The annual Real Change Vendor Week kicked off Feb. 2 with an in-person event for the first time in three years. On that partly sunny day, Real Change vendors, staff, volunteers and community members gathered at Westlake Park in downtown Seattle to spread awareness of the paper.
Vendors paired up with local Seattle celebrities including Pearl Jam’s Stone Gossard, comedian Emmett Montgomery, artist Kimya Dawson, author Nancy Pearl, community organizer Renaissance and Seattle City Councilmembers Andrew Lewis and Tammy Morales, as well as social housing champion and mascot Housey. ...