Feet First Event

Sustainable Seattle offers up this blog as an events announcement for organizations that are doing the work of sustainability, education or outreach. The following is an announcement from Feet First a non profit organization based in the Seattle area.

Dear Friend of Feet First:

Do you like to explore? Can you travel by foot, bike, wheelchair, skate or scooter? Can you follow a street map? Do like the natural surroundings? Then join this year's Street Scramble in Alki supports Feet First.

Please use this registration form instead of the one provided in the previous email. This healthy, family friendly event, provides you an easy way to have your $10 matched dollar for dollar. http://www.streetscramble.com/charity-partners

Alki Street Scramble
Saturday, March 20, 9:30 a.m.
Alki Beach, 62nd Ave SW & Alki Ave SW, Seattle

Thank you for being a supporter of Feet First. We look forward to getting more people walking every day for their health, transportation, environment, community and pleasure. Are you unable to join us? Consider becoming a member today by visiting: http://feetfirst.info/join

Hope to see you this month at Alki! We'll also have information available at this event about our progress on our wayfinding and kiosk project in West Seattle.

Sincerely yours,

--The Team at Feet First

Race the Power of Illusion: Part Two

It was a beautiful Thursday evening. We began with a reminder of Malcolm Gladwell’s The Tipping Point and the concepts behind the Open Source: who ever is in the room is the right person. This made us feel good about being here on this evening. We partnered, taking turns telling and listening to each other about when we first became aware there were other races and how was it explained to you or how did you explain it to your self. Part Two covered where our ideas of race came from and how they shifted over time, and how people took that information to rationalize their actions. We finished the session with small groups discussing the story of race in Seattle. This discussion helped bring home the institutional part of institutional racism and bias in our region.

Event | 2009 Eat Local Now! Dinner, October 11, 2009

What: 2009 Eat Local Now! Dinner

When: Sunday, October 11th, 2009 5-10pm

Where: Alki Masonic Hall, West Seattle

Eat Local Now! Dinner will celebrate it’s sixth year running on October 11th, 2009! Always a sell-out, this year Sustainable West Seattle and West Seattle CoolMom will be joining BALLE Seattle in hosting this fundraising dinner promoting and educating about local food systems - featuring local chefs and locally produced food.

The goals of this event include :

• promotion of year-round support of local food,
• promotion of growing of food in West Seattle,
• increasing access to locally grown foods to all income and social groups,
• strengthening the connections between local food growers, producers, and consumers, and
• giving neighbors the opportunity to share in community with those who feed them.

Get Involved. Sponsor the Event.

For more information, contact info@balleseattle.org or Derek Hoshiko at 206.330.9099.