In case you didn’t hear, the Seattle Police Department (SPD) is currently under investigation by the Federal Department of Justice (DoJ), a result of several years of perpetual police brutality directed overwhelmingly at Black, Latino, and Native, Seattlites. A recounting of the blatant and unconscionable brutality repeated by various officers of the SPD can be [...]
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Turning Stories 2 Solutions: Stop the School 2 Prison Pipeline. League of Education Voters
Event Title & Host Turning Stories 2 Solutions: Stop the School 2 Prison Pipeline. Our American Generation & the League of Education Voters Registration – Reserve your seat http://salsa.wiredforchange.com/o/5892/p/salsa/event/common/public/?event_KEY=33225 When? Oct. 18, 2011 6:30-8:30 Where? Kent Senior Center 600 East Smith Street Kent, WA 98030 Why? School discipline is an equity issue. Description A student [...]
Test Blasts on the Historical Landscape
Do you(th) know the most bombed country on earth? American adolescence and naïveté may tell you some poor Middle Eastern country takes the gong. American bravado and arrogance may lean you towards some small, far-off nation in “need” of American “assistance” and “liberation.”
Let Them Learn In Prison
This article will be published in Real Change News on Wednesday, 9/21. Go buy a copy from your neighborhood vendor! Maggie Wilkens – League of Education Voters Scott Davis – Our American Generation Each year, the racial disparities in Washington’s education system grow. The worst performing, least-funded schools continue to lose ground with their peers, [...]
Schools 2 Prisons Roundup
The Podcast Series Download the whole series on iTunes! or, choose an episode below and play it from your browser! Episode 1: The Opportunity Gap Download the mp3 Download the full transcript here: Schools 2 Prisons 1: The Opportunity Gap (PDF) Summary: In this first podcast of the three-part series, we’ll introduce you to the [...]
Seattle Schools Student Report Card
This Summer I have the wonderful opportunity to be working with students from South & Central Seattle high schools, and to get personal insights into their Seattle public school experience. For one, this is a learning experience for me because I didn’t grow up in Washington, and all the experiences they share with me augur [...]
Got Reform?
Have you checked out all of our zines yet? Get your favorites! Over the past several decades, a ‘tough-on-crime’ agenda has come to dominate local, state and national politics, resulting in an unprecedented rise in American incarceration. Today, almost one out of every one hundred adults in America is detained in either a jail or [...]
Out with Sodexo! In with You(th)!
United Students Against Sweatshops and the Case Against Sodexo Over the past two years, university students across the nation affiliated with United Students Against Sweatshops (USAS) have been running a campaign to kick out Sodexo—an infamous multinational food service provider—from our campuses. Here in Seattle at the University of Washington, Sodexo has a multi-million dollar [...]
Local Environmental Justice Update
You might know that I am concerned about pollution pretty much all the time. But I’ll be realistic, pollution happens. For example, this holiday I was kickin’ it in Bali, Indonesia and despite the fact that it seems like the happiest place on Earth, every once in awhile the toxic fumes from hundreds of mopeds [...]
