Nearly 900 of you watched Seattle Speaks about marijuana policy live online last night. 120 of you were there in person at Town Hall. And over 400 emailed, commented or participated in online polls before and during the show. Did you tune in? If not - never fear - it's not too late to learn more, connect and take action on this issue!

Follow this link to watch the show:
http://www.seattlechannel.org/videos/video.asp?ID=3381001

moderator C.R. Douglas kicks off the show.

Learn more, connect and take action*:
ACLU of Washington | www.aclu-wa.org
Casey Family Program | www.casey.org
Cannabis Defense Coalition | www.cdc.coop
The Hemp and Cannabis Foundation | www.thc-foundation.com/Washington
King County Bar Association Drug Policy Project | www.kcba.org/druglaw
LEAP (Law Enforcement Against Prohibition) | www.leap.cc
The Matt Talbot New Hope Recovery Center | www.mtcenter.org
NORML | www.norml.org
Ryan’s Solution Foundation | www.ryanssolution.com
SAMA (Science and Management of Addictions) Foundation | www.samafoundation.org
Seattle Hempfest | www.hempfest.org
Sensible Washington I-1068 | www.sensiblewashington.org
Southwest Youth and Family Services | www.swyfs.org
Washington State Department of Health | www.doh.wa.gov/hsqa/medical-marijuana/
YMCA of Greater Seattle | www.seattleymca.org

*This listing is not exhaustive. We encourage you to get involved and learn more.

What do you think?

Tracking audience opinion during the show.

Do you favor the legalization of marijuana in Washington for adults? Do you think it's addictive? Are there other concerns or benefits we should know about? Do you know of resources we haven't listed above that others might find helpful?

This video was put out about a month ago, and although the transition town halls have already passed (Did you attend one? How was it? We'd love to hear it in the comments!), you still have time to give your feedback. In the video below, Mayor-elect McGinn asks for your input on three questions. His transition website includes a website dedicated to collecting the answers to these questions, as well as other feedback from Seattle citizens. Check out the video below, or go directly to the input page to see the questions and submit your thoughts. (You can also watch for more transition videos by subscribing to the McGinnTransition YouTube channel.)

Raise your hand if you're in the office today! The workforce here is small but mighty. Our office will be closed the rest of the week for Thanksgiving (back on Monday, November 30) but before we take off, I wanted to make sure to share a few little nuggets of information:

• Seattle Speaks! The Seattle Channel has launched a great website as follow-up to the Youth Violence program CityClub, Seattle Channel and Town Hall hosted on November 10. The website includes information about the show, a little background on the youth violence issue, poll results (collected both before and during the program), comments sent to Seattle Channel as the program was airing live, and links to learn more and get involved. Click here to check it out!  Also, video is now available online as well! To skip straight to that, click here.

• 2010 Jefferson Awards! It's full steam ahead for CityClub on this front, and we're working hard, alongside new media partner KING 5, to bring it together! Nominations for the 2010 Washington State Jefferson Awards will be opened in January 2010 on KING5’s Evening Magazine, Northwest Cable News, KING5.com and SeattleCityClub.org. Nominations are open to everyone in our state. So take a look around at the inspiring, involved people in your neighborhoods and consider nominating them for the Jefferson Awards. Our community is full of everyday heroes! (Never heard of the awards? Not sure how to nominate? Until we're ready to launch online, you can find information on JeffersonAwards.org.

We're looking forward to finishing off the year at our annual Year in Review program -- but first, we're looking forward to a four day weekend. Everyone have a great holiday!

As 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.