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Table of Contents
March 15-31, 1997, Vol. 4, No. 5
Headlines:
- Isn’t 20 years enough?
- Where is Homelessness Headed? Anti-Poverty Veterans Assess Seattle’s History
Table of Contents:
Mailbag, Page 3
- Letter to the Editor: Kurt Warner | Seattle
- Letter to the Editor: Michael Schubert | Seattle
Is 20 Years Enough? By Timothy Harris, Page 5
A Matter of Perspective: 20 Years of Poverty and Homelessness in Seattle, Pages 6 - 12
Interviews by Timothy Harris with Al Poole, Ken Cole, Karen Dawson, David Bloom, Joe Martin and Martha Dilts
Photos by John Mostrum
Let the Music Play: 5th Ave Theater Musicians and Management Reach Agreement, Page 13
Picture: Picketers marched outside the 5th Avenue Theater on opening night of the Disney musical Beauty and The Beast.
Picture: Demonstrators of all ages turned out to show support for the musicians.
Photo by John Mostrom
Room for Rejuvenation: Three Shelters Offer Poor Women Places to Rest by Chris French, Pages 14, 15
Beyond Statistics: Real Life Stories that Challenge the Status Quo, Pages 16, 17
Book Review: Out of Sight Out of Mind: Homeless Children and Families in Small-Town America by Yvonne M. Vissing | The University Press of Kentucky
Review by Anitra Freeman
Creepy Joe: A Brief History by Lin Lucas, Page 18
Mean Sweeps: Criminalization of Homelessness is on the Rise by Gentry C. Lange, Page 19
New On The NET, Pages 20, 27
- Food Stamp Limits Protested
- NY Ends Safety Rules for Adult Shelters
- Labor Battles w/ Privatization
- Fathers Will Be 1st to Feel Welfare Pinch
- Job Prospects Dim for Young & Unskilled
Picking Up the Pieces: WA Legislators Scramble to Define Welfare Reform by Catherine Gainey, Page 21, 27
Tenant Talk: Working for Your Landlord? Get Everything in Writing by Mark Chattin, Legal Action Center, Page 22
Poetry, 23, 24, 25, 26
- Presence by Stan Burriss
- Women, Horses and Stars by Earle Thompson
- Serenade by Earle Thompson
- Rainy Day by Elizabeth Romero
- Women’s Forum ’96 by Vivian Nelson
- Snow by Carol Leno
- A Street Gourmet’s Delight by Harry Lindsay
- Without Fear by Ernest Moten
- Fortune Telling’s Gimmick by Anonymous
- Public Heroes by Marion Sue Fischer
- Why I Left, by Clance Keegan
- Child by Janette L. Moening
What’s the Connection? Conference Held on Computers and Community by Anitra Freeman, Page 28
Calendar, Page 29, 30, 31
Citizens’ Participation Project: Welfare Reform: Locke’s Plan – A Cut Above the Rest, But Still Cuts Too Much, Page 32