Seattle/King County, WA Focus

SeattleActivism.org provides information on upcoming events, actions, and meetings as well as links to organizations and resources in the Seattle area related to progressive activist issues.

LOCAL EVENTS: You can find local events in King County/Seattle through this event calendar.


SEATTLE AREA NAACP:
Founded in 1909, the NAACP is the nation's oldest and largest civil rights organization. From the ballot box to the classroom, the thousands of dedicated workers, organizers, leaders and members who make up the NAACP continue to fight for social justice for all Americans.

Here are the local King County branches:

Seattle NAACP
105 14TH AVENUE
Seattle, WA 98122
206-324-6600

Seattle NAACP Youth Council
105 14TH AVE.
Seattle, WA 98122


ALTERNATIVE ENERGY IN SEATTLE:

Seattle Advocates of Renewable Energy: a group of interested citizens who want to learn more about Renewable Energy and Sustainability. Our goal is to foster discussion, networking, and action on these important issues. We meet on the fourth Thursday of every month from 7 to 9 pm at the First Seattle Presbyterian Church.

Seattle Peak Oil Awareness (www.seattleoil.com) has been active for 2 1/2 years (it actually started out life as a Meetup.com group)!

Seattle Peak Oil Awareness is a local citizens action network offering information and practical ideas for living in a time of reduced energy availability. Working in small, focused groups we advocate healthy, sustainable living choices for all interested residents in the Puget Sound region. Read more here.


Center for Women and Democracy:
MISSION STATEMENT: To promote women’s full representation, participation and leadership, while respecting the political, economic and social diversity in cultures worldwide.

PROGRAMS:

Kicking Up Our Heels
Our annual “Kicking Up Our Heels” celebration of Washington state women leaders and their successes at the Governor’s Mansion in Olympia, is an integral part of our vision supporting women’s full and equal participation in public life and leadership. Beginning in 2002, this celebration continues to grow in popularity.

Food For Thought
Food for Thought (FFT) is a dinner and lecture series that showcases cutting edge research and issues on women and democracy while encouraging participants to network. This program has been very successful and has attracted nationally and internationally renowned speakers to Seattle, including former Secretary of State Madeleine Albright, author/activist Gloria Steinem, and former Lt. Governor of Maryland Kathleen Kennedy-Townsend.

International Leadership Delegations
International delegations continue to be a focus of the Center. In the past, we have organized delegations to Cuba, Sweden and the Baltics, and South Africa, and participated in delegations to the Ukraine. In April of 2007, we organized a highly successful delegation to Chile. Our most recent delegation in November 2009 was to the beautiful Kingdom of Morocco where 38 American women leaders were able to connect with women making a deep impact in politics, education, law and human rights.

Women’s Leadership
The Women’s Leadership committee works to advance young women’s leadership abilities, knowledge and success in diverse organizations and through seeking mentoring opportunities and highly focused leadership trainings for CWD members. NEW Leadership is a mentoring program for young women throughout the Puget Sound region through the U.W. in collaboration with the Center.

You can also find local events through the Center for Women and Democracy


Washington State Jobs with Justice
Aims to improve working people's standard of living, fight for job security, and protect workers' right to organize. It is a multi-issue coalition that has grown to include more than 100 organizations and over 6,000 individuals.

Local community and labor leaders founded Washington State Jobs with Justice in 1993 to unite diverse organizations in a multi-issue coalition that has grown to include more than 154 organizations and over 5000 individuals. Individual activists sign the Jobs with Justice pledge to be there five times a year for someone else's struggle as well as their own. By creating strategic alliances locally and among organizations nationally and developing a broad base of support, Jobs with Justice coalitions are re-building the infrastructure that gives communities a sense of their own power.

Check out their calendar of events here.


Seattle Young People's Project
A youth led - adult supported - social change organization dedicated to assisting youth express themselves, and to take action on the issues that affect their lives.

Most young people cannot vote, do not have financial resources, and are generally not given credit by the adult world for having intelligent opinions. Young people are excluded from the political process and from decisions impacting their schools, neighborhoods and communities.

Young people have first hand experience with the issues that are impacting them, but their voices are ignored and misrepresented in the media. Adults are seen as the “experts” on what young people need. Well it’s time for youth to be heard and seen about their views.

Click here to get involved


For those who want to mix social and political fun, here are Drinking Liberally groups in the Seattle area:

Seattle
Every Tuesday of each month, 8:00 pm
Montlake Ale House, 2307 24th Ave E
Hosted by Nicholas Beaudrot | Chris Mitchell

Seattle Eastside
First and Third Thursday of each month, 7:00 pm
Angelo's Restaurant, 1830 130th Ave NE
Hosted by Norman Furlong | Doug Hightower | Rich Erwin


KING COUNTY DEMOCRATIC PARTY:

The King County Democrats embrace the principles of the Democratic Party, and work across King County to promote those principles by building a strong party organization, recruiting candidates and electing Democrats. The organization works closely with the Washington State Democrats, the 16 Legislative District Democratic organizations, and our elected officials.

Involvement in your local Democratic Party is your chance to get to know your local elected officials and give them your opinions. It is also the backbone of the Democratic Party, helping to determine who wins primaries as well as general elections. Whether you want to simply elect more Democrats or elect BETTER Democrats, this is where to begin. Here are a variety of meetings you can attend to be involved in local politics:

King County Young Democrats
2nd Tuesday of each month
Varies, please see website

King County Democrats
4th Tuesday of each month
Renton Carpenters Hall
231 Burnett Avenue North, Renton

Here are the meeting times/places for all the legislative districts in King County:

1st LD Democrats
1st Thursday of each month
Martha Lake Community Center
16300 Motor Place
Lynnwood, WA 98037
More info

5th LD Democrats
3rd Wednesday of each month
King County Library Admin.
960 Newport Way NW, Issaquah
More info

11th LD Democrats
3rd Tuesday of each month
Carpenters Hall
231 Burnett N., Renton
More info

30th LD Democrats
1st Wednesday of each month
Federal Way Senior Center
4016 S. 352nd St., Federal Way
More info

31st LD Democrats
3rd Wednesday of each month
Marion Grange Hall
27725 Buckley-Sumner Highway East, Buckley
More info

32nd LD Democrats
2nd Wednesday of each month
American Legion Hall
14521 17th Ave NE, Shoreline
More info

33rd LD Democrats
3rd Monday of each month
Normandy Park Congregational Church
19247 1st Ave. S, Normandy Park
More info

34th LD Democrats
2nd Wednesday of each month
The Hall at Fauntleroy
9131 California Ave. SW, Seattle
More info

36th LD Democrats
2nd Wednesday of each month
Phinney Neighborhood Association
6532 Phinney Avenue North
More info

37th LD Democrats
Rainier Velley Cultural Center
3515 S. Alaska St. (at Rainier Ave S.)
Seattle WA 98118
More info

41st LD Democrats
3rd Wednesday of each month
East Shore Unitarian Church
12700 SE 32nd Street
Bellevue, WA 98005
More info

43rd LD Democrats
3rd Tuesday of each month
Univ Heights Comm Center
5031 University Way NE, Seattle
More info

45th LD Democrats
1st Wednesday of each month
Redmond Community Center
16600 NE 80th St., Redmond
More info

46th LD Democrats
3rd Thursday of each month
Olympic View Elementary School
425 NE 95th St., Seattle
More info

47th LD Democrats
1st Wednesday of each month
Machinists' Hall
A Street SW at 2nd St. SW, Auburn
More info

48th LD Democrats
3rd Wednesday of each month
NW Arts Center
9825 NE 24th St, Bellevue
More info


Biofuels in Seattle: Here are some gas stations that offer biofuels for cars. It should be noted that any diesel engine can accept up to 20% Biodiesel (B20) and newer diesel engines can take up to 100% Biodiesel (B100).

Propel Fuel Stations around Seattle that offer biofuels: (I came across them through their carbon offset program)

* Seattle, South Lake Union Flagship
609 Westlake Avenue North
Seattle, Washington 98109

* Seattle, Ballard Neighborhood
4420 Leary Way NW
Seattle, Washington 98107

* West Seattle
3500 SW Barton Street
Seattle, Washington 98136