SEATTLE – The Seattle Peoples Party, along with Seattle DSA, Socialist Alternative Seattle, and community members, condemn the sweep of the Ravenna Woods encampment, scheduled for morning of April 17, 2018. The Peoples Party stands with residents of the camp in resisting the third sweep of their encampment in five months, which is taking place […]
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Why We Must Occupy the UW School of Medicine
On December 6th, 2017, Ohenewaa Nkrumah, a Black queer non-binary student, launched a sit-in to call attention to a pattern of ongoing institutional racism at the University of Washington School of Medicine (UWSOM). For a week, Nkrumah and Students for an Anti-Racist UWSOM (SARU), who organized and participated in this demonstration, drew many community members, […]
Continue readingBlack Lives Matter at School Week
Monday, Feb. 5th marks the first day of the National Black Lives Matter Week of Action in Our Schools. In districts across the United States, public schools will be using this week as an opportunity to center Black history and Black identity in the classroom. Seattle educators, staff, and students will be participating in full […]
Continue readingSeattle Peoples Party Website Relaunch 2018!
Throughout Nikkita Oliver’s gripping run for mayor, she emphasized that the campaign was about much more than just her candidacy; it was about building a movement. The Seattle Peoples Party is a new type of political organization in this city, one that works to center those most vulnerable and uplift from the margins. This work […]
Continue readingWe Cannot be Surprised
It feels like straight up fire and brimstone; especially in the Pacific Northwest where the region has literally been on fire for months. A post-apocalyptic haze hangs over the city as ash literally falls from the sky during a rally to #DefendDACA on Seattle’s Beacon Hill at El Centro de la Raza. Politicians and organizers […]
Continue readingThe Peoples Party: A Visionary Environmental Platform
There are many initiatives we can implement immediately, which we must do; but we must also look to the future for how we address the harmful climate change we are facing. Through a rigorous and lengthy collective community effort with experts, organizers, and residents, we have created Seattle’s Vision To Achieve Environmental Justice: 100% (Real) […]
Continue readinghope, a beautiful struggle
Running for elected office was never a part of my life plan, but plans change. I found myself living with multiple roommates at the age of 31, moving every 12 months due to rent hikes, working multiple jobs, and still living paycheck to paycheck. I am not the only one struggling. In fact, it seems […]
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