Check out our open access paper led by postdoctoral fellow Liz Koselka. Using qualitative methods, we analyzed interviews with #Veterans and their support people to examine interpersonal dynamics of #diabetes management. @uwsph.bsky.social @hspop.uw.edu @sbm.org www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
I was on NPR last week talking about a new publication that is really important to me - part of our larger effort to change the way we think and talk about both mental and physical health, and how they relate to each other, after stress and trauma.
www.knkx.org/2026-01-28/u...
If our "environmental protection" frameworks can stop an affordable housing project but can't stop a detention center or a highway expansion we really need to start talk about ripping things up root and branch.
My latest for @truthout.org is an interview w/ @jeannetheoharis.bsky.social on her new book, “King Of The North: Martin Luther King’s Life of Struggle Outside the South.”
She explains MLK’s challenge to structural racism & Coretta Scott King’s visionary leadership that shaped King & the movement.
I wrote a new piece for @truthout.org looking back at 2025 — a year when educators didn’t just endure repression, they built resistance. ✊🏽📚
Education has never been neutral—It either liberates or subjugates.
Here are the stories of those who resisted subjugation.
truthout.org/articles/in-...
you are awesome! thank you!!!
📣 Excited to share this open access study from our team, led by my mentee Dr. Alex Williams. We explored relationships among neighborhood #walkability, neighborhood features, and depression among treatment-seeking #veterans. 👟 @uwmedicine.bsky.social @uwsph.bsky.social doi.org/10.1016/j.ac...
My pal is doing a Halloween fundraiser for our school's families who rely on SNAP. We'll put fliers on our doors and around the neighborhood. Maybe you want to do the same for your local community? Feel free to use the cute canva she put together (linked, editable) 🎃 www.canva.com/design/DAG3H...
Coming up on 20 years of Link in the Rainier Valley. A Sound Transit employee told my neighbors and me that people crash into the light rail because it’s new and unfamiliar. Education won’t work. We should probably stop playing with tech gadgets and fix it.
This (cheesy) voter dialer joke is prompting me to share my phone banking life hack with y’all: I do my physical therapy exercises while I wait for the next voter to answer. 💪🏼 ✅
It's raining, it's pouring. Perfect day to make calls for our brilliant progressive candidate for Seattle mayor Katie Wilson @wilsonforseattle.bsky.social! Join me, anytime today! mobilize.us/s/WJMprZ
Our latest study is out, open access in Preventive Medicine Reports, led by @uwmedicine.bsky.social med student Na'imah Muhammad. We centered Black Veterans to inform efforts to reduce disparities in VA weight management care. Tackling discrimination=healthcare www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
First day of #WeekWithoutDriving 2025, are you ready? disabilityrightswa.org/how-would-yo...
I also want to note that one of the things that make this transit center so inhospitable is surely the crossing across Rainier but I find that crossing from the east even more treacherous. SO needs fixing.
My family uses air quotes when referring to the Mount Baker "transit center" because it seems like such an afterthought for actual riders. Here's my kid at the "transit center" en route to her soccer game on Sunday. City leaders, read @nondriver.bsky.social's brilliant piece and improve this area!
A group of twenty four people stand behind a large orange and purple banner that reads “WA WFP.” The crowd holds signs supporting Katie Wilson and Eddie Lin.
A group of 10 people hold clipboards and campaign literature before a canvas on a sunny day in a park.
A group of 8 people hold clipboards and campaign literature before a doorknocking session.
Thanks to Working Families Party for organizing yesterday’s canvas in Columbia City. Our opponent has wealthy donors — we have each other. Ready to win an affordable Seattle together? Sign up to canvas at the link in our bio! #thisisyourcity @workingfamilies.org
It's time for Seattle to build nice things for bus riders, not just cruise ship tourists.
NEW // Op-Ed: Will Ethics Commission Hold Harrell Accountable for Campaigning with Public Resources?
By Robert Cruickshank
via @theurbanist.org // 🔗 www.theurbanist.org/2025/09/13/o...
It is not too late to tell City Council we want more housing. Sign the Seattle YIMBY petition to the Council supporting what we think are the best amendments. The more signatures the greater impact it will have. And send to your friends. actionnetwork.org/petitions/4f...
Seattle's Mayor Harrell holds back transit (again!) doubles down on do-nothingism.
This guy is nonstop when it comes to stopping good things from happening.
Harrell has always hampered good government outcomes and he's not about to quit now. Fire him!
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One of the things I have been most wrong about is that I thought once the impacts of climate change manifest we would see bold climate action, especially in scientifically literate progressive cities. Instead we get glossy vision documents, plans, and self congratulation while doing too little.
Prioritize public transit!!
2025-2026 USDA Income Eligibility Guidelines In order to qualify for meal benefits, your household income must be within the limits defined by the 2025-2026 SY USDA Income Eligibility Guidelines. Total Family Size Annually Monthly Twice per Month Every 2 Weeks Weekly 1 $28,953 $2,413 $1,207 $1,114 $557 2 $39,128 $3,261 $1,631 $1,505 $753 3 $49,303 $4,109 $2,055 $1,897 $949 4 $59,478 $4,957 $2,479 $2,288 $1,144 5 $69,653 $5,805 $2,903 $2,679 $1,340 6 $79,828 $6,653 $3,327 $3,071 $1,536 7 $90,003 $7,501 $3,751 $3,462 $1,731 8 $100,178 $8,349 $4,175 $3,853 $1,927 Each Add'l Person $10,175 $848 $424 $392 $196
Dear @wadems.org: It is ridiculous that we don't have free school meals for all in our state. These are the standards used to determine eligibility. In this state, many well above these levels struggle. With the federal government cutting many benefits, these meals become even more important.
We need a mayor that prioritizes transit.
@wilsonforseattle.bsky.social
If we’re going to rely as a city on public transportation to get our kids to school, as many cities do, we need to build routes and headways with schools in mind, not just downtown commuters.
The kids, clutching their instruments and the handrails, were strategizing about how to navigate the school so that they weren’t too late for band practice. We have to do better.
My alt text for the photo failed to take. This is a picture of feet, bookbags, and a wheelchair on a super packed and super late King County Metro bus.
Packed and very late @kingcountymetro.bsky.social buses this am. Kids are late for middle school, Veterans are late for medical appointments, and I’m late for work. We fail our communities when we don’t prioritize public transportation.
Our new study is out, open access in Preventive Medicine Reports! 📣 Led by Dr. Jessica Breland (@jbreland.bsky.social), this qualitative study sought recommendations from VA employees and Black Veterans on how to reduce disparities in VA weight-related care. www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Oh goodness! Thank you for your super kind words. Truly!
