Photo from Unsplash Every morning during the second period announcements, a habit has quietly developed in the classroom. Conversations continue, students play games on their computers and others keep their heads down. What was once a shared routine among students in elementary school has now become background noise for our current distractions in life. I hope others are aware of what their unintentional protest to the pledge means. Standing for the pledge is now seen as ra

Photo from https://es.geneastar.org/genealogia/wilsonkathe/katie-wilson Seattle’s new mayor, Katie Wilson, stood out during her campaign for her background in grassroots organizing. However, beyond just her passion for community activism, she enters office with an agenda that reflects her experience in policy reform; an agenda that will matter far beyond Seattle’s city limits, as her policies start to affect Bellevue residents who commute, work, and move through Seattle ever