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Happy Holidays from all of us here at Real Change!🎄☃️ ➡️ During this season of giving, please consider making a gift to Real Change tinyurl.com/rcwfd25 For hundreds, our Vendor Center means possibility, hope and community. Your donation keeps this space open for our neighbors who need it most!
There are TWO WEEKS left in our Winter Fund Drive! 💙❄️ If you haven’t yet, give now to help us raise $200K by Dec. 31: tinyurl.com/rcwfd25 For 31 years, Real Change’s Vendor Program has provided our neighbors with the resources and care they need to THRIVE. Donations of every size power this work!
Every Winter Solstice, WHEEL stands vigil to honor the homeless people who’ve died outside, in public or by violence in #KingCounty that year. Please join Homeless Remembrance Project in remembering, grieving and honoring our community on Sunday, Dec. 21. #WithoutShelterPeopleDie
Seattle Starbucks workers are once again on the picket line. This time they’re digging in for the long-term, nationwide strike. @guyoron.net reports.
Starbucks baristas go on nationwide strike as bargaining stalls
Starbucks baristas go on nationwide strike as bargaining stalls
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I’m proud to join my colleagues @realchangenews.org in taking a stand on AI, making it clear that we do not and will not use any generative AI software in our journalism. www.realchangenews.org/news/2025/12...
Real Change introduces robust generative AI policy
Real Change introduces robust generative AI policy
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A new issue has hit the #Seattle streets! In this week's paper: - @guyoron.net covers @sbworkersunited.org's nationwide strike. - Our newsroom announces our new generative AI policy. - Dev Manager Kelly Nguyen writes about the power of community. 📍Find a vendor now: tinyurl.com/find-a-vendor
Seattle needs more news outlets like @realchangenews.org.
Real Change 🗞️@realchangenews.org · 9mo ago"Local news is under threat." - @typewriteralley.bsky.social There’s still time to support Real Change’s independent journalism this #GivingTuesday! ➡️ Donate now to power our newsroom – and help us get closer to our critical end-of-year fundraising goal: tinyurl.com/give4change25
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Real Change 🗞️@realchangenews.org · 9mo ago"Local news is under threat." - @typewriteralley.bsky.social There’s still time to support Real Change’s independent journalism this #GivingTuesday! ➡️ Donate now to power our newsroom – and help us get closer to our critical end-of-year fundraising goal: tinyurl.com/give4change25
"Local news is under threat." - @typewriteralley.bsky.social There’s still time to support Real Change’s independent journalism this #GivingTuesday! ➡️ Donate now to power our newsroom – and help us get closer to our critical end-of-year fundraising goal: tinyurl.com/give4change25
There are 12 hours left in #GivingTuesday. So far, 20 generous community members have donated to our campaign. Can we DOUBLE that by the end of the day? 💙✨ 💕 ➡️ tinyurl.com/give4change25 🌟 Not able to give? 🌟 Share this post with 5 friends to help us get the word out about our campaign!
#GivingTuesday is tomorrow. Help us raise $50K during this radical day of giving! 💕 @nerd4cities.bsky.social is one of thousands of readers who knows how vital Real Change is. ➡️ Join us in our fight for a future where EVERYONE can live & thrive in Seattle now: tinyurl.com/give4change25
On Nov. 8, dozens gathered on the small lawn of Urban Triangle Park to call attention to an issue seldom-discussed in Seattle: the ongoing civil war in Sudan. Protesters condemned how the United Arab Emirates has backed the Rapid Support Forces, which has been accused of war crimes.
Seattleites demand end to Sudan civil war
Seattleites demand end to Sudan civil war
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"Government-owned public housing has been one of the most significant lifelines of deep affordability for the lowest-income families. But due to decades of defunding and neglect, public housing has gone into disrepair and tenants are left to live with mold, leaks, broken appliances and more."
Seattle Housing Authority residents need repairs now
Seattle Housing Authority residents need repairs now
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#GivingTuesday is coming up on Dec. 2, and we're choosing to kick things off early! Last #GivingTuesday, our community raised over $70K. ✨ This year, we hope to raise $50K by Dec. 2 to fund our programs and bring us closer to our major Winter Fund Drive goal. ➡️ Join us: tinyurl.com/give4change25
A new issue of Real Change has hit the streets! 📰 💕 In this week's paper, we're covering Seattle protests calling for an end to the civil war in Sudan, a campaign calling for Seattle Housing Authority to repair its housing & more. 📍 Find a Real Change vendor near you: tinyurl.com/find-a-vendor
My new comic for @realchangenews.org! I made a comic about this 15 years ago and I’m revamping it with the things I’ve learned since. If you’re in the dark parts of the world, hang in there 🖤
Our Winter Fund Drive starts TODAY! We’re rallying our community to help us raise $200K by Dec. 31st. 💙❄️ In times of uncertainty, community can make all the difference. Change begins with community! Join us today: ➡️ Donate now at: tinyurl.com/rcwfd25 ➡️ Share our campaign with friends & family. 💕
Change Begins With Community
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It’s Wednesday and you know what that means: another issue of Real Change is hot off the press! ✨ In this week's print paper: @guyoron.net breaks down local election results, @glentalk.bsky.social covers Israeli ties to Seattle's government (c/o @sgn.org) & more!
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a cartoon of a duck behind a desk that says breaking news on it
Alt: a cartoon of a duck behind a desk that says breaking news on it
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I obtained new info about the FBI & Seattle PD's use of infiltration and informants within the 2020 Seattle protests. I spoke to @trevoraaronson.bsky.social about the implications and an activist who gave an inside view of the CHOP, suspecting infiltration: www.realchangenews.org/FBI-recruite...
FBI mass recruited informants aiming to buy drugs, infiltrate CHOP
FBI mass recruited informants aiming to buy drugs, infiltrate CHOP
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We’re less than 72 hours out from our biggest event of the year: our 31st Anniversary Celebration 🎉 If you haven’t yet, now’s the time to RSVP and secure your seat: givebutter.com/rise-and-refuel Can’t make it out? You can help us celebrate 31 years by donating at the link above. 💙 💛
"What happens when the media mistakes its own conversations for the city’s voice — when institutions, even progressive ones, speak over the very communities they claim to represent?" @cjayeasye.bsky.social challenges election narratives championed by Seattle's white-led media landscape.
The invisible candidate: what Seattle’s media is missing
The invisible candidate: what Seattle’s media is missing
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Seattle City Attorney candidate Erika Evans joined @realchangenews.bsky.social to discuss her plans to tackle structural injustices in the criminal legal system and fight back against Trump. She also didn't hold back on her criticism of incumbent Ann Davison: www.realchangenews.org/news/2025/10...
Will Erika Evans be Seattle’s next lawyer-in-chief?
Erika Evans discusses her plans and priorities if elected to be Seattle's next City Attorney.
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Free next Thursday, Nov. 6th? ✨Join us in Pioneer Square for the biggest Real Change event of the year!✨ Together, we're celebrating 31 years of economic opportunity, independent journalism and housing justice. 🌅💕 ➡️ RSVP now: givebutter.com/rise-and-refuel
New polling from @nwprogressive.org finds that King County Executive candidates Girmay Zahilay and Claudia Balducci are statistically tied, with Balducci at 37% to Zahilay’s 35%. 28% were unsure. Want to learn more? I interviewed both candidates for @realchangenews.bsky.social (see thread below 👇🏼)
A new issue of Real Change is out now! Buy a paper from a #streetpaper vendor while you're out celebrating spooky season. 🎃📰 Read about Seattle's City Attorney race, local fashion scene, and why @cjayeasye.bsky.social wants the city's progressive media to do better in our Oct. 29 issue.
There are just two weeks left until we come together to celebrate 31 YEARS of Real Change! 🎉 🌟 Rise & Refuel🌟 📅 Thursday, Nov. 6 at 10 AM 📍 THE 101 in Pioneer Square 🎤 Hosted by @bretthamil.bsky.social; feat. Malou Chávez of @nwirp.bsky.social 🔗 RSVP now: givebutter.com/rise-and-refuel
