Puget Sound Off is a website that was created in Seattle Washington at the Metrocenter YMCA by the Seattle Youth Commons.

The Seattle Youth Commons is a group of 18 Puget Sound area teens who came together in the summer of 2007 to build a community based website. The project intends to inspire the youth of Seattle to become active in their communities.

Puget Sound Off now has a Youth Council that works to manage the site, add hot topics, ensrue diverse usage, promote PSO, and come up with great visions for the future.

We hope that you will enjoy this site and that it serves its purpose by improving the quality of your life, and giving you the self-confidence to let your voice be heard.

Why is it important?

PSO is an opportunity to apply the principles of citizenship and media literacy to empower young people in the region of Seattle to express themselves, connect to local resources, share values and concerns, and engage with each other and policymakers in seeking solutions and taking action.

Key Partners

• City of Seattle Community Technology Program (Also see the city's Teen Portal)
• YMCA of Greater Seattle - Metrocenter Branch 
• University of Washington Center for Communication and Civic Engagement (CCCE)
• One Economy
• DigitalAid (Development Consultant)

Online features

• Events calendar
• Photo/art galleries
• Teen jobs and internship listings (coming soon)
• Local band pages
• Local youth resources (coming soon)
• Digital media, information literacy and civic engagement skills training
• For youth groups: Page templates to give greater voice to the organization or present and discuss a specific topic. These templates include blogs, polls, links, photos, commentary, ratings, groups, ability to include video and more.
• For individual youth: Pages to manage your involvement in Puget Sound Off. From one page, manage your blogs, comments, multimedia.