In Plain Sight: Criticisms, questions raised about We Heart Seattle
We Heart Seattle's approach on homelessness has gained the nonprofit attention — but much of it is highly critical.
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We Heart Seattle's approach on homelessness has gained the nonprofit attention — but much of it is highly critical.
Criticisms have been leveled against We Heart Seattle and some activists and workers say the nonprofit has gone too far.
What a world. What a world.
Beacon Lights: A Beacon Hill Blog Sabotage, Seattle Style Andrea and Erica I met Andrea Suarez December 7, 2020, when she and a friend came to Lewis Park on the tip of Beacon Hill. I connected with We♥Downtown on Facebook and saw a post about the event at Lewis Park. Along with Andrea and Bryan, two dozen members of the Seattle Latino Hiking Club arrived independently, besides hiking, they clean parks in King County. That weekend it was Lewis. Since, I’ve volunteered with what’s now called We♥Seattle, doing work the city dropped due to COVID and politics. There’d been a l...
by Rich Smith • Jul 6, 2021 at 4:35 pm The private Facebook group, "Reopen Seattle Public Schools," advertised their willingness to "push back" against the teachers' union's "attempts to control this conversation." Facebook Screengrab At their June meeting the King County Democrats Endorsement Committee decided against recommending Vivian Song Maritz in the primary race for a northwest Seattle school board seat after learning that she participated in "a Facebook group that was opposed to collective bargaining around the reopening of schools." Bent...