Erin Okuno

Hawai'i holiday list. Yellow hibiscus in right top corner.

We're entering the long slog months of March and April. There are no holidays in the months in Washington State. I miss Hawaiʻi's generous holiday schedule.

Like Trump, U.S. Embassies Are Raising Cash for Lavish July Fourth Parties

Remember US AID was closed not that long ago.
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/15/b...

🚨 SEATTLE RENTERS SURVEY EXTENDED!!! 🚨

☑️ NOW THRU FRIDAY, FEB. 20 🗳️

🌐 LINK IN BIO or YOURCITYSEATTLE.ORG 🌐

👯‍♂️ Tag your friends!
🥰 Tag your family!
✊ Tag your neighbors!
🤡 Don't tag your landlord!

#THISISYOURCITY
#seattle #renters #seattlewa

Flexible Seating for My Classroom, a project from Ms. Trout Help me give my students flexible seating options that meet their diverse learning needs. My classroom needs more seating options. I'm in a new classroom and as my students and I adjust to this...

If you want to help out a public school teacher, please consider making a small donation to this @donorschoose.bsky.social project. This classroom supports diverse students, including neurodiverse students.
www.donorschoose.org/project/flex...

@seahawksofficial.com time to update your feed. Congrats on the Super Bowl win.

Congratulations to Stephan and the organization.

Demonstrators Flood Minneapolis Streets as Hundreds of Businesses Close to Protest ICE

www.nytimes.com/2026/01/23/u...

Are you registered to vote? Is your voter registration up to date?
Vote.org.

a man says exactly in yellow letters ALT: a man says exactly in yellow letters

I'm watching Andor. It seems appropriate for the times.

‘Keeps your mind alert’: older Swedes reap the benefits of learning for pleasure Retirees with ‘fantastic hunger for education’ taking part in university organised events in record numbers

What a great way to grow community. I hope we see more of this type of community building.

‘Keeps your mind alert’: older Swedes reap the benefits of learning for pleasure www.theguardian.com/world/2025/d...

Banner showing blood donation 1 more gallon. Bloodworks gallon pins on right.

Achievement, 1 more gallon of blood donated. I got in a donation before the end of the year. If you can donate, I hope you will.

Much aloha to the ʻohana in Hawaiʻi an Washington. E hoʻomālielie i kou kaumaha.

WA Education Ombuds on Instagram: "If your family or student is impacted by the flooding in WA and you need education support, please contact the Washington State Governor's Office of the Education Om... 2 likes, 0 comments - wa_education_ombuds on December 16, 2025: "If your family or student is impacted by the flooding in WA and you need education support, please contact the Washington State Governo...

If you have a WA student impacted by the flooding and they need help with schools, see this post. The WA State Office of the Education Ombuds can help to answer questions.
www.instagram.com/p/DSVoxoBgf5...

If you know an educator in a high poverty school and you can afford to help please do. Add an extra box of snacks to your Costco or grocery store run and give it to them. They will make sure it gets put to good use. Many teachers provide snacks out of their own money. Let's help out.

Poster at a school. Handwritten text in multi color marker: Feeling hungry because SNAP benefits have run out? I have some healthy snacks to help you get through your day!

I toured a Title 1 school and saw multiple posters like this around the school. Thank you to educators who reach out to students and let them know school is a safe place.

🏳️‍🌈🌈🏳️‍⚧️

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If you're stuck for a gift for someone, I recommend Loop earplugs. They come in incredibly handy when you may not expect it. I carry a set and find I use them more then expected--movies, crowded bars, events, snoring neighbors, airplanes, etc. Here is a 15% off referral code: rwrd.io/ref_NMHTOHT?c

50 years after the birth of special education, some fear for its future under Trump The Trump administration has fired, or tried to fire, many of the federal staff members who manage and enforce federal disability law in schools.

A landmark special education law is 50. Some fear for its future : NPR share.google/8ON6eQc5YPsU...

In 1942 a different president interned 120,000 Japanese Americans. While Roosevelt didn't outright call Japanese Americans garbage his actions showed we were garbage to him, locking up Japanese American citizens based on ethnicity and xenophobic beliefs. Solidarity with my Somali relations.

Hooray!!! It's very fun and satisfying. Let me know if you start baking with them.

Come join me in baking at Community Loaves too! Buy local fresh flour, bake bread, donate it to good banks, repeat.

Very nice. I'll have to try it. I used a @kingarthurbaking.bsky.social oatmeal sandwich loaf recipe and turned them into 85 g rolls and baked at 20 min. The recipe came out of a book but it should work with most sandwich bread recipes.

‘Outrageously expensive’ is the price tag for child care in Seattle Seattle is one of the costliest places in the country to put a child in day care, and tuition costs have spiked since 2020.

If we want more K-12 educators we need to invest in high-quality affordable childcare. A friend said she's paying more in childcare than her mortgage. That is not sustainable for attracting and keeping public servants. #childcare #affordability #earlylearning
www.seattletimes.com/business/sea...

Bread rolls on parchment paper

Pull apart rolls are my new favorite thing to make. We should trade recipes.

WWII Books for Kids on Japanese American Experience From Pearl Harbor to Hiroshima: A Personal Journey explored through children's books on WWII Japanese American Internment.

Newly Updated!

WWII Books for Kids on Japanese American Experience

www.pragmaticmom.com/2012/12/pear... via @PragmaticMom

#ReadYourWorld #KidLit #PearlHarbor #HistoricalFiction #WWII #JapaneseAmerican

This was a must visit activity when my kids were younger. So fun and magical.

Haunted by History, Japanese Americans Fight Trump’s Immigration Crackdown

"But to many Japanese Americans, the images of uniformed federal agents ushering people onto buses, the mass detentions and the dehumanizing language used by government officials stir collective memories..." #Solidarity #JapaneseAmerican #immigration
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/30/u...

Gift box with Native made foods. Syrups, tea packet, packages of baked goods nested in a cardboard box on shredded paper

Thank you Natoncka Metsu for the gift box. It is gorgeous and I'm excited to share it with others this holiday season. Go pick up a box for yourself this weekend at the Duwamish Longhouse holiday market, 10.00-5.00 pm. #BuyLocal #BuyNativeMade

Sign on door: white paper printed with text The Beacon Hill Branch is closed today at 230p due to building maintenance issue. We apologize for the inconvenience.

@spl.org why is the Beacon Hill Branch closing early so often? This is the third time I can recall in the past few weeks. So many disappointed people stopped by and had to leave.

Target why won't you ship bedsheets to Hawai'i? I spent an hour choosing gifts and then found out you won't ship to Hawaii.