return toJFS rocom11letcanlntmilew
In person.
DurJng the intervie\v in the finaJ
stage Of tl>e application Jll'OCeSS. tlle
Eligibility Technician looks at the
c~ll(lldatc·~ nnancial r.liglbllllywhlch
factors in theappHcant's iJ1corne and
resources. The EligtbilllyTechnician
tl>en looks attlie applle<u1t's identity
cards {i.e. birth ceiuficates. social
sccuricy card) 10 conflnn 1ha1 the
inte-f\·l~·ee is the same person as the
food SklJTI papplfcanL
UpoocomplellngUieinteivie.v. d·1e
Eligibility Technician assigns ""
F.k-ctronlcBenefitTffill$fercald Qooks
and acts like a deb ii card) to the riew
food stamp canier.The card has the
carrier's mune eugiaved on 11. fa•e1y
timedie carrieruses tlm EBTcrud, 11te
allocated food stamp money 15
autonmticallysubtraoled. Food stamp
mooey i$ replenlshe.donoea.montlt and
lefioverfonds f11J1t1 die Jlfel'ious mondi
taD)•averonlO thenexlrnan~1.
Wuslm1gto11 PiJrk !'how by Jimmy 1Jead1
once a managcablet'Ondlllon ofllfc Is
1101va profowld·alieiiaUon from Uienew
lifeoflhecity.
I woriy aboutCincinnati. I wony
uboul Ne\\! Orleans. I \\lorry aboul
Detroit. Cities a1e always rising and
fafilig In America. and diesetownswill
all Sf;e their rise in lime. Bul fr;Lnkl)r. ii'
economicand cultural "revtvar brings
loC'ulcinnaU\\'hat it \Vro~ghL inALlaiua.
god forbid II ever com1<S.No te\•lval Is
worlll dieaeation ofa permanenl sratic
underclas.<.
This Is all based on my own
impressions. and convers.aUons 'A'i111
poorAdantans:a re1tv hornelcss rr1en. :t
few prostitutes. and two drug dealers. 1
purposely dldn'J quote numbm. OCe\'ffi
look any up,so tak~ lthowyouwill. My
point lsn'uhlll all economicdeveloprnenl
Is bad. 9r lhat hlpstc1~1 ar~ somehow
more at faull lllM crack lords or Geoige
Bush forpoverty and dislocation. Butif
people think thata mixed-IncomeOver
01eRhine is goingLo be an imp1m·ernen1,
they wo~ld do well to learn from the
expetlences or tlie poor who have
already sulferr.d through theexpelimem
In other cities. Tht')' would do well to
ask Wll)' ofall 01ewhlte. liberal·owned
busIncsscs on M~ InStn?e« 1he only one
diat e1·erhirerJ.aneighbofllOOd JlllY \vhile
I \vas in school \Va.'i Shadeau Breads.
Theywoulddowcllto ask 1ra nEwgallciy
i.s really acultural de\•elopmenl,or i[ ii
might be pavlng over an equally valid
c'ultu1~ already in place. '11ley woulddo
well to ask if Uiey.are racili1ati11g d>e <lirne
dial Is forcedremov<1l,and dlsoonnectlon
fiom the heart ofthe city.
�STR EETVIBES
Community News
January 2006
14
GCCH Annual Dinner 2007 - A Big Success
hy ly1111eA11sma11
On December 13. 2007. GCCH
held our Annual Dinner and Siient
Auctionat lhe Xavier UniVl!fSilyCilltas
Center. 'fhe U1emowas "Word on the
S1te-e1." to celeb1·a1e 10 years of
~<>treCtvibes. 1l1eeven'''1as sponsored
Du~e ·Energy.
by
XavierUniverslt}'·
PNC Bank. and
disenfranchised Individuals In our
communlty. whlle hlgilllghting Uie
sucre.;."'5of2007. FollmNingGettywas
our keynote address by Over-)he
Rhine's Katl1yY. Wilson. authorof l!:!ur
Negro Tour Gulde: 'Thirhs In Black
a11d White. Wilson. herselfhomeless as
a dtild. entertarned Ole cro\Yd \Vith her
ooloiful and itiythmlc.poellyandwrlting
In 2006. The Individual award was a·soup k~chen lnOverUieRJ~ne Ironed
awayded to Connie Cole from on Race Sueet across rrom r.1ndlay
Caracole. Inc. - an agency which Market
provldeshous~1gsel\1ccs forlbooe1Mng
WealsohonoredSamJacksonwldJ
\\'ithHJV/AIDS.The agencyaward was the Slreell'ibes Vendor of the Ye;ir
aw<11dedloProjec1Coonect-anagency Award. Jackson.avendorforabouta
which ke·e ps homeless child.ren year. retentlyobtailled em1>loyment at
conrlf).-1ed \ViUteducatton.
1,he Brazilian Bistro in dO\\'OfO\Vn
Eobert McGonagle was awarded Clnc;ln1iatJ. \l>/hJlewlllng S!reervlb.>s
whilespreading the \~i:d on tlie Streel lheJinw1y Ren~erA\v~rd -- an a\·\'ard do\\1nlo\\tn, Jackson de\reJope,d a
Wl arc pltr.ised to announced•at not tobc 1hankful ford1e luxu1iesd1ooewld1
only 1vas 1he eventa·~al succesci. but homes take Col granted.sudtas warm
it v. asalsoour l'argestever, with.more blankets. a.bed.and the ability crank up
dian 400 lJ1 attt'fldanrel The evening was our heat Inthe mlddleofthe night
FoUowillg w·Iison, we hor10red four
ei!)oyed by all as we reflected on our
Individuals
and one agency with our
hlstruy. the 1xistyear.arxl celebrated our
deservillg,awan:Iwlllne1s.
annual suvireand achievementawards.
The evening began wilhdinnerand The first award was The Julie Martin
the Stale of the Coalition Address by Service Pi'Ovlderofthe Year. so named
Executive D'irecior Georgine Geuy. for tl1e late Case Management
Gettyasserted thal.justas Inyears past. Coordinator a1 the VV.'CA Battered
we wiU oontlnoe to fight.foe homelessand \I/omen'sShelterand im'atd recipient
1
which goes to a homeless or formerly
homelessindlvidualwhohascommitted
themselves to lhe alleviation of
homelessness. McGonagle has seived
U... hornelessronununily by volunlee!ing
at McMlcken Dental. working wltl1
HealdicarefonheHomeless.andSEtVJng
meals on the street with hi<churd1- The
Chus,h of die Redeemer In Hyde Park.
relattonshlp with the GeneralManager
at tl1e Bistro who eveJllually offel'ed
Jackson a dishwashlng job..lackson
now has his own apartment and Is no
loogersta}'lngondie strrets.
The even1was agccatsuttess. bul
mos1 Importantly agreatway io finish
lhe year -"'!joying1llecompany ofour
colleaguesand friends In die community.
The buddygray LifetlmeAchieveme,n t honoring those who go above and
Award was awarded 10 Cookie beyondd1ccall ofduiy.niflecllngonthe
\{lg~Jpohl. Cow1derofOur Daily Bread. past and renewing oursmam ror 2008.
•t sll111f sente1JCl!S 11.kc crack rocks/Ikoop vm:b.s sJttflCd 111 Ill}' socks/Igot si111ilt?s /1-1·0 for
Jfre: •like'' w1d ....,, "rdgga/1 tall on my r.g1diJIS iUld pediJle my wares!1 anlke my iv•y
tl1ro11gl1 A1.'1in Su·eet gale/rics 11'11/le _
1ich wl1ife people siop to state/editors tluoiv tne ~'Ork
like addicts /)anti over cn.11'tlp/ed s/1)1Jfe$/on 1/1e Jlsi I .~talk t/1~ 111alln>a1) li'01t1 tny kirclie1J
wintfows/cbecki11g his h81td for mycheck. • · Kal/1y Y. Wilson
.Dlri11e Prince Hakiym. opens the twening
wft/1 a pot1111.
Co1mie Cole. wl1mer ofthe Julie AfBrlen
.)CJ-vice P1'0vider oftl1c Year a1J.'8.l'd 1vlt/1 Li11tla
!J·e.1·1er, Din"Clor ofCarar:o/r, /11c:.
For more pictures from tl1e Annual Dinner see page 14
Cookie L'ogelpo/1/ 1~·as a1C1arded die btiddy graj life tln1e ac/1ie11!n1ent ai'larrl.
She (01111ded Ollr IJaj}y Broad. a so1Jp kilcba11 In 0"1'1' the Rh/11e.
�STREETVIBES
Janu13ry 2008
Poetry
Bob A1cGonagle accepts 1/w Ji11u11)' Rem/or a1,ard nt 1l1e GCCJ-11l1111ual Di1111er.
Oae check a\\1ay
byJames Clliansini
f\Viitklingstarscan1keep)iOu\\1ann
whoo your lsccplng In dlG parktilldie break ofdawn
ll•"~P•P~r pillow and• plas!ic wp
watchbtg foril1e pl~t It.it comeoutafll!rdark
lost yourjob gotjacked and robbed
yourlandJ011l sakl UiatsJlOt myprob
doctorbils kUI you cant afford UM! pulls
now yourshakbigheart breakingdnnl;kas mucha<you spill
\\'ailingo-n LI~. Ors.t to quend1your lhirst
alleviate tehdoscomfortof'anasphalt eanh
oying to find asheller to get somerest
butnowhere seems safe\\idioutil knif• opraffvesl
if}'Ou oculdjust get back to square one
st.anto hl"<tl diedisease d1ats·gotoyou on d1c run
IOOIJng b1v~ibl<O b'OillgblS3lle
srowls an<l nightsficks fullllkeraln
Sain Jackso11, j'irt'tft1-·i/Jes Ve111/or of1f1P Year, d;s,11sses 1101., 1/1,,• /J.'lpi!r
has t'IJabJNI 11/11110 staynli••f!.
Today
by Ron O'Neal
Tod;iy l can liane.<ilysay thai lmglad lo be alive.
ll<itrece!tlly I've been thn:iugh hell. and 1ha15 noJiv~.
Today I believe you onlyg~ outoflife wMtyou put tn10 ii.
Re.1Uy Iii\•lsjust life. wehave no choice buI.to get down ID it
Today Im feelinggoOIJ a bourn~elf,
So nQ\V 1need10 learn ho\Vl O feel forsomec;1ne else.
I know Its not going to be easy roS!ay In this frnmeof rnlnd.
But Ido k110\\1 it getseasie-r\Vltl• lime. So \\•lll!n lhinb'5 aren'1f:,'Oingyour\vay.
[suggest you hit your knees and pray.
Today its l.iJue 1og.tve batl1what was ~u freelygiven 10 me.
I can do t.lc1tby becornlngall f GUI be.
Today I'm hccomlgn the man hecre<1ted me In BEi
15
�STREE TVIBES
January 2008
Poetry
16
What: to Tell Yow·self
byMichael Hen<;on
Tell v0W1>elfwhatvou woul<l tell vcwself
- Ifyouwere nolyourself.
-die poerPaule«a Hansel to tl1e·p1)(l[ Ridia1d Hague
Beyoun;clt:
IW<XJ!tl tell m~lf
- If! \V..re oof myself.
Strip down. IVl'Ould say.
Be naked lo tl1e true.
Be d,.cself \\itl1saod In his po<:k!'tS
liH! one \vi Lh_01eoc.Jorofsmokeiii'llis hair
the onev1ho forgets hLti drf".Mll in 1he morning
die m1guided one who guides the unguided
lheane in a house wllh bmken windn"s
the one In thegrt1> ofall seven sins
tileone \'JIK> fear.s. tJeath.
You know youfS<'Jf lhat l• notselfenough,
SO Strip dO\VJl.
Be n~ed lo mercy.
Bediatshrtvenlng. unsllrlvcnselr
1
\ \ hocJimbsa 1
nounlain\vid1his cl.ail}' s101le
theone\\•hose desire is·nol to desire
die one who is innocentofall crime
lhe one whosl311ds with raised palms lo the cold rain
die onr. whh abloody s1om1>fora tongue.
Ifu1atself is notselfenough.
stripdown. Be naked 1o the light
Be ctiatunburd.enedselfwl\o starts aj oumeywicti anempty pack
the-one \Vith il voiceof\Vheatandsteel
die one who b1'Cll1hes under water
tileone \Vhospeaks d1elanguageof tl1e nlole
theone'\Vhndoes notullflr.rstandshame
lhc·onewho knows dle namesof thedead
the onev..1ho tas.tes theml"5ofsilence
t.11c onr. \\rholea,res tJ1ente<lalsOi1 dlefloor
tl.e one Vi1ho loses his argurnent \\>i0 1joy.
Is Oiat self not selfenough?
StripdO\VJ}.
Be naked.
There lsoo other self to know.
J-lomeless
by - 1iame1~·
Who am I? yours1Stetorbro01er. yow· mod1er or
f.alher,yourdaugbteroryourson. l wuho111e!es.s,
B<tlck orwhlte. 11.'(I ol'brown, I walk the streets all
1lay lookingjust co make ii. Through tehday
people look at me<md stllnd back tothetr friends
and talk about me. about how l look<mdbow I
s1uel1..11ever k110\\ting the real persondlat is iJiside
or rue. As youwatchyourTV ar~l 11layyour
tapes. I uy 1ostay warm on v~1y cold (lays. Whe11
you are \.\1ann inyourbltame, l an1 hon1eless. As
Y°" sleep gt tllg)ll in yom·nice wa1m bed Iam
trying to slee11 any\vl1e.re f c:an: roofLOflS and
rloorways, park benches and so on
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Pg 1:
Front Page
Pg 2:
Homeless Memorial Day Honors Homeless Individuals Who Passed Away in 2007
Pg 3:
About Us
Pg 4:
The Vibes
Pg 5:
Tributes to Jimmy Heath
Pg 6:
Jimmy Heath- Too Cool for School
Pg 7:
Memorial for the Homeless Dead
Pg 8:
Community News
Pg 9:
Berta’s Art Corner
Pg 10:
Vendors
Pg 11:
A Christmas Message
Our Daily Bread Mourns the Loss of Tony Barnwell
Pg 12:
Peace Village
Pg 13:
Guest Columnist
Pg 14:
GCCH Annual Dinner 2007- A Big Success
Pg 15:
Arts & Poetry
Pg 16:
Arts & Poetry Continued
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Streetvibes
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Greater Cincinnati Homeless Coalition
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January 2008
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Georgine Getty
Susan Smith
Andy Freeze
Lynne Ausman
Greg Olkhovsky
Tiffany Harmon
Kenneth Cheriyot
Melvin Williams
Della Woolens
Michael Henson
Steve Sunderland
Cleo Wombles
Todd Forman
Sonny Williams
Pat Clifford
Katherine Ryder
Angie Jones
James Pogue
Tiffany Harmon
Berta Lambert
Anthony Williams
Antonio Hodge
Jimmy Heath
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Andy Freeze
Angie Jones
Anthony Williams
Antonio Hodge
Art
Arts & Poetry
Atlanta
Berta Lambert
Christmas
Cincinnati
Cleo Wombles
Community News
Della Woolens
food stamps
GCCH
GCCH Annual Dinner
Georgine Getty
Greg Olkhovsky
Hamilton County
Homeless Memorial Day
James Pogue
Jimmy Heath
Katherine Ryder
Kenneth Cheriyot
Lynne Ausman
Melvin Williams
Michael Henson
Pat Clifford
Peace Village
Poverty and Addiction
Remembering Jimmy Heath
Seattle
Sonny Williams
Steve Sunderland
Susan Smith
Tiffany Harmon
Todd Forman
Tony Barnwell
Vendor