Quote of the Week: “It is not shameful to do little. It is shameful to do nothing.” –Alexsei Navalny ( 4 June 1976 – 16 February 2024) Legislative Actions:  If you're new to Take Action Network (TAN):
Contact the Legislature Email Senate Ways & Means to Support Rent Stabilization (HB 2114) DEADLINE: Feb 26 • 11:00pm The opposing landlords are gaining traction! Even if you've signed in Pro, please ALSO send an email in support of this bill to protect renters. The bill would require more notice of rent increases, limit increases to 7% per year, and cap fees. We need all hands on deck for this last push! Support SB 5462 Inclusive learning standards (House: In Committee (Appropriations)) DEADLINE: Feb 26 • 11:00pm Please contact your legislator in House Appropriations in support of inclusive learning standards in Washington Public schools. LGBTQ+ students’ academic achievement and mental health improve when LGBTQ+ people like themselves are part of a course curriculum. Protect Pollinators and our food supplies by restricting neonicotinoid pesticide use. (House: In Committee (Appropriations)) DEADLINE: Feb 26 • 11:00pm No bees = no harvests. Protect pollinators by eliminating neonicotinoid pesticides except for certain agricultural uses. Support Transition to Zero-Emission School Buses (Senate: In Committee (Ways & Means)) DEADLINE: Feb 26 • 11:00pm We're almost there! Speed the move to zero-emission school buses! Support Buy Clean, Buy Fair (Senate: In Committee (Ways & Means)) DEADLINE: Feb 26 • 11:00pm This bill, known as “Buy Clean, Buy Fair'', establishes environmental and labor reporting requirements for the construction or renovation of large public buildings with an emphasis on optimizing the embodied carbon throughout the lifecycle of the structure. Make Safer Tires for Salmon (House: On Rules Review List For 2nd Reading) DEADLINE: Mar 1 • 5:00pm Research has shown 6PPD, a chemical used in tires, is lethal to coho salmon in small concentrations. Research is ongoing and finding additional effects for some fish species including rainbow trout. Make addressing 6PPD a priority for WA Dept. of Ecology by supporting SB 5931. Support Concerning physician assistant collaborative practice (Senate: Passed To Rules For 2nd Reading) DEADLINE: Mar 1 • 5:00pm Increases access to health care by increasing the number of providers, especially in typically underserved areas and demographics Support Reducing the cost of inhalers and epinephrine autoinjectors (Senate: Passed To Rules For 2nd Reading) DEADLINE: Mar 1 • 5:00pm Support controlling the cost to patients of lifesaving inhalers and epinephrine autoinjectors. Support SB 5241 "Keep Our Care Act" to create public oversight in hospital mergers and retain vital healthcare services. DEADLINE: Feb 26 • 10:30am Keep Our Care Act creates a system of public oversight ensuring that when hospitals merge, access to vital services for rural and low-income communities, people of color, women, LGBTQ+ individuals, and terminally-ill patients remain intact. It will protect against price hikes for existing services. Support HB 1541: Nothing About Us Without Us act (Senate: On Floor awaiting a vote) DEADLINE: Mar 1 • 5:00pm This bill passed the House in 2023 and is awaiting a vote by the Senate. It will require meaningful participation from underrepresented communities on any task force or workgroup whose work directly impacts them. Stand Up for Gun Violence Prevention Bills Source: From friends at Alliance for Gun Responsibility This coming week, legislators will debate and vote on lifesaving gun violence prevention bills. Alliance for Gun Responsibility is asking Olympia Indivisible members to join them in the Legislative gallery at the Capitol to make sure these bills cross the finish line. You will be witnessing 4 crucial policies passing out of their opposite Chamber:
Alliance for Gun Responsibility organizers will be on site from 10am-4pm. If you are unable to stay for the entire time, that is ok. Here is the schedule:
Action: If you can come to the Capitol to stand up in support of passing gun safety legislation on any of these dates, please send an email to [email protected] with the dates you are attending and she’ll follow up with details. Wear orange when you go! Federal Actions: Vote in the Presidential Primary Photo Credit: Joshua Woroniecki | Unsplash Your presidential primary ballot has arrived or will shortly. There is no part of the 2024 presidential election about which any of us can afford to be complacent or lackadaisical. So please, get that ballot out now and do the following today:
Ta Daaaaaa! You did it! Indivisible National Webinar on Monday: Reform the Filibuster  Photo Credit: Jeff Merkley, Filibustered, 1/9/2024, ISBN-13: 9781620977989, Orcabooks Stop Senate Republicans from using the filibuster as a conservative shield -- blocking any measure of popular progress from passing through Congress. Restoring a modified version of the old-style, talking filibuster may just be our democracy’s path back from the brink. Background: The Restoration of Congress with Jeff Merkley - Video Action 1: Ask your Senators to Reform the Filibuster Action 2: Register for the Indivisible Webinar on February 26 4pm PT. Join Ezra Levin as he dives into the details of what the filibuster has cost us, where we stand now, and what a future unobstructed by the filibuster could be in conversation with Sen. Merkley. Local Actions: Write Letters to Voters with Vote Forward! This letter writing event is co-hosted by Olympia Indivisible GOTV Writing Team and The United Churches of Olympia Uprooting Racism Team. Our aim and the aim of Vote Forward is to increase civic participation among the members of historically underrepresented communities. Writing letters to voters is a fun, easy, and highly effective way to strengthen our democracy by encouraging citizens from underrepresented communities to vote. We look forward to seeing you! Are you inspired to write letters on your own? Go to votefwd.org and sign up for an account, download twenty letters, and we’ll show you how to write them at our event! Consider hosting a party in your own neighborhood. Find out more at votefwd.org. Specific writing campaigns will be posted there soon. What: Join us for this in-person letters to voters event When: Monday March 11th, 4:00-6:00pm Where: The United Churches of Olympia Action: Save the date and join us on March 11th. Go to votefwd.org and sign up for an account, download twenty letters, and we’ll show you how to write them at our event! How can you prepare between now and then?
Thurston Conservation District Board of Supervisors Election 2024  The Thurston Conservation District (TCD) has a governing board of five supervisors, of whom three are elected and two are appointed. The District 1 position is up for election. You must request a ballot from the Thurston Conservation District in order to vote in this election.
Mail or drop off your ballot by March 19th (must be postmarked by this date) 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:Poor People’s Rally at the Capitol, Saturday, Mar. 2nd at 12pm The Poor People’s Campaign, a national call for moral revival, is uniting people across Washington to challenge systemic racism, poverty, the war economy, ecological devastation and the nation’s distorted morality of religious nationalism. The Washington State Poor People's Campaign, in conjunction with their sibling campaigns across the nation, will gather at the state capital on Saturday, March 2nd, 2024. RSVP today to see the timeline for the assembly. Please view the organizer’s Covenant of Nonviolence prior to joining them on March 2nd. ---- March 6 - Rally for Universal Healthcare Rally for Universal Healthcare! When: Wed Mar 6 11:00am - 1:00pm Where: North Steps, Capitol Building, Olympia: 416 Sid Snyder Avenue SW, Olympia, WA 98504 Comments are closed.
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