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Grow Your Own at an Area P-Patch Many Seattle Neighborhoods Currently Have Gardening Plots Available FREE EACH VOLUME 36 MONTH ISSUE 5 A community-based newspaper serving the Puget Sound area since 1981 May 2017 Articles translated into six languages The newspaperTheThe of Neighborhood House VoiceVoice — visit our website at www.voice.seattlehousing.net A statistically significant number of Seattleites support science Ramping up for summer AMP conference BY VOICE STAFF Are you a Seattle Housing Authority (SHA) resident who’s actively involved in resident council, local social justice organi- zations or trying to better your community through service? If so, the Resident Leader- ship Development Team would like to send you to the Activists Mobilizing for Power (AMP) conference in Portland, Oregon, Aug. 11-13. The goal of AMP is to help residents improve their leadership skills and gain knowledge that will enhance their involve- ment in their communities. Attendees participate in three days of intensive training and networking, with interactive and varied workshops such as Organizing 101, Housing Advocacy and Dismantling Racism. In order to be eligible to attend AMP, you must either live in a community with a duly elected resident council or be a voting member of the city-wide Resident Action PHOTO BY WARD WRIGHT Council. Applications are due by June 1 and are Millions of people around the world celebrated Earth Day, April 22, by taking part in rallies and the March for Science, available from SHA Community Builders a non-partisan movement to celebrate science and its role in our everyday lives. In Seattle, thousands walked from Ellen Ziontz, 206-239-1625, ellen.ziontz@ Cal Anderson Park on Capitol Hill to Seattle Center to hear Gov. Jay Inslee and Mayor Ed Murray support scientific seattlehousing.org or Andy Chan, 206-239- discoveries. President Donald Trump says he believes climate change is a hoax, and has proposed steep cuts to scientific 1530, [email protected]. agencies including the Environmental Protection Agency and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. For more information on AMP visit http://www.westernstatescenter.org/ Grow your own at an area P-Patch Many Seattle neighborhoods currently have gardening plots available BY DEPARTMENT OF NEIGHBORHOODS Highland Park: Longfellow Creek (25th Mass Street at 15th Ave. South) Ave SW and SW Thistle) North Seattle Would you like to have a plot in a local Rainier Beach: Leo St P-Patch (51st Ave. Jackson Park: Jackson Park P-Patch P-Patch community garden? Do you want to South and South Leo St.) (13049 10th Ave. NE) grow fresh organic produce for yourself and Georgetown: Oxbow P-Patch (Corson Wedgewood: Picardo Farm P-Patch (25th your family? Would you like to learn great Ave South and South Warsaw St.) Ave. NE and NE 82nd St.) gardening techniques from your gardening NewHolly: John C. Little Park P-Patch Fremont: Accessible raised beds at neighbors? (37th Ave South and South Willow) Trolls Knoll P-Patch (N 36th and Aurora P-Patch is the name given to community Rainier Vista: Dakota West P-Patch Ave. North) gardens that are managed by the Seattle (2902 S. Dakota St.) For information and how to sign up, con- Department of Neighborhoods P-Patch Rainier Valley: Courtland P-Patch (3600 tact Angela Vega-Johnson at angela.vega- Community Gardening program. 36th Ave. S.) [email protected] or call 206-617-1787, P-Patch plots are currently available in NewHolly: NewHolly Youth & Family or visit seattle.gov/neighborhoods/ppatch these neighborhoods and gardens: P-Patch (32nd Ave South & S. Brighton St.) Some low-income and immigrant fami- South and West Seattle Mt Baker: Colman Park P-Patch (32nd lies living in Seattle Housing Authority Highland Park: West Crest Park P-Patch Ave South and S. Massachusetts) properties garden and sell their produce to PHOTO BY NANCY GARDNER (8th Ave. SW and SW Henderson St.) North Beacon Hill: Beacon Bluff (South local residents at farm stands. Neighborhood House Nonprofit org. In this issue The Weller Building U.S. postage PAID 1225 S. Weller St. Suite 510 Seattle, WA Health Notes Page 2 Seattle, WA 98144 Permit #8887 It's Hep-C Awareness Month SHA News College scholarship season Page 3 Translations Page 7 2 – THE VOICE MAY 2017 Health Notes Be Safe A column devoted to your Protecting your wheels well-being from thefts and prowls What you should know about Hepatitis C BY JAKE HELLENKAMP The majority of people committing car Project Coordinator prowls are selling items they steal to buy BY SARA SCHONAUER can slowly cause damage to the liver over drugs. Hide chargers and other accessories Neighborcare Health time, which can lead to scarring (cirrhosis) Auto thefts and car prowls are very that may make people think that there are or liver cancer. Many people who are in- common in Seattle. According to the FBI, electronics in the vehicle, even if there are Hepatitis C (hep C) has been in the news fected may not have symptoms. They can in 2015, 3,878 cars were stolen in the city. none. and in commercials lately, and for good live for years without knowing they have That's about 10 each day. If your car is equipped with an alarm, reason. According to the World Health Or- the virus. Seattle Neighborhood Group wants to use it! People who commit vehicle-related ganization, an estimated 2.7 to 3.9 million The groups with the biggest risk include help keep you and your vehicle safe, so crimes know what to look for and they people in the United States have chronic the following: we’ve put together a list of tips that will will be less likely to attempt breaking in hep C. • People born from 1945 to 1965 lower your risk of being a victim. to your car if they can see that the alarm Baby boomers, people born between • People who inject drugs or who have Most cars that are stolen are taken to is activated. 1945 and 1965, have the highest risk. Many injected drugs in the past, even if once be used in another crime, not to be resold. Occasionally people break into vehicles people with hep C don’t even know they or many years ago About 86 percent of stolen cars in Seattle and remove the owner’s car insurance and have it. If left untreated, the virus can lead • Recipients of clotting factor concen- are recovered days or weeks later in an- title information, which is later used to steal to liver damage and liver cancer. The good trates before 1987 (for diseases such other location. If you find a car that looks a person’s identity. news is that there are now very successful as hemophilia) abandoned, report it to Seattle Police on the It’s a good idea to make a copy of your car treatment options. • Recipients of blood transfusions or non-emergency line, 206-625-5011. Don’t insurance information and driver’s license What is hepatitis? donated organs before July 1992 touch anything in the car. There may be and keep them in a safe place inside your Hepatitis is an infection that targets the • Long-term kidney dialysis patients useful evidence inside. home. Notify police immediately if you liver. Many viruses can cause hepatitis, • HIV-infected persons Do you ever leave your car running or realize that personal documents have been but the most common are hepatitis A, B • Children born to infected mothers leave keys in the car when you get out for a taken from your car. and C. There are vaccines for hepatitis A Where and how to get tested minute? Stop doing that! Even if you think Finally, be aware of unfamiliar people and B to help prevent infection. The only Your primary care provider can test you you are in a safe location or plan to be right in your neighborhood. If you see someone way to prevent a hepatitis C infection is by for any type of hepatitis and give you the back, car theft can happen very quickly. looking into multiple cars or checking door protecting yourself. vaccines for hep A and B. For hep C, your Always roll up windows, lock your car and handles to see if they are unlocked, call 911 Hepatitis A – this virus is spread from medical provider will give you a blood test, take your keys with you. and notify police immediately. an infected person’s feces to an uninfected also known as a hep C antibody test, to see More than two-thirds of auto crimes Using all of these techniques cannot person’s mouth. This typically happens if you have ever been infected with hep C. happen at night. If you can, park in well- guarantee that you will never be a victim of when a person uses the restroom and does You will be given a second test to confirm lit, public areas or secure parking garages vehicle theft, but it will greatly reduce your not wash their hands before preparing food. if the virus is still active in your body. Tell that will make it harder for people to break risk. Share this information with others in To keep from getting or spreading hepatitis your health care provider if you think you into your car without being noticed. Look your community and stay safe out there! A, get the vaccine, and wash your hands have been exposed to hepatitis recently. around before you leave your vehicle−if after using the restroom. Neighborcare Health offers testing at you see someone that looks suspicious or Hepatitis B – this virus is spread through its medical clinics across Seattle. Results you feel unsafe, find another place to park.
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