Join the University Sunrise Rotary Club for a program featuring our member Andrea Suarez, Founder and CEO of We Heart Seattle.
The program will be presented on Zoom on Thursday morning with the Zoom line opening at 7 a.m. The formal meeting including the program runs from 7:30-8:30 a.m. No registration is required, and the program is free.
The meeting will be available via Zoom. Click here to join the meeting Thursday morning. The Zoom line will open shortly after 7 a.m.
Our member, Andrea Suarez, is the Founder of We Heart Seattle. She has lived in King County for twenty-four years and in the downtown area since 2009. In September of 2020, she started ‘We Heart Seattle’ out of love for the city–wanting it clean and safe for all to enjoy.
From the We Heart Seattle website:
We Heart Seattle is an action-based, boots-on-the-ground movement that organizes trash cleanups in our public spaces and offers resources to those in need. Through our direct civic engagement, we lead the way to a more compassionate and healthy community. To meet these goals, we:
- Organize regular volunteer trash cleanups in public spaces
- Offer individualized assistance to those in need
- Create a sense of community by welcoming everyone to be involved in real civic engagement
- Build a network of people who no longer walk by neighbors in need and areas needing repair while expecting someone else to help
- Utilize all available safe housing, shelters, and treatment facilities for anyone who is ready
- House our neighbors quickly without the typical restrictions, delays and inefficiency that has kept many on the streets
- Clean up litter and eradicate graffiti
- Develop great partnerships with like-minded stakeholders
- Work cooperatively with city and county employees and leaders
You can find the slides for Andrea’s presentation here: