Join Cascadia Democratic Action as we celebrate Cascadia Day with a lively reading by four poets in Seattle’s Capitol Hill neighborhood. Join us at 7 pm, Monday, May 18 at Vermilion Bar & Gallery at 1508 11th Ave. for an evening of poetry inspired by the Cascadia bioregion.
May 18th is the day Loowit (also known as Mount St. Helen) erupted in 1980, and that date serves a reminder of the magnificent power of nature in the Pacific Northwest — and the strength and resiliency of the people live here. Four poets will celebrate the day: Paul Nelson, Matt Trease, Nadine Maestas, and Rhea Melina.
The event is free but organizers are encouraging donations to the Migrant Survival Fund, a mutual aid effort supporting at-risk immigrant families, and the Kawaguchi O’Connor Foundation, a mutual aid group that supports trans people in Seattle who have fled hostile states.
The Cascadia Democratic Action organization says that Monday also brings the launch of its campaign in Oregon and Washington “to begin the process for these states to separate from the United States.”
“The relationship between the federal government and the states of Oregon and Washington has become one characterized by abuse, coercion, and lying. Donald Trump has taken the keys to the car and the family credit card and embarked on a reckless spending spree,” CDA organizer and Seattle writer Andrew Engelson said in a statement.
The group says it is planning statewide initiatives on the ballot in Oregon and Washington in the fall of 2028 “asking voters if they want their state to leave the United States.”
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