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Table of Contents
February 1996, Vol. 3, No. 2
Headlines:
- Anitra Freeman: Local Poet Shines Through
- The Battle of the Pacific: HOMESTEAD’S SEAFIRST Campaign
- How to Become Homeless Without Even Really Trying
Cover Art and Design by Alex Mayer
TABLE OF CONTENTS:
Republican Budget Attacks Nation’s Core Responsibilities by Representative Jim McDermott, Page 3
Vendor of the Month: Robert Hansen, Page 3
A Day of Opposition: Progressives Offer Alternate Vision by S.J. Ludescher, Page 4
- Picture: Joseph, one of thousands participating in Boot Newt Rally looks at counter-demonstrators.
- Picture: Jobs with Justice knows how to party.
Photos by Dana Schuerholz
Mailbag, Page 4, 19
- Jill Sheldon | Homesharing Advocate
- Mary Kelleher | Bellingham, WA
- Rex Clarke | Seattle
- Doug Hopkirk | Seattle
- Joelle Nole | Seattle, WA
1995 Survey Records “Alarming Surge”. Homeless Advocates Call for Political Action by Jim Massey, Page 5, 14
- Graph: Age in Years of Seattle-King County Emergency Housing Clients
- Picture: Seattle King County Coalition for the Homeless Co-Chair Ken Cole and Dan Wilson of the Mariners present an award for community service to a representative of Windermere Real Estate.
Photo by Jennifer Stanton - Photo by Dana Schuerholz
The Battle of the Pacific Hotel. Seafirst Campaign Demands People over Profit by Jon Gould, Page 6, 7
- Members of Operation Homestead occupy a holiday installation, shortly after being kicked out of the Columbia Tower offices of Seafirst Bank.
- Photos by Dana Schuerholz
Just a Few of the 137-Plus Ways to Become Homeless Without Really Trying by Joy Graybill, Page 8, 9
Under the Bridge by Timothy Harris, Page 9
Anitra Freeman. Local Poet Makes Adversity Work by Timothy Harris, Page 10, 11
Poems:
- Your Body Is a Rainforest
- Creating With Found Objects
- The Invisible Lines Are Drawn
- Dragon Pending
- Ground
- Stand
- Shells and Seeds
- Un-Named
- Winter Solstice
New on the Net, Page 12
- MD Tries Out ‘Living Wage’ Requirements: Goal is to Lift Low-Paid Workers Above Poverty
- Managed Care Has Trouble Treating AIDS
- Future of Public Housing Taking Shape-Or Not In Chicago
- New Laws Target Youths
- $500M in Home Loans to Lower Income Areas
Opinion: The Blanket Revisited by Vincent Lomax, Page 13
- Picture: Candles were lit at the Lutheran Compass Center last month to memorialize the 123 homeless people who died in Seattle over the past year.
- Photo by P. Kylen-Mitchell
SWAC: Seattle Women’s Action Coalition, Page 14
Baby Boutique Needs Volunteer Help, Page 14
Poetry, Page 15
- Poem With Twenty-Four Lines by Earle Thompson
- Be Swift by Marion Sue Fischer
Adventures in Poetry with © Dr. Wes Browning, Page 15
- Baby Bop, Burning Bright.
- Sixteenth Hymmnn to/of the Dumbsainted or Opus 16, My First Beat Poem
Who IS Safe on the Streets? By Anitra Freeman, Page 15
Empowerment: Women’s Computer Project Off the Ground and Flying by Anitra Freeman, Page 17
Review: In Harmony with the Homeless, a CD by Mirimar Productions by Sydney Maupin, Page 18
Street Life Gallery Seeks Friends, Page 18
Poem, Page 18
Our Seattle Heritage: The General Strike by Christopher French, Page 19
Calendar, Page 20