Seattle City Council Candidates’ Forum
The City Neighborhood Council is hosting this forum Thursday, June 18, from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m. in the Bertha Knight Landes Room, City Hall, 600 4th Ave.
Four council seats are open this year and 16 candidates vying for the positions.
This is a chance to learn more about the candidates that want a seat on the city council.
Find out more about the candidates’ qualifications and let your priorities be known.
Light refreshments will be available.
For more information, please call Wendy Watson, Department of Neighborhoods at 206-684-0464 or Kathy Nyland, chair of the City Neighborhood Council, at 206-762-2819.
Gang Violence: Real Problems and Real Solutions For Puget Sound
This discussion is sponsored by the Seattle City Council and will be held Tuesday, June 2, from 7 to 9 p.m. in the Bertha Knight Landes Room, City Hall, 600 4th Ave.
Citizens are invited to an evening of conversation with national and local experts, community leaders and involved citizens about the growing problem of gang violence in Puget Sound. This event continues the tradition of The Thomas C. Wales Foundation in convening symposia to engage the community in discussing important public issues.
How big is the gang problem in Puget Sound? Is this a local, regional or national problem?
How are local, state and federal law enforcement organizations addressing the gang problem?
What approaches to prevention and intervention have been attempted? What works, what doesn’t?
What are schools and community organizations doing to prevent youth involvement in gangs?
City council member Tim Burgess will introduce the speakers, including the keynote speaker, The Hon. Richard A. Jones, United States District Court. Enrique Cerna of KCTS 9 Connects will then guide a conversation among the panelists about how our community can come together to best address this important problem.
Eleuthera Lisch, Program Director, YMCA Alive and Free/Street Soldier
Sid Sidorowicz, Strategic Advisor, Office for Education, City of Seattle
Dennis Turner, Building the Bridges, Tacoma
Lieutenant Ronald Wilson, Gang Unit Commander, Seattle Police Department
Phelan Wyrick, Senior Policy Advisor, U.S. Department of Justice/Office of Justice Programs
