Councilmember Kshama Sawant (District 3, Central Seattle) joined community members at the June 26 Seattle Public Schools board meeting, where they expressed their disagreement with Seattle Public Schools quietly dissolving a partnership agreement and a memorandum of understanding between the district and the Urban Native Education Alliance (UNEA), which would have secured the Robert Eagle...
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June 27, 2019January 6, 2023Councilmember Sawant, News Releases, Sawant
Councilmember Kshama Sawant’s Statement in Support of Seattle Hotel Workers
Councilmember Kshama Sawant (District 3, Central Seattle) released the following statement in support of Seattle’s hotel workers, as the Housing, Health, Energy and Workers’ Rights Committee will discuss four pieces of legislation today to extend protections to hotel workers. “Congratulations to Seattle hotel workers and their union UNITE HERE 8 for today’s legislation, protecting hotel...
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June 27, 2019January 6, 2023Councilmember Sawant
My letter to Seattle Public Schools urging them to fully fund Native programming in our Public Schools
Dear Superintendent Juneau, Director Halfaker, Chief Academic Officer DeBacker, Executive Director Starosky, Director Bush, Senior Assistant General Counsel Boy, and School Board Members, I am writing to urge you to reestablish the partnership agreement and the MOA with the Urban Native Education Alliance (UNEA) to secure Robert Eagle Staff Middle School (RES) building facility for […]
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June 27, 2019January 6, 2023Councilmember Sawant
Solidarity with the Crescent Lounge and the LGBTQ community. Fight against hate crimes in Seattle!
Wednesday June 26, 2019 Dear friends and community members, My office and I send our solidarity to The Crescent bar on Capitol Hill, whose Pride flag was recently shredded, and The Lumber Yard and The Swallow, who also reported anti-LGBTQ targeting. We stand with the LGBTQ community in condemning these cowardly and hateful acts, and […]
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June 26, 2019January 6, 2023Councilmember Sawant
Solidarity with Hong Kong Democracy Protests
Dear Sisters and Brothers, Workers, socialists and activists around the world stand in solidarity with your heroic struggle against the government’s anti-democratic extradition bill. We are watching your struggle and support it. You are not alone! Following the magnificent million-strong demonstration of June 9, the Hong Kong government, acting on behalf of big business and […]
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June 19, 2019January 6, 2023Councilmember Sawant
My Speech at the Annual Community Juneteenth Celebration in Pratt Park on June 15th
Thank you to the organizers for inviting me to speak at this wonderful celebration of struggle. Frederick Douglass, a former slave, leading abolitionist and activist for women’s rights, spoke words that can act as a guide still today. Frederick Douglass proclaimed that “If there is no struggle, there can be no progress. Power concedes nothing […]
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June 18, 2019January 6, 2023Councilmember Sawant, News Releases, Sawant
Councilmember Kshama Sawant statement on Frye Art Museum workers’ union election victory
On Tuesday Councilmember Kshama Sawant (District 3, Central Seattle) issued the following statement in response to the Art Workers Union members at the Frye Art Museum who won their union representation election, which was supervised by the National Labor Relations Board. The vote was unanimous for the union, which includes 13 Frye security guards. “As...
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June 13, 2019January 6, 2023Councilmember Sawant
Solidarity from Seattle to New York’s Rent Control Movement! Best Wishes for a Historic Victory!
Thursday June 13, 2019 Dear New York rent control activists, As a fighter for rent control and housing justice and as an elected socialist in Seattle, I stand in solidarity with your movement. My City Council office fully supports your demand that your state legislature pass the bills that would establish universal rent control, strengthen […]
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June 6, 2019January 6, 2023Councilmember Sawant
Solidarity With The Working People of Sudan Fighting Against Brutal Oppression!
Thursday June 06, 2019 Dear sisters and brothers, Workers, socialists and activists around the world are watching your heroic struggle for democracy, human rights, and decent living standards. You are not alone! While Bashir has been forced from office by your determination, the same forces that supported him are seeking to cling to power. At […]
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June 4, 2019January 6, 2023Councilmember Sawant
This Weekend – Celebrate Volunteer Park Pride, Enjoy Music, and HELP WIN RENT CONTROL!
Sign up to gather rent control petition signatures this Saturday, June 8 at the Volunteer Park Pride Festival (and celebrate Pride while enjoy the amazing line-up of bands!) The Seattle Needs Rent Control movement is gathering steam – our rent control petition now has well over 2,000 signatures. But we have a very long way […]