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!

It's fall, and time to vote soon!

Win the Midterms

In about two weeks, ballots will be mailed to voters throughout Washington. How do we prevent sad, unopened ballots from ending up in the recycle bin, especially in our reliably blue city? We need to keep reminding people to vote, vote, vote!

That was the theme of this week's Communities Rising meeting. If you missed it, we have a synopsis here, including some links that weren't available during the meeting. There are SO many ways to get involved.

The official Washington state registration and information portal is VoteWA.gov. Accept no substitutes! For most of us, the King County elections office website is the place to check your registration and sign up for ballot tracking. It’s found at info.kingcounty.gov/kcelections/vote/myvoterinfo/ballottracker.

See our new VOTE! subpage for additional information about voting and guidance for how to pick progressive candidates.

Get out the vote!

November 3 could be the most important midterm election of our lives. Make sure to check your registration and sign up for ballot tracking!

Write postcards

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..

Climate corner

The deadline is fast approaching for the proposed repeal of the Roadless Rule, a decision that would open up 45 million acres of national forests to road construction. Learn how you can fight this proposal here. (Note that the deadline to comment has been extended to Oct. 6.)

ALSO: Recently, employees of the Mount Baker-Snoqualmie National Forest assisted ICE agents in detaining five men camping at Red Bridge Campground and tearing apart families who were enjoying the great outdoors over Labor Day. If you're furious about this, you can help by adding your name to this letter from Roxana Norouzi, executive director of OneAmerica. Hands off our parks!

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!

Join the Singing Resistance

Come join joyful protesting actions with the Sunshine Resistance Singers. No rehearsals, no singing experience needed. Just show up and SING! (or clap along, or help hand out flyers to passers-by, or hold a sign, or twirl an umbrella). Lyrics will be provided on big charts so your hands will be free to clap, hold a tambourine or whatever.

If you're interested in joining the mailing list, please fill out this form.

Fighting ICE

ICE is out in force around Seattle all the time now. Do you know what to do if you see ICE abducting somebody? Virtual Constitutional Observer training is happening every Tuesday throughout October. Sing up here.

Or visit the Washington Immigrant Solidarity Network (WAISN) to find out how to get involved.

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

Save these dates

Oct. 1, 6 p.m.: Communities Rising all-hands meeting, Keystone Church, Wallingford
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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