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!

Greenwood protesters at the Jan. 31 ICE OUT march.

Meeting date set

Phinneywood Rising will hold its next meeting February 18. Make sure you're on the mailing list for the details about time and place.

Got some time on your schedule this Friday, Feb. 13 at 1 p.m.? Join Troublemakers for a protest at the Amazon Spheres, 2111 7th Ave, downtown Seattle. Here's what they say: "Amazon Web Services (AWS) has contracts with both ICE and CBP—and hosts more government repression via its partnership with Palantir. On the day Alex Pretti was murdered, in the same week that Amazon laid off 16,000 people, CEO Andy Jassy attended a private gala screening of the Melania premiere (having spent $75 million on the movie). We'll be there to demand that the company: Dump ICE. This is the start of a campaign to get our hometown behemoth to end its aggressive dystopian push." Find out more here.

For your consideration: 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.

Banner with the frog

Phinneywood Rising's bannering project takes place Tuesdays from 3:30 to 4:30 p.m. (note new time), but can shift to a different date if the weather is inhospitable. 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), 3:30 - 4:30 p.m. (note new time). The sign-wavers are back! An hour of noisemaking, sign and handwaving, and conversations on the sidewalk.

Important bills

The Legislation page on this site has been updated with a raft of important bills and critical deadlines coming up. If you have a few moments to spare, please give this list a look and get on the phone or on your computer to call or email your support (or non-support) of these important bills. This is urgent -- do it today!

Minnesota news

Seattle volunteers with Common Power recently 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.

And here's another good read from Seattle journalist Donna Blankinship, on how to make your calls to your senators and representatives really count.

How about a movie? This documentary, Mr. Nobody Against Putin, explores one of the signs of fascism: controlling education. It's streaming on Apple TV and other venues.

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. I'd suggest skipping ahead by about 8 minutes to get to the heart of the workshop.

On Feb. 11, the Washington Immigrant Rights Project will hold a virtual workshop to teach how to support yourself and your community during encounters with immigration enforcement agents. Sign up here.

North Seattle Progressives will do an introduction to de-escalation and event safety training Feb. 14. More here.

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

Meetings, actions

Feb. 18: Phinneywood Rising's next in-person meeting.
Feb. 25: Communities Rising's next meeting on protecting the vote, at Shoreline Unitarian Church. Details to come.
March 28: The next No Kings march. Save the date!
May 1: May Day General Strike & boycott (details to come).

"The people of Minneapolis are teaching us, every single day, what resistance can look like. It is incredible to see so many people, from all walks of life, putting themselves into the frigid tundra that is a Minnesota winter, to protect the most vulnerable members of their community and to let federal agents know that they are being watched, they are not welcome, and they are wrong. The people of Minneapolis are reminding us that nonviolent protest works. It takes time and effort. It can be frustrating. It can be dangerous. But it works." -- Roxane Gay, New York Times

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