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A Letter to Governor Mike DeWine
Dear Mike, McDuff Marco Robinson. Maurice Brown. Tasjon Tyreek Osbourne. Isaiah Robinson. Elijah Collins lll. Alex Johnson. Matthew...
Streetvibes
Jun 18, 20205 min read
The Protest Movement-Putting It In Historical Context
By Bill Woods Just as the country was beginning to emerge from phase one of the COVID-19 Pandemic, the murder of George Floyd by the...
Streetvibes
Jun 18, 20204 min read
Protest and Change In Cincinnati
By Katelyn Lusher On Sunday, June 7th, approximately 4,000 Cincinnati residents gathered to protest the murder of George Floyd by Officer...
Streetvibes
Jun 18, 20203 min read
A Reflection on White Privilege on a Trail in Burnet Woods
By Amanda Lynn Barker A patient is admitted to the ICU with COVID-19. They have access to high- end private insurance, and so they...
Streetvibes
Jun 18, 20205 min read
Broken Links in the Chain
By Amanda Lynn Barker Let’s talk about food. In late April, the United Food and Commercial Workers International Union, which is the...
Streetvibes
Jun 10, 20206 min read
Single Mom Combats COVID-19 Pandemic with Social Distancing T-Shirt Campaign
By Brian Garry Telling someone to stand back feels awkward, but in today’s atmosphere, it’s necessary, and encouraged due to the COVID-19...
Streetvibes
Jun 10, 20202 min read
An Update on How People Experiencing Homelessness Have Fared During the Pandemic
By Bill Woods How have people experiencing homelessness fared during the COVID-19 Pandemic? After a hiatus the Community Issues Forum...
Streetvibes
Jun 10, 20203 min read
A Fifty Year Remembrance of Kent State - An Ohio Tragedy That Shook The Nation
By Bill Woods May 4th is remembered by many older Ohioans as a day in1970 when a tragedy at Kent State University shook the nation and...
Streetvibes
May 28, 20204 min read
Cincinnati History in Perspective, Part 3
By Dr. Mark Mussman People look back at Over- the-Rhine in the year 2000, and call it things like an economic wasteland, a drug infested...
Streetvibes
May 28, 20206 min read
Reflection on Friendship with the Incarcerated
By Sam Schloemer I once had a neighbor who was irritated that I would visit and take cookies to the men incarcerated at Lebanon...
Streetvibes
May 14, 20202 min read
Residents at The Pinecrest Struggle Against a Pandemic of Incompetence
By Pinecrest Residents’ United On Tuesday, April 28, 2020, at 11am, spokespeople from Pinecrest Residents’ United will gather in front of...
Streetvibes
May 14, 20203 min read
Canaries in Quarantine: A Case for Art During Coronavirus
By Alexandra McIntosh You’ve probably heard the one about canaries in the coal mines—how old-timey miners took birdcages into the dark...
Streetvibes
May 14, 20203 min read
Earth Day 2020 Is Obscured By COVID-19
By Bill Woods Today is Earth Day. As this article gets written in the midst of the Coronavirus Pandemic on April 22nd, the country...
Streetvibes
May 14, 20203 min read
Cincinnati History in Perspective, Part 2
By Dr. Mark Mussman The Minority of housing in Cincinnati was built before 1970. This means that while some housing has modern amenities,...
Streetvibes
May 14, 20205 min read
Access to Housing is Good Health
By Amanda Lynn Barker As the social fallout from the pandemic continues to accelerate across Cincinnati, social service providers and...
Streetvibes
Apr 30, 20204 min read
Coronavirus Reflections
By Bill Woods Scary! Weird! Strange! Lonely! Tragic! Otherworldly! Unsettling! These are just a few words that neighbors have used to...
Streetvibes
Apr 30, 20204 min read
Protect Survivors of Child Sex Trafficking in Ohio
By Mikhaila Fogel and Samantha Searls 4/20/20 Update: Alexis has been released! Thank you Gov. DeWine for commuting Alexis’ sentence!...
Streetvibes
Apr 20, 20202 min read
Produce Perks Midwest Increases Unlimited $1:$1 SNAP Match to Support Vulnerable Families During Cov
By Press Release In response to the growing realities and impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic, Produce Perks Midwest has increased its...
Streetvibes
Apr 16, 20202 min read
Keep the Streets Empty
By Amanda Lynn Barker During this historical moment, we are all subject to the uncertainty of a crisis situation. Drones fly through...
Streetvibes
Apr 16, 20204 min read
Documenting an Old Crisis Reenforces the Need for an Adequate Local Response
By Bill Woods Cincinnati confronts a major affordable housing crisis. A recent study by LISC found that a 40,000 affordable housing unit...
Streetvibes
Apr 16, 20203 min read
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