Cascadia Day is Coming!
A day to celebrate the unique dynamism of our bioregion and movement.
What Is Cascadia Day?
“We celebrate Cascadia Day to remind ourselves of distinct regional values, unique traditions, inherent beliefs, and our devotion to creating a sustainable and equitable community in which leadership is in the hands of the people and a strong community is our greatest asset.”
From the mountains to the sea, our home features some of the most diverse, beautiful, and dynamic landscapes in the world. Our people are as diverse as the beauty that surrounds us. We are abundantly blessed, and therefore, we celebrate a holiday to highlight our uniqueness and diversity and as a reminder of our responsibility to act as faithful stewards of the wondrous bounty with which we are endowed.
Cascadia Day is May 18th. It is an opportunity to educate and celebrate our beautiful bioregion. We hope each of you will join us in celebrating Cascadia Culture Week, the time before and after Cascadia Day each year when we celebrate the incredible diversity and culture that make this region so wonderful.
Take Action!
Help us make a Regional Impact: Call for Op-Ed Contributors:
In preparation for Cascadia Day on May 18, Seattle journalist Andy Engelson, founder of Cascadia Magazine, is seeking volunteers to help write and submit op-eds across the bioregion exploring what increased autonomy and political independence could look like for Cascadia. With the U.S. sliding deeper into authoritarianism, these pieces aim to spark public conversations about how we can build resilience, protect human rights, and shape a more just and sustainable future rooted in our bioregion. If you're interested in participating in this project, please email cascadiademocratic@protonmail.com
Cascadia Day Art Submissions:
To celebrate Cascadia Day, we are creating a Cascadia Day Art Gallery that will be featured at our Cascadia NW Arts and Music Festival. We invite you to share a photo, poem, story, song, or video that you feel captures the essence of Cascadia. This can be anything! - but also would love photographs people have that capture the essence of the Cascadia movement, the people, diversity, and power that people have been part of over the years, from demonstrations, to parades, to soccer matches. This is time to begin showcasing the amazing people behind this incredible idea and movement that has been growing for decades. (no AI please). If you're interested in participating in this project, please email cascadia@deptofbioregion.org
Saturday Night Celebration – Salmon Bake, Bioregional Elders Panel & Cascadia Poetry Reading as part of the Cascadia BioFi Conference!
Join us the evening of Saturday, May 17 at the historic Georgetown Steam Plant for a community salmon bake, an intergenerational elders panel, and a Cascadia Poetry Poetry Raeding—in partnership with the Cascadia Poetry Lab, and featuring powerful voices from across the bioregion. Everyone attending the BioFi Conference is welcome to join, but we’re also opening up this evening to the community and want to have a true in person Cascadia day celebration. The poetry panel will feature Paul Nelson, Jason Wirth, Harold Rhenisch, Robert Lashley, Claudia Castro Luna, Gabriella Gutiérrez y Muhs, and Roberta Hoffman. In our next newsletter, we’ll have a link ready for people to RSVP just for Saturday evening. Come for the food, stay for the inspiration. More information coming soon.
Grab tickets to our Cascadia Day BioFi Conference! https://cascadiabiofi.org
How To Celebrate
Share a post on social media, share a picture, change your profile image and help us get #Cascadia trending!
Fly your Cascadia Flag, wear your Cascadia gear!
Gather a group of friends and host an event or Cascadia related activity
Take a Nature Walk or do something you feel is distinctly Cascadian
Support a business you feel is local, ethical or sustainable.
#CASCADIADAY #CascadiaBIOREGION #CASCADIA #MAY18
Tag @Cascadiabioregion on Facebook and Instagram and @cascadiadept on Twitter, and we’ll be resharing all day.
May 18th – Cascadia Day
Cascadia Day was chosen as a day to celebrate by David McCloskey, one of the early founders of Cascadian bioregionalism. The first Cascadia Day was celebrated in 2012 and grew out of an Cascadia Unconference in Eugene, Oregon. It was organized and celebrated by Elona Underwood with Cascadia Education Project, Mel and Devin and Casey with Cascadia Matters, and Brandon Letsinger with the Cascadia Department of Bioregion. Now, it’s up to you to keep this wonderful tradition alive!
