by Kelsey Hamlin
Over the summer, Seattle’s #NoNewYouthJail movement’s future steps seemed unclear. After more than five years of protests, demonstrations, teach-ins and community outreach, it appeared the “youth jail” people had been fighting vehemently against would soon be constructed on 12th and Alder in the Squire Park neighborhood. Continue reading #NoNewYouthJail Movement Says Flawed Appeals Process Aided Juvy’s Construction
by Sharon H. Chang
Over the last decade and a half the March For Workers & Immigrants Rights has been the largest May Day event in Seattle. Led by El Comité and May 1st Action Coalition, the main march sees thousands walk from Judkins Park to the Seattle Center with, this year, nearly seventy organizations represented.
But for the last three years womxn of color have been growing their own home inside and outside this main march. Continue reading May Day’s “Womxn of Color and Families Contingent”
by Chetanya Robinson
Seattle’s March for Science on Earth Day brought thousands of people into the streets, waving nerdy and outspoken signs. They marched to assert the value of science to society and to protest the Trump administration’s threats to scientific and environmental facts themselves. Continue reading Advancing Towards Inclusion: An Interview With the March on Science’s Diversity Lead
by Damme Getachew
(This article was previously published on The Seattle Globalist and has been reprinted with permission)
Dancing, singing, drumming. That was the atmosphere as dozens of local organizations gathered Monday afternoon for the annual May Day Seattle March for Workers and Immigration Rights from Judkins Park to Seattle Center. Continue reading Seattle May Day Marchers “Share Songs, Share Space” to Support Immigrants, Workers
by Sharayah Lane
While some spent Earth Day 2017 marching for science and others practicing a day of environmental service, young women, gender non-conforming youth, transgender youth and their allies gathered at South Seattle College to engage in the youth-led social justice Girlvolution conference. Continue reading “Girls on Fire” at Youth-Led Social Justice Conference
by Lornet Turnbull
Next month, a new farmers market will sprout up on Kent’s East Hill.
Featuring produce by South King County farmers, it is the product of Living Well Kent, a grassroots collaborative led almost exclusively by immigrants, refugees and people of color.
The organization got its start with a 2014 Centers for Disease Control and Prevention grant aimed at improving health and wellness across the country. Continue reading Immigrant and POC- Centered Food Collaborative Wants South King County to “Live Well”
by Kelsey Hamlin
While hundreds turned out Saturday for a months in the making Black Lives Matter March 2.0 , another event sprouted up nearly two weeks ago among activist’s Facebook feeds: A “We Want In” rally and block party. The latter gathered local Black organizers, local artists, and resources all in one place Saturday afternoon at 23rd and Union, a historically Black neighborhood. Continue reading Alternative BLM Protest Focuses On Halting Displacement
by Sharayah Lane
Kendrick Lamar’s “Humble” vibes through the room and laughter rises in waves as everyone gets in on the after school jokes.
Walking into a room of teenagers can no doubt be intimidating but the first to come and introduce herself is Lewam Fitwi. Continue reading Shero’s Rising: Girlvolution Energizes Next Generation of Activists
by Marilee Jolin
A warm, spring sun shone down Monday morning as 70+ people gathered on the corner of 1st Ave N and Republican, across the street from the offices of Howard S. Wright Co., to oppose the King County’s plan to build a new youth jail. To commemorate the start of Passover, as well as Holy Week, anti-racist Jews and Christians came together to participate in a shared ritual and action, expressing both faith traditions’ commitment to racial and social justice. Continue reading Jews, Christians protest new youth jail in Table Turning/Passover Monday
by Kelsey Hamlin
(Updated 4/4/17 at 3:40 pm)
When it comes to America’s legal system, it has a rather interesting history: Going from grotesque but nonetheless visible executions to traumatic and invisible navigation and punishment. Nearly everything about the judicial and legal system takes place outside of the public eye: legal financial obligations, sentencing, figuring out where to go and what time and if it’s even possible to make it to court while working and with kids, attempting to get an often unaffordable or otherwise overworked lawyer, reliving traumatic events for testimony, the list goes on. Continue reading UW Shooting Victim’s Partner Wants People to Engage Reality
