For Background: In 2008, Washington enacted legislation (RCW 70.235) that set a series of limits on the emission of greenhouse gases within the state: quote: By 2020, reduce overall emissions of greenhouse gases in the state to 1990 levels; By 2035, reduce overall emissions of greenhouse … [Read more...]
Panel Discussion: Bringing Social Values to Life in Our Cities, Our Communities and Our Conscience, January 5th, 2020, Seattle WA
The Mount Holyoke College Club of the Puget Sound invites you to a panel discussion. Speakers: Dr. Serin Houston, Professor of Geography and International Relations at Mount Holyoke College, and author of Imagining Seattle: Social Values in Urban Governance. Dr. Anu Taranath, Principal Lecturer, … [Read more...]
Faith Action Network-sponsored Candidate Forums, Oct. 5-23, many locations
As we prepare for November elections, Candidate Forums are an opportunity to hear from candidates about the issues that matter most to you. We hope you will join us for a FAN-sponsored candidate forum in October, and share the flyers in your community: Seattle Candidate … [Read more...]
Free Skill-building Workshops for Public Policy Advocacy in Seattle, Olympia and Tacoma
Join the Statewide Poverty Action Network for our Communities in Action advocacy program, a FREE series of workshops that will focus on how to use your voice to influence public policy and create the social change you want to see! Our Communities in Action program is a series of three workshops … [Read more...]
All on the Line’s Redistricting U Initiative to Impact the Redistricting Process in Each State
Redistricting U is All on the Line's free, in-person organizing training initiative. We’re sending dedicated trainers to cities across the country to train volunteers, give them the tools to impact the redistricting process in their state, hear from them on how to best make change in their … [Read more...]
Historic Congressional Session Debates Reparations
"It is tempting to divorce this modern campaign of terror, of plunder, from enslavement, but the logic of enslavement, of white supremacy respects no such borders. And the god of bondage was lustful and begat many heirs: coup d'etats and convict leasing, vagrancy laws and debt peonage, redlining and … [Read more...]
VOTE FOR US – Reception & Book Reading with Joshua Douglas,July 2, 2019, Seattle
The League of Women Voters WA and Fix Democracy First are happy to welcome Joshua Douglas to Seattle. Professor Douglas, an expert on US election law and advocacy will be discussing his new book Vote for Us: How to Take Back Our Elections and Change the Future of Voting at Third Place Books, Seward … [Read more...]
Hone Your Justice Skills at GA, June 19-22, Spokane WA
You can register here. THURSDAY, JUNE 20 10 am-12 pm - Effective and Relational Justice Work in UU Spaces Offered by UUs for Social Justice in the Middle East Social justice work is central to Unitarian Universalist identity and is often controversial. UU activists must be effective in … [Read more...]
Vigils for the Indian Child Welfare Act Appeal – URGENT
In October a federal court in Texas struck down the Indian Child Welfare Act (ICWA), what I consider to be an important piece of civil rights legislation for Native families here in the U.S. This important law, passed in 1978, strengthened the legal rights of Indigenous families and specified that … [Read more...]
House Labor and Workplace Standards Committee on HB 1398, SB-5438
Ramon Torres, President of Familias Unidas por la Justicia and Rosalinda Guillen, C2C both testified Support House Bill- 1398 and Senate Bill -5438 You can take action on these bills by clicking on the links above, and then click on "Comment on this Bill." The comment link will take you to a … [Read more...]
Town Hall for 36th District
Please join your 36th District legislators at the Seattle Opera Center (363 Mercer St., Seattle, WA, 98109) on Saturday, January 5th from 2:00 – 3:00 p.m. Representative Noel Frame is hosting this town hall prior to the 2019 Legislative Session so that you can share your thoughts and ideas on the … [Read more...]
Washington Low Income Housing Alliance – Housing and Homelessness Advocacy Day
When: Thursday, February 28, 2019 Where: United Churches of Olympia and Capitol Campus REGISTRATION WILL OPEN IN JANUARY 2019 At Housing and Homelessness Advocacy Day, your voice is heard on some of the most pressing issues of our time: housing affordability and an end to homelessness. Be a … [Read more...]
Poverty Action’s 14th Annual MLK Lobby Day
When: Monday, January 21, 2019 • 9 am - 3:30 pm Where: St John's Episcopal Church, 114 20th Ave SE, Olympia, WA 98501 This Martin Luther King, Jr. Day, join Poverty Action members from across the state as we demand a more just Washington state. This MLK Day you will: Meet with your … [Read more...]
Lobby Day for a Free Flowing Snake River
Tuesday, February 5, 2019 at 9 AM – 3 PM Olympia State Capital Building 416 Sid Snyder Ave SW, Olympia, Washington 98501 Join us for the lobby day for a free-flowing Snake River in Olympia on Tuesday, February 5th. We will be meeting with Washington State Legislative representatives and … [Read more...]