The Roots of Today’s Immigration and Refugee Crisis
This week the Seattle City Council passed a resolution (PDF) on immigration reform rooted in the work of El Comité. I used this opportunity to place the immigration crisis within its proper historical...
View ArticleIndigenous Peoples’ Day 2014
After weeks of collaboration with Indigenous Rights activists, on Monday, October 6th, the Seattle City Council voted unanimously in favor of Resolution 31538, declaring the second Monday in October...
View ArticleMedia Roundup: Indigenous Peoples’ Day 2014
It was an honor to celebrate Seattle’s first Indigenous Peoples’ Day alongside the activists and organizers who made it all possible. This action was long overdue, and media outlets from around the...
View ArticleSeattle City Council Says No Dakota Access Pipeline!
On September 12, 2016, the Seattle City Council unanimously passed a resolution in solidarity with the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe and the nearly 200 allied tribes, numerous environmental organizations,...
View ArticleEnd the Political Repression Against Standing Rock Protesters
Thursday in North Dakota, a police force backed by corporate paramilitary agents and armored vehicles moved against indigenous people and other activists courageously protesting the Dakota Access...
View ArticleThanksgiving Letter to President Obama on Standing Rock
This Thanksgiving Day, 2016, I sent the following letter to President Obama, calling on him again to end the police violence in Standing Rock and the Dakota Access Pipeline project. November 24, 2016...
View ArticleHistoric Victory at Standing Rock Calls for Celebration and Vigilance
For the last eight months, the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe has led a historic campaign against the Dakota Access Pipeline (DAPL), uniting hundreds of tribes, environmentalists, veterans and other...
View ArticleMy Comments on Wells Fargo Divestment #NoDAPL
On December 12, I brought forward an ordinance to divest the City of Seattle from Wells Fargo, due to their investment in the Dakota Access Pipeline and a series of other unethical banking practices....
View ArticleMy letter to Seattle Public Schools urging them to fully fund Native...
Dear Superintendent Juneau, Director Halfaker, Chief Academic Officer DeBacker, Executive Director Starosky, Director Bush, Senior Assistant General Counsel Boy, and School Board Members, I am writing...
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