Written by Tim Harris, Executive Director Real Change A Pioneer Square business owner angrily compares homeless people in a nearby park to pigeons and demands in a public meeting that they be cleared away immediately. Yakima considers new anti-panhandling legislation, and sheriffs in Snohomish County are ticketing freeway on-ramp beggars for pedestrian interference. While all… Continue reading Voices: Real Change, Civility
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Stepping Up for Formerly Incarcerated Women and Their Children
Written by César Torres, Executive Director Northwest Justice Project Our Alliance for Equal Justice exists to overcome the many barriers to justice confronted daily by vulnerable low-income people across Washington State. The age of mass incarceration has resulted in untold numbers of already socially vulnerable persons, disproportionately people of color, also being burdened with the… Continue reading Stepping Up for Formerly Incarcerated Women and Their Children
Simple Changes Leverage a Big Impact
Written By Alex KF Doolittle, Executive Director Seattle Community Law Center Have you ever walked down the street in your city, or any city, and walked right by someone who is homeless without even realizing it? Some of us are in a hurry to get to the next meeting or to get out of the… Continue reading Simple Changes Leverage a Big Impact