Via The Reader: Mayor McGinn
MONDAY, MARCH 19, 2012
Opportunity, Education and Green Innovation in Chongqing
This week, Mayor McGinn will visit our sister city of Chongqing, China. It’s an opportunity to promote our innovative local businesses, deepen our cultural ties, and help more of Seattle’s children get the chance to study abroad. The trip, which is funded by the Trade Development Alliance and the city of Chongqing, will focus on connecting Seattle residents to opportunities for education and green innovation in one of China’s fastest-growing cities.
In preparation for the trip, the mayor posted some thoughts about the delegation’s focus and goals. Karen Kodama, International Education Administrator for Seattle Public Schools, wrote about the importance of having Seattle students visit Chongqing and be immersed in the Chinese language and culture. The delegation will meet with the Chongqing Municipal Education Commission to discuss increasing the number of sister schools with Seattle Public Schools.
From the 2012 Transportation Action Agenda: Keeping it Safe
Our Transportation Action Agenda helps guide the work that we do at the City on transportation issues. Safety is SDOT’s most important priority – our goal is a city where no one dies in a traffic collision.
People expect to feel safe and comfortable as they are out and about on Seattle’s streets, sidewalks, and trails. Well-placed changes that focus on pedestrians and bicyclists improve safety for our most vulnerable road users and can encourage more people to try getting around on people power, especially for short trips. Additionally, safer streets are efficient streets. They have fewer and less severe collisions, allowing everyone to get where they are going safely and with less hassle.
“Keeping it Safe” is the first of five principles in the Transportation Action Agenda. Our approach to keeping it safe includes four different policy goals:
1. Reduce collisions for all modes and work toward zero fatalities and serious injuries
2. Educate the traveling public to respect and protect one another
3. Minimize conflicts in the right of way to accommodate all travelers
4. Be ready to respond to emergencies
To examine all the policy goals, actions, and the metrics that we’ll use to keep it safe, we invite you to take a closer look at the Transportation Action Agenda.
Get Engaged on City boards and commissions
The Get Engaged program is recruiting 15 young people aged 18-29 for service on Seattle’s public boards and commissions. Commissioners help shape policy decisions, make recommendations, and provide citizen participation in city government. The 15 boards range in interest areas — from design, to human rights to LGBT: there’s something for everyone.
In addition to service on a public board for one year, participants meet monthly as a cohort for leadership competency training, issue discussions and other activities.
Get Engaged is dedicated to advocating for youth voice in city affairs and to cultivating local leaders, especially those who have had limited opportunities to be involved in their community. You don’t need any prior experience serving on boards to be a qualified candidate.
The application deadline is May 14.
Learn more:
Detailed program information: http://GetEngagedSeattle.org/Apply
Check out the boards we serve: http://getengagedseattle.org/boards-we-serve/
Hear from alumna Leanne: http://vimeo.com/album/1868519
Contact Roni Ayalla at rayalla@seattleymca.org or (206) 250-2456
Upcoming Events (for more see http://seattle.gov/mayor/Engage/access.htm):
March 19: 6:30 p.m. – Arts Education Community Meeting, South Shore K-8 (4800 S Henderson St)
March 19: 6:30 p.m. – City Light Strategic Plan Public Forum – New Holly Gathering Place (7054 32nd Ave S)
March 20: 6:30 p.m. – City Light Strategic Plan Public Forum – Northgate Community Center (10510 5th Ave NE)
March 27: 7:00 p.m. – Open House at Seacrest Boathouse (1660 Harbor Ave SW)
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