Candidate Forum for Seattle City Council D3 - June 13 (and SEA D3/KCC D4 May 23)

Hello 43rd neighbors!  We invite you to attend two forums taking place in the next month(s): 

District 3 Forum at KEXP, at 472 1st Ave N on June 13, from 5:30 to 7pm. 

The departure of Kshama Sawant led to enthusiastic leadership bids for this City Council position.  We are excited to partner with the 37th Dems and Tech4Housing on this forum. The diversity of candidates, and socio-economic demographics that live within the 43rd and 37th districts felt like it needed to be in an accessible, artful, cultural, industrial, and relaxing place: KEXP.

• The moderator is Erica C. Barnett, of PubliCola.  

• 10 Candidates

• We are partnering with the 37th Dems and Tech4Housing.

• This will be a live in-person event and will also be livestreamed. Masking is recommended. 

• Livestream details:

  • 43rd Dems YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@washingtonstate43rddistric66/streams

  • Zoom: https://us06web.zoom.us/j/89575511381?pwd=NmorSVp5enVmNzE0U2dWS296bmJDQT09

  • 43rd Dems Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/events/1453123588765080/

  • Backup livestreams (from Tech4Housing):

    • YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@tech4housing/streams

    • Zoom: https://us06web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_VtUXDRCITjeFJmsRok775Q#/registration

Subjects include but are not limited to:

• living wages

• art and cultural support

• transit

• industry activation 

• education

• carbon neutrality

• housing and rent stability

• transformative justice

District 4 City Council/King County Council Forum Was Held May 23 from 5:30-7:00 pm. 

We are excited to partner with the 36th & 46th Democrats and the Young Democrats of University of Washington in this academic setting, as they organize empowered voters and leaders to shape the future environments we will share and inhabit.

• This forum was moderated by Crystal Fincher of Hacks and Wonks and held at University of Washington Savery Hall, Room 260.  

• Recordings of this previous Event

  • YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lEbysCE2G38

  • Facebook: https://fb.me/e/VpzlAXJs

It is vital to collaborate and support our interconnected districts when there are such important issues at stake that affect our livelihoods, and the future of the city. We are excited to work together as legislative districts, united in creating educational spaces for our city. If you have any questions about these collaborations,activations of creative and educational spaces, please feel free to reach out.  If you wish to sponsor this forum, and future forums and programming for the 43rd, 46th, and 37th Dems, it will enable us to create better spaces for improved solutions together. 

If you wish to ask questions of the candidates, please submit questions to the moderators, and the 43rd.  There will be opportunities for questions in audience questions and a potential for rapid-fire questions. Please reach out regarding these forums, we welcome this opportunity to continue educating the public. We are thrilled to have live, accessible forums again.

Very Respectfully, Humbly, and in Community, 

Dawn 

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events@43rddemocrats.org