Cuts don’t fix recessions. Washington is ending it’s first year in debt…ever! This is not the time to punish struggling Americans, it is the time to lift up our brothers and sisters and help all of us thrive together. The Governor had an opportunity to come up with creative and progressive solutions to our deficit [...]
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Bring the Food Not Bombs Tour to Your School!
The Elect to End Poverty & Hunger Tour Bring the Elect to End Hunger and Poverty presentation to your campus. Learn about the campaign to end the criminalization of poverty and Food Not Bombs support of the global protest against austerity. Food Not Bombs co-founder Keith McHenry will share the history, principles and current activities [...]
A Plan to Improve Organic Food Distribution
I’m a huge proponent of organic farming, grocers and food. As someone who got their bachelors in Urban & Environmental Policy, I have a pretty strong knowledge of the impacts that agribusiness has had on our environment, food system and health. And yet I rarely leave a grocery store with nothing but organic food. Why [...]
Why You(th) Should Support Models of Diversity
This post comes to us from Sophia Sargeant in collaboration with Youth Noise, a national platform for young bloggers. Check out Youth Noise today! There is little doubt that the ‘standard’ models used on behalf of the media affects a teenagers view of him/herself. Over the last number of years, since the 60′s when the beautiful [...]
Come out and support paid sickdays this Wednesday (7/13)
Hello You(th), Should businesses offer paid sick days? Many people seem to think so and there is now a proposal that will mandate paid sick time for individuals that work in Seattle. It varies by company size and gives employers some flexibility. The organization behind this proposal is The Seattle Coalition for a Healthy Workforce [...]
Tabu and Seattle Slut Walk
Tabu is a nonprofit I started a year ago after realizing my own power in making a difference… During my final semester of college I produced a documentary featuring four women who are survivors of rape. Comments poured in celebrating the bravery of the women and the film itself. Suddenly, I had found my voice [...]
Stop the Spread of the Common Cold
You don’t have to be a doctor or a virologist, you just have to be a worker, sick at home, instead of work. Whether you work in a small office, or with the public or you serve their food –you shouldn’t work if you have the flu or a cold. The doctor and virologist wouldn’t [...]
Protests Greet Opening of New Gates Foundation Campus
Seattle, WA – On the public opening day of the new Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation campus in Seattle, local activists called attention to the negative aspects of the Foundation’s agricultural development efforts in Africa. Although farmers, activists, and civil society organizations throughout Africa and the US have pointed to fundamental problems with the programs [...]
