We're excited to announce the publication of our 2020 Voter Guide, a resource meant to help you decide who deserves your vote in the upcoming election! Check out our guide here and read on for further voting-related resources. This year, in an effort to respond to the current difficulties WA's … [Read more...]
Harvest the Power 2020-Commit to a Season of Collective Action and Faith Formation
On October 1st, the Harvest Moon will rise shortly after sunset in the Northern Hemisphere. This burst of evening light provides an extended time for farmers to harvest summer crops and plant new seeds for the Fall Season. What and how have you grown this summer --- personally, in connection to … [Read more...]
Help Families Hurting because of COVID-19 Keep Their Utilities
Families are hurting because of COVID-19 and the state needs to hear from you that now is not the time to cut people off electricity, strap them with unaffordable bills, and allow utility shareholders to put additional expense on rate payers. We need you to show up and weigh in. TAKE ACTION … [Read more...]
New WA law helps Native voters this election. Is it enough?
Washington lawmakers passed the Native American Voting Rights Act last year, but they couldn't have expected the pandemic and wildfires to come. Leaders of the Confederated Tribes of the Colville Reservation are worried the challenges of the coronavirus and devastating wildfires may present too … [Read more...]
U.S. Loved One, RBG, Rest in Peace
“We have lost one of the greatest American patriots to ever serve on the U.S. Supreme Court,” Washington state Gov. Jay Inslee mourned. “Ruth Bader Ginsburg was so much more than a judge; she was one of America’s greatest champions for justice, in the truest sense of the word. “We should all raise … [Read more...]
Faith Action Network Endorses Referendum 90 for Comprehensive Sexual Health Education in Washington schools.
The Faith Action Network Governing Board has unanimously endorsed Referendum 90 that will appear on your November ballot. We want to tell you about it and invite your endorsement and participation today. During the 2020 legislative session, a coalition of parents, educators, medical … [Read more...]
Training Court Watchers for Flood of Eviction Cases
Elizabeth Maupin of Issaquah/Sammamish Interfaith Coalition writes: I have been in touch with the Seattle University Law School and the Housing Justice Project about training and placing court watchers in the King County eviction courts. Once the moratorium ends there will likely be a tsunami of … [Read more...]
Current Crisis Opportunity to Forward Visionary Solutionary Rail
CoViD-19 is a confluence of crises that further exacerbates inequities and exposes societal and economic vulnerabilities. Our latest RailBite, Solutionary Rail in a Time of Pandemic explores how this moment of crisis is also an opportunity to address those vulnerabilities, as well as one of the … [Read more...]
Support House Bill 7301 to Pass Crucial Housing and Homelessness Resources
From the Seattle King County Coalition on Homelessness (SKCCH): We need a strong HOUSING focus in federal COVID-19 relief: Pass the Emergency Housing Protections & Relief Act of 2020 The House of Representatives just passed crucial housing and homelessness resources in the "Emergency … [Read more...]
Volunteers Needed to Verify Accessibility of Town Hall Meetings
Virtual town halls are the new norm when it comes to communicating with our elected officials. With there being so many different ways to host a virtual town hall, we at Town Hall Project want to make sure our members of Congress are truly listening to their constituents. To do this, we need YOUR … [Read more...]
Chokeholds, tear gas, police reform top agenda for WA Legislature
Many lawmakers said the need to reform policing is so dire that it will be a leading topic if the Legislature meets in an emergency session this year to address the state budget. Even if no special session is held in the coming months, police reform will remain at the top of legislators’ agenda … [Read more...]
Public Citizen Launching Democracy Defender Training Program to Protect the Vote – No Experience Required
While COVID-19 cases continue to rise in states across the country, too many states lack critical resources to ensure safe and accessible voting this fall. We know that ramping up vote-by-mail, expanding early voting, and offering safe in-person voting on election day is possible, but only if we … [Read more...]
Washington’s Environmental Justice Task Force Considering Initial Recommendations
Since last fall, Washington’s 16-member Environmental Justice (EJ) Task Force and many more volunteers have been hard at work collecting data and generating ideas for recommendations on how state agencies can incorporate environmental justice principles into their work. Advocacy by Front and … [Read more...]
Emergency Tribal Legislation – Take Action!
Currently there are two bills before our federal legislators. Take action and contact the folks below. S. 3622 – Indian Tribal Government Coronavirus Disaster Assistance Cost Share Relief Act, which would waive the 25 percent non-federal cost share that tribes must currently provide to receive … [Read more...]
Everyone Should Be Able to Vote, Especially in a Pandemic
The COVID-19 crisis puts workers, immigrants, LGBTQ individuals, Black and Brown people, and the most vulnerable among us at great risk. They are on the front lines of the crisis. While DI partners and allies are working day and night to protect their respective communities, President Trump is … [Read more...]
Buy Stamps to Keep US Postal Service Viable for Election
The 2020 election is a watershed moment for our country. We need to have mail-in election ballots with hard copy paper trails--which means we need the Postal Service. Today the Postal Service is in financial trouble due to decreased revenue from business advertising because so many businesses … [Read more...]
For Fair Representation Affecting Schools, Housing, Community, Complete the Census
On April 1, 2020, the US Census Bureau will perform a point-in-time count of every person living in the United States. The Census, which is performed once every ten years, is a head count of every single person living in the United States. It is the primary way that funding decisions for social … [Read more...]
WWF LOBBY DAY AND THE CONVERSATIONS THAT MATTER THE MOST
Every year, WWF activists head to Capitol Hill to meet with their representatives about pertinent conservation issues as part of Lobby Day. The future of nature is at stake. As constituents and citizens, it's up to us to share our concerns and hopes for conservation and to hold our elected leaders … [Read more...]
Follow up story: Washington will study racial bias in searches made by state patrol
In the wake of revelations that Washington State Patrol troopers search Native Americans and other people of color at far higher rates than whites, the state Legislature has agreed to appropriate $50,000 to investigate bias in police stops. . . . The money for the bias study, requested by Rep. … [Read more...]
Savanna’s Act and Not Invisible Act pass Senate
Legislation addressing the crisis of Missing and Murdered Indigenous women gets unanimous approvalU.S. Senators Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, Tom Udall, D-New Mexico, and Catherine Cortez Masto, D-Nevada, applauded the unanimous passage of two bills — directed to addressing the crisis of missing and … [Read more...]
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