Street Spirit Reporter Book Club & Happy Hour at North Light – Oakland, CA

Join us for our first reporter book club. We’ll talk to Natalie Orenstein of The Oaklandside, whose recent reporting unearthed jarring text messages between Oakland city officials — including former city administrator Jestin Johnson, who has since resigned. We’ll get into how Natalie and her co-reporter Eli Wolfe uncovered the messages, and what they teach us about homelessness in Oakland. You can read the stories here, and here.

This will also be a happy hour, where you get the chance to chat with writers, artitsts, readers, and supporters who also love Street Spirit. Drink something refreshing! Soothe your existential dread by making a friend! See you there <3

WHAT TO EXPECT

• North Light is a cocktail bar, so this event will be 21+
• Arrive at 5:00 and meet us in the back (your first cocktail or NA drink is on us). We’ll start the conversation at 5:30.
• We’ll be seated outside in their back patio
• North Light has a kitchen, so you can order something to eat if you get hungry.
• Mingle with our team and the rad network of readers and contributors who make Street Spirit so great

• Head home around 7:00
• This event is free. You don’t need a ticket, but please RSVP so we know you’re coming!
• North Light is ADA accessible, including the bathroom, but getting through the bar to the back patio can be a bit of a squeeze. If you want us to meet you out front to escort you back, shoot us an email: streetspiritnews@gmail.com

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ABOUT STREET SPIRIT

Street Spirit is an independent, monthly newspaper that has been dedicated to covering poverty and homelessness since 1995. We are also a vital source of income for the homeless people who sell our paper on the streets of Berkeley, Oakland, and beyond. More than just a newspaper, Street Spirit provides a platform for art making in historically marginalized communities, and breaks down harmful stigmas that make it impossible to build effective solutions to homelessness.