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Declaration of a State of Emergency in 2010 by and for Homeless People in Seattle & King County HELP US TO SURVIVE AND SOLVE HOMELESSNESS:
1. EXPAND SURVIVAL SERVICES. Since the Ten Year Plan began, WHEEL (Women’s Housing, Equality and Enhancement League) is an organizing effort of homeless and formerly homeless women.P.O. Box 2548, Seattle WA 98118-0334Web: sharewheel.org Email: wheelorg.@yahoo.com Homeless remembrance project www.homeless project.org SHARE (Seattle Housing and Resource Effort) is an organization of homeless and formerly homeless men and women working together to survive and solve homelessness. P.O. Boz 2548, Seattle WA 98118 (206) 448-7889 Web: www.sharewheel.org At 1 PM on Monday December 21, we will be holding a joint press conference with our partners at SHARE/WHEEL as well as with our partners at Real Change. At this press conference we hope to rebut certain erroneous assertions
HAPPY THANKSGIVING Today our present host - New Hope Missionary Baptist Church - has
November 2, 2009 NICKELSVILLE IS MOVING ON THURSDAY!!! [VFP92] Nickelsville Moving! Oct 28,2009 NICKELSVILLE STILL LIVES!!! WE ARE MOVING NEXT WEEK Greetings to our Friends, Allies and Supporters: org We want to take this opportunity to thank you once again for all you have done for us and for remaining true friends to our community. Oct 5, 2009 As you know we were swept on Wednesday the 30th from the port of Oct 1st,2009 NICKELSVILLE LIVES!!!
September 23,2009 September 22, 2009 – yesterday – was our first full year! Friday will September 16, 2009
Dear Friends, Allies and Supporters:
September 2, 2009 Dear Friends, Allies and Supporters: August 31, 2009 Dear Friends, Allies and Supporters:
August 27,2009 Greetings from the Nickelsville Central Committee. We would like to August 20,2009 Encouraging progress was made this afternoon in a meeting at
the Duwamish Long House that included Speaker of the House Frank Chopp, Port
Commissioner Gael Tarleton, Michael Ramos, Director of the Church Council of
Greater Seattle, Paul Benz of the Lutheran Public Policy Office, Cecile Hansen,
Chairperson of the Duwamish Tribe, and four Nickelodeons. The outcome
of the meeting was that Commissioner Tarleton agreed to take a proposal back to
the rest of the Commissioners for approval. If approved, the proposed
agreement would allow Nickelsville to remain at the T-107 Park for an
initial two months with a third month safety net. The time would
give parties who were at the table time to work together to find a
permanent site for Nickelsville. The Port of Seattle
and Nickelsville would seek a Temporary Use Permit from the City of Seattle for
the three month stay at T-107 Park. Signals from the city are that a
permit would likely be granted August 19,2009 Dear Friends, Allies and Supporters
August 16, 2009
Dear Friends, Allies and Supporters.
Greeting from the Nickelsville Central Committee. One the topics discussed this week was the transportation Crisis that the camp is encountering. Some of you might not be aware that the closest bus stop is 1.2 miles away from the encampment.. This is a problem for those Nickelodeons who are elderly or disabled.. Some of the alternatives to get the campers to and from the bus stop ate: - Asking Metro for a new bus route.. - Contacting Hopelink to arrange for rides. - Jitneys (the little cart used on railroad tracks). - Having volunteers drive a shuttle to and from the bus stop. - Get a vehicle for the camp to use as a shuttle. - Since we are located on the river banks: get a long boat, canoes or row boats. - Get a donkey with a cart as these are gentle, resilient animals who unlike horses do not get sick easily and can grass on all terrains. - Get a variety of bicycles (including a recumbent bike for disabled campers as well as tricycles for those Nickelodeons with bad balance). - If Nickelsville get a Bicycle fleet, we would need to have parts and someone willing to help us or at least teach us how to fix them. We are asking our friends to please help us brainstorm and email us any suggestions you might have to Scott@Nickelsvilleseattle.org Thank you for your continuing support and friendshipAugust 12,2009 At 3:22 this afternoon the Port of Seattle told King County August 12, 2009 Greetings from Nickelsville! August 10, 2009 We hope that you can make it Thursday morning for Nickelsville's court s date...Presided by the Honorable Paris Kallas, Superior Court of King County, 516 3rd ave, Seattle Room E-209 at 10 AM. August 9,2009 Ask port to do whats right and legal/Court Hearing 10 AM Thursday PORT CLAIMS UNMASKED! August 5, 2009 Dear Friends, Allies and supporters: Directions: To get to Nickelsville, take the bus #21 from 1st and Pine and get off at the Harbor Island Terminal. Walk 1 mile South on West Marginal Way. The camp is located at Terminal 107 Thank you for your continuous friendship and support. If you have any questions, you can email scott@nickelsvilleseattle.
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Help NeededSupplies are needed and include nails, plywood, 2x4s, food and water.
Funds to help cover toilets, garbage, and cell phone bills.
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During the One Night Count of January 2008, it was found that 8439 people were homeless in King County. 5808 had shelter through existing programs but 2631 were without, a 15% increase over last year. 34 homeless people have died outside this year alone.
Nickelsville will keep operating due to the inescapable fact that there are people on the streets with nowhere better to go. They are taking the initiative to organize so they can provide for themselves a basic level of safety and sanitation when their government steadfastly refuses to do so for them.
As concerned citizens, please contact the Mayor and the Governor and ask them to positively engage in solving this problem. Other administrations have managed to look past prejudice and work with the homeless community to help solve this problem. Encourage our current government leaders to do the same. |
