Between Jan.-July 2023, 38.1 million trips were made to WA. What kind of people are visiting the Evergreen State and its cities? Who feels that they can do so safely?

These are the questions Anthony and Marlie Love set out to answer with Traveling While Black.
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Join us and many friends to call on the City of Seattle for more sustainable and equitable transportation and housing options! This Saturday 2PM at Jimi Hendrix Park. Let’s build community, learn from speakers, eat good food, and take action together! 🎉 actionnetwork.org/events/rally-f…

Have some free time Friday or Saturday? Join our awesome field staff and volunteers to gather signatures for I-137. Seattleites can't vote on I-137 to fund social housing if we don't have enough signatures to qualify! Sign up here letsbuildsocialhousing.org/upcomingevents

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THREAD: Today, on the last day of Black Maternal Health Week, I reported on the powerful, innovative and literally life-saving work the Doulas for All coalition is doing to advance reproductive justice throughout Washington state.

Check out my new article about a queer iftar :) Real Change

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A new issue of Real Change is out now! Feat. associate editor Marian Mohamed's story about Traveling While Black.

Buy a paper from Darrell Wrenn, who sells outside the Kirkland PCC. Can't make it out? Read online & Venmo Darrell! Just Venmo @/Real-Change & put 'Darrell 13604' in the notes

Today is the last day of Black Maternal Health Week!

Read Guy Oron's story to learn how recent achievements from Doulas For All could improve maternal & infant health outcomes among Black communities in WA.
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Seattle! Join us at 2pm on Earth Day (Sat. 4/20) for the Transportation and Housing Rally for a Healthy Future - a community rally to push for more housing and better transportation from the City of Seattle. Learn more and RSVP here: bit.ly/scwa-earthday-…

'The larger issue isn’t how to explain to your children why some people live in tents. It’s how to explain to your children that you have, in their name, in their honor, persistently blocked access to housing and other assistance.'

Via Hanna Brooks Olsen.
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This sunny weather (and your amazing support) is honestly the main thing making me happy this Friday. Listen to Crystal Fincher (finchfrii on all platforms) and I discuss some of the dreary news of the week on Hacks & Wonks’ week-in-review:

“We’re Black and Muslim, and we can’t change our skin color. Especially in America, where they perceive Muslim and Black people negatively.”

UW students and allies are calling on the university to take action after a wave of Islamophobic attacks.
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Seattle’s cherry blossom trees have been revered as a symbol of the city’s friendly relations with Japan, but the flower-filled branches cast a shadow upon Seattle’s complicated history with its Japanese American residents.
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Join Disability Mobility Initiative & others Rally for our Future as the city finalizes the comp plan & levy. There will be performers, games, food, and speakers to celebrate Earth Day by pushing for more housing and better transportation. #ALevyForAllSeattle tinyurl.com/Rally4ourFuture

We need 27,000 signatures in 9 weeks! We can do this, but we need you to sign up to gather signatures. We have signature gathering events across the city! Check out our calendar and plug in

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This week’s paper features associate editor Marian Mohamed’s story all about Seattle's cherry blossom trees🌸💕

Buy a paper from Charmaine Cooley at the Uptown Metropolitan Market sometime this week to read about it!

350 Seattle Disability Mobility Initiative Be:Seattle Transit Riders Union Sierra Club Washington State Puget Sound Sage The Urbanist Seattle Subway Real Change HON- SIGN I-137 fund social housing🏘️🌲 Please join us:

Transportation and Housing for a Healthy Future Rally
Saturday, April 20, at 2:00 pm at Jimi Hendrix Park

Performers, games, food and speakers to celebrate Earth Day by pushing for more housing and better transportation.

350 Seattle Disability Mobility Initiative Be:Seattle Transit Riders Union Sierra Club Washington State Puget Sound Sage The Urbanist Seattle Subway Real Change HON- SIGN I-137 fund social housing🏘️🌲 The levy should
1) Dedicate at least 50% of levy funding to improvements for 🚶🏻‍♀️🚴🏿‍♀️🚎👩🏽‍🦽.
2) Prioritize levy funding for historically disinvested communities that do not yet have safe walking and biking infrastructure.
3) Be at least $1.7B to make real progress towards our goals.