by North Seattle Neighbors with Kaitlyn S. 1. On an evening in August during the second year of the pandemic, Kaitlyn was approached by a stranger who asked if she was okay. Kaitlyn was in distress at the time. She was unhoused, living in a succession of tents in and…

On March 17, some parents from John Stanford International School (JSIS) staged a protest on the overpass of 45th St. over I-5. They wanted a camp of unhoused people near the school to be cleared out immediately. The WA Dept. of Transportation had made it clear to JSIS parents that…

OPEN LETTER: LIHI mistreatment of tiny house village residents On January 18, 2023, several volunteer mutual aid groups that support unhoused people sent the following letter to Seattle City Council and Mayor, King County Council and Executive, the King County Regional Homelessness Authority, and members of the Housing and Budget…

Ongoing Harm by Andrea Suarez and We Heart Seattle We Heart Seattle is a litter-pickup group that has been causing damage to unhoused people all over Seattle. We Heart Seattle consistently mis-identifies tents or campsites as abandoned, and then confiscates and destroys the belongings of people who don’t happen to…

A blog post fails to defend We Heart Seattle by North Seattle Neighbors We Heart Seattle (WHS) is a volunteer litter-pickup group whose members sometimes refer to themselves as “service providers” without any reference to training, licensing or accountability. WHS and their founder Andrea Suarez have been credibly accused of…

Another Survivor’s Story of “We Heart Seattle” by North Seattle Neighbors On Saturday July 3, Andrea Suarez and several volunteers from We Heart Seattle came to a Seattle park for what they called a trash pickup. As often happens during their visits, they mis-identified a campsite as abandoned and removed…

A Survivor’s Story of “We Heart Seattle” by North Seattle Neighbors The escalating crises of pandemic, poverty, and evictions in Seattle and elsewhere have given rise to a large number of mutual aid groups, including North Seattle Neighbors, who have been volunteering to bring supplies and build relationships with unhoused…