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!

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Huge turnout for Greenwood ICE OUT march

Not only did the sun come out Saturday afternoon, but so did the Greenwood neighborhood. Neighbors toting kids and carrying signs streamed up the side streets to Greenwood Avenue and the Alice Ball Park across from the Greenwood Library. “Melt Ice” and “Democracy is Under Attack” read just two of the hundreds of homemade signs that protestors carried. The two women who organized the protest said this was their first time doing anything like this. They were overwhelmed and joyous by the response. (Find the group Greenwood Neighbors Protecting Neighbors on Facebook.)

Police on foot and on motorcycles were also present in force. Their job? To close off Greenwood Avenue from Ken’s Market to 85th St. so protestors could march in the street. They waved at the marchers, particularly the kids and smiled when protestors thanked them for “not wearing a mask.” After marching to 85th, then down to 73rd and then back to the park, people filtered off either back home or to various eateries. Signs propped on tables and chairs were visible throughout the Phinneywood area.

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 time adjustment). 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

Good read: Minneapolis' Community-Driven Anti-ICE Organizing is Showing the Way

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

No Kings is holding a mass call Feb. 5 to introduce you to the tools you need to keep your eyes on ICE, documenting and recording. For more information, sign up here.

North Seattle Progressives are holding a rally, march, and neighborhood defense safety training Feb. 7. Sign up here.

Just posted: The Phinney Neighborhood Association will host an open community gathering to participate in a free Washington Immigrant Solidarity Network Rapid Response virtual training Feb. 6 starting at 6 p.m. Sign up here.

Also, NSP will do an introduction to de-escalation and event safety training Feb. 14. More here.

Meetings, actions

March 28: The next No Kings march. Save the date!

"...The flip side of the naked extremism of the MAGA power grab is that it has produced a remarkably strong backlash. The size and determination of civil resistance to ICE has been incredible and inspiring, like nothing we’ve seen since the Civil Rights movement in the 1960s. Republicans are being punished at the polls: On Saturday a deep-red Texas Senate district that went Trump +17 in 2024 voted in a Democrat with a 15-point margin." -- Paul Krugman, Nobel Prize-winning economist, writing on his Substack.

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