Gennette Cordova

1 week ago | southseattleemerald.org | Gennette Cordova

As we approach the five-year anniversary of George Floyd's murder and the social uprisings that ensued, the memories of that time linger in my mind as clearly as if it all happened just months ago. The maddening whir of low-flying police choppers. The haze of tear gas. The constant and mounting anger, juxtaposed with emboldening feelings of solidarity, resolve, and hope. For that fleeting chapter of our history, we were united in a radical desire for deep change and a real reckoning.

2 months ago | thestranger.com | Gennette Cordova

On a cold February night, Mary Jane Pepper Lawson was walking outside an apartment building on Union Street on Seattle’s First Hill. According to charging documents from the King County Prosecutor’s office, Lawson heard a man hurling the N-word at her. Lawson described him leaping over a railing and running toward her. Before she could react, she told first responders, the man hit her, knocking her to the ground.

2 months ago | thestranger.com | Gennette Cordova

On a cold February night, Mary Jane Pepper Lawson was walking outside an apartment building on Union Street on Seattle’s First Hill. According to charging documents from the King County Prosecutor’s office, Lawson heard a man hurling the N-word at her. Lawson described him leaping over a railing and running toward her. Before she could react, she told first responders, the man hit her, knocking her to the ground.

Feb 4, 2025 | southseattleemerald.org | Gennette Cordova

In 2022, before social housing had even secured enough signatures to make the ballot, I urged Emerald readers to help turn the vision of social housing in Seattle into reality. Led by the advocacy group House Our Neighbors (HON), that vision became a movement. HON successfully gathered enough signatures to place Initiative 135 on the ballot in 2023.

Feb 3, 2025 | southseattleemerald.org | Gennette Cordova

The Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial in Washington, D.C., on March 26, 2023. As Black History Month commences, I've been reflecting on Jan. 20, which was both Martin Luther King Jr. Day and Inauguration Day for Donald Trump's return to the presidency. For many of us, the day served, doubly, as a day of mourning — for King who dedicated his life to justice and equality, and for the grim political reality that we are facing four more years of Trump.