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The Seattle School District is now planning to close just 5 schools next year. That's down from the 21 possible closures the district had proposed earlier. The district has been teasing school closures for months as a part of its “Well Resourced Schools” plan. Seattle Schools faces a $94 million dollar budget deficit and Superintendent Brent Jones proposed closing schools to help cover that gap. After the announcement of which schools would close last month, the push back from parents was swift. And the School Board? Well, they weren't on-board either. Now, with a scaled back plan, the district will need to explore other options to cover its fiscal deficit.  Guest: Liza Rankin, President of the Seattle School Board Links: KUOW: Seattle Schools' proposed closures trimmed from 21 to just 5 schools after backlash KUOW: Seattle families brace for school closures. What can we learn from last time?See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

There are a lot of stories about the financial challenges facing schools right now: Seattle School District has a $100 million budget gap they need to close and they're going to be shuttering schools to make ends meet.  Bellevue School District also closed schools to shore up its budget last year. Other districts are looking at million dollar shortfalls and considering school closures or ending programs.  But Marysville School District is facing a particularly challenging landscape. "They have a critically declining financial condition," said Washington State Auditor Pat McCarthy. Her office reviews the finances of all 295 school districts in the state. Their report on Marysville's finances made headlines when it was published last week. McCarthy compared Marysville's situation to Vader School District, which dissolved in 2007 because of severe financial problems. So what is going on at Marysville and how does it fit into the larger landscape of budget challenges at districts statewide?  Guest: Marguerite Roza, director of the Edunomics Lab and a Research Professor at Georgetown University's McCourt School of Public Policy Relevant Links: Washington State Standard: Why WA school budgets are getting tighter, and what can be done about it KUOW: Could Marysville schools have to close amid 'uniquely perilous' financial troubles?  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Seattle has shuttered its gifted and talented programs because the school board determined they had too many white and Asian students. Pags gives his thoughts. PLUS...Part 2 this hour with Eric Trump about how unhappy he is with the judgements against him and his Dad

What’s Trending: The Seattle Police Department’s staffing levels are in the toilet and at historic lows. In yet another scandal at Green Hill School, detectives found that a security guard fomented an attack on a teen… and she laughed about it. // The Seattle School District is taking the next steps in getting rid of its “gifted” program due to racial disparities. // FOX News host Brian Kilmeade says he thinks Donald Trump should name his entire cabinet now before he has to spend weeks on end in a courtroom. Rory Kennedy, sister of Robert Kennedy Jr., says she can’t support her brother’s candidacy because she fears he will take votes from Joe Biden and hand the election to Trump. 

In this episode of Run It By My Lawyer, Joe Samo details a lawsuit against big Social Media companies like Facebook, Google, Instagram, TikTok, Snapchat. The Seattle School District is going after all of them and asking for change because kids' depression and suicide rates have gone up substantially over the past few years. The Seattle schools are asking the companies to change their practices so that they don't keep harming our children. Learn about the law, evidence, civil procedure, and more, by learning about this epic legal battle that can change social media forever. #Aerosmith #StevenTyler #lawsuitWebsite: linktr.ee/slamo Email: joe@SamoLaw.com Instagram: @runitbymylawyer Support the Podcast: Venmo: @Joe-Samo-1

Special guests Spike O'Neill & Joe Bryant, and Shawn Alexander. Bob is experiencing the effects of a Bomb Cyclone and Atmospheric River in Malibu Canyon. Zip is in love with the Facebook Whistleblower: Frances Haugen. She says Facebook is "scared". And she has advice for Elon Musk. Spike and Joe are special guests once again.. Joe is playing with OpenAI/ChatGPT, New Years' Resolutions. Seattle School District suing Social Media. And female M&M's? What is "Executive Function" and why is it the enemy of your Lizard Brain? Positive Law with Shawn Alexander. We update you on our "off the grid" friend Mark, and try to help a struggling small business cope with live music. We're taken aback by the pro drumming skills of (then) 8 year-old @yoyoka_soma in her 'breakout' video covering Led Zeppelin's 'Good Times, Bad Times'. Bob hopes to meet her, learning she and her family have moved to Las Vegas.

Hour 1 -- 15 days to election day, polling says public interest in this election is the highest ever for a mid-term, MSNBC host says inflation is a myth, WA Senator's 1st remark after last night's televised debate, WA Sec. of State candidate really doesn't like "ranked choice voting", "Democrats bet heavy" that abortion would be the primary election issue but the economy is still dominating most headlines, Pres. Biden claims his student loan debt forgiveness 'passed by a vote or two' when it was his executive order. Hour 2 -- Tiffany Smiley "prepared, defiant and at times understandably emotional" during last night's big debate, Murray "even keeled with a low tone" during debate, Carlson examines the key moments and the key words in last night's debate, "Patty Murray is today's Washington D.C.", how both candidates handled the abortion issue in last night's debate, gun control moments in last night's Murray/Smiley debate, "something seriously wrong here" with virtually all election positions for judge in King County having no challenger. Hour 3 -- Sen. Patty Murray says "public education system is the backbone of our economy" sets our antennae buzzing, WA hydro-electric dams becoming a problem spot for Democrats as they preach climate change but want to demolish dams, Democrats feuding between Tacoma and 'Seattle/Olympia', GUEST: KVI's Ari Hoffman on the continuing saga of CRT public school curriculum writer, Tracy Castro Gill; Hoffman notes Gill was so 'extreme, so divisive' that she was fired by the Seattle School District, now she's lecturing at UW and hired as a consultant on curriculum via the OSPI, Gill sells curricula across the nation and now OSPI is buying them; a WA Secretary of State candidate is hesitant to support any law on ballot harvesting.

On this midweek show, Crystal chats with Darya Farivar about her campaign for State Representative in the 46th Legislative District - why she decided to run and her thoughts on addressing issues such as homelessness, housing affordability and zoning, healthcare accessibility, progressive revenue and effective spending, education funding, climate change, and ballot access. As always, a full text transcript of the show is available below and at officialhacksandwonks.com. Follow us on Twitter at @HacksWonks. Find the host, Crystal Fincher, on Twitter at @finchfrii and find today's guest, Darya Farivar, at @DaryaForHouse.   Resources Campaign Website - Darya Farivar: https://www.daryaforhouse.com/    Transcript   [00:00:00] Crystal Fincher: Welcome to Hacks & Wonks. I'm Crystal Fincher, and I'm a political consultant and your host. On this show, we talk with policy wonks and political hacks to gather insight into local politics and policy in Washington State through the lens of those doing the work with behind-the-scenes perspectives on what's happening, why it's happening, and what you can do about it. Full transcripts and resources referenced in the show are always available at officialhacksandwonks.com and in our episode notes. So today I am excited to welcome to the program a candidate for the 46th Legislative District in Northeast Seattle running for State Representative - welcome, Darya Farivar. [00:00:49] Darya Farivar: Thank you so much for having me, Crystal and Bryce. I'm really excited to be here and to talk with you all about my campaign and the issues that are important to me and what I want the 46th to look like. So thank you for a warm welcome. [00:01:01] Crystal Fincher: Absolutely. Thank you for joining us. The 46th doesn't have competitive races very often - it's been a decade basically since the last one, so this is a big opportunity for everyone in the 46th. I'm very happy that people are getting the chance to know you better. Just starting off - what is your background and what made you decide to run for office? [00:01:25] Darya Farivar: Yeah - there are a lot of different things that pushed me towards this decision to run. First and foremost is that the 46th is my home - I've lived here my whole life - I grew up here, I went to grade school here. My parents - when they fled Iran because of the revolution, they actually met at Roosevelt High School, which is my high school. And it's a very sweet story about how they met, but I'll spare you the details. They ended up putting down roots in the Lake City neighborhood and we've been there ever since. And I love this community fiercely - it is such a tight-knit community, a strong community. But it's also one that's been struggling pretty significantly over the years. In Lake City, I'm not really able to go anywhere without seeing folks who are experiencing homelessness, housing instability, mental illness, and substance use - and seeing folks get pulled into the criminal legal system when they don't get the help that they need. Those are my top priorities for this race - not just 'cause I see folks who are struggling every day, but also because it's the work that I'm doing in the Legislature right now. I'm the Public Policy Director at Disability Rights Washington, so I spend my days working on civil rights legislation, mostly at the intersection of challenges that Lake City is experiencing. I think it's really critical that we're electing folks who have a strong understanding of how to navigate Olympia successfully. My entire job relies on me being able to do that successfully - managing an organization's legislative agenda and legislative strategy. And I don't think that can be underlined enough - Olympia's a difficult place to participate and try and get bills passed. And I think it also relies on folks having a deep understanding of how these issues and this policy really translates to on-the-ground work. And I have some understanding there as well - I'm really lucky to have been part of a team that's overseeing 12 different behavioral health diversion programs across the state. There are programs that are doing well - well enough that they've been funded by the Legislature to keep going. And they're doing that really hard work of trying to meet people where they're at and provide help as soon as help is needed. And I know that we can create a state system even beyond just behavioral health that's built on that concept. And that's what I'm looking to do. [00:03:43] Crystal Fincher: Excellent. And I have definitely appreciated the work that you and others have been doing with Disability Rights Washington and the wins that you've been able to achieve, the work that you continue to do to try and make our state more equitable and help it serve everyone. You have talked - I've heard you talk before - about those challenges facing Lake City and the district at-large. And there are more homeless people now, more people struggling with being able to pay rent, to find shelter than there have been - than we've seen before. What can be done to help people stay in their homes and to get off of the street? What are your plans for that? [00:04:28] Darya Farivar: Yeah, it is certainly easier to keep folks in their homes at the beginning, rather than wait for folks to - for example, you have to be homeless for a night in order to access a lot of housing services. And that just doesn't make sense - to wait for someone to lose absolutely everything before intervening is not okay. It's not helpful. It's incredibly traumatizing to the individual. And it's also just not a good use of our funds too, and the very little resources we have as a state. So building up supports and tenant protections and making sure that - if it's a hundred dollars between someone experiencing homelessness or being able to stay in their home, making sure that we can find that to keep folks there, making sure that we've got those rental subsidies available for folks. And then also looking at folks who, unfortunately, did make it to that point and crisis, where they did end up on the streets - trying to look at what the underlying reasons that pushed them over the edge. And for many folks, it's disability. National numbers show that 40% of folks who are experiencing homelessness actually identify as having a disability. Now we can have a whole conversation about identifying as having a disability versus actually being diagnosed as having a disability - and very often, a lot more folks meet diagnosis criteria than actually identify with it - especially folks who are having behavioral health challenges. And so when I look at what's happening there, I see disability and I see behavioral health as a big part of it. And so I look at our behavioral health system - and our behavioral health system is missing the entire front end of it. We're waiting for folks, again, to fall through every last crack in the system before even attempting to provide help. And that's not working, right? There's so many folks that are struggling and suffering because of that - because either themselves or their loved ones have reached out for help and they haven't been able to get it. And leaving folks to access our last-resort behavioral health options and using those as the cornerstone of our system is not working. And so really focusing on diversion and intervention and making sure we're building up things like our newly established 988 hotline - making sure there's services to go along with that. Mobile crisis teams, options to have behavioral health professionals actually responding to crisis and getting folks into things like pure respite and crisis stabilization - that's what we need to be investing in. [00:06:58] Crystal Fincher: That certainly makes sense. And you're right - it is critical to keep people in housing and to intervene before we get to the point where they're at-risk or at the point where they're losing it. Affordability is a major, major contributor to homelessness and it's a big challenge that we're facing statewide - really countrywide - but definitely in this district. One big item that is attempting to help is Representative Jessica Bateman's missing middle housing bill that didn't successfully make it through last session but is coming back - looks like it has momentum. Do you support and will you vote for the missing middle housing bill? [00:07:40] Darya Farivar: Yes, absolutely. Absolutely. We are missing something around 250,000 units of housing across the state. That is a huge and terrifying number, right? And the way that we're gonna be able to address that is by making meaningful changes in the way that we're looking at density. I think - one of the things that I'm seeing a lot along the campaign trail is that folks have been pushed into this kind of false choice between extremes. It's either single-family zoning or it's apartment buildings, and folks don't see a lot of what's in the middle - and what's in the middle is where that conversation is happening or where it should be happening at least. The reality is that we need density. We need density now. And what that density's gonna look like is going to be different neighborhood to neighborhood. And we have to be flexible in allowing for that individualization and reality of the landscape we're working in. Seattle neighborhoods are just very different neighborhood to neighborhood - they look and feel different and the capacity that they have for density is going to vary. And so we have to stay open to that and have to push back against this all-or-nothing approach. There is so much that we can do in the middle. [00:08:50] Crystal Fincher: I think you're absolutely spot on with that. There are people who think that - okay, I'm gonna have some 20-story building - anytime someone talks about absorbing density. But also there are issues, as we saw in this last session, about what is the middle and where does it stand? Are you talking more in terms of sixplex and anything in middle like that? Are you talking higher density? What does the middle look like to you? [00:09:19] Darya Farivar: I think it depends on the neighborhood and the folks that we're talking about. I think sixplexes are a great place to start. I will never pretend to be an expert on that legislation. I'm always the first person to jump up and say, this is an issue I need to learn more about. I am no expert in housing zoning and how that policy is shaping up, and I'm really comfortable saying that because I know that the experts are around me. And I know that there are people that I can call on who are having much more in-depth conversations around this and understand the nuance and the detail with that. For me, it's about talking to folks who are being displaced and figuring out what's gonna keep them in the neighborhood. That's what the middle is to me. How do we keep folks, for example, in a neighborhood like Lake City that is seeing a lot of new development and growth, how do we make sure the long-term residents - like my family, like my parents - are able to age in place and stay in the neighborhood that they have chosen and grown to love. [00:10:11] Crystal Fincher: Absolutely. And when it comes to that, you talk about zoning being essential and important. Is that the only thing that's necessary for keeping rents down, or do we also need to be looking at other policies beyond missing middle housing in order to make sure that we can stabilize rents and keep our communities affordable? [00:10:30] Darya Farivar: I think it's definitely part of it. I don't think that it's all of it. I think there are a lot of creative conversations happening about what we can be doing - not just to increase density, but actually put land and housing back in the hands of, again, folks who have been in these communities longest. Lot of conversations around building up nonprofit housing, which is really interesting and exciting to me. Trying to talk about land co-ops and joint ownership models - where if you can't afford to own all of the home that you're living in, you can own a piece of it. Really interested in having some more conversations about these grassroots solutions - things that communities of color have been talking about for a long time and trying to find ways for the state to support that. Not insert ourselves in the middle of it, but find a way to support that sort of mutual aid that's already happening naturally in a lot of different communities. [00:11:27] Crystal Fincher: Yeah, I think that's wise to look at. I also wanted to talk about - you have such a deep background in disability rights, which is so tied to our healthcare system. And you talked about some of the things you want to accomplish there. We are at a crisis point in many ways where we're looking at staffing shortages in basically every element of our healthcare system. I just read news that a intermediate transport company - taking people from the hospital to different appointments or to other care centers that are necessary and routine - is just shutting down. We have shortages of nurses, of frontline people, of ambulance drivers, just everywhere in the system. What can you as a legislator do to help address our capacity issues, our staffing issues across the healthcare system? And what else would you do to make sure better healthcare is more available to more people? [00:12:28] Darya Farivar: When I look at the workforce shortages across the system, especially in caregiving fields, two things really come to mind. And I'm really drawing from my experiences working with those diversion programs across the state. And they had two major challenges to address - how do we, where is the place to divert someone to housing? And also how do we keep our staff? And the fact that that was one of the biggest concerns, along with housing, is not a fun conversation, right? Because ultimately it comes down to making sure staff feel appreciated and they're being well taken care of. And the reality is that the rates just aren't there - this last legislative session, the Legislature increased rates by about - I believe it was 4% - though I'm probably getting this number wrong now that I haven't looked at the bill for months now. But we increased it just a little - oh, I think it was seven, 7% - that's right, because Massachusetts also increased their rates, but about 15%. And that is much closer to where we need to be. If we want to make sure that folks are gonna get the services and care that they need, we have to take care of the people who are caring for those individuals. And right now, I don't think we're doing that in Washington. The reality is we can think up all of the fabulous new programs that we want to see, but until we have folks to fill them, those are all just dreams and ideas. And it does come down to making sure people are paid a thriving wage - not surviving, not just barely scraping by - a thriving wage. And, the other issue that comes up here is that - especially in behavioral health, folks are really sick. Folks are - again, we're waiting for the system - we're waiting for folks to fall through every last crack in the system before engaging. And so by the time folks get into a place where they're receiving care from a healthcare provider, behavioral health professional - they're in a really, really bad state and it's really hard to help that individual. That can't be said enough. So to help our workforce situation, we have to cough up the money, we have to pay people better. And we need to not wait for folks to fall through all the last cracks in the system. We have to actually intervene earlier so that it is easier, and in a lot of situations safer for staff to intervene and provide the care that folks need. [00:14:58] Crystal Fincher: And obviously we're having so many of these conversations, whether it's about trying to get our unhoused neighbors into housing and the frontline workers that we're relying on doing that, or within the healthcare system. How much we are paying and taking care of these people is part of every conversation, which also gets back to a conversation about revenue. And do we have enough to take care of everyone we need to take care of? And the general consensus is - generally no. And a lot of conversation about implementing more progressive revenue measures in order to do that. Do you support more progressive revenue? And if so, what kind - what are you in favor of? [00:15:46] Darya Farivar: Absolutely. There's no way around it. We need more revenue and it has to be progressive revenue. We have to figure out a way to establish a state income tax. And I know that there are really brilliant people who are working on that. We - I'm really supportive of the capital gains tax, of the state excise tax. I'm really interested in finding ways for folks who are making a ton of money to really just pay their fair share - we're not asking for anything earth shattering. We're asking for folks to pay what is fair and for folks to really make sure that we're not putting the burden on folks who are ultimately accessing the social services that we are paying for - that they are ultimately paying for. That doesn't make any sense whatsoever. We have the most regressive tax structure in the country and that is something for us to be deeply ashamed of. So there's no way around it. We absolutely have to have progressive revenue. And at the same time, we also need to keep having this conversation about - are we spending our money wisely? Are we working with what we have the best we can? And I think the answer is also no. I don't think we're spending our money the best way we can possibly spend it. And looking at the behavioral health system is where I see one of those examples so clearly. One of the things that comes with waiting for folks to fall through the cracks in the system is that it is really expensive to get them into the care that they need. And sometimes - oftentimes - they tip over that line, over the line where you get care and into a really expensive system, which is the criminal legal system. And we are dumping so much money into that system as a way to try and compel people into getting care - when we could have been intervening earlier and saving money and saving lives and saving trauma. And we're not doing that. And so I think that there is - I think we have to keep having that conversation as well. When we want to pay for something or we feel that we have to pay for something, we find the funding for that. And in that system it has become really clear that we are spending the vast majority of our money on the criminal legal system and on expensive, really in a lot of ways ineffective institutionalization, when we could be doing a lot more earlier. [00:18:11] Crystal Fincher: Absolutely. Expensive, ineffective, inefficient. And it's just not accomplishing what we need it to - I completely agree with you there. Another option that's currently being discussed is Representative Noel Frame's wealth tax that she had proposed that has some broad support. I assume you also are in favor of implementing that? [00:18:33] Darya Farivar: Absolutely. [00:18:34] Crystal Fincher: Makes complete sense. Also in the conversation - just about education and public schooling. We are in the Seattle School District - kids are just getting back to school after a teacher strike. And there's so many issues that teachers brought up that they're facing that are - that they're struggling with - and fundamentally boil down to still receiving insufficient funding at the state level from just where we're at in terms of class sizes, special education funding - those class sizes, the staff, just the ability and training to implement those programs and support kids in the way that they need to be supported. Counseling resources, which are more necessary now than they've ever been. In your role as a legislator, what can you do to help increase the amount of funding for schools and to make sure that we're doing the best job to educate our kids and prepare them for a successful life? [00:19:37] Darya Farivar: Yeah, yeah. So school funding, man, this is the kind of forever conversation, right? This is our paramount duty and we are failing pretty significantly. And one of the areas that you see this really clearly is in special education, is with disabled Black and Brown students especially. When I look at the way that we are funding education and - yeah, when I'm looking at the way we're funding education overall, right? The fact that we are funding based on enrollment is a problem. And we're seeing that more and more show up today - especially like in Seattle Public Schools. And so we really need to rethink that and really make sure that we are funding, I think, based on need, based on where that need is and how much that need is. And it's just not working - what we've been doing is not working, so changing the way that we are funding education fundamentally - it needs to happen. The other area that I look at in funding - for special education specifically - is around inclusion. We know that isolation and segregation and restraint leads kids into the school-to-prison pipeline. And yet our funding formulas encourage it. Our funding formulas say that you get more funding for students who spend time in a segregated classroom setting. It directly encourages against inclusion and that's not working either. And we need to flip how we are funding inclusion and special education as well. And this is another area where there's a lot of great experts working on this, right? A lot of folks who have been having these conversations about whether we stick to the prototypical model for funding or do we change it up. And it's another area where I really want to get in and listen to the folks who have been working on this, who have been the experts working in the community on this as well, and listen and figure out what can I do best. For every issue that is not my expertise, I'm really interested in listening and learning and taking direction from folks who know much better than I what's going on and how I can get in there and be the best ally I can to push these issues along in a way that really keeps folks, and in this case students, who are furthest from opportunity, which I really think are Black and Brown students with disabilities at the center of these conversations. And make sure that what we set out to do, which is support these students, ultimately carries through and our end result really does support those students. [00:22:21] Crystal Fincher: Yeah, that absolutely makes sense. And I appreciate your candor. Sometimes we hear politicians who - I have every answer, only I can implement the solution. And reality is no one ever does. And even those who think they do inevitably encounter some things that noone ever could have anticipated - like a pandemic, or things like that where it's just new - and having an infrastructure set up to be in communication and in community with people most impacted, people on the ground while bringing your principles, your perspective, your own experience through there is really important. And so I just appreciate you being candid about that and being willing to listen and learn. I think that says a lot about a candidate who does take that perspective. [00:23:16] Darya Farivar: Thank you. [00:23:17] Crystal Fincher: Sure. [00:23:18] Darya Farivar: I'm really glad to hear that. I will just also offer - working in a co-governance model is what I'm interested in. That's how I work with legislators when I'm lobbying and trying to bring advocates in. And I think because of that, we need more organizers as legislators. And that's exactly what I'm trying to do. We need to be co-governing - these decisions - we're elected to represent the people, our constituents, but ultimately we're making decisions that are gonna impact them directly. And so we have to stay in constant communication with folks who are gonna be impacted by it. [00:23:48] Crystal Fincher: In another area where - right now - folks who are least able to mitigate the impacts of climate change are most impacted by it. We're seeing it here locally, whether it's people being exposed to and endangered by extreme heat and extreme cold. Just today as we're recording this, it's another dangerous air advisory because of wildfire smoke and that being a direct threat to people's immediate health with asthma and increased heart attacks, lung irritation. These are all things that are impacting our communities and communities that are most vulnerable. What are your priorities for mitigating the current impacts the climate change on these communities and addressing just greenhouse gas emission reduction overall? [00:24:41] Darya Farivar: Yeah, I think it all comes back down to holding corporations accountable for the pollution that they have created and put on these underrepresented marginalized communities. It comes down to making sure, again, we're holding people accountable in a lot of different ways. And so there's just no way around that. We need to do a better job of doing that. The Climate Commitment Act is here, which is exciting and it's making some progress. It does seem to really rely on cap and trade measures, which is a start - but cap and trade measures also allow for folks who have the money to pay off those fines and keep producing pollution as they have been. And that's not the kind of accountability that we so desperately need. It's a start - it's a good start - but if we're really gonna be meeting these climate goals, we need to be a lot more aggressive about it. And say - that's enough, you need to stop producing and operating as you have been, because it is deeply harming the world and these communities that we say that we're trying to do right by. And so again, making sure that those communities have a direct line of communication into this process - that they're not just actually - beyond having a line of communication, making sure that they're at the table is gonna be really critical, especially indigenous communities. I am really interested in getting involved in transportation as a climate justice issue. That's the angle that I am also most familiar with - Disability Rights Washington has an incredible Disability Mobility Initiative, and I've been able to learn so much from the work that Anna Zivarts is doing there, and I hope to continue. And hope that we can build on that work. We know that cars and trucks are our number one cause of pollution. And so we have to address that head on and what that means is making sure that public transit works for everybody. It has to work for the folks who are relying on it - for example, folks with disabilities who don't have another option, public transportation is it .And also making it efficient enough so that folks who do have cars and can make the choice see it as the more efficient option, see it as the better option for them in every way. And there's a lot that we can be doing there. In the 46th, we've got some brand new light rail stations, which is really exciting. I'm a big fan of the light rail - used to take it to work every day before COVID - and they're closer now. But we gotta make sure that those are connected up with our bus routes as well. We gotta make sure that it is safe to get from point A to B to C. And I think an area that - it doesn't always get the attention that it really needs when thinking about transportation - is also pedestrian safety infrastructure. That is, at the most basic level, sidewalks. In any Seattle neighborhood - if you walk around that neighborhood, there is going to be a problem with the sidewalk you're walking on. There's gonna be a route that's like trying to climb out of it - there isn't gonna be a curb cut, it's gonna be some issue with it. And that's an issue that DRW has been working on over the years, which is really exciting also. Just recently we were getting some of this construction and new sidewalks put in in Lake City - fabulous - always one of the last neighborhoods to get improvements like this, but I'm excited. It's just down the block from me now - there's a real sidewalk there and I can safely walk on 35th, a really, really busy street. Making sure that there are sidewalks where there haven't been, repairing those sidewalks, and also having that hard conversation about whose responsibility is it as well - 'cause right now it's the homeowner's responsibility to figure out how to improve their sidewalk. And that is not equitable. We talk about all of our regressive taxes and the burden we are putting on property tax as a way to fund and fix everything. It's really difficult for a lot of the homeowners, at least in my neighborhood, to be able to stay. And just adding sidewalk repair as one other additional thing is not going to help. And frankly, folks aren't doing it - it's not working, folks aren't repairing it. And folks who are trying to access transportation are bearing the brunt of it. Folks, whether they're walking or rolling, are having to go into the middle of the street to get to where they need to go. And I digress from your original question, Crystal, but I think that it is a huge part of making sure that our transportation system is genuinely accessible and safe for folks to access, to get folks out of cars. [00:29:31] Crystal Fincher: No, you're absolutely right. And our transportation system is most responsible for greenhouse gas emissions - out of all of the different sectors, it's transportation. Highways are conversation there - historical conversations about - oh, there's traffic, let's widen a freeway - without regard for the reality, the fact that widening freeways actually worsens traffic and it worsens greenhouse gas emissions. Will you be voting for a transportation package that includes further highway expansion? [00:30:05] Darya Farivar: No, absolutely not. I will not be - there's so many other better ways that we can be spending our money. It's incredibly expensive and I just think that we can do better. And our public transportation system really needs that funding - and that's the future, right? I think transit and technology is the future, so we need to embrace it now and not later. Seattle has a very interesting history when investing in city infrastructure, especially transportation infrastructure, and we've seen the results of waiting and waiting and delaying and delaying - the future is here. We gotta invest in it now. [00:30:43] Crystal Fincher: I completely agree. In terms of just - obviously, you talk to lots of people, lots of groups who are sitting here and I've asked you questions. What issues do you see - issue or issues, do you see flying under the radar that you aren't asked about very often, or that people don't regularly invite you to talk about, but that you feel are necessary to talk about and address? [00:31:07] Darya Farivar: Wow. I would say overwhelmingly people want to talk about public safety. That's the number one thing that people want to talk about. And I am always happy to talk about it - it really is a lot of what my priorities make up - is that kind of topic area and conversation. There are a lot of issues that are flying under the radar as a result of that. One that I am really interested in that I haven't been able to talk a lot about is access to the ballot and voting. We have seen that it really makes a difference. You need to be able to show up and vote - in my race, we saw that made a difference, right? We ended up with 32% of the vote - we won the primary. That's huge - we're really excited about that. And I think one of the reasons we did that was because we were so committed to going out and earning every single vote, and just trying to engage people who haven't been engaged in this process before. And voting advocacy has been a significant part of my work at DRW and something that I really want to continue to work on - making sure at least, first and foremost, folks have access to the ballot. There's some really interesting conversations happening about electronic ballot return which would be an absolute game changer in Washington to make sure that folks are able to vote even easier. And make sure that people who are ultimately gonna be most impacted by these decisions that our lawmakers are going to make have a voice and a vote into this process. I'm really interested in doing work around making sure that that ballot is accessible. In Washington, we've got mail-in voting, which is great and it increases access for a huge population, but not everybody. Many folks with disabilities are not able to access it still because you need to be able to read and write and see the ballot. And that leaves out a huge chunk of people. And these are the same people who are also relying on our public transportation system and are gonna have a hard time getting to a vote center as well. So what can we do to make sure that folks really truly have a voice in this process? It's an issue that's really important to me, especially as a first-generation Iranian - coming from a background, a family history where your vote didn't count, your voice didn't matter. It was in fact dangerous for you to speak up. This was one of the appeals of coming to the United States for my family - is that you actually get to participate in this process. And that someone like me, from my background, is able to actually run for office and do it without a target on my back as well. So I think it just can't be talked about enough. There's a lot of work to be done there. I'm really excited to be working on it through my role at Disability Rights Washington and hopefully more to come in the upcoming sessions to really improve it. [00:34:11] Crystal Fincher: Absolutely. And as now - voters are listening to you and will be trying to make a decision between you and your opponent on November 8th - as you consider this race and your position making it through to the general election with a very unique accomplishment in that all of the opponents who did not make it through to the general election have endorsed your candidacy, which does not happen very often. Obviously they took stock of both candidates and decided you were the clear choice. As you make your case to voters, what do you tell people who are trying to make that decision between you and your opponent, and how will their lives be different if they vote for you when you're elected? [00:35:06] Darya Farivar: Yeah, we are so excited and I'm really proud of the momentum we have built and the support we've been able to gain. It's been really, really humbling. And in some ways surprising, right? I ran into this thinking - I'm going to do this because I want to win. And most importantly, because I want to make sure that the issues that are important to me see the light of day, and that we have these important conversations about behavioral health in the criminal legal system that I think need to be elevated. And I guess what I would tell folks - I think that there are actually a lot of differences between me and my opponent. I think some of it comes down to professional experience, some of it comes down to lived experience, some of it comes down to philosophy as well. Again, being Public Policy Director, you get a look into the system that many folks do not get. It's a really important part of the process to show up and testify and meet with legislators. But that's about 15, 20% of what's actually happening. Most of that work is happening behind-the-scenes, it's happening at those negotiating tables. And I've been sitting at those tables. I've been a part of those negotiations, right? I've been a part of this kind of maneuvering and trying to figure out - oh, it's 11:00 PM and some random amendment got dropped on your bill. How do we defend against this now? And that is a very, very different look. We have some really tough issues to address - the ones I'm running on being front and center, really, I think for the entire state. And whatever else the Supreme Court is gonna throw at us. We need folks who can hit the ground running. And we need folks who are going to do it with a particular lens, because what we've been seeing has not been working. We need to make sure that folks who are underrepresented have a voice and a part of this process. I think that not only my professional experience points to that - starting as an organizer working - I started out working with immigrants and refugees who have loved ones with developmental disabilities and trying to figure out how do I uplift their voices and make sure they are front and center in these conversations. And so that experience, but also my own personal experience as being a young, first-generation, Iranian American woman. I really understand what it's like to not have my voice heard because I've been silenced over and over and over again. It's not easy to do this work in Olympia with a lived experience like mine, but I'm going in eyes wide open and with some strong allies in there who are going to help, or are going to be committed to these progressive priorities and trying to move the needle on these issues. And they also recognize that how to do it is by lifting the voices of communities who are most impacted. Now, figuring out what that looks like is the next challenge. And I have, I think, really demonstrated throughout my career and through my campaign that this is my priority, this is my pillar, this is my kind of north star - is to make sure that communities that haven't been heard are heard in this process. And I just - I can't underscore that enough. I think the way that your career looks and also the way you run your campaign is gonna say a lot about how you're going to legislate as well. And I think I have proven in the team that I have - I have a team of all young women from different backgrounds - from the LGBTQ community, women of color, immigrant women, women with disabilities - you name it, we've got that different representation captured in our team. And like I said at the beginning, these are people who felt left out of the process that now feel like they have a voice in this process, that feel like this is something that they can believe in. And I think that speaks volumes to the Legislature that we're ultimately trying to create. [00:39:03] Crystal Fincher: Thank you so much for speaking with us today, for helping people to get more acquainted with you, and best of luck on the campaign trail. [00:39:12] Darya Farivar: Thank you so much for having me. I really appreciate the chance to talk with y'all. [00:39:16] Crystal Fincher: Thank you all for listening to Hacks & Wonks. The producer of Hacks & Wonks is Lisl Stadler, our assistant producer is Shannon Cheng, and our post-production assistant is Bryce Cannatelli. You can find Hacks & Wonks on Twitter @HacksWonks, and you can follow me @finchfrii, spelled F-I-N-C-H-F-R-I-i. You can catch Hacks & Wonks on iTunes, Spotify, or wherever else you get your podcasts - just type "Hacks and Wonks" into the search bar. Be sure to subscribe to get our Friday almost-live shows and our midweek show delivered right to your podcast feed. If you like us, leave us a review wherever you listen. You can also get a full transcript of this episode and links to the resources referenced in the show at officialhacksandwonks.com and in the episode notes. Thanks for tuning in - talk to you next time.

Teacher strike in Kent might come to an end as a tentative vote is looming, Seattle School District is still in a strike for better wages, Know It All Segment: more Canadians are going to the hospital for BBQ bristle injuries, One of the Canadian suspects in the stabbing spree was found with stab wounds, suspected to be his partner in crime that inflicted the wounds, teacher was jailed in Canada for not using a transgender student's pronouns/ violated an injunction // Seaplanes who are taking off and landing in Lake Union are complaining about buoys are getting the way, people who live in boat houses are unhappy with the seaplanes using the middle of the lake to land //  Man who lost his arm to an alligator attack while swimming in Florida speaks to the media for the first time, “it's not the smartest decision a Florida boy could make” was his response to the situation, hearing the presser regarding the Whidbey Island plane crashSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Drought expected to impact the Pacific Northwest this summer. 13 year old in custody for shooting five people. Seattle School District demotes Principle for telling families they would scale back contact tracing. Seattle mortgage payments up 58.5% since last year, rent is up too. Portland Police release new data on fentynal. Thousands of ballots in question in Oregon. Riverside, CA father accidentally runs over his own toddler. CA federal prison guard pleads guilty to sexually assaulting female inmate. #pacificnorthwest #pnwnews #pnw #washingtonnews #oregonnews #californianews #trendingnews #headlinenews #headlines #behindtheline #newspodcast #seattlenews #portlandnews #fentynal #ballotfraud #crime --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/behindtheline/support

Thursday, March 31 on Urban forum Northwest - *Hayward Evans, Co-Convener, Seattle King County Martin Luther King Jr. Commemoration Committee (MLKCC) comments on the Day of Remembrance and Awards Ceremony. Remembering the Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. who was assassinated 54 years ago while helping Black workers in Memphis. Some of the local leaders that have passed away in the last year will be recognized. Four individuals will be honored for their contributions. *Dr. Brent Jones, Superintendent, Seattle Public Schools comments on the state of the Seattle School District after being named to the permanent job last month. Dr. Jones will be honored on April 4 at the Day of Remembrance and Awards Ceremony at the Holgate Street Church of Christ on Monday. *Representative Sharon Tomiko Santos (D)-37, Chair, House Education Committee will provide an overview of the last legislative session and discuss her accomplishments for the people in her District and the citizens of the state. She will be a presenter at the Day of Remembrance and Awards Ceremony. * Reverend Paul Benz recently retired Director, Faith Action Network and a MLKCC Committee Member comments on the life of the Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and how we can apply his non-violent movement for social and political change. Urban Forum Northwest streams live at www.1150kknw.com. Visit us at www.urbanforumnw.com for archived programs and relevant information. Like us on facebook. Twitter@Eddie_Rye. This program will also air on Saturday 7:00-8:00 am (PDT).

Thursday, March 31 on Urban forum Northwest - *Hayward Evans, Co-Convener, Seattle King County Martin Luther King Jr. Commemoration Committee (MLKCC) comments on the Day of Remembrance and Awards Ceremony. Remembering the Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. who was assassinated 54 years ago while helping Black workers in Memphis. Some of the local leaders that have passed away in the last year will be recognized. Four individuals will be honored for their contributions. *Dr. Brent Jones, Superintendent, Seattle Public Schools comments on the state of the Seattle School District after being named to the permanent job last month. Dr. Jones will be honored on April 4 at the Day of Remembrance and Awards Ceremony at the Holgate Street Church of Christ on Monday. *Representative Sharon Tomiko Santos (D)-37, Chair, House Education Committee will provide an overview of the last legislative session and discuss her accomplishments for the people in her District and the citizens of the state. She will be a presenter at the Day of Remembrance and Awards Ceremony. * Reverend Paul Benz recently retired Director, Faith Action Network and a MLKCC Committee Member comments on the life of the Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and how we can apply his non-violent movement for social and political change. Urban Forum Northwest streams live at www.1150kknw.com. Visit us at www.urbanforumnw.com for archived programs and relevant information. Like us on facebook. Twitter@Eddie_Rye. This program will also air on Saturday 7:00-8:00 am (PDT).

Seattle School District students plan walk out over lifting of mask mandate, Seattle people still wearing masks, Seattle vigilante justice, triple killer up for parole, Oregon DOC nurse assaults 12 female inmates, California Democrats turn down suspending .51 a gallon gas tax. #headlines #headlinenews #news #breaking #breakingnews #pacificnorthwest #washingtonnews #oregonnews #californianews #crime #behindtheline #podcast #nnn --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/behindtheline/support

 What's Trending: Tacoma is looking for property owners to make a low barrier shelters to house the homeless, neighbors in the area do not feel safe to walk around the area with the encampments in the area, Seattle School District is dropping the mask mandate on Monday, masks are optional, the Washington advisory group is advising against adding  the covid vaccine to the mandatory vaccine list, //  Biden Advisor Brian Deese claims that the increase in gas prices is all because of Putin, clean energy is the only way to recover, Fox News asked some New Yorkers what they think of Biden endorsing everyone to get an electric vehicle, Starbucks is pulling out their operations in Russia as other popular businesses are // Local schools are pushing resistance for “Gender-Identity Clubs”, this came from the Everett Herald and no evidence shows any actual resistance See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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With the start of the school year, all eyes are on our state education system, from early learning up through high school.  Brian Callanan of Seattle Channel talks with special guest Dr. Stephan Blanford, former Seattle School Board Director, about the current challenges of early education, the impact of the new "Fair Start for Kids Act,"  the effect of years of churn and turnover for Seattle School Board and Seattle Public Schools' superintendent position, and some advice for current school families and SPS leadership. We'll be back with more city politics analysis with Brian and Kevin Schofield of SCC Insight next week. If you like this podcast, please support us on Patreon! 

Former Secretary of State and now Climate Czar John Kerry back in the barrel after a damaging audiotape is leaked, indicating that he may have given our enemy Iran information on covert Israeli tactical strikes against Syrian ISIS. VP Harris AWOL at our border; the Academy Awards have their biggest flop as celebrities put down the very cops protecting them. Mask madness and the Seattle School District favors homeless over students. Image: AP file

Former Secretary of State and now Climate Czar John Kerry back in the barrel after a damaging audiotape is leaked, indicating that he may have given our enemy Iran information on covert Israeli tactical strikes against Syrian ISIS. VP Harris AWOL at our border; the Academy Awards have their biggest flop as celebrities put down the very cops protecting them. Mask madness and the Seattle School District favors homeless over students. Image: AP file

Thursday, March 25 on Urban on Urban Forum Northwest Eddie Rye and Hayward Evans are joined by, *Tacoma Washington Mayor Victoria Woodards comments on he tenure as Mayor, comments on her priorities for the city, her achievements as mayor and her collaborative efforts with state and federal officials. *A'Leila Bundles is the Great Granddaughter of Madam C J Walker, the first Black Woman Millionaire in America who made her fortune with hair products. Ms. Bundles will be a participant in the Northwest African American Museum's Descendants Series on Sunday March 28 at 3:00 pm (PDT). *Sarah Sense-Wilson, Co Founder and Chair Urban Native Education Alliance comments on the status of the program serving native student in the Seattle School District. Urban Forum Northwest streams live at www.1150kknw.com. Visit us at www.urbanforumnw.com for archived programs and relevant information. Like us on facebook. Twitter@Eddie_Rye. This program will also air on Saturday 7:00-8:00 am (PDT).

Thursday, March 25 on Urban on Urban Forum Northwest Eddie Rye and Hayward Evans are joined by, *Tacoma Washington Mayor Victoria Woodards comments on he tenure as Mayor, comments on her priorities for the city, her achievements as mayor and her collaborative efforts with state and federal officials. *A'Leila Bundles is the Great Granddaughter of Madam C J Walker, the first Black Woman Millionaire in America who made her fortune with hair products. Ms. Bundles will be a participant in the Northwest African American Museum's Descendants Series on Sunday March 28 at 3:00 pm (PDT). *Sarah Sense-Wilson, Co Founder and Chair Urban Native Education Alliance comments on the status of the program serving native student in the Seattle School District. Urban Forum Northwest streams live at www.1150kknw.com. Visit us at www.urbanforumnw.com for archived programs and relevant information. Like us on facebook. Twitter@Eddie_Rye. This program will also air on Saturday 7:00-8:00 am (PDT).

Eddie Rye and Hayward Evans welcome- *Derrick Johnson, President and CEO, NAACP comments on what he discussed with President-Elect Joe Biden and Vice President-Elect Kamala Harris in the meeting with Civil Rights Leaders. *Carolyn Riley-Payne, President, Seattle King County Branch, NAACP comments on the next moves with the Seattle School Board on whether Superintendent Denise Juneau should leave before June, 2021. *Sarah Sense-Wilson, Co Founder and Executive Director, Urban Native Education Alliance (UNEA) comments on the resignation of Denise Juneau. *Attorney Jesse Wineberry, Sr. comments on the history of Affirmative Action legislation and initiatives since I-200 was passed in November,1998 that eliminated Affirmative Action in Washington State. *Attorney Lynn D. French the Main Sponsor of Initiative 1300 (I-1300) The Manuel Ellis Washington Anti-Discrimination Act (WADA) and Manuel Ellis sister Monet Carter-Mixon comments on the initiative and informs you how you can help restore Affirmative Action in Washington State. *Clyde Merriwether reveals the information that he and Donald D. have discovered through their Freedom of Information request from the Seattle School District.

Eddie Rye and Hayward Evans welcome- *Derrick Johnson, President and CEO, NAACP comments on what he discussed with President-Elect Joe Biden and Vice President-Elect Kamala Harris in the meeting with Civil Rights Leaders. *Carolyn Riley-Payne, President, Seattle King County Branch, NAACP comments on the next moves with the Seattle School Board on whether Superintendent Denise Juneau should leave before June, 2021. *Sarah Sense-Wilson, Co Founder and Executive Director, Urban Native Education Alliance (UNEA) comments on the resignation of Denise Juneau. *Attorney Jesse Wineberry, Sr. comments on the history of Affirmative Action legislation and initiatives since I-200 was passed in November,1998 that eliminated Affirmative Action in Washington State. *Attorney Lynn D. French the Main Sponsor of Initiative 1300 (I-1300) The Manuel Ellis Washington Anti-Discrimination Act (WADA) and Manuel Ellis sister Monet Carter-Mixon comments on the initiative and informs you how you can help restore Affirmative Action in Washington State. *Clyde Merriwether reveals the information that he and Donald D. have discovered through their Freedom of Information request from the Seattle School District.

Eddie Rye with Co-Host Hayward Evans: ​ *Washington State Senator Bob Hasegawa (D) 11th LD will comment on his legislation to create a State Bank or Public Bank, which would be known as the Washington Investment Trust. It would keep our dollars in Washington State. *Gerald Hankerson, NAACP Area Conference President, Alaska, Oregon, Washington will provide an update on unresolved Racism and Sexism Issues the Black Community has with the Seattle School District Superintendent and the Seattle School Board. *Kirsten Harris-Talley (D) is a candidate for Legislative District No. 37 Position No. 2 comments on her experience and her vision for her district and the state as an elected member of the legislature. *Sarah Sense Wilson, Co Founder and Executive Director, Urban Native Education Alliance (UNEA) comments on the barriers confronting her organization that helps Native Students in the Seattle School District. *Carolyn Riley Payne, President, Seattle King County NAACP comments on the organizations voter registration efforts and comment on any progress being made with resolving issues with the Seattle School District.

Eddie Rye with Co-Host Hayward Evans: ? *Washington State Senator Bob Hasegawa (D) 11th LD will comment on his legislation to create a State Bank or Public Bank, which would be known as the Washington Investment Trust. It would keep our dollars in Washington State. *Gerald Hankerson, NAACP Area Conference President, Alaska, Oregon, Washington will provide an update on unresolved Racism and Sexism Issues the Black Community has with the Seattle School District Superintendent and the Seattle School Board. *Kirsten Harris-Talley (D) is a candidate for Legislative District No. 37 Position No. 2 comments on her experience and her vision for her district and the state as an elected member of the legislature. *Sarah Sense Wilson, Co Founder and Executive Director, Urban Native Education Alliance (UNEA) comments on the barriers confronting her organization that helps Native Students in the Seattle School District. *Carolyn Riley Payne, President, Seattle King County NAACP comments on the organizations voter registration efforts and comment on any progress being made with resolving issues with the Seattle School District.

Eddie Rye with Co-Host Hayward Evans: ?*Marc Morial, President and CEO, National Urban League, his nationally syndicated column (Trice Edney Wire) can be found in the Seattle Medium. He will comment on the priorities of the national organization that he leads. *Shaude' Moore, Chair, Seattle Martin Luther King Jr. Organizing Coalition and Secretary, Central District Community Preservation Development Authority (CDCPDA) provides an update on both organizations. *Clyde Merriweather comments on his Opinion Page article in the Seattle Medium regarding issues with the leadership of the Seattle School District. This time disparate treatment of Black Males at the district. *Reverend Lawrence R. Willis is running a "Boot Camp" for candidates for the pre apprenticeship program at the CDCPDA aka McKinney Center for Community and Economic Development. The program is a component of the Urban League of Metropolitan Seattle and funded by the Port of Seattle.

Eddie Rye with Co-Host Hayward Evans: ​ *Marc Morial, President and CEO, National Urban League, his nationally syndicated column (Trice Edney Wire) can be found in the Seattle Medium. He will comment on the priorities of the national organization that he leads. *Shaude' Moore, Chair, Seattle Martin Luther King Jr. Organizing Coalition and Secretary, Central District Community Preservation Development Authority (CDCPDA) provides an update on both organizations. *Clyde Merriweather comments on his Opinion Page article in the Seattle Medium regarding issues with the leadership of the Seattle School District. This time disparate treatment of Black Males at the district. *Reverend Lawrence R. Willis is running a "Boot Camp" for candidates for the pre apprenticeship program at the CDCPDA aka McKinney Center for Community and Economic Development. The program is a component of the Urban League of Metropolitan Seattle and funded by the Port of Seattle.

Eddie Rye with Co-Host Hayward Evans: ?*Marc Morial, President and CEO, National Urban League, his nationally syndicated column (Trice Edney Wire) can be found in the Seattle Medium. He will comment on the priorities of the national organization that he leads. *Shaude' Moore, Chair, Seattle Martin Luther King Jr. Organizing Coalition and Secretary, Central District Community Preservation Development Authority (CDCPDA) provides an update on both organizations. *Clyde Merriweather comments on his Opinion Page article in the Seattle Medium regarding issues with the leadership of the Seattle School District. This time disparate treatment of Black Males at the district. *Reverend Lawrence R. Willis is running a "Boot Camp" for candidates for the pre apprenticeship program at the CDCPDA aka McKinney Center for Community and Economic Development. The program is a component of the Urban League of Metropolitan Seattle and funded by the Port of Seattle.

Beaven Walters is Shameless Mom of 4, a ACPI Certified Parenting Coach and the founder of The 3D Parent, where she is a supportive and nurturing champion for bringing dignity, direction, and deep connection to family relationships. She has always had a passion for working with children and their families. Beaven began her professional career as an elementary school teacher and taught in a variety of educational settings for 10 years. Between having her four children, Beaven and a close colleague developed an educational program for young children and their caregivers called GEM Tots which focused on connecting children to their caregivers by learning, playing, and exploring together. Beaven also created CharacterWorks, a Social/Emotional Learning program that ran for three years in the Seattle School District combining character education, performing arts, and parental support. Beaven focuses on helping parents build stronger relationships with their children. In addition to coaching one-on-one with clients, Beaven runs parenting workshops, speaks on a variety of topics relevant to parenting, is a regular guest on local news stations, and hosts The 3D Parent Podcast. In addition to The 3D Parent, Beaven is often found on the stage performing in local regional theater, singing, and spending time with family.  After hearing Beaven talk about her son, Scooter, coming out to her on her podcast, The 3D Parent, I asked her if she and her son would be open to her sharing this story and journey on the SMA.  I am so grateful they both said yes.  This conversation is so important and so beautiful.  I’m truly honored that Scooter gave consent for his mom to share this with you. Listen in to hear Beaven share: Why all parents should prepare for their child’s potential coming out The story of her son coming out at age 12 What she did well and what she flubbed up in the initial coming out conversation with her son How she apologized and owned her missteps - and how all parents can better model apologizing skills How her son’s peers reacted to his coming out Why you should trust your child’s instincts around their sexual orientation and their coming out process How she’s navigating son’s sexual orientation within her Catholic community What it was like attending PrideFest after her son came out Links mentioned: Sign Up for my Purposeful & Profitable Podcasting Workshop Connect with Beaven: The 3D Parent Lounge Beaven on IG: The 3D Parent Lounge Beaven on FB: The 3D Parent Lounge Private Membership Community on FB: The 3D Parent Lounge Thank you to our sponsor: Best Fiends: Download FREE on the Apple App Store or Google Play.  

We devote most of this episode to annuities; fixed, immediate, variable, and indexed. Are fixed annuities as good as the guy from TIAA claims they are?The immorality of selling annuities to teachers and healthcare workers within 403(b) plans.What are the alternatives? We go through the entire approved investment list of the Seattle School District. Callers share their annuity experiences.  

Eddie Rye with Co-Host Hayward Evans and guests:? *Seattle Police Chief Carmen Best returns to add more to what's happening between the Seattle Police Department and CHOP. *Derick Wheeler-Smith and Domonique Davis discuss their project to provide housing for young adults 24 and under. *Clyde Merriweather who provides more detail about the letter he wrote to the superintendent about the status of Seattle's public schools *Sarah Sense-Wilson, discussing the current issues with the Seattle School District. *Korbett Mosesly, founder of the Black Parents Alliance talks about their sessions and how you can be a part of them. *Ram Dixit provides information about his event on July 6th focusing on the rights of Indian-Americans

Eddie Rye with Co-Host Hayward Evans and guests:​ *Seattle Police Chief Carmen Best returns to add more to what's happening between the Seattle Police Department and CHOP. *Derick Wheeler-Smith and Domonique Davis discuss their project to provide housing for young adults 24 and under. *Clyde Merriweather who provides more detail about the letter he wrote to the superintendent about the status of Seattle's public schools *Sarah Sense-Wilson, discussing the current issues with the Seattle School District. *Korbett Mosesly, founder of the Black Parents Alliance talks about their sessions and how you can be a part of them. *Ram Dixit provides information about his event on July 6th focusing on the rights of Indian-Americans

Seattle Public Schools, the state’s largest school district, said the model that makes the most sense for the fall is a hybrid of in-person and remote learning given public health requirements to control the coronavirus pandemic. But that will place a burden on families that have already spent months with children at home due to school closures.

Welcome back to episode 69 of The Reese Show! We brought in Alex Rankin, an educator from the Seattle School District to talk about the how education system has affected by COVID 19 (the Corona virus). We also talk about how honest you have to be with your ex after the break up, getting back to Only Fans, and women fighting for Reese. Time Stamps 11:37 - School District being affected 21:20 - Finding Ways To Bond With Your Kid 27:20 - Out Of Shadows Documentary 33:55 - Local Shout Outs 41:30 - How Honest Are You After The Break Up 50:19 - #FightForReese

It seems that the homeless problem is getting worse every day, especially in cities like SF. Why is that and who is really at fault here? Felon and con-man George Soros works with Obama, Holder and others on a plan to “re-district” New York. It’s politics as usual as the Democratically control Congress table a vote to censure Rep. Adam “Pinocchio” Schiff. The Seattle School District decides that math is “racist, oppressive and sexist.” And Linda tells us about 10 famous black American mathematicians. Join us for coffee remotely on this episode of “Talking While Married.”

Yo! The bros from The Athletic and the Seahawks Man2Man Podcast, Chris Kidd and Mike Dugar, join Reese for episode 49. We jump into the Botham Jean/Amber Guyger case, Joshua Brown, Tyler Perry, and discrimination in the Seattle School DIstrict. Is Reese a playboy? Is there a National Panty Day? Tune in and join the conversation!

Listen to Jojo (K-12 Teacher in Central District Seattle) explain how she was introduced to American Culture as a first generation immigrant growing up in South Seattle. Fast forward, and her primary goal in her profession is to create an example of diversity and cultural difference in the Seattle School District.

Topics: 1. Carson King, the "buy my beer" guy who donated the money he received to a children's hospital got doxed by Aaron Calvin, a two-bit reporter for a two-bit newspaper. When good people turned around and doxed Calvin, the two-bit paper fired him. Calvin, instead of learning from his disgraceful behavior promptly cried victim, likening himself to "women and journalists of color." This story is a microcosm of the Democrats who falsely attacked Trump and then, when the tables are turned with the investigations into the origins of the Russia Hoax, began to cry victim at the top of their lungs. 2. The Seattle School District, in an effort to raise scores and learning outcomes for its minority students has elected to bath in racial and educational "justice." This means telling students that they are oppressed, beleaguered, abused victims. I don't see this having a good educational outcome.  I'll have a companion (not identical, but similar) post up at Bookworm Room, which will contain links to documents and articles cited in this podcast.

"I want to help the field of education realize its potential to help realize all Americans' potential." Liliana Garces holds a J.D. and a Ph.D., and was co-counsel in presenting amicus briefs to the Supreme Court of the United States. She explained to me how the courts have thought about the relation between racial and gender inequities (discrimination but also unequal conditions) and college admissions — and how the courts' conceptions shape the admission policies over the past few decades. Universities must show a "compelling interest" in the educational benefits of diversity — and they must not use affirmative action to redress past or current discrimination. How does this work out in the real world? Dr. Garces is an Associate Professor at the University of Texas at Austin and an Affiliate Faculty at the University of Texas School of Law. Her research is grounded in the intersection of law and educational policy, with a focus on access, diversity, and equity in higher education, and the use and influence of social science research in law.  Combining her expertise in law and education, Dr. Garces has represented the education community in the filing of legal briefs in U.S. Supreme Court cases that have played consequential roles in interpreting law around race-conscious policies in education. She served as counsel of record and co-wrote, with leading scholars in the field, amicus briefs joined by hundreds of social scientists in the following cases: Parents Involved in Community Schools v. Seattle School District (2007) (553 signatories); Fisher v. University of Texas I (2013) (444 signatories); Fisher v. University of Texas II (2016) (823 signatories); and Schuette v. Coalition to Defend Affirmative Action (2014) (filed by The Civil Rights Project/Projecto Derechos Civiles at the University of California, Los Angeles). Most recently, she co-authored an amicus brief filed by 531 social scientists and scholars in support of Harvard's defense of its race-conscious admissions policies in Students for Fair Admissions v. Harvard University.  

Fresh off a listening tour around the district, new Superintendent Denise Juneau lays out the current needs of local schools, the push for racial equity, and why the success of new levies are crucial for the district.

This podcast focuses on the APENS - the Adapted Physical Education National Standards. The purpose of APENS is to define standards for APE teachers. Adapted physical educators can take the APENS exam, which is based off of the 15 standards, to become certified adapted physical education. This allows us schools and other education stakeholders (e.g., teachers, parents) to understand who is qualified to teach APE with the special skills and insights needed to properly teach physical education to students with disabilities. This podcast features a panel of 3 guests, including the founder of APENS Dr. Luke Kelly from the University of Virginia; Dr. Tim Davis from SUNY Cortland who currently runs the day to day operations of APENS; and Toni Bader, an APE teacher for the Seattle School District that is passionate about ensuring that APE teachers are qualified to teacher students with disabilities. This is also the first podcast recorded using new podcasting equipment, so also take note of the improved sound quality!

In this episode, I had an in-depth conversation about the need for APE teaching endorsements at the state and national level with Dr. Suzanna Dillon, an APE professor and my dissertation adviser at Texas Woman's University and Toni Bader, a APE teacher for the Seattle School District. In this podcast, we discussed some of the experiences and successes that the panelist have had in advocating for the need for an APE endorsement at local, state, and national levels.

Community Engagement in Place: Join us for a discussion of place-based community engagement initiative with Kent Koth. Kent is the founding director of the Seattle University Center for Community Engagement, where, since 2009, he has also directed the Seattle University Youth Initiative. This is a long-term commitment by Seattle University faculty, staff and students from all disciplines to join with parents, the Seattle School District, the City of Seattle, foundations, and more than 30 community organizations to provide a pathway of support for children of several local neighborhoods to succeed in school and in life. Kent and a colleague, Erica Yamamura, have recently written a book Place-Based Community Engagement in Higher Education: A Strategy to Transform Universities and Communities that is due to be published by Stylus any day now. Kent was recently in Iowa (where he is originally from) to keynote the awards and and summit and sat down with co-host Emily Shields. You can also weigh in on whether semi-organized group meals are called "potlucks" or "pitch-ins" and get some great new resources including Civic Agency Workshop resources and a free interactive platform designed to depolarize communities and foster mutual understanding across differences Music credits: Santo Rico by Twin Musicom is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution license (creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) Artist: www.twinmusicom.org/ Old Bossa by Twin Musicom is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution license (creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) Artist: www.twinmusicom.org/