Vendor Profile
Vendor ProfileBy Michael Brice-Saddler March 9, 2016
Vendor Profile: Leonard Hyater Jr.
Leonard Hyater Jr., aformer real estate broker, is facing his second year in a shelter and working diligently to transform his life for the better.
Vendor ProfileBy Dottie Kramer January 20, 2016
Vendor Profile:Lawrence Rogers
The photo of Lawrence Rogers pictured here is a different man. Taken in 2009, it depicts Rogers a little younger,…
Vendor ProfileBy Lindsey Habenicht September 24, 2015
Vendor Profile:Eric Thompson-Bey
Eric Thompson-Bey has come to find refuge in his ability to create. He was dealt a hard hand, but that…
Vendor ProfileBy Charles McCain September 23, 2015
Vendor Profile:Martin Walker
“I felt the reality of poverty,” says Martin Walker of his upbringing in Southeast DC. Although his mother worked full…
Vendor ProfileBy Dottie Kramer August 31, 2015
Vendor Profile:Mark Jones
D.C. native, Mark Jones is strong willed and impassioned about people. He has been selling Street Sense for 11 years….
Vendor ProfileBy Mark Thayer August 3, 2015
Vendor Profile: Cynthia Mewborn
A year of living on the streets of Washington, D.C. left Cynthia Mewborn traumatized and exhausted, but did not break…
Vendor ProfileBy Dottie Kramer July 15, 2015
Vendor Profile: Jacqueline Turner
Virginia native Jacqueline Turner has been selling Street Sense since 2011. She usually has a smile on her face, and…
Vendor ProfileBy Ashley Strange July 15, 2015
Vendor Profile: Deana Elder
Street Sense vendor Deana Elder is a student at Montgomery College studying social work and mental health. She’ll graduate from…
Vendor ProfileBy Charles McCain June 19, 2015
Vendor Profile:Sasha Williams
She knew the rapist. He was from the neighborhood, one of the bad crowd she had begun to hang with…
Vendor ProfileBy Samia El Khodary / Eric Falquero June 3, 2015
Vendor Profile:Ken Martin
Ken Martin began his journey with Street Sense speaking to teenagers about homelessness, alcoholism, drugs, being a teen, and having dreams….
Vendor ProfileBy Julie Gallagher May 26, 2015
Vendor Profile:Elizabeth Bryant
A 2015 profile of Elizabeth Bryant, a vendor and artist at Street Sense Media.
Vendor ProfileBy Jennifer Ortiz May 12, 2015
Vendor Profile:Phillip Howard
Since Street Sense’s inception in 2003, Phillip Howard has been “putting a happy spirit” in the people he encounters every…
Vendor ProfileBy Emma Holland March 17, 2015
Vendor Profile:James Devaugn
The happiest moment in James Devaugn’s life was December 4, 1972, when his first son, James Devaugn Jr., was born….
Vendor ProfileBy Jacquie Lee March 11, 2015
Vendor Profile:Patty Smith
Street Sense vendor, cancer survivor, veteran, and writer Patty Smith has seen and done almost everything. Born in Mississippi, Patty…
Vendor ProfileBy Christy Ulmet February 4, 2015
Vendor Profile:Robert Williams
As we sat down for our interview, Street Sense vendor and native Washingtonian Robert Williams pulled out from his bag…
Vendor ProfileBy Eric Falquero January 30, 2015
Vendor Profile:The Morrow
For Street Sense vendor L. Morrow –-who requests you just call him “Slim”–Street Sense is another step in his quest to…
Vendor ProfileBy Guillame Carel January 14, 2015
Vendor Profile:Sasha Williams, through the eyes of a child
Eboni is the sweetest and the toughest, all at the same time. You can hear her coming by the sounds…
Vendor ProfileBy Will Higginbotham December 17, 2014
Vendor Profile:Patricia Jefferson
“Being homeless for so long … you often get a bad attitude. It’s due to being possessionless, being still in…
Vendor ProfileBy Hannah Roop December 4, 2014
Vendor Profile:Veda Simpson
The first thing I notice about Veda Simpson is the gallon plastic bag full of birdseed sitting on the footrest…
Vendor ProfileBy Manuela Mejia November 13, 2014
Vendor Profile:Chon Gotti
The first thing that Chon mentioned during our interview was that he was born and raised in Southeast DC, establishing…
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