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Letter Urging Harborview to End Racial Harrassment
The following letter was sent on Wednesday, February 26, 2014. Dr. Paul Ramsey, CEO of UW Medicine & Executive Vice President for Medical Affairs Department of Medicine, University of Washington...
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Victory for custodians at the Harborview Medical Center!
This post is a follow-up on our office’s ongoing work with custodians at Harborview Medical Center who had been experiencing discrimination and harassment from their managers. For more background,...
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Letter Sent in Solidarity with Hunger Striking Detainees
The following letter was sent on Tuesday, March 11, 2014. Dr. George C. Zoley, CEO of GEO Group Inc. One Park Place, Suite 700 621 Northwest 53rd Street Boca Raton, FL 33487 President Barack Obama The...
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Gaza Solidarity: End the Brutal Violence and Killings
This Saturday I attended the weekly peaceful protest in Seattle against the violence being inflicted by the Israeli state on the people of Gaza. It was really gratifying to see a strong and defiant...
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Draft Letter Condemning Continued Violence in Gaza
On Monday August 4th at Full Council, I shared a draft letter with Councilmembers calling on Obama and members of both houses of Congress to condemn the continuation of violence in Gaza. Elected...
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Indigenous Peoples’ Day 2014
EDIT: Check out the Media Roundup from Indigenous Peoples’ Day, which includes interviews with Democracy Now, Al jazeera America, and more. After weeks of collaboration with Indigenous Rights...
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No New Youth Jail: Build the Struggle for Racial Justice
For many months, civil rights activists and community leaders have been organizing against the construction of a new youth detention center in King County. At many council meetings they have clearly...
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SPD Chief O’Toole to Answer Questions About Policing of Protests
On Monday, January 12th at 9:30 am at City Hall, Chief O’Toole and other leading officials from the Seattle Police Department will answer questions from Councilmembers about the SPD‘s policing of the...
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MLK Day Rally Speech Outside Youth Jail, January 19, 2015
On Martin Luther King, Jr. Day, January 19, 2015, I gave the following speech outside of our local youth jail. My Sisters and Brothers, Greetings on this day of remembrance for the great fighter and...
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Press conference with pepper-sprayed teacher
Garfield High School teacher and social justice activist, Jesse Hagopian, announced at a press conference on January 28th that he is filing a lawsuit against the City of Seattle and the Seattle...
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On Juneteenth – Build the Struggle against Racism
Sisters & Brothers, Today is Juneteenth, the day we celebrate the end of the Civil War and the smashing of slavery – one of the most brutally oppressive systems the world has known. While the...
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My Comments About Anti-Chinese Legislation
On August 3, 2015, I was pleased to vote for a Seattle City Council resolution condemning the racist anti-Chinese legislation and policies that were so ubiquitous in the late 19th and early 20th...
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Community Forum: Stand with Seattle Educators!
On September 10th, 2015, three days after the Seattle Education Association went on strike for a fair contract, I hosted a Community Forum, “Stand with Seattle Educators – Support a Fair Contract and...
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“Seattle Educators Week” Resolution Passes Unanimously
Thank you to all those who came to City Hall today to support my resolution designating this week as Seattle Educators Week! With the unanimous passage of this legislation, the City Council calls on...
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Please Support the Rent Control Resolution Sponsored by Councilmembers Sawant...
On Thursday, September 17 at 9:00 AM at City Hall, the City Council’s Housing Committee will discuss the Rent Control Resolution introduced by Councilmember Nick Licata and me (more details on the...
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Speech on the Establishment of Seattle Educators Week
On September 9, 2015, my resolution to designate the week of September 14-18 as Seattle Educators Week passed unanimously. Within this legislation, the Seattle City Council called on the school...
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My Speech on Seattle’s Call for Zero Youth Detention
On September 21, 2015, the Seattle City Council unanimously adopted a resolution committing to a vision of zero youth detentions within Seattle. Congratulations to the activists and community members...
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Indigenous Peoples’ Day 2015 – Recognizing the Painful History of the Indian...
Last year, it was my good fortune to have worked with indigenous community activists on the creation of Indigenous People’s Day in Seattle. By passing this historic resolution, the City of Seattle...
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Fund Career Bridge, Fight Racial Injustice
Over the last two decades, Seattle has seen a massive influx of new workers, particularly in the tech industries. City Hall has gone to great lengths to court specific companies through sweetheart...
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Resist Trump! Inauguration Week Actions
Mass protests during inauguration week are extremely important. We need to send a clear message to Trump that he has no mandate for his bigoted and anti-worker agenda. Join Seattle’s Anti-Trump...
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