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!

No Kings marchers in downtown Seattle.

Huge turnout

Thanks to everyone who turned out for No Kings marches, here and across the region. Early estimates suggest 90,000 people showed up in downtown Seattle, and about 8 milliion nationwide. That makes it the largest national protest ever, and one of the largest in Seattle's history.

"Seattle’s day of defiance was one of the largest of an estimated 3,100 events across the nation, with rallies in every state on Saturday," according to The Seattle Times. "Thousands more Washingtonians gathered in many cities around the Salish Sea, from Olympia to Bellevue to Shoreline to Bellingham."

Big marches like this are necessary, but not sufficient, to create political change and defend democracy. More work is need. For ideas, visit this page often, and check out this guide from Seattle Indivisible for actions you can take in April.

We'll continue scouring the web for effective forms of political protest and keep the conversation going in our own neighborhood group.

Banner with the frog

Phinneywood Rising's bannering project takes place Tuesdays from from 4-5 p.m. Find out why the regulars at this event love to be out there dancing and waving signs to the approximately 2,000 motorists that pass by. Bannering takes place 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.

Brews & Bitchin'

Starting in April, Phinneywood Rising will begin hosting an hour of brainstorming, socializing, postcard- or letter-writing, knitting or whatever you'd like to do, every second and fourth Wednesday of the month from 1 to 2 p.m. at a local business. (Location to come in your next email from us.) In April, we're meeting on the 8th and 22nd.

This is an unstructured hour of conversation and contemplation to help us think of new ways to drive the resistance. Bring your best ideas, and help us make the opposition better and stronger!

Read, watch and listen

Heather Cox Richardson and Timothy Snyder had an insightful conversation Wednesday that's worth watching. Find it here on YouTube.

Indivisible, the powerful organization behind No Kings, holds weekly national Zoom sessions ("What's the plan?") describing where the movement is headed, and you can now listen to these in podcast form on their website, or wherever you get your podcasts. Of note: The March 19 session was a good No Kings preview.

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.

Save these dates

April 8: Phinneywood debuts its Brews & Bitchin' sessions at a local store. Details to come via email.
April 22: Communities Rising All-Hands meeting on Earth Day. The theme is protecting the Earth.
May 1: The next major action is a May Day General Strike & boycott. Here are details about the Seattle Strike.
May 16: Movement Voter Project Washington's Dance for Democracy is a benefit to fund MVP's grassroots organizing in swing states. Dance to help flip the House & Senate in November 2026! Details here.

“I’m afraid that a wannabe king who is busy building himself and his billionaires a ballroom intends to use ICE as his own private army to do his bidding to make him king, but he is not a king. This is our land. This belongs to We the People. These buildings that he tries to put his name on, these things no more belong to him than that fake Nobel Peace Prize.” -- U.S. Sen. Raphael Warnock, speaking at No Kings Day in Atlanta

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