Seattle Identities About this collection At Seattle City Council meetings, people introduce themselves before they speak. Seattle Identities collects those self-descriptions from the public comment archive, verbatim and linked to the source video, so you can scroll through the city describing itself.
Inspired by Riley Walz’s SF Identities .
Sample identities · source videos are available for reviewed public comments.
I am a renter in Capitol Hill who has moved three times in five years As a third-generation Beacon Hill resident and the daughter of refugees I am a bus operator who starts work before the city wakes up I am a small restaurant owner trying to keep twelve people employed As a queer elder who found a home here when few cities felt safe I am a public-school student, a climate organizer, and a voter next year I am a homeowner who wants more neighbors, not a museum of my block As someone who slept in my car while working full time I am a nurse who sees heat and smoke arrive first in the same communities I am a blind pedestrian asking you to design past bare compliance I am a fisherman, a union member, and the grandson of a shipyard worker As a mother raising two children in a studio apartment I am a former foster youth who learned city systems by surviving them I am a shop steward, a night-shift worker, and a daily light-rail rider As an urban gardener growing food on land I do not own I am an immigrant, a homeowner, and still a translator for my parents