Stuff to do in the wake of the Capitol Hill shootings

Hey, Seattlest, this whole "Capitol Hill massacre" has really made me depressed, and I'd like to do something. Can I donate money to the survivors?

Yes. Jesiah, one of the house residents, posted this on Northwest Tekno:

if you are interested in donating to help pay for the expenses that have occured because of this, go to http://www.paypal.com and make your donation to 2112relief@gmail.com
thank you so so very much in advance. all moneys go the families and displaced friends.

Are there any memorial services?

Yes. Jesiah also mentions that at noon today:

a lot of us are going to Volunteer Park in Seattle to play some music.
This is something that Jeremy had done on several occasions and always had a blast doing. I think all our missed friends would like to see us having fun, enjoying eachothers compassion and friendship. So let's do it.
This is an opportunity for lots of different people from some of our closely related communities to get together and communicate. The more people that can converge, the more we can all heal.

We have the infrastructure in place, but YOU bring some music that our friends would of enjoyed listening to. ALL the music they love. I can guarantee that we'll be listening to "I'm Too Sexy" at least a dozen times, per Jeremy's request.

Again, pass this around to everyone who may benefit from this. If the media shows up, great. Let's show them what music does for people.

There's also going to be a Service of Hope tonight at 6:00, sponosred by the Church Council of Greater Seattle. "The entire community is invited to this service of prayer, reflection, remembrance and release at the site of the massacre." That's 2112 E. Republican, in case the address hasn't been engraved in your brain after reading constant coverage.

Can I discuss my feelings in a civic forum?

Yup. A previously scheduled meeting at Miller Community Center tonight offers a forum for discussion of the shooting and its aftermath. It's at 7:00 p.m. at 330 19th Ave. E.

Do you have any special insight or great lessons to learn from this?

No. We must say, though, that this is the first time since our daughter was born that we felt an extra chill because someone else's kids were killed. Our daughter's just 6 months old and has not, to our knowledge, been out all night, but when a perfectly nice girl who sounds like someone you'd like your daughter to grow up into gets killed, well, suddenly the dark side of parenting looks mighty black indeed.

Our thoughts are with the survivors and the relatives of the dead.