Community Matters Campaign
2010 CMC is coming!
Submitted by saraneppl on Mon, 07/12/2010 - 12:38pm
If you're subscribed to our e-news, you already know we're gearing up for our 2010 Community Matters Campaign! (CMC for short.) This year's theme is public trust: we'll explore different aspects of public trust through forums, election debates, community dialogues, online resources and (new this year!) an online living voters guide.
What do you think about public trust?
- Do you live in a close-knit community?
- Do you trust your neighbors or your government to step in and intervene if necessary?
- How do you think public trust influences current immigration policy reform discussions?
- How would you prefer to engage with your fellow citizens and elected officials to express your voice and play a role in policy outcomes?
- Do you feel like you know about issues that are important to you and how you can take action on them?
- If you take the time to get involved, do you feel like it matters?
New this year, CityClub is partnering with the University of Washington Center for Communication and Civic Engagement and Department of Computer Science and Engineering to create a first-ever "Living Voters Guide" developed by and for the public on the fall ballot initiatives. Through community deliberation, participants will create opinion statements and recommendations for fellow voters.
As always, the campaign begins with United Way's Day of Caring and ends on Election Day. This year our kick-off event will be on September 21: A Conversation with David Gregory, host of NBC's "Meet the Press"!
2009 Community Matters Campaign Final Report is here!
Submitted by saraneppl on Thu, 02/25/2010 - 1:42pm
CityClub’s Fall 2009
Community Matters Campaign (CMC) involved over 7,200 individuals, organizations
and community groups who participated in forums, surveys, face-to-face and
on-line dialogues and debates about this year’s focus topic: The Seattle
Foundation’s 2008 Healthy Community
Report findings on the state of education and economic opportunity in King
County. The Community Matters Campaign addresses CityClub's goal to connect
citizen input to leadership decisions and public policy.
A Few Links - getting ready for the education forum!
Submitted by saraneppl on Tue, 02/09/2010 - 1:06pmA few noteworthy tidbits from the expanse of the internet:
- League of Education Voters is keeping track of what's going on in the legislature's current session with regard to education on their Education Reform 2010 page - not so you don't have to, but so it's much easier. With categories like "Hot Education Bills", "Recent Press" and a list of resources, LEV's created an easily navigable collection of information and opinion about education reform in 2010. (LEV's Lisa Macfarlane, Director of External Affairs, is on our upcoming panel.)
- Did you know Scott Oki (also a panelist) has a new book out? Titled Outrageous Learning, the book's website says: "In this thought provoking new book, Oki describes the ills facing public schools and coolly applies the same frank, no-nonsense analysis that made him one of the most successful top executives at Microsoft and a recognized leader in the technology world."
If you find this topic as important and timely as we, don't miss the discussion on February 24. Additionally, we're putting the final touches on our 2009 Community Matters Campaign Final Report - the campaign focused on education and economic opportunity - and when it's ready, it will be available on our website. Coming soon!
- League of Education Voters is keeping track of what's going on in the legislature's current session with regard to education on their Education Reform 2010 page - not so you don't have to, but so it's much easier. With categories like "Hot Education Bills", "Recent Press" and a list of resources, LEV's created an easily navigable collection of information and opinion about education reform in 2010. (LEV's Lisa Macfarlane, Director of External Affairs, is on our upcoming panel.)
- Did you know Scott Oki (also a panelist) has a new book out? Titled Outrageous Learning, the book's website says: "In this thought provoking new book, Oki describes the ills facing public schools and coolly applies the same frank, no-nonsense analysis that made him one of the most successful top executives at Microsoft and a recognized leader in the technology world."
If you find this topic as important and timely as we, don't miss the discussion on February 24. Additionally, we're putting the final touches on our 2009 Community Matters Campaign Final Report - the campaign focused on education and economic opportunity - and when it's ready, it will be available on our website. Coming soon!
This year's People's Choice Award winners - so photogenic!
Submitted by saraneppl on Thu, 12/03/2009 - 11:49am
Eric Liu of the Guiding Lights Network with representatives from our six 2009 People's Choice Award winners - 4C Coalition, League of Education Voters, MAD (Making A Difference), Para Los Niños, Puget Sound Off (PSO) and SOAR - learn more about their organizations and find links to their websites here.
Congratulations again, winners!
2009 People's Choice Award Winners Announced!
Submitted by saraneppl on Thu, 11/05/2009 - 12:51pmOver the course of the Community Matters Campaign (CMC) this fall, we've convened hundreds of participants – both online and face-to-face – in community conversations about this year's theme: education and economic opportunity. During these sessions, participants voted on what they thought was the best strategy for working toward solutions to issues in these two areas. (We also offered the opportunity to vote on our webpage and at our events during CMC.)
They responded 2-1 in favor of the following two strategies outlined in the The Seattle Foundation's Healthy Community Report:
Our winner selection demonstrates the ecology of community engagement needed to make a difference. The People’s Choice Awardees represent a spectrum of organization format, scale and focus. One is a recently emerged organic and quickly changing organization formed by and for youth. Another unites youth and parents. Others bring diverse community sectors together to foster change and opportunity. Still others work on the systemic level through policy development and advocacy. It’s together - across these various modes of organization and action - that change can be created and sustained in our community.
We invite you to join us - as well as Eric Liu of the Guiding Lights Network and Norman B. Rice of The Seattle Foundation - in celebrating the diverse and dynamic organizations that make up the 2009 People’s Choice Award winners on the evening of November 16 from 6-8pm at City Hall in Seattle. Click here to learn more, and sign up now! (I should mention there will be cake. And hot cocoa!) Here's a snapshot from last year's party:
The 2008 winners!
MAD (Making A Difference) – MAD is a newly emergent youth led non-violence group whose mission is to advocate for victims of violence. (MAD currently has no website)
Puget Sound Off (PSO) – Eighteen area teens came together in the Summer of 2007 to design the Puget Sound Off website after gathering input from 180 peers, including the Mayor's Youth Council. PSO’s mission is to provide youth with a forum for discussion, artistic expression, and action as a way to empower and encourage youth to have a strong voice. The project aims be a catalyst for increasing youth involvement and engagement within the community while encouraging expression of one's beliefs, respect for others, and commitment to public service.
Para Los Niños - Para Los Niños is a grassroots community organization founded by members of the community it serves—the growing immigrant, Spanish-speaking population in South King County. Para Los Niños builds a healthy community with a focus on Latino immigrants. It supports holistic, family-based educational opportunities and builds lasting community networks.
4C Coalition - 4C is an acronym for Clergy, Community, and Children/Youth Coalition. In partnership with King County Superior Court, 4C provides mentors to young persons involved in the juvenile justice system. The 4C Coalition is not a program to solve a problem, but a process to provide possibilities: mentors to youth, church and community resources to families, and a united voice to the community and government agencies to educate and effectively address youth issues.
SOAR - A community coalition dedicated to building partnerships that support the healthy development and success of children, youth and families in King County. SOAR connects, convenes and catalyzes communities around common goals and strategies and strives to create alignment between systems, sectors, organizations, providers and practice.
League of Education Voters - The League works to improve Washington’s public schools through a grassroots statewide network of advocates. Its mission is to make Washington’s preschools, public schools, and colleges the best in the nation. Its goals are:
They responded 2-1 in favor of the following two strategies outlined in the The Seattle Foundation's Healthy Community Report:
- Involve families and communities in student achievement and aspirations
- Increase support for high-quality public schools
Our winner selection demonstrates the ecology of community engagement needed to make a difference. The People’s Choice Awardees represent a spectrum of organization format, scale and focus. One is a recently emerged organic and quickly changing organization formed by and for youth. Another unites youth and parents. Others bring diverse community sectors together to foster change and opportunity. Still others work on the systemic level through policy development and advocacy. It’s together - across these various modes of organization and action - that change can be created and sustained in our community.
We invite you to join us - as well as Eric Liu of the Guiding Lights Network and Norman B. Rice of The Seattle Foundation - in celebrating the diverse and dynamic organizations that make up the 2009 People’s Choice Award winners on the evening of November 16 from 6-8pm at City Hall in Seattle. Click here to learn more, and sign up now! (I should mention there will be cake. And hot cocoa!) Here's a snapshot from last year's party:
The 2008 winners!
2009 People’s Choice Award Winners!
MAD (Making A Difference) – MAD is a newly emergent youth led non-violence group whose mission is to advocate for victims of violence. (MAD currently has no website)
Puget Sound Off (PSO) – Eighteen area teens came together in the Summer of 2007 to design the Puget Sound Off website after gathering input from 180 peers, including the Mayor's Youth Council. PSO’s mission is to provide youth with a forum for discussion, artistic expression, and action as a way to empower and encourage youth to have a strong voice. The project aims be a catalyst for increasing youth involvement and engagement within the community while encouraging expression of one's beliefs, respect for others, and commitment to public service.
Para Los Niños - Para Los Niños is a grassroots community organization founded by members of the community it serves—the growing immigrant, Spanish-speaking population in South King County. Para Los Niños builds a healthy community with a focus on Latino immigrants. It supports holistic, family-based educational opportunities and builds lasting community networks.
4C Coalition - 4C is an acronym for Clergy, Community, and Children/Youth Coalition. In partnership with King County Superior Court, 4C provides mentors to young persons involved in the juvenile justice system. The 4C Coalition is not a program to solve a problem, but a process to provide possibilities: mentors to youth, church and community resources to families, and a united voice to the community and government agencies to educate and effectively address youth issues.
SOAR - A community coalition dedicated to building partnerships that support the healthy development and success of children, youth and families in King County. SOAR connects, convenes and catalyzes communities around common goals and strategies and strives to create alignment between systems, sectors, organizations, providers and practice.
League of Education Voters - The League works to improve Washington’s public schools through a grassroots statewide network of advocates. Its mission is to make Washington’s preschools, public schools, and colleges the best in the nation. Its goals are:
- Every child reads by the third grade, with more attention to early learning and the role of parents.
- Every child is taught by an excellent teacher. Like all professionals, teachers deserve ongoing mentoring and training.
- Every child graduates from high school ready for college, work, and life. Standards for high school graduation must align with college entrance requirements.
- All students master the math and science they need to succeed in our technology-driven economy.
- More investment in our children’s education, but also more accountability to ensure all children succeed.
As Election Day Nears, Review our Lightning Rounds!
Submitted by saraneppl on Wed, 10/28/2009 - 1:14pmWhat did the candidates say? Sometimes it's hard for us to remember, too. Here's a snapshot of our lightning rounds from October's Mayor and City Council debates. (You can also view the videos from each debate online: here's mayor and here's city council.)
Do you support keeping the ride free zone even if it means increasing the amount of money paid by the city to maintain it?
Mallahan - Yes | McGinn - Yes
Arts groups are worried the recession puts their city funding on the chopping block. As mayor would you protect them?
Mallahan - Yes | McGinn - Yes
Do you think the circumstances that exist today could lead in the next few years to the city taking over the Seattle public schools?
Mallahan - No | McGinn - no response
Do you support Mayor Nickels' $200 million Mercer make-over plan?
Mallahan - Waffle | McGinn - Waffle
Do you support repealing the City head tax?
Mallahan - Yes | McGinn - No
Do you grow any of your own food?
Mallahan - Yes | McGinn - Yes
Do you support building the 1st Avenue streetcar route?
Mallahan - No | McGinn - No
Do you support a Levy for Seattle Center in 2010 or 2011 to pay for their Vision Plan?
Mallahan - Waffle | McGinn - Waffle
Do you support Tim Burgess's plan to crack down even harder on panhandling?
Mallahan - Waffle | McGinn - No
Do you support the expansion plan for Children's Hospital?
Mallahan - Yes | McGinn - Yes
Do you support the Housing Levy on the November ballot?
Mallahan - Yes | McGinn - Yes
Do you support Eyeman's Initiative 1033?
Mallahan - No | McGinn - No
How will you vote on Referendum 71?
Mallahan - Yes | McGinn - Yes
Do you support keeping the ride free zone even if it means increasing the amount of money paid by the city to maintain it?
Conlin - Yes | Ginsberg - Yes | Bagshaw - Yes | Bloom - Yes
Israel - Yes | Licata - Yes | O'Brien - Yes | Rosencrantz - Yes
Arts groups are worried the recession puts their city funding on the chopping block. As a city councilmember would you protect them?
Conlin - Yes | Ginsberg - Yes | Bagshaw - Yes | Bloom - Yes
Israel - Yes | Licata - Yes | O'Brien - Yes | Rosencrantz - Yes
Do you think the circumstances that exist today could lead in the next few years to the city taking over the Seattle public schools?
Conlin - Waffle | Ginsberg - No | Bagshaw - No | Bloom - No
Israel - No | Licata - No | O'Brien - No | Rosencrantz - No
Do you support Mayor Nickels' $200 million Mercer make-over plan?
Conlin - Yes | Ginsberg - Yes | Bagshaw - Yes | Bloom - No
Israel - Yes | Licata - No | O'Brien - Waffle | Rosencrantz - Waffle
Do you support repealing the City head tax?
Conlin - Yes | Ginsberg - Yes | Bagshaw - Yes | Bloom - No
Israel - Yes | Licata - Yes | O'Brien - No | Rosencrantz - Yes
Do you grow any of your own food?
Conlin - Yes | Ginsberg - Yes | Bagshaw - Yes | Bloom - No
Israel - Yes | Licata - Yes | O'Brien - Yes | Rosencrantz - Yes
Do you support building the 1st Avenue streetcar route?
Conlin - Waffle | Ginsberg - Yes | Bagshaw - Yes | Bloom - No
Israel - Yes | Licata - No | O'Brien - No | Rosencrantz - No
Do you support a Levy for Seattle Center in 2010 or 2011 to pay for their Vision Plan?
Conlin - Waffle | Ginsberg - Yes | Bagshaw - No | Bloom - Waffle
Israel - Waffle | Licata - Yes | O'Brien - Yes | Rosencrantz - No
Do you support Tim Burgess's plan to crack down even harder on panhandling?
Conlin - Yes | Ginsberg - Waffle | Bagshaw - Yes | Bloom - No
Israel - Yes | Licata - Waffle | O'Brien - No | Rosencrantz - Yes
Do you support the Housing Levy on the November ballot?
Conlin - Yes | Ginsberg - Yes | Bagshaw - Yes | Bloom - Yes
Israel - Yes | Licata - Yes | O'Brien - Yes | Rosencrantz - Yes
Do you support Eyman's Initiative 1033?
Conlin - No | Ginsberg - No | Bagshaw - No | Bloom - No
Israel - No | Licata - No | O'Brien - No | Rosencrantz - No
How will you vote on Referendum 71?
Conlin - Yes | Ginsberg - Yes | Bagshaw - Yes | Bloom - Yes
Israel - Yes | Licata - Yes | O'Brien - Yes | Rosencrantz - Yes
Election Debate: Seattle Mayor
Do you support keeping the ride free zone even if it means increasing the amount of money paid by the city to maintain it?
Mallahan - Yes | McGinn - Yes
Arts groups are worried the recession puts their city funding on the chopping block. As mayor would you protect them?
Mallahan - Yes | McGinn - Yes
Do you think the circumstances that exist today could lead in the next few years to the city taking over the Seattle public schools?
Mallahan - No | McGinn - no response
Do you support Mayor Nickels' $200 million Mercer make-over plan?
Mallahan - Waffle | McGinn - Waffle
Do you support repealing the City head tax?
Mallahan - Yes | McGinn - No
Do you grow any of your own food?
Mallahan - Yes | McGinn - Yes
Do you support building the 1st Avenue streetcar route?
Mallahan - No | McGinn - No
Do you support a Levy for Seattle Center in 2010 or 2011 to pay for their Vision Plan?
Mallahan - Waffle | McGinn - Waffle
Do you support Tim Burgess's plan to crack down even harder on panhandling?
Mallahan - Waffle | McGinn - No
Do you support the expansion plan for Children's Hospital?
Mallahan - Yes | McGinn - Yes
Do you support the Housing Levy on the November ballot?
Mallahan - Yes | McGinn - Yes
Do you support Eyeman's Initiative 1033?
Mallahan - No | McGinn - No
How will you vote on Referendum 71?
Mallahan - Yes | McGinn - Yes
Election Debate: Seattle City Council
Do you support keeping the ride free zone even if it means increasing the amount of money paid by the city to maintain it?
Conlin - Yes | Ginsberg - Yes | Bagshaw - Yes | Bloom - Yes
Israel - Yes | Licata - Yes | O'Brien - Yes | Rosencrantz - Yes
Arts groups are worried the recession puts their city funding on the chopping block. As a city councilmember would you protect them?
Conlin - Yes | Ginsberg - Yes | Bagshaw - Yes | Bloom - Yes
Israel - Yes | Licata - Yes | O'Brien - Yes | Rosencrantz - Yes
Do you think the circumstances that exist today could lead in the next few years to the city taking over the Seattle public schools?
Conlin - Waffle | Ginsberg - No | Bagshaw - No | Bloom - No
Israel - No | Licata - No | O'Brien - No | Rosencrantz - No
Do you support Mayor Nickels' $200 million Mercer make-over plan?
Conlin - Yes | Ginsberg - Yes | Bagshaw - Yes | Bloom - No
Israel - Yes | Licata - No | O'Brien - Waffle | Rosencrantz - Waffle
Do you support repealing the City head tax?
Conlin - Yes | Ginsberg - Yes | Bagshaw - Yes | Bloom - No
Israel - Yes | Licata - Yes | O'Brien - No | Rosencrantz - Yes
Do you grow any of your own food?
Conlin - Yes | Ginsberg - Yes | Bagshaw - Yes | Bloom - No
Israel - Yes | Licata - Yes | O'Brien - Yes | Rosencrantz - Yes
Do you support building the 1st Avenue streetcar route?
Conlin - Waffle | Ginsberg - Yes | Bagshaw - Yes | Bloom - No
Israel - Yes | Licata - No | O'Brien - No | Rosencrantz - No
Do you support a Levy for Seattle Center in 2010 or 2011 to pay for their Vision Plan?
Conlin - Waffle | Ginsberg - Yes | Bagshaw - No | Bloom - Waffle
Israel - Waffle | Licata - Yes | O'Brien - Yes | Rosencrantz - No
Do you support Tim Burgess's plan to crack down even harder on panhandling?
Conlin - Yes | Ginsberg - Waffle | Bagshaw - Yes | Bloom - No
Israel - Yes | Licata - Waffle | O'Brien - No | Rosencrantz - Yes
Do you support the Housing Levy on the November ballot?
Conlin - Yes | Ginsberg - Yes | Bagshaw - Yes | Bloom - Yes
Israel - Yes | Licata - Yes | O'Brien - Yes | Rosencrantz - Yes
Do you support Eyman's Initiative 1033?
Conlin - No | Ginsberg - No | Bagshaw - No | Bloom - No
Israel - No | Licata - No | O'Brien - No | Rosencrantz - No
How will you vote on Referendum 71?
Conlin - Yes | Ginsberg - Yes | Bagshaw - Yes | Bloom - Yes
Israel - Yes | Licata - Yes | O'Brien - Yes | Rosencrantz - Yes
GOTV!
Submitted by saraneppl on Tue, 10/27/2009 - 10:11amAh, I remember the old days: my first election season at CityClub, when the acronym GOTV meant nothing to me. Now, it's a battle cry. GET OUT THE VOTE!
To do that, you need information. Thankfully, the King County Elections website has a ton of it: Did you know Initiative 1033 is hard to find on your ballot? Do you need to check your registration status? Want to track your ballot? Need to review the voter's pamphlet? Where on earth is your nearest ballot drop box? All this and so much more! Who's excited?
While we're speaking of ballot boxes - keep in mind that with our new all-mail voting, ballot boxes are a hot place to be. On primary election day, the drop box at the Seattle Public Library Ballard Branch was completely full at 8:00 a.m., and MyBallard.com reports folks were walking away with their ballots in hand. Plan ahead; keep a stamp handy just in case!
If you're still not sure which candidate is right for you, and are having trouble really getting to know your candidates and initiatives, let us help you: join us (and Seattle Works!) tonight for Speed Candidiating and Seattle Trivia! A short blurb in Publicola's Morning Fizz lists our event with another election-related program happening this evening, both under the description "one for campaign junkies, one for the campaign-weary." While it isn't explicit which one is which, I like think we're a little of both: for the junkie, we offer one more chance to speak directly to candidates and representatives; for the weary, we offer wine, appetizers, and fun, mostly politics-free trivia (with prizes)!
Ballots are due November 3 - if you're anything like me, your ballot is laying open on your kitchen table, half filled out. Finish it! Mail it! If you need help, we'll see you tonight - and we'll bring you a cheat sheet.
Cheers,
Sara @ CityClub
To do that, you need information. Thankfully, the King County Elections website has a ton of it: Did you know Initiative 1033 is hard to find on your ballot? Do you need to check your registration status? Want to track your ballot? Need to review the voter's pamphlet? Where on earth is your nearest ballot drop box? All this and so much more! Who's excited?
While we're speaking of ballot boxes - keep in mind that with our new all-mail voting, ballot boxes are a hot place to be. On primary election day, the drop box at the Seattle Public Library Ballard Branch was completely full at 8:00 a.m., and MyBallard.com reports folks were walking away with their ballots in hand. Plan ahead; keep a stamp handy just in case!
If you're still not sure which candidate is right for you, and are having trouble really getting to know your candidates and initiatives, let us help you: join us (and Seattle Works!) tonight for Speed Candidiating and Seattle Trivia! A short blurb in Publicola's Morning Fizz lists our event with another election-related program happening this evening, both under the description "one for campaign junkies, one for the campaign-weary." While it isn't explicit which one is which, I like think we're a little of both: for the junkie, we offer one more chance to speak directly to candidates and representatives; for the weary, we offer wine, appetizers, and fun, mostly politics-free trivia (with prizes)!
Ballots are due November 3 - if you're anything like me, your ballot is laying open on your kitchen table, half filled out. Finish it! Mail it! If you need help, we'll see you tonight - and we'll bring you a cheat sheet.
Cheers,
Sara @ CityClub
Audience Questions from our Mayor Debate
Submitted by saraneppl on Fri, 10/09/2009 - 11:25amCityClub's programs always include an audience question&answer period, and it's often the case that there are more audience questions than we have time to ask them. Our mayor debate was no exception. There were many questions about the tunnel, which was no surprise of course. Here's a sampling of some of the other questions that unfortunately didn't get asked during the program.
And a few of my favorites, simple and to the point:
Many of these issues will also be addressed by candidates tonight at our City Council debate. Click here to sign up now!
- Do you have any concrete ideas for increasing diversity and providing affordable housing in newly dense neighborhoods (Ballard, Green Lake, etc)?
- What is your view on the city's efforts to preserve industrial jobs by limiting office and retail development in SoDo/Interbay?
- What are your plans for improving the safety and community value of the North Aurora corridor?
- What would you do differently than Nickels regarding neighborhood planning? What roles should the neighborhoods play? Would we still have urban villages?
- Are you aware of the city's Race&Social Justice Initiative? If so, what do you see in the future for the program?
- What is your vision for the role of the Office of Civil Rights? Are you committed to maintaining the programs and efforts of this department and seeral departmental committees it has developed? (e.g. departmental "change" teams)
- What are the concerns of Nickelsville? How will you as mayor work to address those concerns?
- Given the shortfall of city revenues and the proposed budget cuts for The Seattle Public Library in 2010, how important is it to:
- maintain hours at current levels
- improve funding levels for collections which includes public computers
- and, to restore the capital budget for building maintenance?
- To McGinn: Given your opposition to the waterfront tunnel, what does transportation look like here in 20 years? Specifically, what new/renovated/deleted infrastructure will/will not be in place?
And a few of my favorites, simple and to the point:
- BIKING IN SEATTLE ... WILL IT IMPROVE (All-caps as submitted by asker, no question mark included.)
- What would you do to improve the economy?
Many of these issues will also be addressed by candidates tonight at our City Council debate. Click here to sign up now!
Seattle Mayor Debate - Collected Links
Submitted by saraneppl on Tue, 10/06/2009 - 12:51pmHere's a handy list of press from last night's debate, if you didn't attend but would like to check out what happened:
- The Seattle Channel - Click here for a list of broadcast times. Online video available soon!
- Publicola - Liveblogging the CityClub Mayoral Debate
- The Seattle Times - Mayoral debate skips tunnel issue, envisions city after Nickels
- Seattle Post-Intelligencer - Mallahan, McGinn challenge caricatures; spar over viaduct
- News Talk 97.3 KIRO FM - Seattle Mayoral candidates debate (audio)
CMC Youth Focus: Letting the youth speak for themselves
Submitted by saraneppl on Thu, 10/01/2009 - 11:19amAs we're talking with youth and working with Puget Sound Off during the 2009 Community Matters Campaign, one thing we're hearing is that youth violence is a big issue for them.
In a recent blog post at Puget Sound Off, a young person expresses confusion that no one seems to be paying attention to the issue. "I hear how there are concerns but when a event is thrown for our Youth there is no one present to show their concern. Why is this?" This person was out marching for friends who have experienced violence, and was met with rows empty chairs. Read the whole blog here.
Stay tuned (and save the date!) for more information about an upcoming program CityClub is doing with The Seattle Channel on this topic: "Seattle Speaks: Youth Violence" coming on Tuesday, November 10.
As education is a focus of CMC this year, we also wanted to share another great video put together by youth technology interns at the YMCA of Greater Seattle.
In a recent blog post at Puget Sound Off, a young person expresses confusion that no one seems to be paying attention to the issue. "I hear how there are concerns but when a event is thrown for our Youth there is no one present to show their concern. Why is this?" This person was out marching for friends who have experienced violence, and was met with rows empty chairs. Read the whole blog here.
Stay tuned (and save the date!) for more information about an upcoming program CityClub is doing with The Seattle Channel on this topic: "Seattle Speaks: Youth Violence" coming on Tuesday, November 10.
As education is a focus of CMC this year, we also wanted to share another great video put together by youth technology interns at the YMCA of Greater Seattle.
CityClub events: