Join SSCAN next action mtg. Wed. Oct. 2nd
What’s next after the Climate Strike? What more can we do to create the Seattle Green New Deal? Please come share your experiences and ideas for how to win green new deal policies for our city, state and planet! Continue Reading
Declare Climate Emergency: Rally in Olympia, Sat. Oct. 5
Please join us to ask Gov. Inslee to declare a climate emergency on Saturday, October 5th on the steps of the Washington State Capitol at 11 am: “Words on our climate are good and truthful but now is the time to come together to put meaningful action behind those words. Come stand with us and Continue Reading
People’s Town Hall on Nuclear Weapons Sunday, Sept. 29th
Have you heard about the threat of a new nuclear arms race? The Trump administration plans to spend billions on new nukes, abrogate nuclear testing treaties, and change from deterrence to first use of nuclear weapons in war. Please attend the People’s Town Hall on Nuclear Weapons on Sunday, Sept. 29th at 2 pm at Continue Reading
Free Meaningful Movie: Friends of the Children
Why are some children permanently damaged by early adversity while others thrive as adults? Veteran filmmaker Roger Weisberg mined his extensive film archives (33 films over 40 years) to update the stories of some of the children growing up in difficult circumstances who appeared in these films. At the time of filming Broken Places, some Continue Reading
Climate Strike event at Mt. Baker Station
Looking for a way to protect and restore our climate on the Climate Strike Day, Sept. 20th? Here is an activity here near our Mt. Baker Light Rail Station which brings high school students together with our Mt. Baker Hub Alliance to discuss transit and other climate-friendly urban design. Have you seen the gorgeous mural Continue Reading
Global Climate Strike Friday, Sept. 20th
Have you heard about the Global Climate Strike? Bring your friends, family and neighbors to join many Seattle climate leaders and groups on Friday, Sept. 20th! Statement from the coalition of youth organizers and allies: Youth around the world have been striking for their right to a healthy future, and they are calling on all Continue Reading
City Council: Create Green New Deal Committee!
Last month, the Seattle City Council passed a resolution to create a Green New Deal (GND) for Seattle. To move forward, the city council needs to create an Oversight Committee. Comprised of 11 people from frontline communities, 3 people from the labor movement and 3 climate pollution reduction specialists, the GND Oversight Committee will create Continue Reading
Safety Pop-Up Tues. Sept. 10, 2019
Traffic safety changes are coming to Rainier Ave. S! Join us for a party on the plaza! Games, giveaways, donuts and music! Learn more about the Rainier Improvement project, Vision Zero, Neighborhood Street Fund, Your Voice, your Choice, and more. Tuesday, Sept. 10th 2:30 -4:30 pm at Rainier S. & S. Henderson Continue Reading
Join action mtg. Wed. Sept. 4th 6pm at Columbia Library
Are you ready to do more to protect our planet? Good news! We need you to join the Global Climate Strike and other important events fir climate action in September. Please join us at our next action meeting on Wednesday, Sept. 4th at 6 pm at the Columbia City Library, 4721 Rainier Ave. S Our Continue Reading
Free Meaningful Movie: Never Give Up
“Never Give Up! Minoru Yasui and the Fight for Justice” relates the life history of an American hero. Minoru (Min) Yasui was born and raised in the small farming town of Hood River, Oregon in 1916, by Japanese immigrant parents, Masuo and Shidzuyo Yasui. He was the first Japanese American attorney in Oregon and during Continue Reading
Ancestral Waters Thursday, July 11th 6:30 pm
For two years, the Puyallup Tribe has led the movement resisting LNG, liquefied natural gas facility being built on the Tribe’s ancestral lands, known today as the Tacoma Tideflats. Ancestral wars, the Native Daily Network’s documentary film tells the story of the Puyallup Tribe and Water Warriors’ movement to resist this climate-wrecking, polluting project on Continue Reading
Free Meaningful Movie – I Am Not Your Negro
Please note: Location and Day Change. For this event, Mt Baker Meaningful Movies will be at the Northwest African American Museum AND the event will be held on a Friday. Details: Join the Northwest African American Museum, Mt Baker Meaningful Movies, American Civil Liberties Union, Social Justice Film Institute, the Mt. Baker Conversations About Race Continue Reading
Free Meaningful Movie: Soundtrack for a Revolution
This film tells the story of the American civil rights movement through its powerful music – the freedom songs that protesters sang on picket lines, in mass meetings, in paddy wagons and in jail cells as they fought for justice and equality. These songs evolved from slave chants, from the labor movement, and especially from Continue Reading
Climate Science on Tap at Royal Room
Would you like mingle with other climate justice neighbors, enjoy a snack, and find out about the kids who are suing the federal government for a sustainable climate? Cascadia Climate Action is bringing Climate Science on Tap to Columbia City’s Royal Room for the first time with a fascinating presentation and moderated discussion on how Continue Reading
Celebrate Signing 100 % Clean Energy Law!
Please join us to celebrate the signing of the 100% Clean Energy Law! We did it! You did it! Thank you for your hard work for many years. Join our friends, neighbors, and allies while our Governor Jay Inslee signs the bill into law. Meet at 2:30 pm at the Rainier Vista Neighborhood House, 4410 Continue Reading
Free Mt Baker Meaningful Movie: Trickle Down Town
Tomasz Biernacki’s new documentary about the homeless crisis in Seattle is a must-see. It deftly interweaves in-depth stories and interviews of community members who are living the crisis on the streets with interviews of political leaders and community advocates, vivid images of the current state of affairs and a poignant examination of the roots of Continue Reading
SSCAN Meeting April 18th
Celebrate Earth Day with your friends & neighbors at our next SSCAN meeting. Our program will include legislative updates, proposed Green Town Hall, and the Got Green annual Green-A-Thon. Continue Reading
This Living Salish Sea at Beacon Hill MM
This Living Salish Seat explores the living treasurers of the Salish Sea and the powerful undercurrents of resistance to the corporate fossil fuel agenda that threaten it. Free movie. Doors open at 6:30 pm, movie at 7 pm Continue Reading
Free Mt Baker Meaningful Movie: Paris to Pittsburgh
From coastal cities to our country’s heartland, National Geographic documentary, Paris to Pittsburgh, celebrates how people are demanding and developing real solutions to the climate emergency. As the weather grows more deadly and destructive, many of us aren’t waiting on Washington, D.C. to act. Set against the national debate over the United States’ energy future — Continue Reading
Join new friends: 37th District Town Hall – Saturday, March 23, 10AM
Ask your state legislators what they have done and will do to stop climate change & protect our planet. Join with other S. Seattle Climate Action leaders to ask Senator Rebecca Saldana, Rep. Sharon Tomiko Santos, and Rep. Eric Pettigrew what we can do to help win environmental priorities including 100% clean energy, etc. Make Continue Reading
SSCAN mtg: Come meet new friends, share ideas, and take action to protect our climate
Do you want to connect with neighbors who share your passion to save the planet? Please join our next S. Seattle Climate Action Network meeting to meet new friends, share climate solutions, and take action to win environmental priorities at the local, state and national levels. When? Thursday, March 21st at 6:30 pm Where? Columbia Continue Reading