September 24, 2001
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Yikes! It's been a week since I've blogged!
The fallout from September 11 is affecting homeless people here in Seattle. Due to courageous leadership from Bob Santos, former Northwest Representative of the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development (got all that?
), Seattle is the only city in the nation where a homeless shelter is hosted in a federal building. Or it has been. With the increased security now necessary, the shelter has to move by October 1. Plus the economic downturn projected due to Boeing layoffs both decreases the likelihood that we will get more homeless shelters, or even keep some of the existing ones, or get more, and increases the likelihood that more people will need them. 
Between those issues, and concern over hate violence against local Muslims, and supporting my friends -- I been busy.
I do have a new September 11 Activism Page at my main site. Q13.com and WorkingAssets.com are both offering matching funds for all donations to the relief efforts, so your donation goes farther. The Hunger Site is back, and sending all food it collects from sponsors in return for your clicks to relief efforts, through September 30 -- that's one way to donate for free!
I will get back to reading the people I subscribe to, and acknowledging my subscribers, any hour now! Right now I've got a meeting...
Write On!
... back from meeting. This was a fun one, making plans for StreetWrites.
Welcome to the subscribers who've signed on since September 16th: GC_13, Portia, yvonnedb, framaz, gholmes, allan_m_houston, Angeljnny, navdeep, and kluless. I haven't abandoned you!
I haven't abandoned the Sites I Read, either. I've been reading more recently (9/20) than I've logged (9/18) -- now I am going to go play in the ketchup. See you in Comments!
Comments (5)
Man, I hope a new shelter is found. Glad to hear you've been busy though! Busy doing good things! *cheers*
Yes, you were missed. Thank you for your comments on my last blog. I still haven't figured out what to do. I guess if it didn't feel so much like a non-relationship, I would be worried about it.
Reading does keep ya busy! Glad you blogged, was starting to wonder where you were.
Glad to see you plugging away, Anitra!
You are certainely very busy in some worthwhile efforts here. I do so hope a new Shelter, and that a lot of people help with the food relief programs, as they are most definitely going to be needed more than ever now. Keep up the good work.
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