Entries for date "May 2025"

How Local Action Builds Power: Inside Our 2025 Volunteer Organizing Symposium

At a time when national politics can feel paralyzed and overwhelming, local action is where real change still happens. If you care about building a safer, more sustainable, and equitable world, your neighborhood is the place to start — and there’s no better time than now.

On Saturday, May 17, 120 passionate neighbors from across Seattle gathered at Seattle Central College for the first-ever Volunteer Organizing Symposium. It was a …

Beyond Tickets: Building an Equitable Vision for Street Safety in Seattle

Blog post by Whose Streets? Our Streets!, an independent BIPOC-led group fiscally sponsored by Seattle Neighborhood Greenways

This week, Seattle City Council’s Transportation Committee finalized legislation governing the use of automated speed ticketing in Seattle. The new legislation expands automated enforcement in Seattle, setting the stage for doubling the number of school zone speed cameras this summer and creating a new 24-hour speed camera program to be piloted later this …