Please join us for World Day of Remembrance - Fri 11/17, noon panel, Impact Hub

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Susan Gleason

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Nov 13, 2017, 7:36:52 PM11/13/17

Dear SNG friends and volunteers!

I hope you'll join us this Friday (November 17th) for a midday event to commemorate the World Day of Remembrance for Road Traffic Victims -- see full details below.

Please RSVP on Facebook ('though not required) to help us set up the event space accordingly.

Thanks in advance!

-- Susan

P.S. Have you had a chance to take the SNG Strategic Planning Survey? It's quick and easy -- just 5-6 minutes. Your insights mean so much to us. We've just extended the deadline to Nov 19th!

Susan Gleason

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Seattle Neighborhood Greenways

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Timed to coincide with the World Day of Remembrance, Seattle Neighborhood Greenways and Seattle's Department of Transportation have partnered to produce a lunchtime expert panel on the importance of eliminating fatal and injurious car collisions.

WHAT: World Day of Remembrance - Reflection and Expert Panel

WHERE: The panel event will be held in a comfortable and convenient location, at Impact Hub Seattle, 220 2nd Ave S, in Pioneer Square. Look for signs directing you to the 4th Floor Learning Studio.

WHEN: Friday, November 17, Noon - 1:30

FACEBOOK RSVP (not required, but it helps)

WHO: Short, initial presentations will be made by

Council Member Sally Bagshaw;

Jim Curtin, senior transportation planner for the Seattle Department of Transportation; Gordon Padelford,

xecutive director of Seattle Neighborhood Greenways;

Eric Sano of

SPD’s Traffic and Traffic Collision Investigation Squad

; and

Stephen Mooney of

Harborview

Injury Prevention & Research Center

To be followed by a 40-minute expert panel, including Kelsey Mesher, Puget Sound policy manager of Cascade Bicycle Club, Sandra Maqueda of Spanish-language radio KKMO, and public health advocates.

This event couldn't be more timely. Seattle is not making the progress we need to on our Vision Zero goals. Seattle has had 20+ crash-based fatalities in the past year -- that's 20+ too many.

If you are concerned about transportation and public health & safety in Seattle, and/or if you share the belief that people have a fundamental right to walk, bike, and drive on streets that are designed and built for safety, we hope you’ll join us.

ABOUT WORLD DAY OF REMEMBRANCE
World Day of Remembrance is a UN-affiliated world-wide event to commemorate victims of traffic violence and stand together to create a safer city for all.
https://worlddayofremembrance.org/

ABOUT VISION ZERO
Vision Zero is an international strategy to eliminate all traffic fatalities and severe injuries, while increasing safe, healthy, equitable mobility for all. Seattle has committed to reaching this goal by 2030.
https://www.seattle.gov/visionzero
https://visionzerosea.org/

ABOUT SEATTLE NEIGHBORHOOD GREENWAYS
Seattle Neighborhood Greenways empowers neighbors across Seattle to create safe and healthy streets for all people. Since our founding in 2011, our nonprofit has operated as a coalition of volunteer-driven community groups, advocating for the needs of people who walk and bike in Seattle. We are leading advocates for #VisionZero safety improvements and have organized a number of community memorial events each year for grieving family members.