WA State Courts survey about the experience of people with disabilities in WA State courts Survey open until April 13

 RantWoman invites everyone she knows who identifies as a person with a disability to fill out this survey about experiences in WA State courts.

The Disability Justice Task Force is gathering information about the experience of people with disabilities within the court systems. There is a survey seeking input from people with disabilities who have interacted with the court systems, their family members, or community advocates and organizations. It will be helpful to have information from diverse disability perspectives. If you are able, please distribute this through your networks, and provide your perspective as community advocates. The survey closes April 14^th. More information in the link below.

 

Click here to access the survey

RantWoman tries not to comment in depth about surveys she asks other people to complete. In this case, RantWoman made lots of use of open-ended fields to supply information not exactly covered in the questions she saw.

Madow: Hundreds of protests planned as Trump's abuses generate ...

RantWoman still hasn't collected the black pussy hat with pink ears that a friend promised to knit RantWoman for the worldwide women's march at the onset of Trump 1.0 but BOY is RantWoman glad people are willing to take to the streets now.

True confession: RantWoman has a long list of activities she may need to handle instead of rushing out in the pollen and glorious sunshine to stand around in visible outrage. Trust RantWoman on this: RantWoman will still be protesting but probably just no in the streets.

They're baaaack

 Remember this previous rant:

Adventures of RantWoman: Dear Neighbors. If you must live in your cars PLEASE keep the sidewalk clear. Pretty Please.

The overall supply of housing in Seattle probably has not increased since RantWoman previously ranted about people living in and around their cars in December. RantWoman meant to pan a Thank you post when the campers were gloriously GONE for awhile. They're Baaack. 

What else is Back? RantWoman's difficulty REPORTING the problem. In the find it fix it app. Through Customer Service bureau at Seattle.gov. Take your pick.

On the app. RantWoman took a couple tries to figure out how to type in an approximate location only to get to a series of yes/no question with the sort of #a11y hiccup that makes it impossible both to enter responses and to move forward. 

Take two: just through the "other category: still some hiccup about entering the location and the app not being able to interact.

So try the customer service bureau. The web page would not accept the approximate address RantWoman entered.

At this point, RantWoman has taken to her blog.

NW corner of 25th Ave S and S Walker St.
Vehicles, what looks like a tarp

Looking west on Walker st. The view
should be clear all the way to Rainier

RantWoman still hates the fact that people have to live in their cars. RantWoman also still really needs clear sidewalks. AND RantWoman needs accessible paths to report problems.

Something different about tariffs.

Trump Tariffs, Trade War & the UN's International Maritime Organization ...

RantWoman has become a big fan of the "What's going on with shipping." Youtube channel.

IN this case, about minute 10 and forward there is great commentary about carbon reduction targets, the International Maritime Organization, and China's growing share of the global shipbuilding industry.

And 

Tariffs and Port Fees Talk with Ross Kennedy (The Huntsman) | Between Two Sterns

State Attorneys General and responsible law firms vs Elon and his DOGE boy hackers.

'Blatantly Unconstitutional!' How Trump CAN be legally STOPPED

RantWoman of late has been watching a lot of legal-themed YouTube channels, including a few that just get ranty, even by RantWoman's pro-rant standards. This channel and this video go on RantWoman's list to come back to.

As an aside, RantWoman has decided a number of times not to go to law school. Nothing is making her rethink that decision but it has shaped comments she might offer if someone she knew where thinking of a career in law.

Apply Now for Community Leadership Initiative program

APPLY BEFORE APRIL 30

 Community Leadership Institute (CLI) offers a stipend and a competitive leadership program that prepares emerging BIPOC leaders and other marginalized communities to serve strategic City, County, and Statewide Boards and Commissions as well as transferable skills for their careers.

Are you interested in becoming a Community Leadership Institute fellow?

Sage Leaders’ Community Leadership Institute (CLI) is a fellowship program that resources, educates, and places emerging leaders from communities of color and low-income communities to serve on strategic municipal boards and commissions.

Launched in 2015, the six-month fellowship trains emerging leaders in issues such as housing, land use, transit, climate, and economic development. Graduates learn the nuts and bolts of local government processes, such as municipal budgeting, parliamentary procedures, and lawmaking, as well as advocacy, storytelling, and communication skills.

After graduation, the fellows apply for and are placed on strategic boards, commissions, and task forces at the city and county level. Through participation, CLI alums have the opportunity to move forward a racial equity agenda at a government level by asking critical questions about who benefits and who is burdened by policy decisions and offering solutions that integrate community participation and perspectives as part of the decision-making process.

2025 - 2026 Community Leadership Institute (King And Pierce CountIES)

Location: In-person in Seattle, WA (Open to all applicants in King and Pierce Counties or can attend in person in Seattle, WA)

Dates: September 2025 to April 2026

Contact: Francis Abugbilla

Application Timeline: February 24 to April 30, 2025 at 11:59 pm PST

Apply Now

 

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Security Clearance? What Security Clearance?

This video posted for purely lexicographic reasons, explanations of two acronyms.

Okay, RantWoman as a persistent feminist decrees that just brining wifey to meetings without for instance even minimal security clearance efforts is just WEIRD. RantWoman wishes the Hegseths martial happiness, but have some limits, m'kay??? 

RantWoman sincerely wishes to thank all the veterans relentlessly reminding us all that Pete Hegseth is completely unqualified to be Secretary of Defense.

RantWoman has other thoughts, but they deserve a different post.