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CID advocates rally at Seattle Stadium, demand World Cup economic parity

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About 40 Chinatown-International District (CID) advocates, small business owners, and senior residents marched to the main entrance of Seattle Stadium (Lumen Field) on July 6, waving signs and distributing neighborhood guides to soccer fans streaming toward the FIFA World Cup 2026 Round of 16 match between the United States and Belgium—a peaceful, 33-minute demonstration that voiced a stark economic divide separating Seattle’s two closest stadium neighborhoods.

CID businesses invite community to support neighborhood at World Cup watch party

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Businesses in Seattle’s Chinatown-International District (CID) are asking the community to show its support by gathering for a free World Cup watch party Monday evening at Hing Hay Park, where fans can cheer on the United States as it takes on Belgium while supporting one of the city’s historic neighborhoods.

CID businesses say World Cup windfall is bypassing their neighborhood

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As tens of thousands of soccer fans walked south on 2nd Avenue South toward the entrance of Seattle Stadium (Lumen Field)—loud drum beats accompanying singing, chants rising from the crowd ahead of Belgium’s Round of 32 knockout match against Senegal—a group of about 30 people stood at the corner of 2nd Avenue South and South King Street holding their ground and a message.

“Listen to the workers’ own voices”: Massage worker advocates hold vigil for Atlanta spa shooting victims, launch campaign for better working conditions

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“We gather here today to grieve and remember, to honor the dead, and fight like hell for the living,” said Rachel Sun, standing just in front of the Grand Pavilion at Hing Hay Park in Seattle’s Chinatown-International District, as she addressed attendees at Massage Parlor Outreach Project (MPOP)’s vigil on March 15 to honor the eight people a gunman killed in Atlanta in 2021.