City Gov 101
Name the current elected official who attends and presides over Council meetings, but does not vote (except in the case of a tie), carries out policies set by Council, makes appointments for and manages 25 department and commission heads, and establishes priorities that guide work of City departments.
Who is Mayor Katie Wilson?
Name a three letter abbreviation for the state law.
What is the RCW (Revised Code of Washington)?
Name the Wa Na Wari program that is hosting this civic workshop.
What is CACE 21 (Central Area Cultural Ecosystem for the 21st century)?
Name the renowned painter who was known for his portrayal of African American life, including his 60-panel “Migration Series” that colorfully illustrated the Great Migration of African Americans from the South to other parts of the country. He was born in Atlantic City but ultimately moved to Seattle and became a professor at the University of Washington from 1971-1986.
Who is Jacob Lawrence?
Name this 2017 American psychological horror film that coined the phrase "the sunken place."
What is Get Out?
Name the 2 largest budget sources for the City of Seattle in 2026.
What is the General Fund ($2B) & Seattle Public Utilities ($1.8B)?
2027 marks a long session for the Washington State legislature. Long sessions are every other year. Name the number of days in a long session.
What is 105 days?
The Seattle Chapter of the Black Panther Party was the party's first outside California and the second outside Oakland. Name this activist who was appointed captain of the Seattle chapter by party co-founder Bobby Seale (b. 1936) in Seattle's Madrona neighborhood in April 1968.
Who is Aaron Dixon?
Name the first science fiction writer to receive a MacArthur Foundation grant, who was a trailblazer in a field that was once overwhelmingly white and male. She is best known for her novel, “Kindred” (1979), a narrative about a Black woman who travels from 1970s Southern California to the South before the Civil War. Though born and reared in Southern California, ___ spent the last seven years of her life in Lake Forest Park.
Who is Octavia Butler?
Name this 1978 American musical fantasy adventure film directed by Sidney Lumet. Adapted from the 1974 Broadway musical of the same name, the film reimagines the classic 1900 children's novel by L. Frank Baum with an African-American cast.
What is The Wiz?
Name the number of council member votes needed to pass a bill or amendment.
What is 5 Council member votes to pass a bill?
Name this precedent setting legislation that was designed to reduce the racial disparity in homeownership caused by the State’s participation in discriminatory practices such as redlining, racially restrictive covenants, and other forms of housing discrimination. The lawsuit challenging the legislation was recently denied.
What is the Covenant Homeowner Program?
Name this Black Seattle community organizer born in Compton, CA and Seattle University grad. With a passion for food justice and experience working with youth in Central & South Seattle—he was the operations director for CAMP (Central Area Motivation Program) in the 90s; led residents to create Rainier Beach Urban Farm and Wetlands (RBUFW) in 2010; and is now a founding member of RBAC (Rainier Beach Action Coalition).
Who is Gregory Davis?
Name one of the nation’s greatest playwrights, who chronicled African American experiences in the 20th century. He earned the Pulitzer Prize and Tony Award for “Fences” in 1987, and upon moving to Seattle in 1990, he won his second Pulitzer for “The Piano Lesson.”
Who is August Wilson?
Name this 2018 American science fiction black comedy film written and directed by musician Boots Riley in his directorial debut. The film follows a young African-American telemarketer who adopts a "white voice" to succeed at his job. It stars LaKeith Stanfield & Tessa Thompson.
What is Sorry to Bother You?
Name this commonly used term in urban planning that describes a change to land-use code to allow greater capacity for development. ___ usually indicates more building density, increase in land value, which increases taxes.
What is upzoning?
Name the three categories of our WA state budget.
What are the following:
1. Capital Construction Budget
2. Operating Budget
3. Transportation Budget?
Name the first elected African-American mayor who served as the 49th mayor of Seattle, Washington, serving two terms from 1990 to 1997. His accomplishments on the Finance and Budget Committee included the passage of the Women and Minority Business Enterprise Ordinance, and from 1982 to 1987, the elimination of City investments in firms doing business in apartheid-era South Africa.
Who is Mayor Norman Rice?
Name this Black American scholar, author of novels, short stories, screen-and-teleplays, and essays. He directly addressed the issues of black life in America in novels such as Dreamer and Middle Passage. ___ was born in 1948 in Evanston, Illinois, and spent most of his career at the University of Washington in Seattle.
Who is Charles Johnson?
Name the 2020 documentary directed by Seattle filmmaker & sociology professor Dr. Gilda Sheppard. The film tells the story of members of Washington State's Black Prisoner's Caucus.
What is Since I Been Down?
Name this state mandated roadmap that dictates City zoning, development, and land-use for the next 20 years. We’re currently in phase II in Seattle.
What is the Comprehensive Plan (or the "One Seattle Plan")?
Name this legislative act authorizing the expenditure of a designated amount of public funds for a specific purpose.
What is an appropriation?
Name this awarded Seattle researcher, writer, publisher and expert on the history of African Americans in the Pacific Northwest. Her first book, Seattle's Black Victorians 1852-1901, published in 1980, established her as a serious historian. ___ has served as a member of the Washington State Women's History Consortium, member of Seattle's Landmark Board, Board of the Pacific Northwest Historians' Guild, Northwest African American Museum Program Committee, and the Wing Luke Immersion Committee.
Who is Esther Mumford?
The Seattle-born singer/songwriter was the lead for Seattle-based band Bam Bam in the 1980s, which was one of the founders of the grunge genre. As a Black woman in a music scene that had few women or people of color, ___ overcame racial hostilities to help pioneer the grunge sound and was dubbed the Godmother of Grunge.
Who is Tina Marie Bell?
Name this 2002 American satirical spy action comedy blaxploitation film directed by Malcolm D. Lee and starring Eddie Griffin. The screenplay is based on the Internet animated series created by Ridley. It spoofs blaxploitation films of the 1970s as well as a number of other films, most notably the James Bond franchise.
What is Undercover Brother?