Friends,
Sustained citizen demonstrations and ongoing corporate actions help those of us who didn’t already know: the fight for justice is a marathon not a sprint. Make sure you’re taking care of yourself for the long haul.
Stay safe!
The sea.citi Team
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On June 18, we were joined by Regan Pro, the Kayla Skinner Deputy Director for Education and Public Engagement at Seattle Art Museum (SAM). SAM is one museum in three locations: it’s building in Downtown Seattle, the Seattle Asian Art Museum in Volunteer Park, and the Olympic Sculpture Park in Belltown. Each year, SAM serves 800,000 people; its mission is to connect art to life. SAM strives to make their global collections relevant, interesting and impactful to all the communities that interact with it .
Friends,
For those of you who attended our Roadmap to Recovery event last week on immigration, a quick update that the Supreme Court ruled this morning that the administrations’ attempt to end DACA protections is unlawful.
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The sea.citi Team
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Our most recent Roadmap to Recovery event was a conversation with Malou Chávez, Deputy Director of Northwest Immigrant Rights Project (NWIRP). Founded in 1984 to help Central American immigrant communities, NWIRP has expanded to serve 19,000 immigrants per year, representing 160 countries and 70 languages. They have offices in the Yakima valley, Wenatchee, Tacoma and Seattle, and serve immigrants living throughout Washington State. Read more
Friends,
We started these updates in early March to help tech workers stay informed about COVID-19 and ensure social distancing strategies didn’t upend community connections. Our goal was to highlight stories about how the innovation economy in our region was leading in uncertain times. As the pandemic and its economic fallout intersect with the renewed momentum of the Black Lives Matter movement, we have hope this is a true turning point in history. To capture a more holistic view of what’s happening in our region, we are broadening the scope of our updates to include meaningful racial equity work both in tech and in the community.
Stay safe!
The sea.citi Team
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When Daria Smith moved to South Seattle, she wasn’t planning to get the internet any time soon. It’s expensive, and she had other, more pressing bills to pay. But her priorities shifted after the Auburn School District sent her son and daughter, ages 14 and 13, home in the middle of March because of the coronavirus pandemic.