Quote of the Week:This campaign is about people coming together, fueled by love of country, to fight for the best of who we are. —Kamala Harris Help Our Candidates Win! Photo Credit: Garrett Tatsumi and Mo Lolly Now’s the time to support our candidates! Go to our OI Campaign Support Calendar. Pick. One.Thing. And do it! The next two weeks include:
You can party, you can make signs, you can write postcards! The important thing is that you DO SOMETHING! So let’s do it! Federal Actions:Protect Snake and Columbia River Salmon Photo Source: Wikimedia Commons, Photographer: Zureks Source: From our friends at Earthjustice In December 2023, the four lower Columbia River Treaty Tribes, the states of Washington and Oregon, nonprofit plaintiffs, and the Biden administration reached a historic agreement to pause litigation over dam operations on the lower Snake and Columbia Rivers and begin implementing a set of federal commitments to restore salmon and other native fish populations and begin to honor Tribal treaty and trust obligations. A critical component of this agreement is a $300 million commitment over 10 years from the Bonneville Power Administration (BPA), a federal agency that markets the power generated by dams in the Columbia River Basin, for fish restoration projects. BPA agreed to these critical investments – which will help restore salmon and therefore imperiled Southern Resident orca – as a party to the Resilient Columbia Basin Agreement. Unfortunately, the House of Representatives is advancing legislation that contains a poison pill rider that could drastically limit BPA funding for salmon restoration efforts. If enacted, it would sabotage the important commitments the United States made just months ago to honor Tribal treaty rights and restore native salmon species in the Columbia Basin. Action: Ask our Members of Congress to oppose this poison pill rider and any similar language that could undermine efforts to restore endangered species and honor Tribal treaty rights by limiting BPA funding for salmon restoration projects. Support the Impeachment of Alito and Thomas Photo Source: Franmarie Metzler; U.S. House Office of Photography via Wikimedia Commons Background The unchecked corruption crisis on the Supreme Court has now spiraled into a Constitutional crisis threatening American democracy writ large. Justices Clarence Thomas and Samuel Alito’s pattern of refusal to recuse from consequential matters before the court in which they hold widely documented financial and personal entanglements constitutes a grave threat to American rule of law, the integrity of our democracy, and one of the clearest cases for which the tool of impeachment was designed. Ask your Representative, Marily Strickland, to co-sponsor H.Res.1353 - impeach Justice Thomas and H.Res.1354 - impeach Justice Alito that were introduced by Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (AOC). Action: Support the Impeachment of Thomas and Alito WA State Actions:Teach-in on Messaging about the Toxic Ballot Initiatives with Defend Washington’s Calvin Jones Check out this July 20, 2024 video/podcast hosted by Washington Indivisible Podcast’s own Stephan Cox with Calvin Jones, the newly hired Outreach Director for Defend Washington. Defend Washington is the umbrella campaign to defeat all four Let’s Go Washington initiatives (2109, 2117, 2124, and 2066). These ballot initiatives look to roll back many of the important gains made by our state legislature on things like the climate, healthcare, and equitable taxation. Action 1: Listen to this podcast, which will give you talking points you can use when you’re out connecting with friends and neighbors.
Action 2: Visit the Defend Washington website to learn more! Have You Scheduled These Events?Last Chance to Join Olympia Indivisible’s “All In for Harris” Celebration! Come celebrate Kamala Harris's candidacy with Olympia Indivisible! We'll gather at the Lions Park Pavilion (800 Wilson St SE, Olympia) on Monday, August 5, at 10am. We'll be sharing messaging highlights about the presidential campaign and the candidate to help you spread the Good News about Harris with friends, family, and neighbors. Plus, you'll be able to:
RSVP Required. We can only accommodate 100 members at this event, so please: fill out this quick-and-easy form today. If you can: please bring a folding or camp chair! ALSO: Wear your Olympia Indivisible T-Shirt, if you have one! Annual OI Picnic at Squaxin Park Photo Credit: Melinda Holman Save the date! The annual Olympia Indivisible All-member picnic will be on Sunday, September 8, from 5:00-6:30 pm at the Squaxin Park Rose Garden Shelter. There will be much to talk about and celebrate. Come join us! We are all part of the team that is going to make history in November. Drinks and Democracy! All of us who are actively working to protect democracy deserve a glass of cheer! If that is you and you’re in town this coming Saturday (August 10th), come join Olympia Indivisible co-founder Lisa Ornstein on her cozy back patio in SE Olympia for a Drinks and Democracy Happy Hour!
From 5:30 to 6:30pm, Lisa will be serving up a signature house drink with a pro-democracy theme. Wine and non-alcoholic mocktails and snacks will be on hand as well. You are also welcome to bring some to share! Come raise a glass and enjoy good company with your fellow Indivisiblers. Please RSVP here to confirm attendance and for directions. ---- Action Cafe 2024 is Closed this Monday, August 5th. Chef Lisa will be out celebrating with Olympia Indivisible members at our “All in for Harris” event on Monday, August 5th, so the cafe will be closed. We’ll be back on August 12th with a fresh menu of easy-to-take and impactful actions. Action Cafe is a weekly, Monday noon virtual cafe on where 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." Comments are closed.
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