November 30, 2016 The Skanner Page 5
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Calendar 2016
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Seattle Metro
FRIDAY, DECEMBER 2
THE POLAR EXPRESS PAJAMA STORYTIME: Come in your pajamas
and join us for a magical evening as we host our annual “The Po-
lar Express” story time. Coloring and activities including writing
a Dear Santa Letter. We will be having some delicious hot choc-
olate and marshmallows too. 7 p.m. Barnes & Noble (Bellevue)
626 106th Ave. NE, Bellevue.
PHOTO BY SUSAN FRIED
SATURDAY, DECEMBER 3
Black Arts Love
Euhania Butler Ed. D., a representative for Pretty Things, sells jewelry at the Black Arts Love Mixer and Marketplace Nov. 26 at Franklin
High School. Dozens of small business owners sold a variety of products including everything from clothing and shoes, to original art
work, children’s books and books of poetry, beauty products and Christmas decorations. The next Black Arts Love Mixer and Market
Place will be in March 2017.
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Cheer, you will find a book for everyone on your
shopping list, with guides to hiking and local fish to
the official Portland Farmers Market cookbook to the
annual favorite “It’s Different Every Day” illustrated
daily calendar.
Plus, meet over 15 authors who contributed to the
new children’s book Oregon Reads Aloud , a charming
collection of twenty-five stories by a trove of Ore-
gon authors and illustrators celebrating twenty-five
years of SMART’s (Start Making A Reader Today)
work empowering children to read.
A full list of featured authors can be found at at
www.ohs.org/holidaycheer.
To add to the holiday cheer, local favorite The Dick-
ens Carolers will be strolling through the museum
performing lively holiday songs from 1 to 2 p.m. Sip
on a cup of hot cocoa and pick up a cookie as you chat
with some of Oregon’s best and brightest writers.
Admission to Holiday Cheer is free, and all museum
exhibits will be open from Noon to 5pm. See a rare
printing of the Declaration of Independence in De-
mocracy ’s Blueprints , and learn about Oregon’s rich
comic industry in Comic City, USA — and even meet
artists Jan Eliot (“Stone Soup”) and Colleen Coover
(“Bandette “) who are featured in the exhibit.
For more information and a list of current exhibi-
tions, visit www.ohs.org.
Seattle News Briefs
Mayor Murray Signs Executive
Order Affirming Seattle’s
Welcoming City Policies
On Monday Mayor Ed Murray signed an Executive
Order reaffirming Seattle as a welcoming city. The
order states that City employees will not ask about
the status of residents and all City services will be
available to all residents, and it creates an Inclusive
and Equitable City Cabinet that will coordinate City
efforts to protect the civil liberties and civil rights of
Seattle residents. Additionally, the City will set aside
$250,000 to address the needs of unauthorized immi-
grant students enrolled in Seattle Public Schools.
Mayor Murray also delivered a Thanksgiving video
message.
“Except for our Native Peoples, we are all from
someplace else, and we are strong because of our di-
versity,” said Mayor Murray. “It is my commitment
that Seattle will remain a welcoming city, not a place
where children and their families live in fear. This
Thanksgiving we reaffirm our values of inclusion
and equity and our City policies that reflect them.
All our friends, neighbors, colleagues, and families
should feel safe and welcome when they need ser-
vices, contact our police and fire departments, or in-
teract with the City in other ways. And we will work
to provide our immigrant students with the support
they and their families need.”
The Executive Order directs City employees and de-
partments on the following items:
• City employees will not ask residents seeking City
services about immigration status, unless police of-
ficers have a reasonable suspicion that a person is
committing or has committed a felony criminal-law
violation.
• City employees will serve all residents and services
will remain accessible to all residents, regardless
of immigration status, ancestry, race, ethnicity,
national origin, color, age, sex, sexual orientation,
gender variance, marital status, physical or mental
disability, or religion.
• Seattle Police officers will continue to defer detain-
er requests from the U.S. Department of Homeland
Security’s Immigration and Customs Enforcement
to King County, as jails are in King County’s juris-
diction.
• City departments will issue a letter to all contrac-
tors receiving General Fund dollars to clarify and
inform about these policies.
• An Inclusive and Equitable City Cabinet will be cre-
ated, made up of representatives from:
Seattle Police Department,
Office of Civil Rights,
Office of Immigrant and Refugee Affairs,
Department of Neighborhoods,
Office of Economic Development,
Office of Policy and Innovation,
City Budget Office,
Office of Intergovernmental Relations,
Department of Education and Early Learning, and
Seattle Human Services Department
• The Inclusive and Equitable City Cabinet develop a
programmatic investment strategy for $250,000 to
directly address the needs of unauthorized immi-
grant children in Seattle Public Schools and their
families.
• The Inclusive and Equitable City Cabinet will de-
velop public awareness efforts around hate speech
and crimes; review potential implications on City
departments of any new initiatives and intent of
the incoming Presidential administration; collab-
orate with immigrant and refugee communities to
identify areas of need and new or expanded efforts
for partnership; and develop a specific agenda and
action plan to help the Mayor build a coalition of
cities during the upcoming West Coast Mayor’s
Summit and the U.S. Conference of Mayors gather-
ings.
Read the entire Executive Order at http://murray.
seattle.gov/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/ Execu-
tive-Order-2016-08_Welcoming-City.pdf.
HOLIDAY ON THE BAY AT PORT OF EVERETT: The festive day in-
cludes Toys for Tots Toy Dive, family holiday photo opportuni-
ties, holiday music and movies, City of Everett fire truck rides,
hot cocoa, tree lighting and of course Santa will be there. Noon
– 6:30 p.m., Waterfront Place of Everett, 503 13th St. (Boxcar
Park), Everett.
OLD TOWN TREE LIGHTING & SANTA VISIT: Celebrate the holidays
at Tacoma’s Birthplace. Refreshments and photos with Santa
provided while supplies last. Please bring a donation of non-per-
ishable foods for St. Leo Food Connection. 1 p.m. Job Carr Cabin
Museum, 2350 N. 30th St., Tacoma.
SUNDAY, DECEMBER 4
SEWARD PARK WINTER’S EVE CELEBRATION AND GUIDED NATURE
WALKS: Visit the Seward Park Audubon Center for the Christ-
mas Ship Festival. Decorate cookies and make holiday crafts
while you wait for the Christmas Ships to arrive. Join us on a
free guided nature walk or browse the nature shop. Free for all
ages. Noon – 5 p.m., Seward Park Audubon Center, 5902 Lake
Washington Blvd. S.
SATURDAY, DECEMBER 10
THE VILLAGE 253 HANDMADE MARKET AND MAGIC: Join The
Village 253 (a local social parent group). The event is free and
includes free food and crafts. There will also be a big raffle with
prizes from local businesses to benefit local charities. This is
a free event for all to enjoy. 3 p.m. – 7 p.m. The Spire, 710 S.
Anderson, Tacoma.
ANNUAL CHRISTMAS TREE LIGHTING FESTIVAL: This popular hol-
iday event includes holiday crafts, performances by local and
school choirs and of course the lighting of the tree. Santa will
arrive on an antique Fire Truck. Free Family Event. 2 p.m. – 5
p.m., Tumwater Fire Hall, 311 Isreal RD. SW, Olympia.
Seattle King County NAACP
Members Re-Elect President Gerald
Hankerson
On Tuesday, the Seattle King County NAACP held
an election for officers and at large members of the
Executive Committee.
All NAACP members who were members in good
standing at least 30 days prior to the election were
eligible to vote.
Members overwhelmingly re-elected current
president Gerald Hankerson to continue to lead the
branch. This will be his fourth year as President and
his sixth year on the Executive Committee of the Seat-
tle King County NAACP.
“Given our current political reality, the NAACP is
more important than ever,” said President Hanker-
son.
“I look forward to working closely with our mem-
bers and organizations that are dedicated to civil
rights to safeguard the advances we’ve worked so
hard for, while pushing a bold vision to increase ac-
cess and opportunity for our community.”
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