A vendor came by with a present for me today. An old LP. Fury of the Matador: Music of the Bullring. "Since you're a fighter," he said, "I knew you'd like this."
This week's Real Change City Hall encampment to protest the Mayor's frantic push to clear homeless campsites was a fabulous success. About 150 people attended our rally in the cold rain, and another 45 spent the night. All of us left transformed by the experience. We're ready to do whatever it takes to win.
We seem to have reversed the negative media momentum as well. Our Organizing Director Rachael Myers went head to head with Seattle's Human Services director Patricia McInturff on KUOW's The Conversation, I did a strong 20 minutes in KIRO 710 with Dave Ross, and Liam Moriarty produced an excellent piece for KPLU. There was sympathetic coverage on KIRO, KING, and Q13, and a front-page story in the PI.
If Real Change wasn't out there fighting for the poor and homeless, the mayor would be getting away with murder. Am I speaking metaphorically? With homeless deaths on the street rising annually, I'm not sure.
We need your help. Real Change depends on grassroots reader support, and this year has stretched our resources to the limit. Readers have given an amazing $82,693 since November, bringing us within reach of the $90,000 fund drive goal.
We have a match of up to $2,500 for any gift of $250 or over in this final week. Please use of the form that can be found on page 3 of the Real Change newspaper, or give securely online. And thank you again to all of our amazing supporters. We feel the love.