A pizza box might mean another item for the recycling bin to some people. But for a homeless person, it could carry an entirely different significance.
When an encampment sweep in 2024 took everything one woman owned, including her art supplies, she turned a pizza box into her canvas.
“These policies don’t just displace people,” said Kathryn Greenberg, former executive director and current board member of Project Downtown Gainesville (PDG), recalling the woman’s situation, “they also take away their ability to express themselves outside of their circumstances.”…