You're Invited
Join us for Shaping Seattle: Moving Towards Climate Justice on September 19, 6:00 PM at Rainier Arts Center.
This event will explore how climate change disproportionately affects BIPOC communities and discuss how reimagining our transportation system can contribute to climate justice and equity. The inspiring program will include artists, a panel discussion, food, and more!
Dinner, Daycare, and translation will be provided.
Event Details
When: Thursday, September 19, 6:00 - 8:00 PM - Doors at 5:45 PM
Where: Rainier Arts Center | 3515 S Alaska St
Tickets: $10-50 sliding scale, free for youth 22 & under | Get Tickets
Program
5:45 PM - Doors Open
6:00 PM - Dinner Served. Opportunity to Mingle with Community
6:45 PM - Program Starts
8:00 PM - Program End
Getting There
Rainier Arts Center is located at 3515 S Alaska St., three blocks east of the Columbia City light rail station and 1 block west of the Rainier Valley Greenway. The venue is served by Metro routes 7 and 50. Covered bike racks are available 1 block south on S. Edmunds St., at the south end of Columbia Park by the PCC.
Car parking is available on the street; parking in the on-site lot will be prioritized for people with disabilities and elders. More about getting there.
Accessibility
The venue is wheelchair accessible and has all-gender restrooms.
Public Health
Masks are strongly encouraged and will be available at the venue. We ask all attendees to follow King County Public Health guidelines and stay home if sick.
Livestream
Those unable to attend in person may access our livestream at 6 PM. Please register to obtain the link before the program starts.
A recording program will also be available to view online following the event.
Featured Guests
Yalonda Sindé
Moderator
Yalonda Sindé is an award-winning community leader who many have hailed as the mother of the northwest environmental justice movement. For thirteen years she served as the Executive Director of the Community Coalition for Environmental Justice (CCEJ), one of the most influential northwest environmental justice groups of its time.
Ms. Sinde now serves as a consultant to nonprofit organizations in all areas of organizational development, in particular, fund development, program management, community organizing, policy advocacy, strategic planning, and operations management.
Tanisha Sepúlveda
Panelist
Tanisha Sepúlveda has a background in architectural engineering drafting and is a program coordinator for Empower Movement WA, a coalition of BIPOC and disabled mobility advocates supported by Disability Rights Washington (DRW) and Front and Centered. As a power wheelchair user since 2010, Sepúlveda recognizes the lack of accessibility in the built environment and advocates for equitable access to transit and housing, with a focus on sidewalk repair and maintenance.
Bailey Medilo
Panelist
Bailey Medilo is a Southeast Seattle-based economic justice and anti-war organizer. They organize at the intersections of climate justice, international organizing, and workers' rights.
Bailey is the Digital and Communications Organizer at Washington Bus, a statewide movement-building organization that increases political access and participation for young people across Washington State and develops the next generation of young leaders.
Senator Rebecca Saldaña
Panelist
Senator Rebecca Saldaña, a proud Chicana of Mexican and Germanic roots, represents Washington's 37th Legislative District and serves as Vice Chair of the Senate Caucus. With over 20 years of experience in labor and community organizing, including leadership roles with SEIU Local 6 and the United Farm Workers, she has built a strong reputation as a problem-solver and persistent champion for social justice.
She is the prime sponsor of the HEAL Act- that put environmental justice into state law.
Jerrell “Rell Be Free” Davis
Performer
In full effect Jerrell "Rell Be Free" Davis is a multifaceted Creative and community organizer based in the South End of Seattle.
As an organizer, Circle Keeping, education, and the arts are all a part of him being an Educator. As a musician Rell has released 11 projects/albums he is a high-energy and prolific performer, and he continues to create spaces for young artists to be elevated.
Jourdan Imani Keith
Performer
Jourdan Imani Keith is a Black Arts Legacies 2023 awardee and Seattle’s 2019- 2022 Civic Poet.
Featured in Forbes and on NPR, her Orion Magazine essays, “Desegregating Wilderness” and “At Risk” appear in the Best American Science and Nature Writing Anthology and textbooks. The founder of Urban Wilderness Project she leads its R U An Endangered Species™ Women and Whales First: Poetry in a Climate of Change campaign which features the podcast series of the same name.
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