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A VIRUS HAVEN FOR SENIORS Vanishing mobile home parks have been a refuge for those at high-risk of contracting covid-19, p.3

FILLED TO THE BRIM BOOK REVIEW: HOW THIS COMPARES TO OUR PAST STRUGGLES, p.4 We’re drowning in plastic, p.8 A STEP BEYOND RAGE TO LISTING OF DEMANDS, p.5 TEENS WANT POLICE EXPELLED FROM SCHOOLS, p.6 REALCHANGE REALCHANGE 2 OPINION June 10 – 16, 2020 June 10 – 16, 2020 NEWS 3 “Passover is not over yet because the Real Change exists to provide opportunity The case for building tiny house and a voice for low-income and homeless angel of death is still riding.” people while taking action for economic, REPORTER’S villages during the pandemic — Eloise Mickelsen social and racial justice. NOTEBOOK Real Change offices By SHARON LEE supportive services and security. Local the curve of disease transmission. Fed- 219 First Ave. S., Suite 220 Guest Writer governments still have to figure out what eral, state and local governments should Seattle, WA 98104 to do afterward. As new shelter stan- allocate funds so that we can shelter every 206.441.3247, www.realchangenews.org eattle’s adoption of tiny house villag- dards for physical distancing are being single person separately and safely in ac- Get tested es as a crisis response to homeless- developed to address covid-19 and other cordance with CDC guidelines. As of May he city of Seattle and University BOARD OF DIRECTORS Yolanda Altamirano (President), Malou Chávez, S ness several years ago is now paying infectious diseases, what will happen to 12, hundreds of people living in lihi’s tiny of Washington (UW) teamed Shelly Cohen, Matthew Hayashi, unexpected dividends as an ideal form of the thousands of unhoused men, women house villages were tested for covid-19 up to create two coronavirus Hannah Hunthausen, Pamela Kliment, T Jim Lauinger, Maria Elena Ramirez, Mary Riski shelter during the covid-19 pandemic. and children who are now sheltering in and no one was found positive, according testing sites in an effort to provide free The mandate from public health offi- hotels? If they can no longer return to the to the public health nurses who reported testing to determine who has the virus. EDITORIAL STAFF cials is clear: Stay home, stay separate, stay shelters they came from, will they be sent the test results to staff. The facilities — former Seattle emis- Staff Reporter Ashley Archibald Editor Lee Nacozy clean. But you can’t stay home without a back to the streets? With the pressure to help people living sions testing sites at 12040 Aurora Ave. Features Reporter Kamna Shastri home and you can’t shelter in place without Will we see even more homeless on the streets avoid the coronavirus, our N and 3820 Sixth Ave. S — are open Art Director Jon Williams shelter. A basic condition of being homeless people on the streets after the pandemic experienced team has streamlined our Monday through Saturday from 10 a.m. REAL CHANGE STAFF is the necessity of frequenting and inhabit- because shelter capacity is being reduced new villages’ setup time from three months to 3 p.m. Circulation Specialist Wes Browning ing public places: You must look for food, across the board? down to four weeks. We are happy to share People can register for a testing Organizer Evelyn Chow bathrooms, warmth and ad hoc shelter. In early April, King County rented our experience with others on how to cre- slot in advance by going to seattle.gov/ Volunteer Manager Katie Comboy Managing Director Shelley Dooley This often requires interacting with others. the Red Lion Hotel, located in the city ate and operate tiny house villages. mayor/covid-19-testing. Communications and Development In the public interest of flattening the of Renton (just south of Seattle), to de- Tiny house villages cost far less than The partnership will increase the Associate Alexis Estrada curve and basic human decency, all avail- intensify Seattle’s largest homeless shel- extended hotel stays and can remain in number of tests by 1,600 per day. Founding Director Timothy Harris Field Organizer Neal Lampi able resources should go toward ensuring ter. The lease was for 90 days. The initial place for years. The city of Seattle is fund- “The implementation of stringent Vendor Program Manager Rebecca Marriott that every person has a safe, clean, warm response from the mayor of Renton was ing nine of the 12 villages. The average mitigation measures have saved lives Lead Organizer Tiffani McCoy Vendor Case Manager Ainsley Meyer and separate place to live or, at very least, a demand that the county remove the 200 cost for a person living in a tiny house and slowed the spread of the virus, Office Manager Ari Shirazi shelter. Homeless people are frequently homeless people immediately at the end of is $38 per day, compared with $56 for an but the virus can quickly resurge if we Development Director Camilla Walter elderly or in poor health, two factors that the lease. Renton officials stated that the enhanced shelter bed and $130 or more don’t do testing, contact tracing and increase the risk of covid-19. Traditional hotel is not zoned as a shelter and that the for a night’s stay in a hotel. In March, isolation,” said Ana Marie Cauce, UW VOLUNTEERS Editorial Committee Susan Storer Clark, shelters with barrack-style open sleeping county should ensure that homeless indi- Mayor provided immedi- president, in a press release. Laura Ditsch, Willie Jones, James Jenkins, Dagmar arrangements are problematic for prevent- viduals not remain in Renton, but return ate funding for lihi to build 50 more tiny Expanding testing capacity is criti- Matheny, Paige Owens, Tiron Rowe ing the spread of infectious diseases; to their original shelters in Seattle or find houses to help 60 unsheltered individuals. cal for getting the virus under control Contributing Writers Rabbi Olivier BenHaim, having people sleep inches away from one other options. For cities and counties, not lihi opened a new village focused on the because people who test positive can Hanna Brooks Olsen, Wes Browning, John Helmiere, Michelle Galluzzo, Dave Gamrath, another is dangerous. only is paying for hotel stays expensive needs of homeless African Americans, isolate themselves and avoid spreading Kelly Knickerbocker, Joe Martin, Patrick “Mac” On April 20, Seattle & King County and hard to sustain, but nimby and anti- Native Americans and Alaska Natives Photo by Matthew S. Browning the disease. McIntyre, Jill Mullins, Oscar Rosales Castaneda, Susan Storer Clark, Megan Wildhood, Mike Wold Public Health officials announced that homeless sentiments can easily flare up and also doubled the size of an existing Eloise Mickelsen in her home at Halcyon Mobile Home Community for seniors in north Seattle. Research out of the London School 112 homeless people and staff working and divide those communities. village, which operates on a housing-first of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine sug- Photographers and Artists Alex Bergstrom, in homeless shelters were infected with model. Mayor Durkan praises tiny house gests that as few as 10 percent of the Matthew S. Browning, Sam Day, Natalie Dupille, Jeffrey Few, Valerie Franc, Susan Fried, Seth covid-19, and that two homeless people Another Approach: Tiny Houses villages as “probably the most successful cases may be responsible for 80 percent Goodkind, Derek Gundy, Lisa Hagen Glynn, Lara had died. In mid-April at the Multi-Service Since early March, when public of- shelter we have to get people into long- Communal yet standalone houses may unlock of the thread. Kaminoff, Ted Mase, Dave Parish, Joseph Romain, Wes Sauer, Katie Wheeler Center South shelter in San Francisco, ficials were scrambling to de-intensify term housing, and it has become some Scientists call these people “super 96 people and 10 staff tested positive — shelters to protect people from the coro- of the most sought-after shelter for some good health, shows Seattle mobile home park spreaders” because they tend to infect Copy Editors Pamela Bradburn, Mason Duke, Merry Nye, Morgan Wegner this was the largest outbreak in a single navirus, families and individuals living people experiencing homelessness.” large groups of people all at once. One shelter nationally. On April 23, officials in the Low Income Housing Institute’s We know that low-income housing, By ASHLEY ARCHIBALD are obeying the rules and carrying on torium another six months with the hope such super spreader in South Korea — Real Change Volunteers Yolanda Altamirano, shut down the Division Circle Navigation (lihi) tiny house villages have been able including permanent supportive housing, Staff Reporter properly,” Mickelsen said. “That other 40 that it would give the Seattle Department dubbed “Patient 31” by the country’s Cathie Andersen, Carla Blaschka, Maridee Bonadea, Pamela Bradburn, Chris Burnside, Center in San Francisco’s Mission District to shelter in place and implement public is the real solution for all people experienc- percent are wildcards.” of Construction and Inspections (SDCI) health authority — infected 40 people Cathy Clemens, Jim Freier, Candace Gallerani, after two people tested positive and the health procedures to stay safe. ing homelessness. Hopefully this will gain loise Mickelsen watched with hor- Halcyon residents almost lost the se- time to move the process forward. in her church. Michelle Galluzzo, Anne Jaworski, Carlo Jones, Kevin Jones, Ron Kaplan, Jesse Kleinman, rest of its residents were moved to hotels. The 12 tiny house villages that lihi traction as one of the lessons learned from ror over Memorial Day weekend as curity that the park provides a year and “This should be fairly routine work, Closer to home, a super spreader in Pamela Kliment, Daniel Kramer, Joe Martin, Government officials throughout the operates in Seattle, Tacoma and Olympia the covid-19 crisis. Right now, however, news channels carried images of a half ago when the park was nearly sold. but for whatever reason — that the Mt. Vernon, Washington, infected 52 Dagmar Matheny, John Maynard, Patrick McIntyre, E Juan Montes, Carl Nakajima, Eileen Nicol, country are working to “de-intensify” are a better shelter option than traditional tiny house villages can be built quickly and people flocking to beaches, the majority They advocated to the Seattle City Council Mayor’s Office should be answerable to fellow choir members. Deb Otto, Maria Elena Ramirez, Merri Jo Seil, existing shelters by spacing people 6 shelters because they provide separate affordably. Unlike the sunk cost of millions dispensing with masks or any attempt at to save their community and the equity — they have not carried that out,” said The uptick in testing is coming amid Lawrence Soriano, Susan Storer Clark, Jeremy Tarpey, Moriah Vazquez, Jed Walsh, Mike Wold feet or more apart, arranging beds so living and sleeping spaces. Residents have of dollars for hotel rooms, investment in social distancing. Fear of the coronavirus, that they had built up in their homes. Ten- Councilmember Kshama Sawant, who thousands of Seattleites gathering daily people can sleep head to toe, setting up privacy, dignity and a safe place to store tiny house villages can continue to pay off which continued to rage in communities ants in mobile home parks often own the sponsored the extension legislation. for more than a week to protest the The Real Change Homeless Empowerment Project is a temporary emergency shelters in public their belongings. lihi’s tiny houses are 8 after the pandemic has passed. throughout the country, was not enough physical building in which they live, but It passed unanimously. killing of , a Black man 501(c)3 nonprofit organization. Real Change is a member of the North American Street Newspaper Association buildings and master-leasing hotels as feet by 12 feet and the houses are spaced 5 The construction of a tiny house vil- to conquer their desires to enjoy beautiful not the ground underneath, and, despite Stabilizing the park pays dividends in Minnesota, at the hands of a white and the International Network of Street Papers. de-intensification shelters. feet apart. A person living in a tiny house lage is simple enough that social distanc- weather and some semblance of normalcy. the name, most of those buildings are in “normal” times as well as pandemics. police officer. REAL CHANGE ON SOCIAL MEDIA In many communities, a priority is is automatically sleeping more than 6 ing can be maintained even while they are “Passover is not over yet because the immobile. Halcyon and parks like it are what Ishbel Public health officials have ac- placed on social distancing current shelter feet from another person. Plus, they are being built. Many volunteers are building angel of death is still riding,” Mickelsen Attempting to move them can destroy Dickens, an advocate for manufactured knowledged that these protests could residents rather than setting up new beds separated by two walls and two doors. In the tiny houses off-site, in some cases in said, a few days later. some units. Others are more accurately and mobile home communities, calls a cause large-scale “community spread” or facilities to bring vulnerable homeless a tiny house, people are not breathing the people’s front or back yards. The cost of But Mickelsen and her neighbors at the described as “manufactured homes” and “norc”: a naturally occurring retirement of the deadly virus, but have not called @RealChangeNews people in from the street. Because of co- same air as their neighbors. When they materials for a tiny house is $2,500 and Halcyon Mobile Home Park, a community have semi-permanent foundations, mak- community. on the protests to stop. vid-19, tens of thousands of existing shelter open their doors, they breathe in fresh labor is free — we have many volunteers. of seniors tucked away off of Aurora in ing them near-impossible to relocate. Dickens worked with Halcyon resi- More testing also means that tests beds are simply being moved around at air — making it far easier to adhere to If we are pressed for time and have to north Seattle, have so far avoided a visit In January 2019, the City Council dents to lobby the City Council for pro- will be available to people who didn’t taxpayers’ considerable expense. social distancing guidelines. meet a deadline to open a village, we work from that portent of doom. passed a one-year moratorium on redevel- tections. Communities like this are one meet early guidelines from the Centers Local governments and service pro- Over the past few years, with the with small contractors who build them for Coronavirus has not come to Halcyon, opment of Seattle’s mobile home parks, of of the few places where people on fixed for Disease Control and Prevention LETTERS TO THE EDITOR viders are applying for fema, state, county support of thousands of volunteers, 400 $5,500 each, including labor and material. a boon given that most, if not all, of the which there are only two remaining. The incomes can afford to live, maintain ac- (CDC), which only recommended tests Have something to say? Real Change accepts letters to the editor. Send them to editor@realchangenews. and other emergency funds to shelter insulated and heated tiny houses have The houses are built to our specifications people who live there fall into a vulnerable idea was the city would use that time to cess to formal social services and create for people with symptoms of covid-19, org or visit realchangenews.org and click homeless people in repurposed public been built across the Puget Sound re- on skids, and they are transported to the category because of their age. Mickelsen come back with proposals on a new zon- informal networks to care for one another. the disease caused by the coronavirus. “Write the Editor.” facilities during the crisis, but how long gion, helping more than 1,000 people an- village on a flatbed truck and placed on chalks that up to the simple fact that every ing type specific to mobile home parks so “People tend to take care of each other That often meant people with very can emergency funding last, and how long nually. The villages have shared hygiene concrete pier blocks. resident has their own space to shelter that the use of the park would be difficult more than you would see anywhere else,” mild symptoms, people who were as- can homeless people stay 24/7 in city hall facilities, including bathrooms, showers, lihi staff coordinates volunteers from the disease. to change. Dickens said. “That’s something that’s ymptomatic or those who were poten- lobbies, sport stadiums, large tents and washers and dryers and cleaning supplies, to complete the community facilities There are no shared hallways or Much of the value of the land under- always been in place in manufactured tially exposed and pre-symptomatic community centers? After the pandemic that allow residents to follow recom- including the kitchen and dining areas, elevators in the park, which is open air neath the Halcyon Mobile Home Park housing communities. I don’t think the couldn’t find out if they had the virus, ends, it is unlikely that public health of- mended covid-19 hygiene protocols. A bathrooms, showers, case manager’s of- outside of a community room, reducing exists because it is zoned in such a way pandemic has created that sense of com- facilitating its spread deeper into com- ficials will ask people to simply return to community kitchen with refrigerators, fice and security pavilion. the amount of exposure residents have to that a buyer could replace the senior com- munity — I think it was already there and munities. their shelters and resume the practice of freezers, pantry, microwave, cooktops, Electrical and plumbing work are car- one another even further — one study out munity with a big-box store or an expen- was highlighted or used more regularly.” Early efforts to increase testing sleeping inches apart. hot water and meal deliveries is also ried out by licensed contractors. We have of Japan found that the virus can spread sive apartment complex. A zoning change Residents help one another with gro- capacity were stymied by a nation- Placing homeless people in hotels available to residents. Additionally, the set up villages ranging in size from 14 to as much as 19 times faster indoors than would preserve it as a mobile home park cery shopping, give each other rides to wide dearth of testing supplies. Gov. may appear to be a solution, but it is only villages provide on-site case managers 50 tiny houses for $150,000 to $700,000, outside. and prohibit most other uses of the land. the doctor’s office and check in on their Jay Inslee said in a press conference ON THE COVER a short-term and expensive quick fix. In who help move residents into permanent depending on infrastructure costs and The additional protection is welcome However, the city has not yet unveiled neighbors. They have space to go outside Thursday that Washington had received Marchers take to the streets from a rally at Othello some cities, such as Los Angeles, millions housing at a rate that has outperformed site conditions. because not everyone fully accepts the a new zoning designation for the site, nor and take in the sunlight when the weather two-thirds of the supplies requested Park on June 7 to protest police brutality as part of the “We Want to Live March for Black Lives to End of dollars are being spent to lease hotel traditional shelters. Tiny house villages can be located on virus and its potential danger, Mickelsen has it undergone the environmental re- is good, and shelter against the elements from the federal government. n Violence.” Story on page 6. Photo by Mark White. rooms and provide three meals a day, plus Tiny house villages can make a sig- said. view necessary to make that happen. On there are the added costs of staffing, PPE, nificant positive contribution to flattening See OP-ED Continued on Page 11 “Sixty percent of the people here June 1, the City Council extended mora- HOMES Continued on Page 11 — Ashley Archibald REALCHANGE REALCHANGE 4 NEWS June 10 – 16, 2020 June 10 – 16, 2020 NEWS 5 2020 uprisings, unprecedented in scope, join a long river of struggle in America

By MATTHEW COUNTRYMAN The Conversation Numerous commentators have compared the events of the past few he river was the metaphor that days to the urban uprisings that shook 125 cities in the aftermath of the best captured “the long, con- April 4, 1968 assassination of Martin Luther King Jr. T tinuous movement” of the Black freedom struggle for theologian, his- torian and civil rights activist Vincent Harding. Harding, who had served as a speechwriter for the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr., wrote in his groundbreaking 1981 study of African American history, “There is a River: The Black Struggle for Freedom in America,” that the freedom struggle was “sometimes powerful, Photo by Lisa Hagen Glynn tumultuous, roiling with life; at other Salma kneels with the crowd outside Harborview Medical Center during the June 5 Doctors times meandering and turgid.” for Justice March in Seattle. When I think of the sudden explo- sion of anti-racist protest that has overwhelmed the nation’s cities over the past two weeks, it is Harding’s meta- City Council answers protest phor of the river that comes to mind. It is as if the dam has broken, and the calls against police violence many currents of the American protest tradition — not just the anti-racist tra- are met with more of the same dition, but the anti-corporate and anti- war protest traditions; women’s, LG- By ASHLEY ARCHIBALD Over the course of the three-hour BTQ and student movements; move- Staff Reporter briefing, three council members said Dur- ments for workers’ rights and economic kan should at least consider resigning, a justice — have all come together in a he counter at the bottom of the nod to the growing pressure on the mayor massive river of outrage and sorrow, Seattle Channel livestream be- and discontent with how protesters have exhilaration and hope. T gan ticking upward as the clock been treated over 10 days of protests. Mul- This past weekend, tens of thou- passed 9:30 a.m. June 8, when the Seattle tiple online petitions totaling more than sands of protesters joined the river in City Council would meet for its weekly 12,000 signatures made the same demand. massive demonstrations in hundreds Council Briefing. A few dozen viewers A statement from Durkan’s office said of cities across the country, from New became a few hundred, eventually topping that the mayor would “not be distracted” York City to Jackson, Michigan; from out at just past 800 people watching what from the work of addressing systemic rac- Washington, D.C., to Louisville; from would normally be a simple prequel to the ism in the city and healing the community. Philadelphia to Seattle. 2 p.m. full council meeting. “At this pivotal moment, we cannot fan But, after the events of the weekend, division when we need to come together Current in a river of protest Seattleites knew that their City Council to make actual steps on policing, invest in U.S. News and World Report file, Wikipedia Numerous commentators have com- would have something to say. community, safely reopen our city to get pared the events of the past few days to Part of a contact sheet showing a soldier standing guard in a Washington, D.C., street with the ruins of buildings destroyed during the upris- Protests over workers back to the urban uprisings that shook 125 cit- ing that followed the assassination of Martin Luther King Jr. police brutality work, and ad- ies in the aftermath of the April 4, 1968, in the wake of dress the ineq- assassination of Martin Luther King Jr. the killing of uities in every But as an historian of Black social currents within the U.S. protest tradition The focus of the protests has been since the Poor People’s Campaign fol- George Floyd by system, includ- movements, my view is that as wide- into a mighty river of demand for fun- on police violence and the nation’s lowed on the heels of Martin Luther the Minneapolis ing in education, spread and destructive as the 1968 re- damental change in American society. unfinished racial justice agenda. But King’s assassination in 1968. Police Depart- housing, access bellions were, neither their size nor the the diversity of protesters and the use From calls to shift funding from ment that began to wealth build- challenge they posed to the American Wanton disregard for Black life of protest tactics — from nonviolent police budgets to programs for the poor in earnest on ing jobs and the political system approached what the The spark, of course, was the horrify- marches and rallies to civil disobedi- to proposals for renewed public invest- May 29 entered criminal justice U.S. has seen over the past two weeks. ing video of yet another police killing of ence, rock throwing and looting — ment in minority businesses and urban a new phase Seattle Channel s y s t e m ,” t h e According to USA Today, as of June 4, an unarmed African American, George drawn from the traditions of youth, neighborhoods, the uprisings are likely as participants Seattle City Councilmember Teresa Mosqueda statement reads. there have been protests in 700 cities and Floyd. labor and anti-corporate protest make to reshape public policy debates for moved past ex- speaks about police continuing to use tear gas But tempo- towns since the death of George Floyd The nation was confronted with it clear that even more is at play in the months and even years to come. pressions of sad- and pepper spray after the mayor and police rary, and po- in police custody. incontrovertible evidence, played out uprising. It is impossible to know whether ness and rage to chief said they were banned. rous, bans on This remains true even if we consider over 8 minutes and 46 seconds of video, The point is not, as others have ar- the protests can or will be transformed concrete lists of chemical agents the protests and police violence that not only of wanton disregard for Black gued, that it is the level of involvement of into sustained campaigns to reform the demands: department, and the decision to rescind a request to shook the Chicago Democratic Conven- life but also of the ongoing failure of po- whites in the protests that distinguishes criminal justice system or reinvigorate put resources into social services, declare weaken the oversight of the Seattle Police tion in August 1968. Similarly, the scope litical institutions to solve the problem them from previous high points of anti- government programs for the poor racism a public health crisis and more. Department (SPD) did not appear to tamp and scale of the 2020 protests dwarf the of racist police violence. racist protest. There is in fact a long and economically downtrodden. To Mayor Jenny Durkan and Police Chief down the uprising within the community. student strikes that shut down hundreds On top of the disproportionate death history of white support for, and par- achieve that level of structural change Carmen Best agreed to one: banning the Demands for Durkan’s resignation of college campuses in the aftermath rates and economic devastation that CO- ticipation in, Black protest movements. will require the rapid development of use of tear gas, a chemical that irritates were building for almost a week before the of the shootings of student protesters VID-19 has wrought on communities of What is unprecedented is the way new forms of leadership and new or- the lungs in the midst of a pandemic that Council Briefing, part of a growing body of at Kent State and Jackson State in May color, a harsh light has been shone on the protesters of all races and ethnici- ganizational structures for the protest also targets that organ. That promise changes that progressive leaders through- 1970; the six days of protest and looting structural racism rampant in American ties have focused their ire on upscale movement. lasted for one day before police unleashed out the community began calling for to that shook Los Angeles in the aftermath society. business districts and national retail But as unlikely as that may seem, so much gas on protesters that June 7 envision a new system of public safety, of the 1992 Rodney King trial; the 1999 But while the murder of George chains (as opposed to neighborhood remember no one could have predicted evening images from 11th Avenue and East one rooted in ending the oppression of “Battle of Seattle,” during which protest- Floyd was the spark, the fuel for the businesses), while others have called for the U.S. was on the verge of this level of Pine Street are obscured by a chemical marginalized communities and removing ers used a mix of nonviolent and more uprisings comes from many sources: the the redirecting of public spending from mass mobilization of anti-racist protest fog. Protesters had amassed on the blocks the conditions that lead to crime. militant tactics to disrupt a World Trade worst public health and economic crisis the police, prisons and other elements two short weeks ago. n surrounding the 12th Avenue police pre- Community members including activ- Organization conference, and the 650 in generations, three and a half years of the criminal justice system to health cinct for days. ist and attorney Nikkita Oliver took the cities that hosted Women’s Marches in of a divisive and chaotic presidential and social welfare programs. Matthew Countryman is the chair of the It was a tipping point. conversation to Durkan in a livestreamed January 2017. administration, a burgeoning white na- Despite, or perhaps because of, the Department of Afroamerican and Afri- “I think the mayor should assess in meeting at City Hall in which the activ- More than the number and size of the tionalist movement and decades upon protests’ decentralized and leaderless can Studies and an associate professor this moment, ask herself if she is the right ists presented their platform: Defund the protests, though, what makes the 2020 decades of growing economic inequal- nature, they have managed to put on the of Afroamerican and African Studies, leader in this moment — and resign,” police; Invest in community solutions; Photo by Lisa Hagen Glynn uprisings unprecedented are the ways ity amid an increasingly threadbare table the broadest and most comprehen- History and American Culture at the Councilmember Teresa Mosqueda said at that they have pulled together multiple social safety net. sive set of social and economic reforms University of Michigan. Doctors for Justice gather outside Seattle City Hall, looking west across Fourth Street. the briefing the next morning. DEMANDS Continued on Page 12 REALCHANGE REALCHANGE 6 REALCHANGEJune 10 – 16, 2020NEWSJune 10June – 16, 10 2020 – 16, 2020 7

A young child sits on adult shoulders and surveys the “A lot of my peers attendance at the “We Want have felt the same to Live” rally, which filled way, we’ll talk Othello Park on Sunday, June 7. about how tired we are, but how proud we are of all STUDENTS the work we are HAVE HAD doing. How proud we are of how ENOUGH allies have been showing up.” Rethinking police — Angelina Riley

presence in schools brutalized by these Rambo cops that are 99.9 percent white cops, roughhousing our little boys, little girls,” Davis said. By KAMNA SHASTRI | Staff Reporter There are many accounts of this; Riley recounted seeing her classmate, a young Black boy, thrown to the ground by an ainier Beach High School student Angelina Riley walked out of officer in middle school. While students, virtual school at noon on Wednesday, June 3, waving a sign out- parents and teachers have a collection of incidents they can flip through, Washington R side the street of her home to protest police presence in schools. state law requires schools to report any At least 100 other youth did the same. Riley said that youth wanted a way incident where an officer has forcefully handled a student, but doesn’t require other to get involved in the activism and momentum around challenging police officer-student interactions to be reported. brutality. “Somewhere people have forgotten about is schools,” she said. ACLU-WA also found a number of schools didn’t report any data about restraints, making it impossible to determine the num- So, she and other high school students ber of student arrests in the state. from the Seattle area organized a protest Students are most often arrested for — albeit virtual. Riley said that the soli- Photos by Marck White “disturbing school,” a criminal offense in darity from students of all backgrounds is Young people along with community members, lead a march that began at Othello Park in South Seattle to protest police. The “We Want to Live March for Black Lives to End Violence” was hosted by Community Washington. “Thus, there is no legal line inspiring to her as a Black person. Students Passageways, a nonprofit working to end youth incarceration. between school discipline and criminal walked out of their classes to stand outside, activity,” according to ACLU-WA’s investi- took pictures of their signs and posted the $409,538,851 for police expenditures in engaging with the school board and let- guidance and support to an acute attention gation, which further suggested students photographs to social media under #stu- 2020. In comparison, the annual budget ter writing. A few days later, on Sunday, to crime. The increase and prevalence of are being punished by the law for what is dentshavehadenough. Hundreds of posts allots $105,261,978 for education and early throngs of young people gathered along school shootings also supported rhetoric really a behavioral issue — or, put another congregated on Instagram. learning; SPS is not supported by city funds. with community members at Othello Park for police to be present and act with force way, for being a teenager. In one instance, By day’s end on June 3, the SPS Office in South Seattle to protest police. The “We in educational settings. a high school student was arrested and Law enforcement in Seattle Public Schools of the Superintendent released a statement Want to Live March for Black Lives to End Dominique Davis, the executive direc- charged for fourth-degree assault for pour- The physical presence of police — or saying they would be reevaluating their Violence” was hosted by Community Pas- tor of Community Passageways, remembers ing chocolate milk on another student dur- “school emphasis officers” — in Seattle Pub- relationship with officers in schools. “SPS sageways, a nonprofit that works to end the security officers in his high school ing lunch time; another high school student lic Schools is limited to four schools: Denny does not currently have any contracts with youth incarceration and create sustainable because they were part of the community. was arrested and charged for throwing one International Middle School, Washington the Seattle Police Department outside of solutions for communities, and amassed “They were there to support you so when punch at a peer. Middle School, Aki Kurose Middle School providing security at athletic events, but around 8,000 people. you got in a fight, you didn’t get an assault When police officers respond to an and South Shore K-8 School. The officers does have School Emphasis Officers in four The impacts of police on school prem- charge — you ended up getting suspended incident, they create discomfort ranging to present there are employed by the Seattle of our schools through a partnership with ises affects students’ comfort in schools and then you come back to school when fear for students. Riley says Black students Police Department and, according to the the city,” the statement read. and in their communities, as well as aiding things calm down,” Davis said. feel especially unsafe in policed situations SPD website, “focus on gang resistance and Back at home, Riley was exhausted and in the school-prison pipeline — all issues In the schools where officers are placed, because they and their communities are violence prevention education and training, flooded with feelings after three days of that will not disappear overnight and are the majority of students are non-white and overpoliced. Inviting officers full-time truancy and suspension reduction.” rallying with other student organizers to intricately tied to the broader movement to low-income, according to a 2017 report from into schools or in response to a behavioral Students want Seattle Public Schools get the #studentshavehadenough campaign hold law enforcement accountable. the American Civil Liberties Union of Wash- complaint can fast-track a situation that (SPS) to end their partnership with the off the ground, all while managing school. ington (ACLU-WA) that chronicled police in disproportionately sends students of color Seattle Police Department. The students “I’ve been feeling drained. I haven’t re- How policing works in schools schools’ effectiveness and accountability away from school and into the juvenile have five preliminary demands they posted ally thought about anything else. But I’m The first program to bring police of- and showed alternative solutions. justice system. The students who end up in on Instagram: Thousands of protesters moved by the Minneapolis police killing of George Floyd walk from also just feeling really empowered,” she ficers into schools was called “Officer Whether or not schools have an in- trouble with law enforcement are typically • Hold police accountable for abusive Othello Park to a Safeway store in the “We Want to Live” march June 7. said. “A lot of my peers have felt the same Friendly” in Flint, Michigan, 1958. Similar house officer, administrators often call unarmed. behavior toward black students way — we’ll talk about how tired we are, models spread throughout the country on police to respond to “routine student Society’s rampant racial prejudice cre- • Eliminate the presence of police in but how proud we are of all the work we following its success. Initially, the .” When officers respond to ates this surveillance and student dynamic all schools members with racist/ anti-black reports “defund police,” which has been rippling are doing. How proud we are of how allies officer’s role in schools was meant to be school calls, they can use excessive force in blatant disregard of the historical trauma Angelina Riley stands outside of her home • Implement restorative justice and de- • End racist police violence. Defund across the U.S., call into question how have been showing up.” one of a mentor, counselor and teacher. in classrooms and hallways. and legacies that have led to Black and around noon on June 3 with a sign to protest escalation tactics in all schools police. the city’s monetary resources are distrib- Riley says students will continue to Over subsequent decades, the role shifted “It infuriates me when I see young police presence in schools. • Urge school districts to fire all staff These demands, including the phrase uted. The city of Seattle has allocated organize in other ways with petitions, from one of an adult who could provide women and young men being absolutely See SCHOOLS Continued on Page 11 REALCHANGE REALCHANGE 8 ARTS June 10 – 16, 2020 June 10 – 16, 2020 OPINION 9 BOOK REVIEW: ‘Waste’ | By Kate O’Neill | Polity Press | 2019 | Hardcover | 240 pages THE MIDDLE GROUND | By Sam Day Table- MAKING PLASTIC Turning In 1950, the world produced only 2 million tons of plastic per year. Since then, annual Theology production has increased nearly 200-fold, reaching 381 million tons in 2015. 400,000,000 John Helmiere 2015: 381 million tons The large amount of packaging waste is polluting Righteous flames our water systems. Packaging waste includes plastic 350,000,000 bottles, cardboard boxes, grocery bags and plastic food and wild dreams containers. lames, vapor, dreams and visions and masses crying out in many tongues. 300,000,000 F These are the central symbols of the major holiday that churches around the world celebrated the past two weekends (the 250,000,000 Eastern and Western churches use slightly 2008: different calendars). It is a story called down- Pentecost and the beginning of church, as it 200,000,000 turn as has come to be known for Christians. I have a result understood Christmas and Easter through of the a revolutionary lens for many years, but the world brilliant and bold Black-led national uprising 150,000,000 financial cirisis for Black lives has illuminated the holiday of Pentecost in a whole new light for many of us. 100,000,000 Here is a politically aware telling of the Pentecost. A large crowd has gathered. They 1950: 2 million tons have recently seen the brutal, humiliating, 50,000,000 public execution of one of their kin, a revolu- tionary rabbi named Jesus. They had suffered dehumanizing repression under violent rul- Tons ers for centuries. As they gathered, fire arose 1950 2015 Wikimedia image in their midst and they called out in ways Sources: Geyer, R., Jambeck, J. R., & Law, K. L. (2017) some could not understand. Some onlook- ers said their expression was illegitimate, that they must be drunk. But those who had endured so much scorn for so long ignored the derision and took care of each, sharing At this stage in my life, I’ll say it from what they had. They encouraged their youth A MANUFACTURED CRISIS and elders to dream and share their visions. The outsiders who scoff are the same in here: the Pentecost story, as they are not only on A UC Berkeley professor dives in our ocean of plastic waste Fox News but also among white moderates t was about this time four years ago Seattle Mardi Gras 2001. That afternoon and mayors and nonprofits and corporations A tremendous amount of fresh water Deviously, it was the plastics industry when I told my supervisor at Real on the way home, knowing that the police making their waffling statements of concern. Review by DAVE GAMRATH | Contributing Writer is wasted, and the carbon footprint of that lobbied hard for the labeling system IChange that Trump would likely win expected violence at the Pioneer Square They acknowledge a problem, but in the wasted food is huge. Only 3 percent of we see on the bottom of plastics, number- the 2016 election, and he was so sure that celebrations, I was sure I would be tear- next voice they condemn with equal vigor e humans use a lot of resources and, in the process, cre- food waste gets composted. ing from 1 to 7. Only those labeled 1 and was impossible he bet me a dinner at my Adventures gassed before the end of the night. the fiery anger and boldness of the protests, ate a lot of waste — far more than you might imagine. This really surprised me: Date labels 2 are easily recycled. The others likely favorite restaurant that it wouldn’t hap- in Irony That was the last time I can remem- especially the property damage. The scoffers are the most common reason people toss won’t ever get recycled, yet consumers pen. I didn’t have to put up any counter ber when I decided to stroll over to the in Pentecost and among us today say: “They W In her book “Waste,” University of California Berkeley food. These labels are voluntary and feel good when we toss them into our re- offer, not that it would have mattered. Dr. Wes Browning big event that could turn into a riot and make no sense — they must be drunk — they Environmental Science Professor Kate O’Neill provides a deep look at meant as an indicator of flavor as much cycle bin, not realizing they are effectively That was a good dinner. check it out. I made my way through the are barbaric — they are irrational — they are as spoilage. Labels are not standardized contaminating the recycle and heading It’s hard to see how Trump could win Ithaca, New York. A couple of hundred stu- masses of people until I came to a space just inciting chaos and nonsense.” all the stuff that gets tossed. Some of what she reports is surprising, and can be very confusing to consumers. for a landfill. this time around. The president’s threat dents were protesting the war off campus. where some people were yelling at each A pastor friend in Minneapolis says, some scary and much of it pretty damn sad. O’Neill stresses that changing date labels We love plastics. Over 300 million tons to send the military to states to put down The Ithaca police boxed them in and told other, and a fight broke out and one man “instead of saying ‘riot,’ try out ‘uprising.’” So would greatly help avoiding food waste. of plastic waste are generated annually. protests brought condemnation from Pat them to disperse. Which they couldn’t, tried to stop it. I was at the exact place and much is contained in the words we use and The plastics industry touts its role in In 2018, China changed its policy and Robertson! “You just don’t do that, Mr. as they were boxed in. So after a minute, moment of an outbreak of mob violence, the narratives we repeat. (Religious commu- Technically speaking, waste is what hazards, including toxicants, smoke and preventing food waste. Yet, much of the prohibited imports of plastic waste, citing a President.” the police charged at the protesters while standing in the midst of the mob, with nities know this, which is why we repeat our we do not want, or fail to use. But it’s also chemicals. plastic most difficult to recycle comes in new policy of “no more foreign garbage.” This Trump’s abuse of riot-control police, swinging batons, for not dispersing as police looking on from two blocks away. rituals over and over again, usually saying the more than that. Waste is a global resource, Discarded electronics are a corner- the form of food packaging, especially soft has caused a problem for American recyclers. the First Amendment, St John’s Church ordered. I backed out of there, made it home and same exact words and doing the same exact a livelihood and a source of risk — to our stone of the global waste economy. Work- films and plastic bags. Currently, in the U.S., less than 10 percent and a Bible for a photo-op was obscene, I watched that from a block away, turned on the TV. The man who tried to motions.) The story told by empires, by the health, the environment and to waste ers dismantle old electronics for valuable Plastics have flooded the oceans and of plastic is recycled. About 15 percent is even to a lot of his base. until about half the marchers managed stop that fight was killed. Eventually the ruling class, is always one that celebrates workers. metals while facing exposure to mercury, worked their way into our bloodstreams. incinerated, and the remaining 75 percent James “Mad Dog” Mattis broke his to break through the police lines and police moved in and ordered the crowd obedience, law and order. They have little to Since the Industrial Revolution, hu- lead and other toxicants. A surprisingly Plastic products take anywhere from five goes to landfills. Simply put, recycling of silence, calling Trump a threat to our rush down the street at me, chased by the to disperse. And chased them down the gain, in terms of money and power, by striv- mans have created 30 trillion tons of large amount of e-waste gets refurbished to 1,000 years to break down, and even plastics isn’t working. The real solution is Constitution and condemning calling our police, and hoo boy, then I was a target, streets as they did. Because you know, if ing to hear what uprisings are saying. Since waste. We are running out of space to put and resold, allowing many in the develop- then, the resulting microplastics basically developing substitutes and alternatives to cities a “battlespace” that our military too. Fortunately, I could run faster than people comply with an order to disperse, the coronavirus swept into this country just waste, and we will not reach “peak waste” ing world to afford technology. However, last forever. In the Pacific Ocean, in an area fossil-fuel-based plastics of all kinds. should dominate. Trump has no business any Ithaca cops. you can’t just let that go unpunished. a few months ago, while most people have until the next century. As long as it’s cheap built-in obsolescence in non-repairable about twice the size of Texas, lies a pool O’Neill concludes her book with some as president treating our cities as a war Even though I was 50 years old and The next thing I knew there were people faced huge economic anxiety, billionaires in and easy to impose our waste on others gadgets shortens product life and makes of at least 79,000 tons of floating plastic. optimism, including describing many zone. You just don’t do that. unlikely to outrun a cop, I still ventured running through the intersection outside America have increased their wealth by al- living thousands of miles away, technol- refurbishing extremely hard, adding to In 2017, the U.N. declared plastics governance innovations and experiments There’s nearly 20 percent unemploy- out into the Seattle World Trade Organiza- my apartment, and the police were right most half a trillion dollars. So why not speak ogy will not solve our waste problems. our waste problem. O’Neill argues that in the oceans a planetary crisis. Some currently in work, albeit with only marginal ment in the U.S. now, according to govern- tion protests in 1999. There was a lot to behind them to lob tear gas into the inter- in a language that is not catered for the rul- There are many different streams of new policies to make manufacturers re- actions are being taken, but not nearly success. As consumers, O’Neill provides ment officials who still have jobs. see in that mess. I took notes. I especially section. And Anitra and I were tear-gassed ers? Following the people of the Pentecost, waste, including municipal, industrial, ag- sponsible for the entire life cycle of their enough. O’Neill discusses different us several options. We can modify our With so much unemployment, it’s easy enjoyed watching the behavior of some of inside our apartment. I pray that we might continue to speak and riculture, forestry, construction, mining, products, including take-back, recycling solutions, such as worldwide bans and consumption habits to reduce waste. We to see why there is a strong movement the storm troopers. On one occasion, I saw That was the last time I felt young act in ways not directed toward the scoffers hazardous and nuclear waste. Industrial and final disposal, are very much needed. restrictions for single-use plastics, or the can keep a close eye on what’s happening across the country to cut funding for a team of cops ride a Humvee into battle enough to risk getting involved in a po- and powers that be, but in ways that are wild, waste is 18 times greater than municipal Food waste is a growing problem. quest for alternatives and substitutes. But within our government, and not let big busi- police departments. People are thinking, to occupy an empty intersection by first tential riot. Now I stick to writing. wondrous and meant for each other. waste. Globally, the largest waste catego- Waste occurs all through the food chain. replacing plastics is going to be extremely ness prohibit governmental action to reduce hey, we got laid off, so the police should softening it up with tear gas. They then Black lives matter! n The reluctant leader of the uprising in the ry is green waste, including food waste, Roughly one-third of food produced for hard. Clearly, people like to use plastics, waste and restrict single-use plastics. We get laid off, too. Besides which, the police drove into the intersection, got off the Pentecost story is Peter. As the fires sweep at 44 percent. humans is wasted, valued at close to $1 and old habits are hard to break. Plus, can lobby to allow for electronic devices to can’t stop themselves from murdering Humvee and strutted around, looking all among them, he helps interpret what is hap- O’Neill describes the dynamic global trillion a year. Fruits and vegetables have big businesses produce plastics, includ- be repaired. “Zero waste” communities have people. So there’s that. proud of their conquest, before climbing pening by quoting from a text held sacred by waste economy. Globally, there are more the highest waste percentages, at over ing chemical companies such as Dow succeeded in a few places, proving we can Being old, I naturally think back to aboard to go find new targets. his fellow Jews: Your youth shall see visions, than 20 million informal waste workers. 50 percent in the U.S. Also, 20 percent of and DuPont, and oil companies such as do it. But like most everything, changing past riots I’ve known. Don’t we all have It looked like a performance of the and your elders shall dream dreams. May At many huge global dumpsites, thou- meat and dairy and 35 percent of fish are Exxon. These highly polluting industries habits will take time and effort from us all. our favorite riots? Seafair Pirates with tear gas instead of Sound off to Dr. Wes: we embrace a radical re-imagination of the sands of “waste pickers” live among the wasted. Over one-quarter of the world’s have the deep pockets to fight off change Although a bit academic, “Waste” is My all-time favorite was a police riot candy and Glocks instead of fake swords. [email protected] systems that tie society together to create trash. These workers face extreme health agricultural land produces food waste. that would lower their profits. definitely not a waste of time. n I got involved in during the ’70s. It was in My next riot was the notorious of something new upon the ashes of the old. n REALCHANGE REALCHANGE 10 CROSSWORD June 10 – 16, 2020 June 10 – 16, 2020 FEATURE 11 Unrelated Linkage OP-ED Continued from Page 2 SCHOOLS Puzzle by Patrick “Mac” McIntyre DOWN O. Carter issued a preliminary injunc- Continued from Page 7 have to be present. Principals also cannot 1 Great Society presidential inits. tion requiring the city and county of Los “prevent” interviews. If a student is taken ACROSS 2 Parseghian of Notre Dame public, faith-based or privately-owned Angeles to find shelter for 6,000 to 7,000 Brown communities being underfunded, into custody by an officer, a warrant is 1 Letter between kappa and mu 3 Early detection breast x-ray land. Vacant lots can turn into tidy vil- homeless people who are living under under resourced and robbed of municipal not required; principals can notify the 7 Malay Peninsula’s Isthmus of ____ 4 “So long” (2 wds.) (3,3) lages overnight. There are churches and over freeway overpasses, stating investments. In highly policed communi- parents/guardians — unless “directed not 10 S-curve molding 5 Cul-____ (2-3) (closed street turnaround) (Fr.) 14 Sounded like an ass 6 Modifying wd. (Abbr.) and other religious organizations that their health is at risk. Carter wrote: ties of color, where police brutality is a to by the law enforcement officer.” 15 Brain scan, for short (Abbr.) 7 One contains the items necessary to unlock own vacant land and are eager to find “Without adequate access to shelter, hy- feared reality, Black youth are already 16 Persia, today many things (EYE SACK anagram) new ways to serve their communities. giene products and sanitation facilities, threatened by police in their neighbor- A multi-pronged solution 17 Irish novelist who produced “Ulysses” and 8 Takes back Public-spirited private landowners may individuals experiencing homelessness hoods and from the images they see in the Davis said there are ways to engage “Finnegan’s Wake” (5,5) 9 List of discussion/decision items 19 Lady’s counterpart 10 Waterproof fabric once commonly used also have fallow land that they would face a greater risk of contracting the media and on TV. parents, teachers and broader community 20 Many a C.E.O. has one (Abbr.) for kitchen table coverings be willing to lease temporarily. Tax in- novel coronavirus, and an outbreak in Kidist Habte, a student activist from stakeholders to protect children during 21 Open up ____ of worms (2 wds.) (1,3) 11 Assemblage centives and property tax exemptions the homeless community would threaten Rainier Beach High School and founder of the school day. “We need to start training 22 Abridges 12 What we all take a spin on are often available for private owners. the general public as well.” Black and Brown Minds Matter, a group and putting people from the community 23 She played Trixie Norton in the classic 1950s 13 Odds’ partner Cities especially have a vested interest Tiny house villages can meet a criti- advocating for equity in education, asks who we can employ in all of our schools skit and sitcom “The Honeymooners” (5,8) 18 Labored as a galley slave, say 26 One of the four herbs mentioned in Simon 23 Old-time actress Mansfield or Meadows in protecting their residents by making cal need for safe shelter while we wait this question: “How do we make students to do the work.” When youth act up, Da- and Garfunkel’s “Scarborough Fair” 24 Subject addressed by (and ironically surplus land available. They can often out the pandemic. New villages can be feel comfortable — especially Black and vis said there are productive, empathetic 27 Secret state police of Nazi Germany hidden within) Prov. 16:18’s caveat that invoke emergency measures to expedite built now for people who must eventu- Brown students — when there are cops solutions for them to work through con- (POSTAGE anagram) “Pride goeth before destruction...” the permitting process. ally leave the hotels. Tiny houses are an on television killing people who look flict. Peacemaking and healing circles, 28 Norse war god 25 Group that’s well-financed? (Abbr./Acron.) 29 Poems of praise 26 ____ the course (persevere) Since the pandemic began, the cities effective bridge to permanent housing, like them right outside the gates of their for example, invite students to engage 30 ____Sketch (classic toy) 31 Entertainment system on which the vast of Seattle, Tacoma and San Jose, Califor- which is the ultimate solution, and one school?” constructively without law enforcement. 34 With 37-Across, what 17-, 23-, 47- and majority of 8-track tapes were played (2 nia, have responded quickly by expanding that must be scaled up to help our un- Habte explained that police presence “When you call 911 for a police officer 54-Across constitute when read or spoken wds.) (3,6) tiny house villages. Other cities nation- housed neighbors. can be both an officer’s physical presence to show up, it should be if someone has aloud in order (3 wds.) (1,4,5) 32 Singer-songwriter John selected wide should mobilize to build tiny house Too bad it takes a pandemic to bring and the hypothetical threat of calling a gun or is blowing up a school,” he said. 37 See 34-Across Songwriter/Artist of the Year at the 2000 38 Neighbor of Oman and Saudi Arabia Nashville Music Awards villages as rapidly as they can. Unlike the issue of housing as a human right front law enforcement. “I’ve seen many times Davis and Community Passageways 39 Pixy ____ (old candy-powder-filled straws 33 Hill dwellers traditional shelters and hotel rooms, tiny and center. n in school where a student will run into are embedded in practicing restorative in 4 flavors & colors) 35 What omens are believed to have (GIN houses are an effective model both dur- trouble and the teachers will threaten to justice to ensure community accountabil- 43 No-goodnik NAMES anagram) ing *and* after the pandemic. Sharon Lee is the executive director of call the police on them,” she said. “They ity in schools that can benefit students and 44 What TV/radio advertisers purchase 36 Camelot lady 46 D-Day vessels, for short (Abbr.) 39 Caribbean island nation south of On May 15, U.S. District Judge David the Low Income Housing Institute. are both in the same severity because parents and help bolster a broader safety 47 Of this silver screen legend’s more than Martinique (2,5) (incls. abbr.) they reaffirm this hierarchy and this net of social services. 100 films over 5 decades, more than 60 40 Snuck in or out quietly, with one’s heels social power where white people are us- Community activists, students, par- were westerns (8,5) SOLUTION raised ing a history of violence against another ents and advocates say behavioral and 50 Prefix with meter that means high 41 “Whew! Dial up the AC, wouldya?” (2 51 Spark,Volt or Tesla, nowadays group.” disciplinary incidents in schools can be Olly Olly wds.) (2,3) 52 One in a suit 42 Treasure map markers Davis said even the most dedicated better handled by counselors and vital Oxen Free 53 Word that can go before bag, counter or dip 45 Friars Club tributes police officer with a heart for children is wrap-around social services instead of 54 John Grisham competitor who penned June 3 Issue 46 Insect associated with the eighth biblical operating within the confines of a police law enforcement — solutions that con- “One L,” “Presumed Innocent” and “Burden plague of Egypt system whose policies and bias benefit sider youth’s psychological well-being, Donate an old car to of Proof” (5,5) 47 Like non-oyster months Solutions to 58 Maritime safety grp. (Abbr.) 48 Sharp as ____ (2 wds.) (1,4) white people and oppress Black communi- development and healing and community REAL CHANGE this week’s 59 Dead heat 49 Handle the food for a party ties. “When you are operating underneath equity. puzzle 60 Forward, as a piece of mail 50 Go up against the umbrella of a racist legal institution A petition being circulated by student 61 Sounds of disapproval will appear 55 “La-la” lead-in and you are operating under the strict groups, including Black and Brown Minds 1.877.537.5277 62 In a funk 56 Clandestine maritime org. (Abbr.) in the rules, regulations and guidelines — that Matter and supporting organizations, realchangenews.org/index.php/site/giving 63 Stella ____ (popular Belgian pilsner) 57 Part of wpm (Abbr.) next issue. same officer who has a heart for the kids, states just that: “We’ve had enough with he cannot overlook the fact because he cops instead of counselors in our schools.” Almost all King County events are canceled, so we’re listing File photo by Matthew S. Browning will lose his job.” Davis added that when “Situations don’t deescalate after just the police system operates in schools, one day,” said Habte, who is supportive streaming events for optimal physical distancing Streaming to stay sane Halcyon Mobile Home Park for seniors in north Seattle hasn’t had a case of covid-19. its racist underpinnings are contagious of restorative justice models. “It’s under- will have the opportunity to sing pop flect your thoughts and experiences. and become normalized in the education stood that we are very complex human June 15-21 June 17 songs rewritten to reflect post-colonial Whether you’re exploring new feelings, system; one symptom of this is officers beings; there are so many different compo- Juneteenth Week, tinyurl.com/yd2ub2v7 This is WAK - A Virtual Post-Colonial Ka- narratives that critique intergenerational expressing gratitude or calming anxi- HOMES Continued from Page 3 health, Sadler said. are more likely to use force with Black nents that need to be addressed. Finding Black Lives Matter Seattle-King raoke Jam, 5 p.m., register at link, donations wealth, museums, elections, gentrifica- ety, an art journal is a wonderful outlet “We don’t change easily,” she said of students. peace takes time.” n County, FW Black Collective and Urban encouraged, tinyurl.com/ya9m7e2w tion and manifest destiny. The evening is to work through emotions. This class, when it isn’t. They can age in place with older folks. “We’re not as flexible, liter- A Seattle Public Schools 2019 pro- hosted by Wa Na Wari, a center for Black put on by Seattle’s emerging Spacecraft, League of Metropolitan Seattle have Have you ever had a pop medley stuck art and culture in Seattle’s historically will present journaling concepts and a community to help support their basic ally.” cedural report stated that when school Real Change will continue to feature put together a week-long celebration in your head for days? Even if it’s a redlined Central District, and they are exercises to help you get started. All you needs. The coronavirus created wide- Despite the gains, manufactured hous- principals are approached by law enforce- reporting on , re- of Juneteenth. The week will feature song you can’t stand? WAK (Weird Allan actively accepting donations to create a need is a sketchbook or paper, a pen and spread death in assisted living facilities, ing communities are endangered. The ment officers, they cannot intervene with storative justice efforts and community food, music, storytelling, performances Kaprow) harnesses the power of the pop stronger community. ideally something to color with (paint, and so much more. For those not in jingle to show how ideas of culture, coun- where it moved among residents and staff. value of the land underneath rises and, disciplinary action. If an officer wants to alternatives to policing in the coming markers, crayons, colored pens, any- the Black community, you can cel- try and conquest are so deeply embedded There’s no evidence to suggest the same without an investment in maintenance interview a child over 12, parents do not weeks. ebrate Juneteenth week by donating thing!). This isn’t about making high art in our collective society, even if we don’t Doodle Therapy, 6–7:30 p.m., tickets at link, norcs ­— it’s about making what you want. has happened in these . and improvement, the park infrastructure and financially supporting an array like those ideas. This karaoke will feature $25, tinyurl.com/y7mjxxgw of Black-owned businesses as well as It’s more than physical well-being. can degrade, motivating park owners to a summer playlist of Black songwriters Doodle therapy, also known as art Living in a place where you have friends sell even as developers — particularly in organizations that support the Black and performers. Registered participants community. journaling, is fun and proven to re- June 20 and relationships supports older people urban settings — see a tantalizing pur- READER REACTIONS Fremont Solstice Parade Gone Virtual in other ways. chase. 1 p.m., Facebook Live, donations encour- Anne Sadler is a resident of Bayview Seven Washington mobile home parks “This place helps by posting our stories and by helping out aged, tinyurl.com/yd564k2e Mobile Home Park in Mt. Vernon and presi- are set to close in 2020, displacing people While this year is quite a bit different, dent of the Association of Manufactured in 107 homes. with having vendors who are homeless as well to help them one thing remains, the Fremont Solstice Home Owners. She’s lived in the park for Strategies to save the parks focus on make a couple dollars for themselves.” Parade will celebrate the longest day 20 years and, at 75, is still fighting to pre- zoning, which takes away the incentive to of the year in Seattle. The location will — Gina Harris shift from Gas Works to streaming, yet serve manufactured home communities sell and redevelop the properties, and res- the spirit of the day will persevere! The in Washington and elsewhere. ident-owned communities (roc), essen- virtual parade will feature a compila- One of her neighbors is a man in his tially cooperatively owned housing. roc tion program of historical archives, 90s who got a ride from a community have their own management challenges, ensemble performances, personal member to get cataract surgery. Another but community members get the freedom testimonies and new art submitted by the community. We can’t wait to see is a woman who lives on $13,000 a year. to set their own dues and determine when what this year’s parade holds. Keep the “Tell me how you do that any place and how to invest in their parks. custom going! else,” Sadler said. Seattle, which once had nine manufac- A friend, Helen, who did move out of tured home communities, is down to two. Seattle Black Gay Pride the park and into an apartment complex in Halcyon residents are determined to hang 9 p.m., register at link, donations encour- Seattle, is miserable and calls to check in onto their park as long as possible, corona- aged, tinyurl.com/ycqet8at and chat frequently. The community had virus or no. But the threat of the disease kept Helen connected to her church and demonstrates how providing security for to people with whom she had built a sup- elders, low-income households and other Streaming is compiled by Michelle port network over the years. The people marginalized groups before disasters can Galluzzo. Got something we should know in the apartment complex keep largely be essential when they strike. about? Email it to calendar@realchan- to themselves, especially with amenities “For the most part, we’re doing fine; genews.org. The deadline for calendar and activities shuttered due to the virus. we stabilized the park,” Mickelsen said. submissions is nine days prior to the date of publication. Uprooting someone from their com- “The virus ain’t done yet. If people do not munity can have ramifications on people’s respect the virus, it’ll take them out.” n REALCHANGE 12 NEWS/FEATURE June 10 – 16, 2020

DEMANDS Continued from Page 5 Monday that SPD would cede the building that Best and Durkan had already an- after removing all valuable or personal nounced, specifically around the place- Stop prosecuting protesters. When Dukan items. ment of mourning bands and the use of went outside to talk with protesters, she But little could be done to placate chemical agents and other “less lethal” was booed off the steps — she had not im- council members Monday. uses of force on the part of SPD. The mediately agreed to any of the demands, “The tactics used in Capitol Hill are prohibition had unforeseen holes, Coun- but did later announce with Police Chief tactics that are prohibited in other coun- cilmember Lisa Herbold said. Carmen Best a restriction on black mourn- tries,” Council President Lorena Gonzalez “We now know the exception to that ing bands that covered police officers’ said. “This is the time to rise to the occa- 30-day ban [on tear gas] is at the order of badge numbers. sion and say, ‘Basta, no more.’” the chief,” Herbold said, concluding that A teach-in organized by Africatown at Mosqueda, who chairs the budget com- the use of chemical agents on Sunday 23rd Avenue and East Union Street, in the mittee, announced more than her desire night must have been approved by Best. heart of Seattle’s historically Black cen- for Durkan to consider a stage-left exit. The council will soon begin reviewing tral area, added more concrete demands Mosqueda also said she would look for adjustments to the budget, and Mosqueda to the list to bolster the Black community: a 50 percent cut in SPD’s budget after a set a six-week timeline to analyze SPD’s Hand over various properties, such as the forensic accounting of the department’s budget and come up with changes to the decommissioned Fire Station 6, a vacant allocation and spending. SPD budgets department’s activities by July 17. The Sound Transit lot and the former Para- have been a “black box,” she said. council is circulating a letter calling for mount Nursing Home for community pur- “How much did this escalation cost Seattle to drop its litigation against King poses; Strip $180 million from the Seattle us? How much are we spending on tear County’s new inquest process into deaths Police Department budget; redistribute Photo by Lisa Hagen Glynn gas?” Mosqueda asked. The city is already at the hands of law enforcement. $50 million to Black-led organizations; Caroline, a physician, wears a Black Lives facing a $300 million budget shortfall as It’s a far cry from the infamous “Seattle End police presence in schools. Matter cape while socially distancing from a result of the coronavirus, and the 10 Process” of endless talk and little action. The next day, an estimated 7,000 the crowd at the Doctors for Justice March. days of policing may be exacerbating the “This feels different,” activist Thelben people organized by health care profes- problem. Mullett said while speaking to a crowd at sionals gathered outside Harborview Several council members also dis- City Hall June 6. Medical Center’s emergency department it is our job to treat that disease.” cussed legislation to cement concessions Maybe, this time, it will be. n and marched to City Hall, quickly over- Roughly 30 hours later, the community whelming attempts at social distancing. would gather again, this time in the south They went even further, calling on the end, for another march from Othello Park city to end violence against protesters, to the Safeway parking lot — areas that reverse the militarization of the police have become the new home for Seattle’s department, stop violent policing of people of color. City council members marginalized communities and eliminate who attended called it “joyous,” far from provisions in police union contracts that the violence and chaos that would erupt protect officers who commit acts of vio- in Capitol Hill outside the SPD precinct lence against community members. that evening, leaving one man shot and While the asks targeted policing, the hundreds — including Councilmember underlying conditions that people are Kshama Sawant — suffering from the ef- fighting goes deeper, said Dr. Shaquita fects of chemical agents. Bell, who was on call at the time. Each day was a new, peaceful action, “Racism is a disease,” Bell said. “For and each night ended in a standoff outside all of you who went to school to save lives, the East Precinct. Chief Best announced