Vaccines are here and plentiful in our region — aren’t we lucky?! What are you waiting for? Here’s what you can expect. Let’s keep each other safe!
Tech for Good Updates
- #8Meals helps people cut back on meaty meals and reduce their carbon footprint
- Amazon held a vaccination clinic for their frontline workers in South Seattle
- Amazon will spend up to $1B to boost pay for 500k operations workers
- Apple committed $430B in US investments over the next five years
- Expedia released their Global Impact Report
- Facebook and Microsoft joined Hewlett Packard Enterprise in giving free access to patents to innovators developing low-carbon technologies
- Google shared new progress toward its 24/7 carbon-free energy goal
- Intuit released guidelines to abolishing racist language
- Instacart released its commitments to stand against anti-Blackness and systemic racism
- Uber is adding vaccine booking to its offerings
- Vulcan and Tableau are partnering to help support wildlife conservation
Individual Actions & Distractions
- Help our friends at Communities In Schools Seattle to re-engage, reimagine and rebuild so all students have the opportunity to succeed
- Support Indian organizations fighting COVID-19
- Eat your veggies and support local BIPOC farmers
- Hack for your mother with DemocracyLab
- Spring clean, digitally
- Improve your video call experience
- Take care of your plants with help from this very pretty guide
Local News
- King County is likely to move back to COVID reopening phase 2
- Representative Joe Nguyen is running for County Executive
- Eight big things the Washington State Legislature passed this session
- Lawmakers approved a capital gains tax — and there’s already a lawsuit to overturn it
- Real ID compliance was extended to 2023
Events
Join us for a deeper look at effective strategies to address racial inequities, and how those strategies are integral to how we emerge from this pandemic. And if you work at a sea.citi member company, be sure to select the sea.citi Member Registration for access to additional breakout sessions with the panelists following the public event.
sea.citi is excited to sponsor Future of Cities at the Crosscut Festival
Friday, May 7th, 3:00 p.m.The pandemic has changed how we live — and want to live. For some this has meant leaving the city and others insist we must redefine urban living, practically and philosophically. Richard Florida, founder of CityLab and author of the recent book The New Urban Crisis, shares his thoughts on this pivotal moment for Seattle, and cities around the world. Moderated by Monica Nickelsburg.
Friday, May 7th, 3:00 p.m.The pandemic has changed how we live — and want to live. For some this has meant leaving the city and others insist we must redefine urban living, practically and philosophically. Richard Florida, founder of CityLab and author of the recent book The New Urban Crisis, shares his thoughts on this pivotal moment for Seattle, and cities around the world. Moderated by Monica Nickelsburg.
