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September 1, 1996, Vol. 3, No. 9
Headlines:
- Special Insert: The VOID. A new paper produced by homeless youth
- On Welfare: Clinton Caves. Don’t Mourn, Organize
- Report from Chicago: North American Street Newspaper Association Challenges Apathy
- Still No Apologies: Best of Real Change Poets 1994-96
Cover Photo by Emma Quinn, Design by Timothy Harris
Table of Contents:
Opinion: Rights Under Fire. Challenges to Becca Victory Expected. By John Fox, Page 3
Vendor of the Month: Tacoma: Ron Williams abd Seattle: Steve Batitsas, Page 3
- Picture: Ron Williams
- Picture: Steve Batitsas
Mailbag, Page 4
- Ashok Mudholkar | Seattle
- Daniel J. Mitchell | Seattle
- Kurt Armbruster | Seattle
- gutless anonymous postcard
Don't Mourn, Organize. Local Activists Strategize on Survival Issues. By Bob Redmond, Pages 5, 15
| Quote by Jean Coleman, Welfare Rights Organizing Committee
- Picture: Activist with needy doll crucified by the greedy
- Photo by Emma Quinn
Clinton Punishes Poor. Local Welfare Activists Respond. By Elaine Phelps, Deona Hunter, and Sandy Smith, Pages 5, 15
Dancing Home. Dance Camp Gives Kids Hope. By Julie Eagleton, Page 6
Forgotten Voices. Youth Documentary Offers Different Point of View. By Jennifer Stanton, Pages 6, 15 [RE: Elaine Simons, Jesse, Sara, Harley, Glitter Grrl, Gravity, Z-Love, Depression, and Phoenix]
| Film: Forgotten Voices, directed and produced by Peace for the Streets by Kids from the Streets (PSKS)
Still No Apologies: Poetry Anthology Packs a Punch by Timothy Harris, Page 7
| Book: No Apologies The Best of Real Change Poets, 1994-1996, 36 Pages, $6.95
| Poems by Marion Sue Fischer, Anitra Freeman, Stan Burriss, Earle Thompson, Catherine Condeff and Wes Browning
- Poem: Apology for Nothing by Marion Sue Fischer
New on the Net, Pages 8, 9
- San Francisco to Restrict Taking Homeless' Property
- Tense Standoff in Implementing NY Workfare [RE: Justice Helen E. Freedman, Mayor Rudolph Giuliani, Steven Banks]
- Chicago Jobs and Living Way Ordinance Update [RE: Aldermen Toni Preckwinkle, John Buchanan, and Ricardo Munoz; Arthur Lyons, Jason Hardy]
- Labor Secretary: Women Lack Pensions, Risk Poverty [RE: Robert Reich]
- Cuts ot Housing Program Hurt Homeless Poor [RE: Section 8, Wanda Schott, Sen. Alan Cranston, Rep. Henry B. Gonzalez]
Voices Unheard. A Paper Written by Youth. The Void. Premiere Issue, Summer 1996. 8-page insert
[RE: Ryan Purcell, Omar J. Brown, Michael O'Shea, Dawn H., Sprite, Lindsey Hook, Brian Roberts, Pat O'Neil, John Doe, Grimus, Sunshine, Daisy, Beth, Curt, J, and Sandy Lady. Summer Youth Employment Program]
- Special Thanks: Ozula Sioux and Real Change!
Adventures in Poetry: Chicago with © Dr. Wes Browning, Page 9
Vendor Shots: Jeremy Olson’s Drawings from Life, Page 10
- Sketch of Earle Thompson
- Sketch of Gordon W. Tobacco
- Sketch of Donnie Smith
- Sketch of Leon Good
Good News from Chicago. North American Street papers Form Alliance. Page 11
Gold is Good. Vendors Organize to Prevent Abuses. Page 11
| Quote by Misty Gilmore
Citizens' Participation Project, Page 14
WHEEL, Page 14
- Quest for new Women's Shelter - Leonor Salinas
- Meal of Fortune - Sheryl Barlia
- Safety for Women/Take Back the Night - Michelle Dickinson
- WHEEL's Second Homeless Women's Forum - Vivian Nelson
Our Seattle Heritage. Liberty Hotel. By Chris French, Page 15
Calendar, Page 16. Special Thanks to Jean Buskin