by Ari Robin McKenna On Tuesday, April 24, a group of Seattle Colleges professors protested outside the Broadway Performance Hall before walking to their district headquarters, Siegal Center. Inside, union leaders, who professors say aren’t fully representing their needs, were bargaining. Their salaries for the next three years hung in the balance between the 0% … Continue reading Seattle Colleges Professors Protest Stagnant Salaries While Inflation Soars→
by Ari Robin McKenna With the return to Seattle Public Schools (SPS) only days away and the COVID-19 vaccine for children under 12 years old still months away, there sits a cloud of uncertainty looming over the return to school — especially for unvaccinated students in grades K–6. Making matters more complicated, “trusting science” has … Continue reading Emergence of Delta Variant Means a Back-to-School Like No Other→
Recently, at Arena Sports Magnuson, Edgar played another Tuesday night game for his squad, Street Soccer Seattle — made up of players who are or have been recently on the city’s streets or in its shelters. To onlookers, the only thing that suggested anything more than a game of soccer was taking place was that Edgar seemed to be smiling, imperceptibly. When he was knocked to the turf by the opposition, or when a pass arrived late, Edgar’s calm remained.
At each session, Taskesen introduces students to aspects of the MENA region, tying those aspects to the breakout groups she and the other mentors run in engineering, robotics, coding, and art. The mentors are intentional about building relationships with students, crafting fun, collaborative tasks, and weaving in MENA culture throughout.
At the Emerald we wrestle with the ideas and nuances of reporting on violence in the community as part of our larger community news coverage. We don’t want to ignore it, but we don’t want to buy into the sensational. And for sure we don’t want to cover it in a way that leaves the impression this is representative of the South End. This violence doesn’t represent who these communities are, and it doesn’t define them. It’s also grievously wrong: Community violence isn’t a South End problem. It’s a citywide, regional, and national issue.
On Sept. 27, a spirited crowd packed the SoDo auditorium where Seattle’s school board meetings are held. Word had circulated that anti-trans activists were signed up to speak. Trans students, their allies, and the adults raising them were in attendance, and a showdown of sorts took place.
After months of speculation, reaction was muted last week to the Seattle Public Schools (SPS) announcement that it will not close schools in the next two school years as it struggles to meet a projected $104.4 million budget shortfall.
The Seattle Public Schools board of directors is facing tough decisions about how to address a $104.4 million funding deficit Superintendent Dr. Brent Jones called “a perfect storm” for the 2024–2025 school year.
Though the City of Tukwila has evolved to become majority-minority along with its schools, where students speak 80 languages, the Tukwila School Board is currently all white and has been for most of the last few decades. The superintendent of Tukwila School District (TSD) and the school board president are hoping to change that, and if more qualified candidates were to come forward in the next month, as many as three of five board districts could have representation from people who are part of the global majority.
Amplifying the Authentic Narratives of South Seattle
