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Today ONLY, the Gates Foundation is matching by 50% on Donors Choose. Please consider donating to a classroom/school of your choice to support this effort.The Washington State Branch of the International Dyslexia Association is having a Family Fair this Saturday, August 17th from 9 am to 12:30 pm at the Hamlin Robinson School, 1701 20th Ave S. Tickets.
Event info:
- Attend four break out sessions, choosing from several topics for each
session. - Hear from dyslexia specialists, advocates, student panels, as well as representatives from Microsoft, OSPI, and the Hallowell Todaro ADHD Center.
- Parents are welcome to attend without children.
- Each parent and child must have their own registration. Students 12+ may attend sessions
separately from their parents. - Free t-shirts while supplies last.
- Reception will be held after sessions to connect with other parents, as well as with local organizations.
- Three clock hours available—$10.
If you have a teen between 13 and 19, you might want to check out the Teen Tix program. Teens can get free and discounted tickets to many events throughout the Seattle area. They have recently added a few venues in Tacoma too!From the Seattle Times, a follow-up story about the sweetened beverage tax. The Mayor had said she wanted to use some funds from it for other purposes rather than the stated programs but the Council had a veto-proof vote to keep those programs fully funded.
Teen Tix is a free arts access pass that allows teenagers to purchase $5 tickets to theater, dance, music, movies and visual arts events. Teens sign up for free, and then are able to purchase tickets to various performing arts venues for $5 each. There are even free events sometimes available to teens.
When the council passed the tax in 2017, it indicated the money should be used to boost healthful-food and early-education programs serving low-income communities of color that are targeted by soda marketing and that were expected to bear the brunt of the tax.A great story from the Seattle Times about who is a superhero, a visual art display at the UW Tower Mezzanine Lounge, 4333 Brooklyn Ave. N.E.
But when the mayor drew up this year’s budget, she used about $6 million from the soda tax to supplant baseline allocations for food banks, a parent-child program and other services that previously had been supported by the city’s general fund. The maneuver freed up $6 million in general-fund revenue for her other priorities.
In “The American Superhero,” an exhibit currently on display at UW Tower, people — of many races, sexualities, gender identities and socioeconomic status — are photographed in Captain America costumes. Next to them is an excerpt of their stories — what’s important to them, what they’ve overcome — and what their super power is. This exhibit tells the stories of overlooked American superheros, from drag queens to congresswomen, painting an image of the American flag with more colors than just red, white and blue.I don't know if you saw the YouTube video of this but Seattle police officers decided they had to really harangue a 13-year old girl for using the wrong sidewalk chalk at a protest. From the Seattle Times:
The Seattle Police Department drew criticism after officers arrested a crying 13-year-old girl who had accidentally used spray paint, instead of washable chalk paint, to write on a wall at Seattle City Hall during a climate-change protest Friday afternoon.What's on your mind?
A 25-year-old man was arrested along with the seventh-grader, according to a Seattle police blotter post that said officers were responding to a report of vandalism and that building security said they saw people damaging the building facade.
A video posted on Twitter by chemist and lecturer Heather Price shows officers cuffing the child and telling people they wanted to take her to the precinct rather than sort out the matter there in public view, “while we’re surrounded by a bunch of people who want to make their opinions known.”
“Imagine if instead of arresting this little girl the cops had helped her clean it up. Imagine if they had thanked her for her service for protecting the planet,” (Nikkita) Oliver wrote. “That kind of public service would have actually been transformative and accountable.”
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