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!

Express your support for women at the Women's March this Sunday.

March in March

Bannering update: We bannered on Aurora Monday and will skip Tuesday, as it's supposed to rain. We'll return to the regular Tuesday schedule next week if the weather cooperates.

March in March: With war in the headlines, this Sunday's Women's March could be big. The rally and march starts at 11 a.m. at Cal Anderson Park, and Dance 4 Democracy plans to be there.

Saturday, March 7 is the Stand up for Science day of action at the Seattle Center's mural ampitheater from noon to 3 p.m.

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.

We had a terrific meeting in February, marking our best attendance ever. Here are some observations from the 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. Note that we bannered Monday, March 2, and will skip Tuesday, March 3, due to rain.

Rally for Democracy

Thursdays: Rally for Democracy at 73rd & Greenwood (Ken's Market), 4 - 5 p.m. (note new time starting now). 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).

"Antiseptic judicial rhetoric cannot do justice to what is happening. Across the interior of the United States, agents of the federal government -- masked, anonymous, armed with military weapons, operating from unmarked vehicles, acting without warrants of any kind -- are seizing persons for civil immigration violations and imprisoning them without any semblance of due process. The systematic character of this practice and its deliberate elimination of every structural feature that distinguishes constitutional authority from raw force place it beyond the reach of ordinary legal description. It is an assault on the constitutional order. It is what the Fourth Amendment was written to prevent. It is what the Due Process Clause of the Fifth Amendment forbids." -- Judge Joseph Goodwin, U.S. District Court for the Southern District of West Virginia

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