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December 1, 1997, Vol. 4, No. 17
Headlines:
Hope for the Holidays
Table of Contents:
Vendor of the Month: Rita Alarcon, Page 3
Mailbag: Page 3
- Mikayla
- Christine Brehan | Seattle
- Leah Rapala | Seattle
Make Some Change: This Newspaper Depends Upon Your Donations, Page 4
Opinion: The Longest Day for America’s Poor by Chuck Van Wey, Page 6, 7
Dispatches From the Front
Welfare Rolls Down: Advocate Says It’s Too Early to Celebrate by Jean Coleman, Page 7
A Place to Cherish: Homeless Women’s Forum 1997 by Bob Redmond, Page 8, 23
Home Alive: Self-Defense Means Many Things by Angela Hyland, Page 9
Comic: Creepy Joe by Lin Lucas | Waiting For the Rain To Fall, Page 10
Two Sizes Too Small: JWJ Announces 1997 Grinch Candidates, Page 11
Voluntary Simplicity and the Poor by Cecile Andrews, Page 12, 13
Involuntary Simplicity and the Rich, Another Take, by Dr. Wes Browning, Page 13
Hope for the Future? Displacement Coalition Has Eye on New Officials by John McLaren, Page 14, 22
New on the Net from Handsnet News & Blues, Page 15, 16
- Nonprofits Taking Over NYC Shelters
- HUD Lowers Rent Subsidies
- Women Encouraged by PA March
- Small Grants Help Poor with Business Start Up
- Budget Weakens Clinton Goals
Lesson in Empathy, Page 16
The Feminization of Labor: AFL-CIO Targets Working Women’s Concerns by Abby Staten, Page 17
Adventures in Poetry with © Dr. Wes Browning, Page 18
SPD Blues
Poem: Opus Take a Number, and Sit Down and Wait! Or No, Not You! The Poem.
Thrift with Heart: Belltown Secondhand Store Delivers with a Smile by Susan Forshey, Page 19, 20
Picture: Genevieve Phillips minds the store.
Photo by Susan Forshey
Obituary: John Beaulieu Aug. 15, 1932 – Nov. 1997, Page 24
Poetry, Pages 25, 26, 27
- Someday I’ll… by Antria L. Freeman
- Seattle: A Blessed City Vision in a Buddhist Temple by Marion Sue Fischer
- The Engine of Christmas by Michael Smith
- Celilo by Earle Thompson
- My Turn by John Arnold
- From Country To The City, Wapato to Seattle (for my Brud-ur) by Earle Thompson
- Ode by Svensson Couch
- Provider at the Globe Restaurant, Seattle by Stan Burriss
Poetry: Elizabeth Romero, Page 28, 29
Our Loss is Spare Change’s Gain
- Torn Loose
- To Martin
- Birth
- Spider
- Fantasy for a Bad Time
- Untitled
Calendar, Page 30, 31
Citizen’s Participation Project, Page 32
Money for Munchkins: Support the State Child Health Insurance Program
Advocating Organization: The Children’s Alliance. Special thanks to Paola Maranan.