As a new year starts with hope and possibility, please enjoy this Sept 2023 re-air where Crystal Fincher (finchfrii on all platforms) welcomes Dr. Ben Danielson, director of AHSHAY Center, for an important conversation about ending youth incarceration. officialhacksandwonks.com/blog/dr-ben-da… 🧵 1/16

proud of all the hard work the Hacks & Wonks team put in last (!) year! 😅

Hoping everyone listens to this episode about proposed dangerous surveillance technology 👁️ and asks City of Seattle to give us win-wins rather than lose-loses!

The new SPOG contract is up for approval at Seattle City Council next Tuesday. Trying to advocate and engage with an utterly opaque process over the last 5+ years has been challenging and frustrating. Despite that, I am still shocked at how one-sided the agreement turned out 💔

On this week-in-review, Crystal Fincher (finchfrii on all platforms) and shannon cheng discuss: 📂Filing week & the 3⃣ Bobs ⚖️Boeing to face criminal prosecution 🥡Gig worker rights battle 🤝Mega-coalition criticizes Harrell’s Comp Plan 🚔Disappointing SPOG contract approved officialhacksandwonks.com/week-in-review… 🧵 1/12

🚨Seattle/State Leg ACTION ALERT If you are part of the 80% of Seattle voters who support civilianized crisis response to low-priority calls, take 30s to sign in PRO to HB 1816 by TOMORROW at 9:30a! 1/3 app.leg.wa.gov/csi/Testifier/…

We’re baaaaaack! Some news: Crystal & Monisha Harrell have acquired KVRU 105.7 FM, a non-profit, non-commercial community radio station based in South Seattle, with plans to preserve it as a trusted resource through community-driven programming 📻🎶🎙️ officialhacksandwonks.com/build-with-us-…