Today marks the 5th anniversary of the opening of the Universal Brotherhood’s headquarters in Seattle. The building, nicknamed The Octagon, is a ten-floor, 46,500 square-meter edifice located on the corner of Eighth Avenue and Westlake Avenue. It was designed and built by members of the Brotherhood.
"It's really not a headquarters," Consul Galen Walker told reporters "though I'm sure that's how many will continue to see it. It's just another chapterhouse that happens to be the biggest one around."
Currently, there are four Universal Brotherhood chapters in the Greater Seattle area, with a total membership of over 3300.
In addition to the traditional bookstore, administrative, training, and meeting spaces required by the chapter. the Octagon also contains a soup kitchen and a well-equipped, 50-bed free clinic. Both are open round-the-clock for anyone who needs their services.
"It's part of our responsibility to the community," said Walker, "and we take that responsibility very seriously. Street people, the disadvantaged, the homeless. . .we have to do what we can for them. Simple humanity demands no less."
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