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“It’s really the most vulnerable of the most vulnerable…who need technologies to live.”

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SEATTLE, WA — ON APRIL 5, “WE THE PEOPLE” RISE UP IN SEATTLE AND MORE THAN 1100 CITIES & TOWNS ACROSS THE NATION TO SEND A CLEAR MESSAGE TO TRUMP AND MUSK--HANDS OFF! WHAT: Protest rally with speakers, live music and community action booths WHEN: Saturday, April 5, Noon–3PM (music starts 11:30am). WHERE: Seattle Center (by International Fountain), 305 Harrison St, Seattle, WA 98109 SEATTLE EVENT INFO: www.mobilize.us/handsoff/event/766350/ Live music by King Youngblood begins at 11:30am; programming starts at noon. Our MC will be Seattle’s own gender-bending Drag Queen/MC/Producer Kitty Glitter. POWERFUL SPEAKER LINEUP (run-of-show schedule & speaker bios available onsite in Press Tent): • Colleen Echohawk, Community Advocate; member of Kithehaki Band of the Pawnee Nation • Hamdi Mohamed, Seattle Port Commissioner • Palmira Figueroa, Dir. of Communications, National Day Laborer Organizing Network • Nina Martinez, Exec. Director Latino Civic Alliance • Roxana Norouzi, Exec. Director, OneAmerica • U.S. Congresswoman Pramila Jayapal • Charles Douglass III, Exec. Director, Common Power • Sarah, 17-year-old Running Start Student and youth organizer • Devin Hermanson, Tesla Takedown organizer • Justin Gill, President, WA State Nurses Association • Jeanne Moore, HandsOff poet • Madeline Brown, Greater Seattle, Planned Parenthood Alliance Advocates • Riall Johnson, Principal Partner, Prism West • Michael Woodward, Exec. Director, Traction • Mystix Flamer, WA State LGBTQ Commission Youth Advisory Council • Elayne Wylie, Co-founder Gender Justice League and Trans Pride producer • Dwight Thompson MSW, Veteran and Social Worker/Therapist • April Sims, President, WA State Labor Council • Karen Richter, Co-President, Puget Sound Advocates for Retirement Action • Michele Storms, Exec. Director, ACLU-WA • Former Washington State Governor, Jay Inslee (unleashed)

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