Council Events, Forums and Town Halls

Special Joint Meeting of Civil Rights, Utilities, Economic Development, and Arts & Civic Development, Public Assets & Native Communities Committees. Agenda: The AIDS Memorial Pathway: where we started and where we're going; Public Comment.

Seattle Channel host Brian Callanan moderates a Public Forum to allow community groups and audience members to ask the qualified Council District 4 applicants questions. The eligible applicants are listed in alphabetical order: Brooke Brod, Darby DuComb, Kathryn Gardow, David A. Goldberg, Jordan Goldwarg, Sherae Lascelles, Jay Lazerwitz, Juan Martinez, Abel Pacheco Jr., Marjorie Press, Maritza Rivera, and Luke Wigren.

A special City Council meeting will be head on Wednesday, April 17, 5:30 p.m. and provide qualified applicants the opportunity to formally present a 3-minute presentation and respond to questions from City Councilmembers. The public will have the opportunity to provide comments.

The Council will vote to fill the vacancy at the 2:00 p.m. Full Council meeting on Monday, April 22.

Lunch and Learn on Anti-Displacement Strategies with community partners hosted by Councilmember Teresa Mosqueda.

Seattle's growth and consequent housing shortage have taken place in the context of historic wrongs rooted in racist redlining policies and continued exclusionary land use practices-resulting in many neighborhoods out of reach to all but the wealthy few, while low-income communities and communities of color are being displaced further and further from their jobs, their social networks, and their cultural and faith communities.

Presenters:

Giulia Pascuito, Puget Sound Sage: Displacement 101; Anti-Displacement Framework

Patrice Thomas, Rainier Beach Action Coalition: Story of Rainier Beach, jobs tie-in

Evelyn Allen, Black Community Impact Alliance and Catholic Community Services: Affirmative marketing and community-driven development in the Central District

Patience Malaba, Housing Development Consortium: Role of affordable housing; acquisition and preservation strategies

Uche Okezie, HomeSight: Homeownership, story of Othello Square

Xochitl Maykovich, Washington CAN: Eviction reform and other tenant issues

Councilmember Sally Bagshaw hosts a Caregiver Support Forum, part of Age Friendly Seattle and National Caregiver Month. Topics include caregiver stress and support services available through the City; dementia caregiving; respite care; expanded services available through the Medicaid Transformation Project; and legislative action and advocacy. For more information: Community Living Connections at 1-844-348-5464 or www.communitylivingconnections.org.

Presenters:

Councilmember Sally Bagshaw

Audrey Buehring, HSD Deputy Director

Cathy Knight, HSD/ADS Director

Amanda Bates, ADS Case Manager

Cathy MacCaul, AARP Washington

Karen Winston, ADS Planner

Lani Todd, SEIU 775

Councilmember Kshama Sawant hosts a People's Budget Affordable Housing rally at Yesler Community Center to discuss Seattle's affordable housing crisis.

Councilmember Teresa Mosqueda hosts a lunch and learn with Transform Health to discuss how the City of Sacramento is building an integrated system of care for the most vulnerable of the homeless population by bringing together health and housing partners. Through a health and equity lens, the city is helping stabilize the lives of the chronically homeless who are high utilizers of health and EMS services by addressing their healthcare, housing and social service needs to reduce barriers to accessing and maintaining housing. 

The lunch and learn talk, in connection with World Elder Abuse Awareness Day, focuses on elder abuse in Seattle and King County and the City's Vulnerable Adult Program.  Learn more.  

Speakers:
Sally Bagshaw, Seattle City Councilmember
Page Ulrey, Senior Deputy Prosecuting Attorney for King County
Amanda Froh, Senior Deputy Prosecuting Attorney for King County
Kathi Church, Elder Abuse Case Manager for Seattle
Peter Ubaldi, Seattle Fire Department Captain
Audrey Powers, Vulnerable Adult Case Manager for Seattle

Councilmember Kshama Sawant and the Affordable Housing Alliance hold a town hall to demand the City Council pass a $150 million Employee Hours Tax (EHT) on Seattle's biggest businesses to fund affordable housing and homeless services.

Councilmembers M. Lorena González, Rob Johnson and Teresa Mosqueda engage education advocates, families, and students for the first of several conversations with Council on what education could look like in Seattle. 

The purpose of this community forum is to allow community members to meet and ask questions of the applicants.

The People's Budget Town Hall opens up the doors of City Hall to ordinary people. This year's event focuses on the fight for affordable housing. Hosted by Councilmember Kshama Sawant.

A public forum hosted by Councilmember Mike O'Brien to review proposed solutions created as a result of the July 29, 2016 Safe and Healthy Communities Public Forum. The event begins with an introduction from the Councilmember and descriptions of proposed solutions, which aim to address safety and public health issues.

Councilmember Kshama Sawant and the Martin Luther King County Labor Council host a public forum on paid family and parental leave in Seattle.

Speakers include:

Nicole Grant, Executive Secretary-Treasurer, Martin Luther King County Labor Council
Mark Watson, Coalition of City Unions
Rachel Berkson, Executive Director, NARAL Pro-Choice Washington
Kamaria Hightower,Communications Director, Martin Luther King County Labor Council
Councilmember Kshama Sawant
Jaron Reed Goddard, Commissioner & Immediate past Chair, Seattle Women's Commission
Dr. Sheley Secrest - Vice President, NAACP
Shane Maldonado - Executive Director, LGBTQ Allyship
Dr. William Washington, MD,  Emergency Medicine Specialist
Leticia Parks, RN, Socialist Alternative member
Kim Earles - Ph.D in Political Science
Danielle Hulton - Owner, Ada's Technical Books & Café and The Office A Coworking Space
Kailyn Nicholson, Paid Family & Parental Leave coalition and Socialist Alternative member
Morgan Beach - Co-Chair, Seattle Women's Commission
Lynne Dodson - Secretary-Treasurer, Washington State Labor Council

Councilmember Mike O'Brien hosts a community forum to engage, educate, and activate residents of District 6 and the larger-community to address public safety and public health issues.
Full agenda includes introduction by Councilmember Mike O'Brien. Following the event introduction, informative speakers series includes Alison Eisinger, Executive Director of Seattle King County Coalition on Homelessness, Lisa Daugaard, Director of the Public Defender Association, and a representative from the Seattle Police Department. The largest portion of the event will occur after and will be small group sessions where participants can engage with one another and expert facilitators for productive conversations on the issues and responding to some of the speakers' points. Groups will have the opportunity to provide report backs and Councilmember O'Brien will provide closing remarks.

Councilmember Kshama Sawant hosts a public forum to support REI Employees for Real Change - workers who are fighting for a living wage, fair scheduling, and the right to unionize. Included on the agenda are Nicole Grant, a representative from the Martin Luther King Jr. County Labor Council, and Joe Earleywine, Organizing Director, UFCW Local 21, the state's largest private-sector union, with over 44,000 members in retail, health care, and other jobs.

Join Councilmember Kshama Sawant & the Capitol Hill Community Council to discuss expanding the Law Enforcement-Assisted Diversion (LEAD) program to Capitol Hill.

Join Seattle City Councilmember Kshama Sawant along with Seattle activists and organizers to discuss building a movement to end homelessness and make Seattle affordable for all. More details.