Though Seattle Colleges has experienced financial challenges in the past, including Central’s consecutive years of monetary cuts, COVID-19 has created unprecedented budgetary issues. In order to face what may be devastating results district-wide, Seattle Colleges…
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Issued late night on June 30, Seattle Mayor Jenny Durkan’s executive order authorized all city departments to reply to “exigent life safety, public health, and property issues” in and around protestors’ CHOP (Capitol Hill Organized…
On Friday June 12 the Capitol Hill Trader Joe’s #130 on Madison St. closed its doors early. That afternoon, a sign posted on the store’s front door stated that the store was closed “indefinitely”. According…
Amid active civil unrest in Capitol Hill, Seattle Central has been a witness to routine rallies at the 11th and Pine intersection near the Seattle Police Department’s East Precinct. Located within a multicultural urban environment,…
On Sunday, June 7th, Seattle Gay News publisher and editor-in-chief George Bakan was found dead at his work desk. He was 78 years old. George was a much-beloved trailblazer, activist and leader in the LGBTQ+…
On June 5th an anonymous call appeared on various media sites calling for the creation of vigils across the country memorializing the “dozen more lives (that) have been taken by state and vigilante violence in…
Seattle Central College students and faculty showed up in a sign of support for the protesters and anyone in need at the South Plaza at Broadway and Pine. Starting Sunday, June 7, 2020 to Monday,…
It seems that things are not getting any easier in the year 2020. Earlier this week, #Ebola was the number one trending topic on Twitter in the United States. On June 1, Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesusthe,…
Capitol Hill has become a hotspot for protests as many meet every day outside Seattle Police Department’s East Precinct by 11th and Pine. Some have taken the tense energy of the crowd as an opportunity…