Today's episode features some incredible poets reading their pieces aloud. To read these poems and many others, check out our full 2023 poetry edition of the Street Sheet, available at streetsheet.org

Featured Poets:
Virginia Barrett
Dee Allen
Johanna Elattar
Detroit Richards
Aaone Enosa
Revolt
Martine Khumalo
Lisa Willis

Submit Your Writing!
Street Sheet is always accepting submissions of poetry, personal stories, and news articles for our bi-monthly newspaper, which supports the survival and well-being of over 100 hundred vendors. To submit your work or to pitch us an idea for a story, visit our website.

Support for Street Speak comes from our listeners! Please donate to us online at https://coalition.networkforgood.com

On September 27th, the ACLU, Lawyer's Committee for Civil Rights, and the Coalition on Homelessness—the organization that creates this podcast—filed a lawsuit against the City of San Francisco. They, and the seven homeless plaintiffs they represent, allege that the constant "sweeps" of homeless encampments carried out by numerous city agencies are unconstitutional.

We speak with Zal Shroff and Hadley Rood, lawyers with the Lawyer's Committee for Civil Rights (LCCR), as well as with plaintiff and homeless activist Toro Castaño, about what this lawsuit could mean for the thousands of unsheltered San Franciscans who call this city home.

To support the lawsuit, please report any encampment sweeps you see to the legal team using this form: https://forms.gle/fSUgkK1TEUVk7fLW6

Today's weather report is brought to you by Revolt, an activist, rapper, singer, illustrator, journalist and all-around troublemaker, who rouses the rabble with the arts that he dabbles in. This new track "She's Homeless" is inspired by and builds on an original song by Crystal Waters. You can find more like this at revoltrightnow.com

This podcast is created by the same people who bring you the Street Sheet, San Francisco’s street newspaper.  This year's April Fools Day issue hits the streets of San Francisco full of comics that were compiled and submitted by A.B.O. Comix, a collective of creators and activists who work to amplify the voices of LGBTQ prisoners through art.

On today’s episode, we speak with Casper Cendre, the director and a co-founder of A.B.O. Comix,  a project dedicated to supporting queer and trans artists in prison and creating a world beyond our carceral system. A.B.O. Comix 5th comic anthology is available now on their website! This book features accomplished cartoonists and first time doodlers in an effort to amplify the voices of LGBTQ+ prisoners . Proceeds from this anthology go back to the contributors so that they can access commissary & gender affirming items, healthcare and legal support.

GET INVOLVED!
You can find ways to get involved on the A.B.O. Comix website! You can volunteer to be a penpal to one of the many incarcerated artists the collective works with, or buy some incredible merch to support their work, including comic anthologies, prints, T-shirts, and more. You can also offer up your skills to find out how to best support this project!
https://www.abocomix.com/

A.B.O. Comix also has a Patreon! When you donate to the Patreon you not only get some awesome perks, but you also know that your money is going directly into commissary accounts for incarcerated artists, as well as toward supporting the visionary work of the collective.
https://www.patreon.com/abocomix

You can also offer up your skills to find out how to best support this project! Send them an email at abocomix@gmail.com

WEATHER REPORT
Mia Pixley uses her cello, voice, and music performance to study and represent aspects of self and other, community, and the natural world. You heard “Good Taste” off her album Margaret in the Wild. You can see Mia Pixley perform live at Cesar Chavez Memorial Solar Calendar in Berkeley on April 16th at 6pm!

To find her music and learn about upcoming shows, visit miapixley.com

SUPPORT THE PODCAST
Support for Street Speak comes from our listeners! Please donate to us online at https://coalition.networkforgood.com