Welcome to Noisy Waters Northwest! Many facts, figures, stories, and perspectives are, sadly, often unheralded in our local media in Whatcom County, Washington. Click on the title of items on our picturesque story board for a refreshing splash of information that won’t be held back. There is a search page to search all information on this blog site. All posts note their categories of commentary or news related content. Continue reading
Bellingham plans for emergency winter shelters: a spring to spring timeline / Noisy Waters Northwest
January 16, 2022 Dena Jensen
March 3, 2021
In a communications document from early last year, with the header “Winter Into Spring Communications Strategy,” shared in an email by Bellingham Parks and Recreation Director Nicole Oliver, there was an outline point that stated, “Health Dept. recommends no government-run emergency winter shelters in future.”
Continue readingThe iChange Justice weekly podcast! / Press Release, Restorative Community Coalition
December 10, 2021 Press Release, Restorative Community Coalition
For Immediate Release PRESS RELEASE
BELLINGHAM, Dec 10, 2021 – The Restorative Community Coalition (RCC), www.therestorativecommunity.org, 360-354-3653
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Continue readingWhatcom and Bellingham governments to community: expect to go without / Noisy Waters Northwest
December 11, 2021 Dena Jensen
Back in November it was just a statement at a City Council committee meeting and more narrowly focused on homeless sheltering: “We are doing what we can locally. We will not meet the demand. We will never meet the demand.”
Continue readingSo far, Whatcom County winter season sheltering options are Scrooged / Noisy Waters Northwest
December 8, 2021 Dena Jensen
At the December 2, 2021 Whatcom County Coalition to End Homelessness (WCCEH) meeting that took place over Zoom, Whatcom County Human Services Supervisor Ann Beck prefaced her update on Whatcom County winter sheltering efforts by saying it had been a bad day at work for her. She explained that would be the reason, should she tear up at any point during her presentation. Beck also shared that she was due to attend another meeting related to the heavy flooding that has displaced unprecedented numbers of people in the County.
Continue readingZoom event: Re-imagining–Connecting to Water, Food, and Shelter as Basic Human Rights / Whatcom Human Rights Task Force and Amnesty International Group 270
December 5, 2021 Event Announcement
The Whatcom Human Rights Task Force and Amnesty International Group 270 present
Re-imagining–Connecting to Water, Food, and Shelter as Basic Human Rights
Date: Friday, December 10, 7:00 – 8:30 p.m.
Location: Online via zoom, link on event page
Event page: https://www.facebook.com/events/802635657122439
Continue readingHomefullness in so-called Whatcom County: Can we get a witness?
November 15, 2021 Dena Jensen
Bellingham City Council held their November 15, 2021 Special Meeting – Public Comment session tonight. These sessions are not recorded. I have been trying to record each of them, myself, so I have a record of what our community members want their representatives to know. And I keep and submit a written copy of my comments via EngageBellingham, because over half of Council Members do not attend the public comment session each week that they occur, so they apparently never get to hear what has been said.
Continue readingMeeting sheltering needs in Whatcom County / Letter to local officials
November 11, 2021 Dena Jensen
During the November 9, 2021 Whatcom County Council Committee of the Whole meeting, Whatcom County Health Department Director Erika Lautenbach made the following statements to committee members regarding sheltering members of our community who are homeless:
Continue readingHow valid fears highlight gaps in our sheltering options / Comment to Whatcom County Council
November 9, 2021 Dena Jensen
I provided a public comment during Whatcom County Council’s Open Session tonight. You can send your comments to council@co.whatcom.wa.us.
Continue readingKristina Michele Martens shares post-election perspectives with Noisy Waters Northwest
November 8, 2021 Dena Jensen
But I just truly hope that a lot of people that would have normally never paid attention to a Council race or a campaign this long, and never thought that they could see themselves in local government and/or being able to have an impact – I’m hoping I inspired a handful who will go on to do the same, so that there’s just more people who understand the exact crises that we’re up against, being able to discuss them at a level that actually has impact.
— Kristina Michele Martens
An email to the Whatcom County Executive about barriers to equity / Noisy Waters Northwest
November 6, 2021 Dena Jensen
On October 20, I sent an email to Mayor Fleetwood, Bellingham City Council, the Whatcom County Executive, Whatcom County Council, and Bellingham Police Chief Flo Simon, providing links to the completed segments of the review I had written, “Whatcom Barriers to Equity, a review for 2021 candidates.”
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