Friends,
Summer is in full swing, which means we’re a little light on tech updates so we are focusing on local news and some fun stuff to click on.
In community,
The sea.citi Team
Tech Updates
- Tableau will spend $10 million over the next three years to help nonprofits and governments address racial inequity using data.
- The Recovery Village is offering teletherapy for addiction and mental health. Thanks to reader Sara for the tip!
- Twitter engineers are replacing racially loaded tech terms like ‘master,’ ‘slave.’
Individual Actions
- Wear a mask! The right way.
If you need to replenish your supply buy one from a local artisan. - Volunteer for a coronavirus vaccine study.
- Save time — make sure your meetings shouldn’t be emails.
Summer Fun
- Turn any presentation into the “You Show” with mmhmm.
- Render anything as HTML checkboxes with Checkboxland.
- All music is world music — explore it through the decades.
Local News
- Seattle City Council passed the ‘JumpStart’ tax on high salaries paid by big businesses. Geekwire has a good explainer of how it will work.
- A new statewide order took effect mandating that businesses refuse service to customers who are not covering their nose and mouth to slow the spread of COVID-19.
- More Stay Healthy Streets announced.
- Paid street parking resumes on July 13.
sea.citi Roadmap to Recovery Series
We’re back next week to talk about the education landscape in Seattle — hopefully, we’ll have a clearer picture of what school will look like in the fall.
Public Education When You Can’t Be “In Public” — Thu. July 9, 12:00-12:30pm PT
Join a conversation with Lisa Chick, CEO of Alliance for Education, about how the quick shift to digital learning might play out in how education happens in the future. And how the pandemic has exacerbated inequitable education outcomes for students of color and other marginalized student groups. REGISTER NOW!
In the meantime, you can read about the complexity and interconnectedness of the issues our region will need to overcome as we reopen and define the “new normal.”