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June 1, 2000, Vol. 7, No. 11
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Belief in Action. Jim Wallis on Faith and Necessary Activism. Interview by David Bloom, Pages 1, 10
| Jim Wallis: God is coming. Look busy!
- Picture: Jim Wallis’ new book, Faith Works: Lessons from the Life of an Activist Preacher
Mailbag, Page 2
- A Sinking Feeling by Rajkhet Dirzhud-Rashid
- Poems That Don’t Suck by Maria Abdin
Opinion: Not in My Neighborhood. City to poor residents: live somewhere else by John Fox, Page 3
| Deconcentration: Another way to say “go away!”
This Just In! by Bob Redmond, Page 3
News You Can Use! Close to Home, Page 4
| AmeriCorps abuse, food stamp fraud, St. Marks and Tent City, Ballenger trail
- Penny Wise, Pound Foolish by Adam Holdorf
- Bust to Dust by Jimmy So
- Picture: Bad-Ass Moms: More than 3,000 mothers poured into Westlake Center the day before Mother’s Day, Saturday May 13, to call for an end to gun violence by registering users of guns just like drivers of cars.
- Photo by Lisa Waldo
- Plea Bargain on David Ballenger
- Incident #00-238530 by Timothy Harris [RE: First things First]
- Photo by George Hickey
Kicked to the Curb. County cuts van service for elderly and disabled, even before I-695 hits by Arielle Levin Becker, Page 5
| ACCESS bus service hits the skids
Photo Essay: Evidence of Things Unseen by Chris Owen, Page 6
| Tent City: the site the city would rather not see
- Picture: Camp Community
- Tent City at its Rainier Avenue Free Methodist Church location, before being booted off for permit violations; Campers make a life built on community and organizations; supplies come from all over, including churches and surrounding residents.
- Photos by George Hickey, Dan Caplan and Jan A.
- Picture: Sleeping on the Streets
- Bunkering down underneath the Aurora Bridge; making the most of a bench in Pioneer Square; a makeshift kitchen and living room underneath the freeway; another home beneath the freeway.
- Photos by George Hickey
Adventures in Poetry with © Dr. Wes Browning, Page 8
Poetry: Page 8, 9
- The World in a Bed by Robert Demalvalain
- drawn by Stan Burriss
- A Walk Around the Block by RageWomyn
- Schizophrenic Episode, to Tanya: Let It Pass by Marion Sue Fischer
- The Last Stand by Earle Thompson
- Architects of True Disaster by Jody Pearl
- R.I.P. (Repeat Illegal Prohibition) by Reneene Robertson, Gold Bar, WA, USA
Seattle Timeline: From the Files of HistoryLink, Page 11
- Pictures:
- Downtown ruins of the 1889 fire
- Portrait of Gene Viernes and Silme Domingo
- Newspaper clipping from Nathaniel Bledser’s trial
Notes from the Kitchen: From family farm to city garden: the story of the P-Patch by Liz Smith, Page 12
- Picture: Ernesto Picardo poses before a truckload of lettuce and carrots in what is now the P-Patch at 25th Avenue NE and NE 80th Street.
- Photo courtesy of Louise Hundertmark
Tenant Talk. Educate. Agitate. Organize the Tenants Union, Page 13
Obituary: Real Profile: Patricia Ann Worthy-Thompson: 1953-2000 by Michele Marchand, Page 14
- Picture: Patricia Ann Worthy-Thompson
Classics Corner by Perfess'r Harris (Timothy Harris), Page 14
Calendar. Compiled by Kristen Alexander, Page 15
Citizens Participation Project. ACT NOW! By Molly Rhodes, Page 16
Tent City Gets on the Road Again
- Issue: Tent City 3 needs your support: in getting supplies, food, and a long-term vacant lot or open space in which to rest