_Community_
Activist protests homeless rally
Friend's plight sparks hunger strike
Bn |<inis Joseph
I mer.iUi Reporter
lAhausted. hungr\ and
stared. darol Seaton has not
eaten for a w eek
And she said she w ill not eat
attain until she knows that her
Iriend. Veracochia Slat has a
safe wa\ home Irmn the lions
inn Now' rall\ held Saturday
in \\ ashington 1).(
''I'm afraid that I might ha\e
to go to the hospital hetoie any
one realizes that this is real
Seaton said I m fat ed w ith
the reality th.it I t onlil die d
somebody doesn't rare
A week prior to the rall\
Seaton anti Star attempted to
hitchhike across the I niteil
States to Washington l)< The
Housing Now' demonstration
was held at the nation's t apitol
to rally tor an ini rease of .if
fordable homes lor low on nine
people
Hu I Seaton dec ided In return
home after the hardships of
hitchhiking proved ton mm li
fur her Star continued on lus
wav to the rally
Seaton now wants assurance
that Star will be able In return
home saleh She would like to
see $JI)(l In case of an filler
gem \' tor Star she said
Seaton, who is not homeless
hut considers hersell i loseil
out of mainstream soi iel\
and Star, who is homeless he
licved the national Housing
\ovvl project would 'provide
them with an extremely impor
lanl opportunity to lie effective
people
Seaton saiil she is distressed
that she and Star were not sig
nificantly helped h\ the Iik .iI
Housing \ov\' organization
" Their hx us was to send hu
ream rats not political activists
like Veracnchin and mvself
Seaton said "They gave us
Sat) while the people with the
appropriate hureaui ratii skills
.ill Hew Mu the rally |
\\ e w ere denied .im »..«\ in
the dei ision making denied
the .iuthun!\ to tin wind vve
i mild and denied any rrsoun es
to do it " Seaton said 1 Ions
inn \im1 belonged to the no
bodies It was ours hut it was
taken away In the him mi rats
that idosed us out
We w ere Ion ed to do I lungs
as street people do them We
had to ask lor ever\tiling she
said
■Seaton and Star did what
the\ i mild to raise the mone\
they needed for the trip to
Washington l)( Among other
( lilt It is til tom It llltMtl she
said
Nothing is happening The
miK responses tli.il I have nut
ten .in' distrust anger t i it i
i ism .mil reteetion. St’.iton
S.llll
I lousing \mv! u.tuts noth
ing lu do with tin1 hunger strike
liei tiusr llie\ want nothing to
tin with help
Hut \ 1.1 r\ ,mn I r.iin is .in in
ganizei 111r the lui.il Housing
\im' (irg.ini/..itinii. i|iieslioned
the v.iliditv id Seaton's hunger
strike
( ami Seaton h.is heen ul
tered .ill kinds nl involvement
‘I’m faced with the reality that I could die
if somebody doesn 7 care.'
— Carol Seaton
tilings thr\ sal m ,i booth .it
.Saturday Market toi months
prior to thr i.111\ asking for do
nations. Seaton .said
Hut tiles bull'd to raise the
amount ni'i'iii'd to arrivt1 at tilt"
rails using conventional ninth
oils So thus dri idl'd to Inti h
h i ki‘
U lii-n Inti lihik mg Iii-i ailir
too in lit h toi Seaton. slii' I inal
Is i .illi'd hi-i Iannis and asked
them to help hei return home
Seaton said Stai hosvesei has
no Iannis I le mils has her in
case ol ,111 emergem s she said
Seaton has not heard from
Star sun e she < ame home more
than a sseek ago She said she
has no idea d lie made it to the
lulls or ol he ss ill he able to get
home Hut until she knnsss that
he has a safe ss.is home she
ss 111 not eat she said
1 leel like it (the hutlgt'l
strike) is futile and it hurts real
had to he asvare ol boss insensi
tise people ale and boss' diffi
hum the liegiiiuing She is no
Inriuus lui stirring up ilil
Ik ultirs. 1 r.im is said
It is unfortunate tli.it this
had to happen. she saiil
"( anil wants h> Maine the s\s
lem Inr things that aren't work
illg nut Ini hei
I lam is said I liaising Nnss 1
offered Slai a rule in the van
that llies were taking to the ral
l\ Hut Star would not go with
out Seaton I rant is said
I ram is claimed that it be
I .line impossible lot anvniie ill
Housing Now ' to wink ssilh
Seaton
She just wants to make a
pi1111ii spet t.n le I ram is said
We suggested III the begin
mug th.it they get sponsors Ini
their In kels but thes wanted to
have it given to them
It sou ie going to help ans
one sou don't do it lor them
sou help them do it lor them
sels es said Seaton
AIDS lecture slated for EMU Fir Room
The chairman uf the National AIDS I.i^k I one will be in I n
gene ibis week to oflei .1 two part let tun- situs on the topic AIDS
in till' 1‘Mltls \i-u Mope Orealei ( hallellges
l)r Kic hard heeling pres id rut of the A meric .111 ( u I lege Health
Association, chairman of At HA s AIDS 'I ask fori e and diiet tot ol
Student I lealth Serve es at the I 'nivcrsilv ol Virginiii w ill speak at
the ISMI 1 1 r Room tonight at 7 til and at Scaled Heart (.eneral
Hospital Auditorium tomorrow at H .1 in
heeling's lei tore at the l ir Room w ill ( over 1 urrenl issues re
garding Human Immunodefii ien< \ Vims transmission His l ues
da\ lecture w ill deal u ith current health care issues for profession
als
In addition to his titles, keeling has sec ured rescan h grants
tor mam organizations and has been the AIDS 1 onsultant toi mam
universities including the l'nivcrsilv of Oregon
The two part series is sponsored by the Line County Column
nit v AIDS (Consortium Scared 11 cart (ienera! Hospital and the I 111
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