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No Kings returns

Saturday, Oct. 17, is another No Kings celebration. You have lots of options!

There’s a big event starting at Westlake Center in downtown Seattle starting at 2 p.m., with a march to the Seattle Center for a voting fair.
Ballard Defenders of Democracy and Wallingford Indivisible are hosting a No Kings event from noon to 1 at Bergen Place, just a few blocks away from the ballot drop box at Ballard Library.

And many more smaller options around Seattle. Check out the map here.

Next up: Later that evening, come see “The Detention Lottery,” a play that immerses the viewer in an immigration detention center courtroom, as several audience members are detained upon entry, assigned identities as immigrants, and defend themselves against deportation as best they can in court, without preparation. The play opens up the covert, capricious, and byzantine immigration enforcement system to public scrutiny. Written by Margaret O'Donnell and directed by Amy Youngblood, the play will be performed Oct. 17 and is hosted by the Shoreline Unitarian Universalist Church and Communities Rising. Proceeds will benefit the FIRE campaign: Fueling Immigrant and Refugee Empowerment. Details at Eventbrite.

Resistance singing

Sunshine Resistance Singers will be back in action on Friday Oct 16, from 5:00 - 6:00 pm. We'll be joining in with NE SEATTLE SINGING RESISTANCE in the U-District near the Link Light Rail station, NE 43rd St & University Way NE ("The Ave").

All songs are simple, call & response style. You can learn them on the spot with repitition. Some snappier ones will have us dancing around with yellow umbrellas, perhaps including some synchronized moves with our colorful foam cutout "hands" (on paint sticks). Messaging is all about GET OUT THE VOTE! and NO KINGS!, happening the next day. We'll need a few folks to hand out flyers.

Stop ICE

“Recently, an acquaintance called me in a panic. Just two minutes earlier, she had watched ICE surround her car and the car next to hers, violently pull a man from the other car, and haul him away. She didn’t know what to do or how to help. Unfortunately, neither did I.”

This excellent write-up, by Dave G. of Phinneywood Rising, tells about the Constitutional Observer training he took after this encounter. It’s a great recap. We encourage everyone to read it, and to sign up for training as well.

As the headline above from the NYT indicates, the administration is hiring thousands of new officers to ramp up deportation efforts. The need for well-trained observers has never been greater.

Climate corner

Many bad policy changes affecting the environment go through the Federal Register. You can help by regularly checking this running list of federal rules changes put together by a Wallingford Indivisible volunteer, and using this simple guideline sheet for how to craft a good public comment.

This fall, make time to write a few comments, and throw some sand in the gears of the Federal Register!

Banner over Aurora

Phinneywood Rising's bannering project takes place Tuesdays from 4:30-5:30 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), 4:30 - 5:30 p.m. An hour of noisemaking, sign and handwaving, and conversations on the sidewalk.

Brews & Bitchin'

Phinneywood Rising's hour of brainstorming, socializing and networking meets on the second and fourth Wednesday of every month at 1 p.m. at a local business (in October, that will be the 14th and 28th).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!

Phinney's ballot drop box

Phinney Ridge now has its very own ballot drop box, at the northeast corner of Phinney Avenue and 62nd Street. It's across the street from Sully's Snow Goose Tavern.

Ballots will be mailed some time around Oct. 14, and the drop boxes will officially open Oct. 16.

Make sure to check out our new Vote! page for information about the coming election.

Postcarding

Writing postcards to voters in other states is an effective way to get some extra resistance work done in your spare time – and it's also fun to do it in a group. Here are a few we know about:

Every Friday at 2 p.m. at Chuck’s Hop Shop, on the corner of 8th Ave. NW & 85th St.
Rolling dates with Wallingford Indivisible - check out their GOTV page for more info.
Rolling dates in Ballard and Greenwood with Defund Musk, find out more here.
Here's an inspiring substack from Robert Reich about a Texas couple's postcard-writing campaign, an exercise in patriotism in these dark times..

Save these dates

Oct. 14: Washington ballots are mailed
Oct. 14: Brews 'n Bitchin' meets at 1 p.m.
Oct. 17: No Kings national day of action
Oct. 22, 6 p.m. Phinneywood Rising general meeting
Oct. 28: Brews 'n Bitchin' meets at 1 p.m.
Nov. 3: Election Day! In Washington, that means it's the deadline to submit your ballot for the midterm election

"It's very demoralizing when you think, this is all on me to fix. But it's not all on you to fix. It's just on you to do the little thing that you can do. And if millions of people do the little thing you can do, that actually will turn history." -- Timothy Snyder, American historian

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