Homelessness
Homelessness is a place that, has a lot of drought Homelessness is cold with wet nights, Homelessness is a cardboard box that a person...
top of page
Search
Streetvibes
Mar 12, 20192 min read
Can You
Can You shut em down? Does the world believe that this is the worlds solution Can you shut em down? Keeping factory’s open with no work,...
4 views0 comments
Streetvibes
Mar 12, 20193 min read
Gentrification: The Destruction of the Poor
By Janiah Miller I grew up in Newport, Kentucky, but I still had connections to Cincinnati because of my family, they live across the 52...
102 views0 comments
Streetvibes
Mar 12, 20193 min read
Black History Month: The What, The Why, The How
By Key Beck Black History Month can be a time of celebration, activism, or even remembrance. It can also cause some to have confusion as...
3 views0 comments
Streetvibes
Mar 12, 20194 min read
Roots
By June Alexander When you asked us about our roots the first thing in my mind was my hair. Instantly, the smell of heat and grease came...
7 views0 comments
Streetvibes
Mar 12, 20192 min read
Street Life: Our Reality
By Ricardo Taylor For those of us who are invested in the life of the streets, there are never moments of mirage. Times when we thought/...
5 views0 comments
Streetvibes
Mar 12, 20195 min read
Sidewalk Smart
By Felix Winternitz Ron English is busy dodging delivery vans and the odd streetcar when we first meet at the corner of 12th and Vine....
134 views1 comment
Streetvibes
Mar 12, 20192 min read
Racial Analysis within Homelessness
By Patricia Patton It was a chilly crisp morning as I walked to the bus stop on my way to work. Almost daily after I arrive and secure my...
5 views0 comments
Streetvibes
Mar 12, 20194 min read
Reflections On African-Americans And Politics - 1963-2019
By Bill Woods How have African- Americans fared in the political process in the last five and a half decades? This period covers the...
2 views0 comments
Streetvibes
Mar 12, 20196 min read
Segregation Then, Segregation Now
By Dr. Mark Mussman The Cincinnati region is home to segregated neighborhoods and schools. The typical American mantra is that we have...
96 views0 comments
Streetvibes
Mar 12, 20193 min read
History Isn’t a Series of Stories
By Josh Spring When we talk about history, we tend to discuss particular individuals, groups or campaigns that were covered in abundance...
8 views0 comments
Streetvibes
Feb 28, 20191 min read
The Mayors of 12th Street
Sidewalk people. Street smart. Ron English, a diva in chalk. Sebastian, the sombrero-clad bicyclist. Memories surround Carl at the old...
31 views0 comments
Streetvibes
Feb 22, 20195 min read
Keep an Eye On…
By Dr. Mark Mussman The new year always brings a renewed interest. People head in droves to the gym for the first, attendance at Church...
17 views0 comments
Streetvibes
Feb 22, 20191 min read
What's Going On
What’s going on ask singer Marvin Gaye What’s going on in our world of today Stealing from each other, killing one another Lying,...
3 views0 comments
Streetvibes
Feb 22, 20191 min read
A Succinct Analysis of the Recent Federal Shutdown
By Bill Woods Things in D.C. got really chancy, But holding firm was Speaker Nancy. Trump had tantrums to get his way, But Speaker Nancy...
1 view0 comments
Streetvibes
Feb 22, 20192 min read
Soccer, Sound, Symphonies and Displacement
By Josh Spring FC Cincinnati has petitioned the City of Cincinnati to make a significant zoning change to the area of the West End they...
4 views0 comments
Streetvibes
Feb 21, 20194 min read
Wholly Unrecognizable
By Dr. Mark Mussman I recently attended a college reunion where a couple people used the same term to describe Cincinnati today: wholly...
6 views0 comments
Streetvibes
Feb 21, 20192 min read
A Day Devoted to Community Organizing
By Bill Woods Are you concerned that citizens are often overlooked in public decisions in Cincinnati, Columbus, and Washington, D.C.? On...
5 views0 comments
Streetvibes
Feb 15, 20192 min read
Who Shut Down the Shutdown?
By Robert Park Who ended the shutdown? The Democrats? Nancy Pelosi? Mitch McConnell? None of the above. The shutdown got shut down when...
7 views0 comments
Streetvibes
Jan 18, 20191 min read
You and I
You and I must make a pact To be mindful of how we act Toward each other no matter what And not hold hatred down in our gut We must...
3 views0 comments
bottom of page