GBI Panel Tuesday Oct 10, 6:30-8 pm
The Seattle Solidarity Budget has coordinated a panel discussion on guaranteed basic income (GBI) that will be a great opportunity to build solidarity and learn. Doors open at 6 pm, and the program begins at 6:30 pm. Food will be provided! Where: Rainier Arts Center, 3515 South Alaska St, Columbia City.
Here are the amazing panelists:
Jaelynn Scott, Lavender Rights Project
Patanjali de la Rocha, Hummingbird Nest GBI
Abigail Lawson, Growing Resilience In Tacoma (GRIT)
Girmay Zahilay, King County Councilmember
Moderated by; Chrissy Shimizu, Puget Sound Sage Executive Director
Can't make it in person? Check out the livestream or the video afterwards on the SB YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCs32BGm7CplXq_3EqLvOAdg
I’ll be there and hope to see you, too!
-Peter Condit
Seattle Solidarity Budget is in full swing
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Community Solutions: Restorative Justice
Check out this conversation with RVC’s partners (Creative Justice, Restorative Community Pathways, and WA-BLOC) on how they are innovating some of the best solutions to frontline issues in our communities without harmful systems of punishment & incarceration.
The discussion includes
What is Restorative Justice (RJ)
Why our communities need it
The status of RJ in King County
Why partners take the approaches they do
The impact it is making in our communities
What you can do to support the movement
How powerful the Restorative Justice movement is in building lasting change & healing in our communities.
Watch it here:
-Cause Haun, via the RVC blog
Protect the Black Lives Memorial Garden (BLMG)
Seattle Parks and Recreation is planning to destroy the BLMG (located in Cal Anderson Park) starting on October 13th. Black Star Farmers have sent this important message to organize community members into action.
Join the conversation and support:
Sun Oct 8 @ 7PM at BLMG
Tues Oct 10 @ 7PM online
Thursday Oct 12 @ 7PM at BLMG
For more, see the Black Star Farmer’s full message: https://mailchi.mp/blackstarfarmers.org/urgent-spr-plans-to-destroy-blmg.