Seattle and King County Budget Advocacy Training
Thurs, Oct 1, 12-1:30 p.m., Zoom
Join us and the Seattle Human Services Coalition (SHSC) and Statewide Poverty Action Network for an online housing justice & human services advocacy training! You’ll learn different ways to make your voice heard, how to help others speak up, and get a chance to practice writing public testimony. We will have a special focus on the upcoming budget season in Seattle and King County.
Oct 15 General Membership Meeting – Nonpartisan Voting Rights Teach-In
Thurs, Oct 15, 9-11 a.m., Washington Hall
This meeting is geared toward program staff who can share nonpartisan voting rights information with their clients, guests, or residents. You will leave being able to help others understand how to vote by mail while experiencing homelessness. We will provide take-home resources including voter registration forms in multiple languages.
Flex your advocacy muscle this budget season
Tuesdays, Sept 29-Nov 17, 12-12:30 p.m., Zoom
Made for both new and seasoned advocates, our Power Half Hour series is the perfect bite-sized way to stay active during peak advocacy times. Join us this fall for our Weekly Budget Advocacy Power Half Hours on Tuesdays from 12-12:30 p.m. over Zoom to learn what’s going on in the Seattle and King County budgets, how you can take action, and how you can get others involved, too. Attend all sessions or just attend when you can. Sessions will be recorded and sent to all registrants. Registration is required.
At least 53,532 people experienced homelessness in King County during 2022.* Roughly 16,385 of our neighbors are homeless on any day or night: A 23% increase over 2022.***Annualized estimate from WA Dept of Commerce & Cloudburst Consulting ** Source: Nightly estimate from 2024 Point in Time count conducted by King County Regional Homelessness Authority The Coalition on Homelessness coordinated the “One Night Count” of people without homes or shelter as a community assessment and organizing project from 1979 through January 2016. Download a pdf of our poster showing the most recent decade of data (January 2007 through January 2016) we gathered.