Quote of the Week: "In my career I’ve been told I’m too young and I’m too old. Whether young or old, I’ve always known what endures–our North Star: The very idea of America, that we are all created equal and deserve to be treated equally throughout our lives. We’ve never fully lived up to that idea, but we’ve never walked away from it either." – President Biden, State of the Union Address 2024 Campaigns, Get Active: Photo Source: Wikimedia Commons Take Action Network (TAN) is one of our most valuable tools in the yearly Legislative Sessions. TAN allows us to make our individual voices heard, and to join in activities that support our issues or candidates. The TAN creators have expanded the TAN system so that it can be used throughout this very important election year. Action: Create a 2024 campaign search so you can be informed about the latest campaign actions and activities.
GOTV Activities  Photo Source: Wikimedia Commons Register new voters in swing states! This is an important activity to do NOW! Write Letters to the Editor with the Indivisible Toolkit We have a tool that helps you search for local newspapers, gives you example language, and can even submit your LTE for you. Powering Progress - Spring Into Action --- Write Letters to Voters with Vote Forward – Save the date The OI Writing Team and The United Churches of Olympia Uprooting Racism Team will co-host their second Vote Forward letter-writing event at The United Churches of Olympia on Monday, April 22, 4:00-6:00pm The aim of this letter writing event is to increase civic participation among the members of historically underrepresented communities. More details to follow. If you are already a fan or attended the last session, feel free to RSVP here. Federal Actions: Repeal the Limitation of Liability Act The company that owns the ship that crashed into the Francis Scott Key Bridge in Baltimore last week is trying to use a 173-year-old law to cap the damages it may have to pay, including potential compensation to families of the six workers killed in the disaster. Action: Copy the following script and contact your Members of Congress to repeal the Limitation of Liability Act. Script: I understand that the company that owns the ship that crashed into the Francis Scott Key bridge has filed an action in federal court using the Limitation of Liability Act, an antiquated law from 1851, to argue that the damages it owes for the crash should be capped at $43 million. That’s outrageous. The Limitation of Liability Act has been used for 175 years to protect wealthy owners from having to pay for damages their ships caused. It needs to be repealed. Grace Ocean Private Limited and other companies like it must be made to pay what they owe. In the meantime, I fully support the federal government’s covering the cost of rebuilding the bridge and hope the Congressmember will as well. Thanks. Budget for Salmon Restoration  From our friends at Save our Wild Salmon The Columbia Basin Restoration Initiative (CBRI) in December was a major milestone on the path toward restoring salmon and honoring agreements with Tribal Nations, but there is still much left to accomplish. President Biden’s FY 2025 budget includes important funding for the CBRI. If you are not familiar with the long and complicated history behind the CBRI there is a brief summary below. Also attached is a recent Seattle Times Op-ed, Roll on Columbia: How to meet WA’s complex power, conservation needs, by former WA Gov. Dan Evans, Les Purce & KC Golden. The CBRI provides a long-awaited path in achieving equitable solutions for our region’s cultures and ecosystems. Maintaining the status quo definitely does not. Your ongoing advocacy is critical, essential in realizing these solutions. Action: Let your Members of Congress know we must secure this funding to realize equitable solutions for salmon, orca, Tribal Nations, farmers and power consumers. Local Actions: Tenant Protection Measures On Tuesday, April 9th, the Olympia City Council will consider a package of tenant protection measures. This package is supported by the Council's Land Use & Environment Committee. According to the City, the median cost for both home purchase and apartment rentals in Olympia has jumped 65 percent in four years. If housing affordability is an issue which concerns you, please consider showing up in favor of the Tenant Protection package at the City Council’s April 9th meeting. Action: If you are concerned about tenant protection, please attend the Olympia City Council meeting on April 9th at 6pm in the Council Chambers at 601 4th Avenue E, Olympia. Have You Scheduled This Event? Action Cafe 2024, Every Monday at Noon OI members meet, make new friends, and take actions together. Every Cafe comes with a side order of live music and a heapin’ helpin’ of good cheer! Cafe patrons receive an email on Sunday with a sneak-peek at what we'll do at the cafe the next day. On Monday morning, Chef Lisa will send you a pdf "Menu" which has links to the actions we'll take together at the Cafe. Action: Register HERE. We will send you a Zoom link and tomorrow morning, Chef Lisa will send your "menu." You Might Also Like to Attend:  Photo Source: Washington Indivisible Network In order to save our democracy, grass-roots organizers must have the awareness, skills & language to be good partners & collaborators without doing harm.
Through video, interactive activities, and discussion of the research, participants are challenged to examine their own bias and learn ways to mitigate the impact of implicit bias in decision-making. As a result, participants deepen their appreciation of the challenges facing people of color and grow in self-awareness. This is the first of WIN's 3-part 2024 DEI workshop series. Registering for this workshop will give you access to all 3 stand alone events scheduled April 20 & 27 and May 4th.
Action: Register here: Understanding & Mitigating the Impact of Implicit Bias and Stereotype Threat Workshop Comments are closed.
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