[TRU Research] Researching Kent / South King County?

[Harry Maher]

I can't make a meeting this week but please let me know if you all come up
with something that you think that I/we can help with and keep me in the
loop for future meetings/research/etc. It is v. exciting!

Thanks!
Harry

On Tue, Jul 20, 2021 at 9:21 AM Katie Wilson <katie at transitriders.org>
wrote:

> Ok, how about this Thursday, 5:30pm at Victrola on 15th? Stephen and
> Douglas, does that work for both of you? Anyone else?
>
> Let me know if we need to adjust the time, and I’m happy to consider
> different locations too.
>
> Katie
>
> On Jul 18, 2021, at 7:40 PM, sextondouglas <sextondouglas at comcast.net>
> wrote:
>
> Yes and also free Thurs/Fri evening
>
> -------- Original message --------
> From: Katie Wilson <katie at transitriders.org>
> Date: 7/18/21 5:53 PM (GMT-08:00)
> To: Stephen DeSanto <rachidian at gmail.com>
> Cc: research at transitriders.org
> Subject: Re: [TRU Research] Researching Kent / South King County?
>
> Great! Anyone else?
>
> I’d be up for meeting late this week (Thursday/Friday?) or sometime the
> following week.
>
> Katie
>
> On Jul 16, 2021, at 2:46 PM, Stephen DeSanto <rachidian at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Hi Katie. It's good to hear from you. I have time to help research.
>
> Stephen
>
>
> On Fri, Jul 16, 2021 at 1:48 PM Katie Wilson <katie at transitriders.org>
> wrote:
>
>> Hi Research & Data team!
>>
>> It’s been a while. I hope you’re all doing well and enjoying the summer.
>> At last night’s membership meeting we passed the resolution below, to
>> explore organizing in South King County. As a few of you already know,
>> there are reasons to be especially interested in the city of Kent, which
>> has strong connections with Amazon (warehouses & Blue Origin) and a pretty
>> crappy city council & mayor (though that could change somewhat in this
>> election).
>>
>> If we are to plan a successful campaign in Kent or South King County,
>> we'll need to do quite a bit of RESEARCH. Anyone game for helping out with
>> this over the next few months?
>>
>> I don’t have a list of specific questions, but a lot of vague ideas.
>> Might be good to meet up (in person even?) and brainstorm. Let me know if
>> you’re interested!
>>
>> - Katie
>>
>> —————————
>>
>>
>> Resolution #152 on organizing in South King County
>>
>> Proposed by the General Council
>>
>> WHEREAS with the Stay Housed Stay Healthy campaign, TRU has for the first
>> time attempted to move legislation in cities outside Seattle, with some
>> success; and
>>
>> WHEREAS through this campaign TRU has begun to build connections with
>> organizations, community leaders and elected officials throughout King
>> County; and
>>
>> WHEREAS many of the issues of the greatest importance to TRU members—
>> including public transit and transportation, housing and homelessness— are
>> truly regional; and
>>
>> WHEREAS there is in general much less grassroots organizing and
>> power-building happening outside Seattle than within; and
>>
>> WHEREAS as Seattle as gentrified, many working and poor people and people
>> of color have been pushed out to the rest of King County, especially to
>> South King County; and
>>
>> WHEREAS the city councils in many King County cities are dominated by big
>> business, landlord and wealthier homeowner interests; and
>>
>> WHEREAS it has always been the vision of TRU to expand beyond Seattle to
>> become a truly King County-wide (at least!) organization; and
>>
>> WHEREAS it has also always been the vision of TRU to grow from being a
>> relatively small group of dedicated activists to become a large, mass-based
>> organization able to support more than just a couple paid staff, so as to
>> be able to more effectively engage large numbers of members and coordinate
>> large numbers of volunteers to win major victories; and
>>
>> WHEREAS achieving this will not happen without concerted effort,
>> strategic planning and resources,
>>
>> THEREFORE BE IT
>>
>> RESOLVED to authorize TRU’s General Secretary and General Council to
>> begin investigating potential for a 2022 organizing campaign focused in
>> South King County and to develop one or more preliminary campaign sketches
>> to bring to the next Membership Meeting for further discussion.
>>
>>
>> Katie Wilson
>> General Secretary
>> Transit Riders Union
>> https://transitriders.org
>> 206-781-7204
>>
>> *The Transit Riders Union is a democratic organization of working and
>> poor **people, including students, seniors, and people with
>> disabilities, taking control over our own lives, and building up the power
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>> We will **fight to preserve, expand, and improve the public
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>>
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>>
>>
>>
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