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Table of Contents
February 16, 1999, Vol. 6, No. 4
Headlinese:
- Mumia Abu Jamal
- Mark Sidran's Secret
- Free Health Insurance
- The Homeless History
- A Campaign for Rent Control
Table of Contents:
Life and Death. An Interview with MOVE Member Ramona Africa. By Scott Winn, Pages 1, 10
Death Row: Mumia Abu-Jamal. By Scott Winn, Page 1
Opinion: Time is Now for Rent Control. By Sage Wilson, Page 3
- Picture: Forum
- Photo by George Hickey
News You Can Use. Close to Home, Page 4
- Real Change to join agreement with Times, PI (to share news department resources)
- Help needed at SOS [RE: Street Outreach Services, Needle Exchange Program, Kris Nyrop]
- SHA's Senior Housing goes upscale [RE: Plans to raise income level, Redo Ravenna Park Apartment ownership; Senior Housing Bond Program, Peter Steinbrueck, Harry Thomas, John Fox, Andy Grow]
- Women Get Ready by Anitra Freeman [RE: WHEEL plans to create a Women's Empowerment Center]
- Hail Mary [RE: The Church of Mary Magdalene has a new address]
- Red and Black Books negotiating sale by Bob Redmond
Poetry, Pages 4, 12 13
- Bar Hopping in Minnesota by Holly Day, Page 4
- Storm’s troll song by Storm, vendor #1775, Page 4
- (Untitled) by Anonymous
- One Lonely Old Many by Percy Hilo
- Remember by Marion Sue Fischer
- The Paper Boy by David Bash
- Depression by Steve Potter
It wasn't meant to be. A story. May be true
Analysis: The Deluge. The Growth of Homelessness in Seattle and King County by the Rev. David C. Bloom. Part One of a two-part series, Page 6, 7, 11
- Picture: Rev. David C. Bloom
First Place School. Holistic Health Care for Homeless and Low-Income Children. By Matt Hall, Page 8 [RE: Victoria Baynard, Doreen Cato, Lynn Coker, Daniel B. Herman, Susan Kline, King County's Healthcare for the Homeless, Heather Barr, Michael Sitra]
Free Health Insurance for Children and Teens!! BY Matt Hall
Write On! StreetWrites is Good and Getting Better. By Ruth A. Fox, Page 11
Adventures in Poetry: Pissin' in the Wind with ©Dr. Wes Browning, Page 13
Seattle Volunteer, Page 14
- Dispute Resolution Center
- Food Bank at St. Mary's
- Books to Prisoners
- Volunteer drivers needed to pick up and deliver donations
- CASA Latina
- Rose of Lima Transitional Housing
- Technology Access Foundation
- First Place School and Therapeutic Center for Low-income and homeless children and their families
- The Common Cents Campaign
- Real Change Homeless Empowerment Project
- The Sharehouse
- Volunteers of America Greenwood Food Bank
- Seattle-King County Housing Development Consortium
- Downtown Emergency Service Center
- Seattle Children's Home's Street Links
- Food Not Bombs
- North Seattle Community College ELS program tutors
- University Youth Shelter
- Atlantic Street Center tutor
- Seattle Human Rights Commission
Calendar, Page 15. Special thanks to Jean Buskin
Citizens Participation Project, Page 16
Stop the Clock! Support a Kinder, Gentler Welfare Law
- Issue: The Welfare Reform Law passed a year ago put a cumulative five-year lifetime limit on how long individuals in Washington State can receive TANF (Temporary Assistance to Needy Families).
- This limit is imposed on every Washington parent regardless of the family's circumstances. That means all parents face the possibility of losing federal assistance, including parents who have permanent disabilities or are caring for disabled children, grandparents who are the primary caregivers of their grandchildren, parents or students who are employed, but due to other laws and unfair wages, still live in poverty and qualify for minimal TANF grants.
- One solution for relief is for the state legislature to "stop the clock" for these groups, extending their eligibility for TANF and giving them more support to break the cycles of poverty.