Month: August 2016

Young Leaders in the Green Movement

In the Spring of 2016 the Young Leaders in the Green Movement hosted a Lunch & Learn with Council Member Lisa Herbold. The Lunch & Learn was a venue for the Young Leaders to speak to community members and council members about the importance of the Young Leader’s Green Pathways campaign. A campaign that calls on the creation of more internships opportunities,

That are good for the environment and our communities at the same time.

That have a racial equity lens in their outreach and ways to retain participants.

This includes paying a living wage.

Have systems in place to help young adults move into career pathways

Now the Young Leaders in the Green Movement have partnered with Council Member Mike O’Brien and Council Member Lisa Herbold to write a resolution to ask the city of Seattle to follow the tenants of the Green Pathways Campaign.

Please join us at the first of two meetings to get this resolution passed!!

Friday, SEPT 23rd 2016 9:30am- 10:30am

City Hall- Council Chambers -Council Member Lisa Herbold’s Civil Rights, Utilities, and Economic Development & Arts Committee Meeting- 600 4th Ave. Seattle, WA 98122

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BUYER BEWARE: Heroin laced with elephant tranquilizer hits the streets

By Nadia Kounang and Tony Marco, CNN

The American heroin epidemic has become more dangerous, as reports of heroin laced with carfentanil are being reported throughout the country.

Carfentanil is the most potent opioid used commercially, 10,000 times stronger than morphine. It is a version or analogue of fentanyl, the painkiller that most recently made headlines with its role in the death of pop star Prince.

SEATTLE-KING COUNTY RESOURCE DAY & JOB FAIR: Saturday, August 27, 2016 from 10:00 AM to 2:00 PM

SEATTLE-KING COUNTY RESOURCE DAY & JOB FAIR

By: Seattle Housing Authority, King County Housing Authority, WorkSource Seattle-King County, and the Communities of Opportunity Initiative

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SEATTLE-KING COUNTY RESOURCE DAY & JOB FAIR

a partnership of Seattle Housing Authority, King County Housing Authority, WorkSource Seattle-King County, and the Communities of Opportunity Initiative

No Registration Necessary! All Individuals & Families Welcome!

Attend this great event for:

FREE Backpacks*
Door Prizes
Raffle Drawings
Job Opportunities
Employment Services & Job Training
Education Resources
Financial Services
Home Ownership Resources
Healthcare Resources

SEATTLE-KING COUNTY RESOURCE DAY & JOB FAIR

40 Participating Employers**, including:
ABM
Aegis Living
Airport Jobs
Anderson Construction
Burger King
CBRE
FedEx Express
First Student
Goodbye Graffiti
Ivar’s Restaurants
city of Kent
King County Sherriff’s Office
King County Transit
Korean Women’s Association
Manpower
New York Life
Puget Sound Energy
QFC
R&T Hood and Duct Services
ResCare HomeCare
Ross Stores
Safeway
Seattle Police Department
Sound Generations
Sysco Seattle
Terra Staffing Group
Town and Country Markets
UPS
UW Neighborhood Clinics
Uwajimaya
Visiting Angels
Washington Care Services
Washington State Patrol
Wells Fargo
World Vision

More to Come!

SEATTLE-KING COUNTY RESOURCE DAY & JOB FAIR

50 Participating Resource Providers, including:
Apprenticeship & Non-Traditional Employment for Women (ANEW)
Coordinated Care
First Financial Northwest Bank
Guided Pathways – Support for Youth & Families
Habitat for Humanity Seattle – King County
HDSP/Poverty Action
Hopelink
King County 211/Crisis Clinic
Literacy In the Community (LitCom)
Neighborhood House
Northwest Consummer Law Center
Rebuilding Together Seattle
Seattle Central College
Seattle Department of Construction and Inspections
Seattle Fire Department
Seattle Jobs Initiative (SJI)
Seattle Office of Emergency Management
Seattle Goodwill Job Training
Seattle-King County Public Health
Solid Ground – Family Assistance Program
Solid Ground-Tenant Services
Sound Generations (Formerly Senior Services)
South Seattle College
Susan G. Komen Puget Sound
Ventures (formally Washington CASH)
Washington Access Fund
WA State Department of Licensing (DOL)
WA State Department of Social & Health Services (DSHS)/Division of Child Support
Year Up-Puget Sound
YWCA Economic Empowerment

SEATTLE-KING COUNTY RESOURCE DAY & JOB FAIR

MANY MORE TO COME!

*Child(ren) must be present to receive a backpack. While supplies last!

**Employers interested in participating at this event
contact: Sharon Afforde, safforde@esd.wa.gov

SEATTLE-KING COUNTY RESOURCE DAY & JOB FAIR

WHEN
Saturday, August 27, 2016 from 10:00 AM to 2:00 PM (PDT) –

WHERE
Rainier Community Center – 4600 38th Avenue South, Seattle, WA 98118 –

More Information: SEATTLE-KING COUNTY RESOURCE DAY & JOB FAIR

Women entrepreneurs find Amazon Marketplace profitable, perplexing

Some 300 women gathered Tuesday at Amazon’s Seattle headquarters — the company’s first conference geared to women entrepreneurs who sell on Amazon’s website.

Reform advocates upset over pushback over changing malice law

Members of the legislative task force formed to recommend policy to next year’s Legislature on how to reduce violent interactions involving law enforcement listen Tuesday to executive director Sue Rahr of the state Criminal Justice Training Center during their meeting at the Burien facility. Peter Haley phaley@thenewstribune.com

When an effort by state lawmakers to make prosecuting police for improper use of deadly force easier stalled last year, legislators compromised.

They agreed to let a task force study the issue and recommend policy to next year’s Legislature on how to reduce violent interactions involving law enforcement.

But some on the state-appointed committee, which had its second meeting Tuesday, say lawmakers overseeing the panel are filibustering even a dialogue about changing controversial state law regulating police use of deadly force.