About Us
Who We Are
Friends of Seattle is a nonprofit, nonpartisan advocacy group that represents Seattleites committed to a comprehensive set of values and principles for creating a more livable and sustainable city. We're a 300-member strong group with a mailing list of over 600 supporters.
Read the bios of the Members of the Executive Board and the Steering Committee.
We have ambitious policy goals to achieve our vision of Progressive Urbanism.
We base our mission and vision on the premise that Seattle's growth is an opportunity to create positive changes. We support the efforts that are underway to manage growth by improving the city's urban design and transportation network, yet we believe our city must take additional steps to achieve a sustainable future. We believe the solution to this problem is to unite the people of Seattle behind a common vision for a progressive city and to organize them for political action.
At this point in our development, all staff are volunteers. A board of directors (the "Executive Board") governs the organization. A steering committee operates the organization.
Our Mission
Friends of Seattle is a membership-based advocacy group whose mission is to network together a community of voters who inspire elected officials to support a more urban, livable, and sustainable city. We organize community events, propose policy reforms, lobby elected officials, and endorse candidates for office.
Our Work
Education
We educate voters about urban policy issues and our 50-year vision for Seattle through our website, media outreach, direct communications, public forums, and our annual scorecard.
Organizing
We build the constituencies and political will to implement the policies we support by developing our membership base and organizing coalitions of like-minded organizations.
Political Action
We lobby elected officials, send action alerts, connect members to the political process, and endorse candidates for elected office who support a livable and sustainable city.
Contact Us
Friends of Seattle
3134 Lakewood Ave S
Seattle, WA 98144
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Announcements
» Join us at the KCCV's Green Activists Summer BBQ on Saturday, Aug. 23 from 12-3:00PM at Lincoln Park in W Seattle. Come talk to your elected officials, and learn about the fall campaign season. Lunch is on the house!
» We are hosting a Sound Transit Expansion Plan: Q & A on Tuesday, Sept. 9 at 5:30PM at McLeod Residence (2209 2nd Ave), with Sound Transit's Executive Director of Policy, Planning and Public Administration, Ric Ilgenfritz.
