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Op-Eds

Friday, February 12, 2021

City of Berkeley must continue work with advocacy groups to aid unhoused communities

People experiencing homelessness in Berkeley continue to be affected by water insecurity and encampment sweeps.
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Op-Eds

Tuesday, November 10, 2020

UC Berkeley must meet students’ growing basic needs, surpass bare minimum

If you are constantly wondering where your next meal will come from, how can you be expected to think about an essay due tomorrow?
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Friday, October 23, 2020

Measure W is crucial to well-being of Alameda County’s unhoused population

We can’t turn our backs on our neighbors anymore. We must take action to ensure our city is able to provide for the most vulnerable.
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Op-Eds

Friday, October 23, 2020
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In policy, support voices of system-impacted people

Policymakers must accept the leadership of impacted people. Good intentions will never be enough if they are coupled with elitism.
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Op-Eds

Friday, October 9, 2020

How to end homelessness: Heed the lessons of COVID-19

This moment should be a call to face the crisis of homelessness — in the blink of an eye, the pandemic created the political urgency necessary to do so.
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Op-Eds

Sunday, February 9, 2020

Responding to today’s challenges is essential for a better tomorrow

We must be cognizant that Berkeley — like all cities — does not exist in a bubble. The actions we take have a ripple effect across the region.
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City

Friday, December 20, 2019

CA Gov. Gavin Newsom announces 100-day challenge to fight homelessness

In an effort to address homelessness throughout the state, California Gov. Gavin Newsom launched a 100-day challenge, allowing individual cities and counties to apply for Emergency Homelessness Aid.
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Commentary

Friday, November 1, 2019

On homelessness: Empathy is essential but mustn’t be the end

My only true exposure to visible poverty, then, came when I traveled to places at a remove from my home. And this had a certain effect on how I perceived homelessness. While I saw many people without homes, their displacement was in some ways tempered by my own transience.
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Editorials

Tuesday, September 17, 2019
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Recent numbers on homelessness don’t match city’s rhetoric

CITY ISSUES: Alleviating homeless displacement necessitates creative thinking from city

The city talks a big game about helping homeless individuals, but the results just don’t match that rhetoric.
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Portfolio

Friday, September 13, 2019

Accomplishing good: A personal essay

From the homeless population in Oakland to the single mother in New York with an eviction notice on her front door, poverty is an uncompromising epidemic.
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