Seattle NOW Volunteer Spotlight: Allison Fine

We at Seattle NOW are thrilled to feature our volunteers for their hard work and dedication to NOW’s mission.

It couldn’t be more fitting that our first volunteer featured is Allison Fine, who, in the short time she’s starting volunteering, has already organized several great Member meeting. Allison, an activist in the Federal Way community, reached out to her State Senator Claire Wilson to present to Seattle NOW’s community in support of Comprehensive Sex Education referendum (R90) on the ballot this November. If organizing that spectacular and meaningful event wasn’t enough, Allison then took the lead to coordinate the Equity 101 Series taught by the renowned Erin Jones for a three-part presentation on diversity, inclusion, and equity for our Members.

Allison moved from California to Federal Way in 2013, where she left her job teaching high school English to become a social worker for the State of Washington in the foster care system. Allison has spent the last five years in the State’s Developmental Disabilities Administration.

Allison has an adopted special needs daughter who is nearly 26 now, and when she’s not working or spending time with her family, she’s heavily involved in politics, labor Union activities and organizations that support the LGBTQ community on various levels.

Allison shares this with us: “On a very personal note, and like so many women of action, I am a survivor. I have survived sexual assault and various degrees of domestic violence---and now I am a DV advocate for those who need the support from someone who has been through that fire.

I believe that changing the world is a series of action items. We can talk about how we want things to be but without active efforts, we don't see change. It's time consuming, it's exhaustive, it's overwhelming at times---but it's necessary work and it fills my soul to see that work turn into change and meaningful progress.

When I am no longer on this Earth---I want to be remembered as someone who never gave up, and always kept fighting to make our world a more equitable, fair and safe space for those I left behind. While I am here, I will never stop working to better myself and my community via hard work and tangible efforts.”

Thank you for your volunteer work, Allison!