Seattle Embassy - Meeting Minutes - 24 October 2019

Date: 10.24.2019


Attendees: Trevor, Brandon, Wesley, Jay, Uriah, Matthew, Alex (Remote), Aaron (Remote),  


Intros around the table


What we’re up to: 

  • Trevor is working on back end stuff. 

  • Jay is rocking the unsexy backend with forms and efficiency

    • Also working on an art project around bioregional food 

  • Brandon

    • Forms for Diplomat Handbook

    • Newsletter going out within the week

    • Shirt designed for our members

    • Database work

    • Meeting with David Danos

      • Indiegenous sign language

  • Matthew

    • Political Organizing

      • Initiative 502

    • Union organizing around Seattle

    • Moved back to Jet City 2 or 3 weeks ago

    • Politician Outreach - Legislative Department? 

    • Candidate forum sponsored by Cascadia 

  • Yogi Uriah

    • Building relationships with businesses around U District & Wallingford

      • Top10 Toys

      • Choco Canyon

    • Scheduled a meeting with the U District Chamber of Commerce  

  • Wesley

    • Outreach to Native Communities in the region

    • Focus towards Cascadia from National People’s Party 

    • What sort of dialogues can we have around colonization and decolonization? 

    • Reached out to three friends

      • Haida Friend

      • Lead advocate for Missing & Indigenous woman in Cascadia

      • Habanaki from Squaxin Tribe 

    • https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vi_Hilbert

  • Alex

    • Working on Chinook Wawa word of the day

    • Adding content to website for different Independence Movements 

  • Aaron

    • Seattle’s all latinx museum 

      • Working on a blog

      • Nearly 1 million latinx residents of Seattle

    • Looking at the Department of Ed through a social justice lens


Wouldn’t it be skookum if? 

  • Alex: 

  • Trevor: 

  • Jay:

  • Brandon:

  • Aaron:

  • Wesley:

  • Yogi Uriah:

  • Matthew: