My name is Mia Jacobson
I am running for Seattle City Council position 9, which is an all city position.
I am 37 years old, a third generation West-Seattleite, a third generation union Longshoreman, and a single mother of 3. I was born in the house that I’m raising kids in, a house my parents could afford with a single income, and one that I cannot afford, working the same job my father did.
I spent nearly 5 years attempting to enter the local legislative process as a private citizen and found it systemically impossible to do so. In our current process, public comment is structurally performative:
Even if a committee meeting is open to the public, every comment opportunity is limited to 2 minutes and rigidly controlled by a preset agenda.
Representatives are not required to respond to any comment made. This means that if a council member feels any comment is irrelevant, or if they not like what is being said - the commenter is escorted out of the room.
Our local government continues to operate in empty rooms, no matter how many people flood the streets.
We have all been aggressively conditioned to believe that:
The best thing we can do for our community is vote.
Different opinions can only result in conflict.
Competing for resources is not only necessary, it is also highly functional and morally good.
These 3 statements are not supported by any evidence outside of our social agreement with them.
We are following the crowd over a cliff without questioning where we are going.
I am running for office to disrupt the social hypnosis that what we are doing is working. I don’t need your money - the city of Seattle needs your participation.
Because election will only open the doors to city hall, we have to walk through them on our own.
It’s time to leave the streets and flood our local process.
Rabbit belongs to everyone who sees that we are evolving and understands that we have to work together to reimagine what human is and does in the modern age. We have to choose Renaissance over revolution and step into our future with courage, a fierce optimism, and an expectation to participate. Make Rabbit your own. If you agree with me, spread the idea just by using it. Make your own media - put rabbits on your own stuff.
Most of the work is already done, we just have to get it all organized.
Go down the Rabbithole
Question what we have been told about how the world can work
Explore Wonderland
Stop watching the political stage and look to our own community to find evidence based solutions
Have fun and multiply
Set an intention of celebrating what it means to be human in the modern age