Recall effort against Seattle Council member Kshama Sawant can move forward, state Supreme Court rules
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Recall effort against Seattle Council member Kshama Sawant can move forward, state Supreme Court rules
The state Supreme Court ruled that the recall campaign against socialist Seattle council member can proceed on three fronts.
SEATTLE - The recall effort against Seattle City Councilmember Kshama Sawant can move forward, the Washington Supreme Court ruled Thursday morning.
In the ruling, the Supreme Court judges said the recall can proceed on three fronts:
Leading protesters to Seattle Mayor Jenny Durkan s home, knowing that the mayor s address is protected because of her time as a U.S. Attorney.
Monica Lazaro speaking at an Americans for Immigrant Justice event
DACA recipient Monica Lazaro, MPH ’21, is advocating for health policies that will help immigrants and others left behind
February 10, 2021 – At age 9, Monica Lazaro got the news every child dreams about: Her family was going to Disney World. When she arrived at the airport in her native Honduras, however, it seemed strange that everyone she knew was there. “My grandma was crying and I remember telling her I’d bring her a plush Minnie Mouse and everything would be okay,” Lazaro says. It was only years later, living in Miami, that she pieced together the truth: Her father had been robbed at gunpoint inside his clothing store in San Pedro Sula and the family had fled the country’s rising gang violence for Florida. She also found out that, after overstaying their visas, they had become undocumented immigrants.