Word on the Street
Word on the Street is a collection of personal narratives, artwork, poetry, and reporting on social issues in the Treasure Valley and beyond. Our newspaper addresses the stigma of homelessness and its material consequences while also providing a platform for people to tell their own stories. Our purpose is to raise awareness and motivate the community to create change that benefits all of us.
Word on the Street was founded through Project Well-Being, a day program at Interfaith Sanctuary focused on mental health and recovery and is edited by journalist and Boise State alumni Amanda Niess. The newspaper is printed and distributed to 30,000 Treasure Valley households once a month with the help of the Idaho Press.
If you have a story you’d like to see in Word on the Street, please feel free to send them to info@interfaithsanctuary.org. We would love to hear from you!
WORD ON THE STREET HITS THE STREETS
Last month, we decided to join the International Network of Street Papers. Our newspaper will now follow in the footsteps of street papers around the world.
ART FOR CLIMATE EXHIBITION
A group of Interfaith Sanctuary guests each designed a print for this quilt displayed at the Art for Climate show at Minus Plus Gallery in April.
LISTENING AND LEARNING
There are a lot of common factors that can lead an individual or family to homelessness, but no two stories are the same.
Interfaith Sanctuary’s Conditional Use Permit Approved By Boise City Council
After over a year of conversations, pauses, hearings and denials, the Boise City Council overturned a decision by the Planning and Zoning Commission and voted to allow Interfaith Sanctuary to move our homeless shelter to the former Salvation Army building on State Street.
HEARTACHE AT THE STATE HOUSE
It was a beautiful quilt. It must have provided a great deal of physical and emotional comfort. My heart sank as I removed it from the abandoned tent on the Capitol Mall.
Word on the Street Podcast Ep. 2 Now Streaming: The History of Interfaith Sanctuary
We sit down with four of Interfaith Sanctuary’s founders to talk about how our shelter on River Street came to be.
The History of Interfaith Sanctuary
This month, some of the faith leaders responsible for the creation of Interfaith Sanctuary sat down to discuss the shelter’s past and present. Here’s part of the story they told.
Humans of Interfaith Sanctuary – Virgil & Dylan
“Myself and a lot of us here are not here through any fault of our own, just circumstances.”
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