So this is the start of "The Office Street Sense Style."
This blog is meant to kind of be a journal of the amusing, chaotic and exciting place that is the Street Sense Office. Either myself or our new vendor manager Jesse Smith will be writing entries on a regularly (at least three times a week) basis.
And pretty much everything goes when it comes to what to expect from these entries (Except disclosing the private information of our vendors and volunteers, of course.) so its worth checking on in on a regular basis. Not only will the antics of our office provide a great distraction to your own work day, but they will also give you a glimpse of who the vendors, volunteers and staff of Street Sense really are.
In the last week alone there have been some great highlights. For example on Friday vendor Chris Sellman was downloading wacky music onto one of our newly donated laptops (which he just purchased Monday) and me, Chris, Jesse (the new vendor manager), and Peter (the intern) had a brief seated dance party has he cranked up "Barbie Girl."
And yesterday the vendors were chattier than ever as me and volunteer Marian Wiseman were intently trying to edit the final layout of the paper. So in between reading stories, we heard about Cliff Carle's days of fooling around in high school and Chris Sellman's many musings about his ex-wife. And then there was vendor Allen Jones who trying to sell Marian on some new gardening device he recently read about, and trying to explain to me some new tennis racket he wants me to buy. (Allen is never at a lose for new ideas!)
Today was calmer, which was much appreciated as I had to get the paper up on the FTP site and to the printers by 3pm (three hours earlier than normal.) But the was the amusing distraction of Cliff Carle trying desperately to hit on Anne Marie (a pastor at the church of the epiphany) and her pastor friend) telling they the were "fine black women" and trying to impress them with his Bible knowledge.
So that is just a glimpse of things to come!
Enjoy reading on and comments and questions are also welcome,
Laura Thompson Osuri
Executive Director
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- Street Sense
- Street Sense is a Washington, D.C.-based 16-page biweekly street newspaper that was founded in 2003. Its mission is to raise public awareness of poverty and homelessness and to create economic opportunities for people experiencing homelessness. Visit us at www.streetsense.org
1 comment:
I bought my first copy of Street Sense this evening when I happened to pass Mr. Dantley while I was out running some errands.
What a great publication! I very much enjoyed the photography and poetry on page 11. And please let Mr. Sellman know that that his review of Sorriso has put that restaurant on my list of places to try. I look forward to reading the rest of the paper.
I hope that this blog will contain news, opinions, and writing of the volunteers and vendors, and I look forward to my next issue.
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