Housing for All Coalition seeks humanitarian solutions to homelessness in Seattle

By Matthew Lang If you live in Seattle, you’ve noticed it. It’s been painfully present: the housing and homeless crisis. It’s only getting worse: the current official estimate of unhoused people living in King County is 11,600. Of that number, 5,485 of them sleep every night without shelter. Most will …

Building participatory democracy in the Puget Sound

History textbooks notoriously overlook deep historical patterns. When we are taught in school about the colonization of the Americas by Europeans or the abolition of slavery, our teachers present them as if singularities. Abraham Lincoln was an enlightened savior*. Vladimir Lenin is painted as single-handedly overthrowing the Russian Tsarists in …

Personal Security While Protesting

***None of this is Legal Advice. Please talk to a lawyer for Legal Advice*** Understand that there is a real chance that you can be arrested. Never go protesting alone. Go with a friend and always stay within eyesight of each other. Determine some place to meet afterwards in case …

Basic Security Culture

What is Security Culture? Security Culture is a set of practices and a mindset that is designed to help keep the security of a group or organization. Why is Security Culture Needed? With the evolution of the computers, the internet,  cloud computing, online backups, cell phones, cameras, etc., we now …

Spokescouncil Meeting – Saturday, January 7

Please join us on Saturday, January 7 at 3 pm for our first Spokescouncil meeting. This meeting will be an opportunity for Neighborhood Action Groups from all over Seattle (and outside the city!) to connect, share, and cross-pollinate. We will also be voting on proposals regarding NAC organizing structure, and …