For Today

Community Climate Forum

The city's Office of Sustainability and Environment is hosting a community discussion about how Seattle residents can prepare for the effects of climate change. The meeting will focus on Seattle's culturally diverse and low-income communities, groups that are often less equipped to face the impacts of climate change

Council member Mike O’Brien, chair of the Planning, Land Use, and Sustainability committee, will lead the conversation. It's free, but registration is required.

Community Climate Forum, Mon, Sept 22, 5–7pm, Seattle Municipal Tower, 700 Fifth Ave, free

For Tuesday

The Mockingbird Society's Annual Luncheon

The Mockingbird Society, which advocates for improvements in foster care, is hosting its eighth yearly luncheon featuring keynote speaker Roel Williams, who lived in more than14 foster homes, who will talk about how he overcame the odds and turned his life around.

The Mockingbird Society organizes youth programs, lobbies policy makers, and gives a voice to youth with its own publication, the Mockingbird Times.

Registration is required for the event. 

The Mockingbird Society's Annual Luncheon, Tues, Sept 23, 11:30am–1:15pm, Westin Seattle, 1900 Fifth Ave, $150 donation suggested

For Wednesday

Universal Pre-K

A publicly funded universal pre-kindergarten measure will be on the ballot in November. Today’s discussion will talk about what funding will look like and how it could impact families and educators if it were to pass.  

Although not required, enrolling children into a pre-K program can be extremely beneficial to their learning, but according to the League of Education Voters, only three out of 10 three- and four-year-olds were enrolled in a pre-K program last year.

PubliCola has done a lot of coverage on the issue.

Universal Pre-K, Wed, Sept 24, Town Hall, 1119 Eighth Ave, free

Advance Notice for October 7

Ignite Seattle

Ignite Seattle gives ordinary people an opportunity to talk about whatever they're passionate about in front of a live audience, all in under five minutes. At the last event in May, the topics ranged from preparing for a robot apocalypse to wondering if bicycles could be lonely.

The proposal submission deadline has passed but tickets are still available for audience members.

Ignite Seattle, Tues, Oct 7, 8–10:30pm, Town Hall, 1119 Eighth Ave, $5  

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