by Indivisible Tacoma | Jul 3, 2024 | Actions, Events
WATCH THE VIDEO!
June 30 Candidate Forum
Around 90 people turned out for Indivisible Tacoma’s June 30 Candidate Forum ready to work for great candidates!
Big thanks to Co-Hosts: The Conversation 253, LD2, 25, 28, 29 and Pierce County Democrats, and Women’s Think Tank-Tacoma. We are deeply grateful to the Bryant Neighborhood Center and master videographer, Dan Villa.
by Indivisible Tacoma | Sep 5, 2023 | Events
SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 9, 11AM
People’s Park
On Saturday, September 9, Tacoma For All is officially taking it back to the streets. Our most important event yet starts with a fun and empowering rally at People’s Park, then going out to meet voters, collect their stories, and remind landlords and their supporters on city council how deeply folks across Tacoma support our Tenant Bill of Rights.
The rally starts at 11:00am with inspiring speeches from T4A coalition partners and campaign leaders, along with some music, chants and story collection. We’ll then group attendees with trained canvas captains and hit the doors in Hilltop and beyond.
Tacoma For All will provide materials and support. All you have to do is show up excited and in a good pair of walking shoes if you plan on canvassing. Please register at www.bit.ly/t4arally.
by Indivisible Tacoma | Sep 5, 2023 | Events, Uncategorized
RALLY AND CANVASS
Sunday, September 17 4-6PM
Oakland Madrona Park
3114 S Madison, Tacoma
Join 350 Tacoma for a short rally featuring inspiring speakers, followed by a brief training with tips for effective door to door canvassing.
From 5-6pm we will form small groups and head out into the neighborhood to leave fliers and chat with our neighbors to make sure they know about the planned mega warehouse, how it might impact us, and provide ways to take action.
All are welcome!
We will have snacks!
Please share this event & invite your friends!
To officially endorse the Stop the Mega Warehouse Campaign, add your individual or organizational info here: https://forms.gle/79nnJRZLgZ1VyixX9
Background on the mega warehouse:
The City of Tacoma permitted a 2.5 million square foot warehouse in South Tacoma for Bridge Point LLC. This mega warehouse could mean up to 12,000 vehicle trips per day through neighborhoods that already experience higher levels of pollution and serious health impacts.
Over 100 acres of greenspace above an aquifer recharge zone will be paved, potentially causing long term damage to our water supply, less tree canopy and displacement of wildlife. There is also concern that the type of jobs typically associated with large warehouses will not be union or living wage positions.
City of Tacoma gave this project a Mitigated Determination of Non-Significance, which is being appealed by 350 Tacoma and the South Tacoma Neighborhood Council. The City has also failed to conduct a Health Impact assessment.
Learn more, donate, or send the City Tacoma a message at bit.ly/tacomawarehouse
by Indivisible Tacoma | Sep 5, 2023 | Events
Tuesday, September 26, 5-7PM
When: 9/26 ~5-7 pm
950 Pacific Avenue,Tacoma, WA 98402
Join folks in Tacoma for a public demonstation against nuclear weapons, and for the policies that will better the lives of everyday Americans.
People from around Washington state are coming together to say no to the $2 trillion dollar nuclear weapons enhancement plan.
As the state that is home to Hanford, the irradiated production site of the first nuclear warhead materials and Bangor-Trident, the site of more deployed nuclear weapons than anywhere else in the country, we must speak out. More importantly, we must demand that our members of Congress speak out and vote accordingly.
National Defense Authorization Act negotiations are expected to continue through September.
Learn more at: bit.ly/NoNukesTacoma
by indivisibletacoma | Jun 16, 2023 | Events
The newest federal holiday is Juneteenth National Independence Day, celebrating the end of slavery in the United States. Washington is one of 28 states that legally recognize Juneteenth as a public holiday.
It commemorates the day more than two months after the end of the Civil War – and more than two years after Abraham Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation – when enslaved Black Americans in Galveston, Texas, were informed of their freedom.
Thursday, June 15, 5-8PMTollefson Plaza (1548 Commerce St, Tacoma)
JUNETEENTH FREEDOM CELEBRATION
Join a family-friendly celebration with food, live music, and performances. This event will also feature appearances from:
• Deputy Mayor Kristina Walker
• C. Ivan Johnson
• Poet Laureate Christian Paige
• The Artist Collective – Creative Direction by Kenya Adams
Residents can add handprints to the Black Lives Matter Mural, designed by artist Dionne Bonner. All attendees can head over to Tacoma Art Museum for FREE entry during the event.
Saturday, June 17, 11AM – 5PMWright Park (501 South I St, Tacoma)
JUNETEENTH 253
Presented by Tacoma Cease Fire
Saturday’s Juneteenth festival at Wright Park will feature a variety of activities for all ages, including live music, dance performances, food vendors, historical reenactments, and more. We encourage everyone to bring their friends and family as we celebrate this important holiday.
Monday, June 19, 11AM – 5PM
Stewart Heights Park (5715 Reginald Gutierrez Ln, Tacoma)
JUNETEENTH CELEBRATION: A ROAD TO ECONOMIC FREEDOM
Supported by Tacoma Creates, Tacoma Urban League, and Metro Parks
Monday’s Juneteenth festival at Stewart Heights Park will host over fifty vendors from trade associations, local businesses, nonprofits, and finance.The festival will include a main stage filled with amazing performances and speakers, an interactive kid’s zone and stage, face painting and a playground.
Monday, June 19, 6:19PM
People’s Park (900 MLK Jr Way, Tacoma)
THE COLORFUL ROAD TO FREEDOM
Legally BLACK presents…
An outdoor block party/festival vibe for the community!
-Win up to $1000 in scholarships!
-Shop Black owned businesses
-Food truck
-Live DJ Joshua Fields
-Musical performances
-Carnival games
-Bounce house
-Black Student Union Thunderettes Step Team
-Raffle + prizes
+ MORE!
End your Juneteenth festivies here for an incredible night of education and celebration on June 19th! Last stop on the Freedom Road 2023.
Every year on the Juneteenth Holiday LegallyBLACK hosts a Juneteenth Celebration. always at 6:19pm!
LegallyBLACK represents BIPOC, but not all BIPOC have the same culture history and lived experience. So we honor and uplift them separately when necessary and address us all collectively when appropriate. Juneteenth is to honor BLACK History, people, culture and our future. All are encouraged to celebrate and learn with us.
— all sourced by local Black Owned Businesses and Entertainers!
Monday, June 19 6:30PM
Grand Cinema, 606 Fawcett Ave, Tacoma
A SPECIAL JUNETEENTH FILM PRESENTATION
In 1979, James Baldwin wrote a letter to his literary agent describing his next project, Remember This House. The book was to be a revolutionary, personal account of the lives and successive assassinations of three of his close friends-Medgar Evers, Malcolm X and Martin Luther King, Jr. At the time of Baldwin’s death in 1987, he left behind only thirty completed pages of his manuscript. Now, in his incendiary new documentary, master filmmaker Raoul Peck envisions the book James Baldwin never finished. The result is a radical, up-to-the-minute examination of race in America, using Baldwin’s original words and flood of rich archival material.
From The News Tribune, more events…
Royal Masquerade Juneteenth Gala: Saturday, 6:15PM – 9PM, Washington State History Museum, 1911 Pacific Ave. Admission is $45.
Juneteenth Celebration at Ray Gibson’s Cabelleros Club: Saturday, 8PM to midnight, at 1516 S 28th St
Juneteenth Family Storytime: Saturday, 3PM – 3:30PM, online at tacomalibrary.org.
Mazigazi Band Juneteenth Celebration: Sunday, at Elks Temple, 565 Broadway, Spanish Ballroom. Tickets are $7 in advance and $10 at the door.
Black Business Market: Sunday, 12 noon – 8PM, at Waterfront Market at Ruston, 5101 Ruston Way, Ruston.
by Indivisible Tacoma | Apr 29, 2023 | Events, News
Join The Conversation 253 in collaboration with other community groups, including Indivisible Tacoma, to hear about the impact of these distribution centers, those proposed locally, and what we can do to protect our communities.
Mega warehouse distribution centers continue to proliferate. Neighborhoods most impacted are often already overburdened and formerly redlined. Increased vehicle traffic affects our health, safety, and the climate. Paving countless acres of land reduces our access to trees and wetlands while threatening our aquifers.
There will be a panel discussion followed by Q&A.
Panelists include
Sally Perkins / Les Pogue Jr /
Michelle Mood / Victoria Leistman / Dr. Annemarie Dooley
We hope you can join us in person:
Evergreen Tacoma
1210 6th Ave, 98405
Sunday April 30th, from 1-3pm
OR
Zoom: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZApd-CvpjkpH91EVFjeiEw2gdUdagdTnnAt#/registration
