Ep 9-Seattle Mayor Candidate Colleen Echohawk

Send us Fan Mail Colleen Echohawk wants to be the next Seattle mayor. If elected, she would be Seattle’s first indigenous mayor. Echohawk is the executive director of the Chief Seattle Club a native-led human service agency and day center. On this episode, Echohawk joins the Chino Y Chicano to explain why she is running for Seattle's top city post and how she would handle the numerous challenges facing the city from Covid-19 to police accountability, homelessness, and inequity. Read: https://www.seattletimes.com/nation-world/a-quiet-ice-surge-that-unfolded-everywhere-all-at-once-this-summer/?utm_source=referral&utm_medium=mobile-app&utm_campaign=ios Read: https://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/ice-transfers-hundreds-from-tacoma-detention-center-out-of-state/ Read: https://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/wa-ice-arrests-reach-new-high-just-released-data-shows/ Read: ICE arrests contractor in the middle of West Seattle construction job Source: The Seattle Times https://share.google/rLKczFNcCPTLxuytn Read: https://southseattleemerald.org/voices/2025/07/22/masked-men-are-detaining-people-when-will-washingtons-leaders-protect-us Read: https://nieman.harvard.edu/mark-trahant-wins-the-2025-i-f-stone-medal-for-journalistic-independence/ Read: https://www.24thstreet.org/blog/2025/1/17/letting-go Read:https://www.amazon.com/Harbingers-January-Charlottesville-American-Democracy/dp/1586424017 Read: https://www.mapresearch.org/2024-dei-report "Dismantling DEI: A Coordinated Attack on American Values" https://www.forbes.com/sites/conormurray/2025/01/07/these-companies-have-rolled-back-dei-policies-mcdonalds-is-latest-to-abandon-diversity-standards/ https://www.chronicle.com/package/the-assault-on-dei Chronicle of Higher Education https://www.courts.wa.gov/appellate_trial_courts/supreme/bios/?fa=scbio...