Phinneywood Rising

We are a grassroots neighborhood action group for Seattle's Phinney Ridge and Greenwood neighborhoods, and part of the umbrella organization Communities Rising. Want to get involved? We post weekly and ongoing opportunities for action on this page. Join us!

Seattle City Councilwoman Alexis Mercedes Rinck speaks at the Women's March on Sunday.

March in March

Thanks to all who showed up for the "Stand up for Science" rally at the Seattle Center, and the Women's March at Cal Anderson Park. Although the weather didn't cooperate, the turnout was fairly decent.

Attention now turns to the No Kings rallies planned around the country for March 28. If you want to do more than just show up and wave a sign, consider volunteering. Seattle Indivisible is looking for volunteers for a variety of different jobs -- check out the list here.

And in the meantime, check out Resist and Unsubscribe, a new movement that underscores a powerful weapon you have to fight the administration by unsubscribing or boycotting businesses that support deportation efforts. Here is an NPR story about this effort.

Our next gathering will be a joint meeting with Commuities Rising on March 25. Here are some observations from our last meeting.

Banner with the frog

Phinneywood Rising's bannering project takes place Tuesdays UNLESS RAIN IS IN THE FORECAST from from 4-5 p.m. We banner at the Highway 99 north pedestrian overpass at Woodland Park. Here's a map of the exact location. Here's a little write-up about why bannering matters.

Rally for Democracy

Thursdays: Rally for Democracy at 73rd & Greenwood (Ken's Market), 4 - 5 p.m. (note new start time). Join the sign-wavers! An hour of noisemaking, sign and handwaving, and conversations on the sidewalk.

Daily action against war

Seattle Indivisible is urging activists to get in touch with their Congressional representatives regarding war in Iran. Here's what to tell your representative. And stay tuned to the Seattle Area Protest List (on the web or on Facebook) for opportunities to rally against the war.

Minnesota news

Marcus Harrison Green, South Seattle Emerald's editor-at-large, traveled to Minnesota recently and came back with this insightful column about what he saw, and what it might mean for Seattle.

A sociologist tells Minnesota Public Radio why observing ICE is a de-escalation tactic.

Seattle volunteers with Common Power went to Minneapolis to see what they could learn about organizing there. Here's a good read from the Seattle Times (subscription required) about what they found.

Fighting ICE

If you missed the national No Kings training about how to document and record ICE encounters, there's a YouTube video of the training here. Fast-forward through the first 8 minutes to get to the heart of the workshop.

The League of Women Voters has published a comprehensive guide to immigrant and protester rights, including downloadable cards and trainings. Check it out.

And the City of Seattle's Stand Together: Let's Make Seattle a Welcoming City is worth a read to understand Seattle's policy on immigration enforcement.

Meetings, actions

March. 25: Joint meeting of Communities Rising and Phinneywood Rising in Greenwood. Watch for upcoming emails for details.
March 28: The next No Kings march. Save the date!
May 1: May Day General Strike & boycott (details to come).

"One of the great weaknesses of our era is that we get lone superhero movies that suggest that our big problems are solved by muscly guys in spandex, when actually the world mostly gets changed through collective effort...I think the counter to Trump always has been and always will be civil society. A lot of the left wants social change to look like the French Revolution or Che Guevara. Maybe changing the world is more like caregiving than it is like war. Too many people still expect it to look like war.. I just want us to understand that most of the important change is collective." -- Rebecca Solnit, activist and author, in a New York Times interview

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