Quote of the Week:“True patriotism hates injustice in its own land more than anywhere else.” — Clarence Darrow Get Out on the Streets:  Photo by zaya odeesho on Unsplash Want the scoop on upcoming rallies, marches, and related events? Visit OI’s Rallies, Marches, Town Halls and Boycotts webpage! Vote and Help Our Candidates Win!  It’s time to vote for the August 5 local primary elections! You should have received your mail-in ballot by now. If you haven’t, call the Thurston County Elections team at (360) 786-5408, or pick up a ballot or replacement ballot at the Elections Division of any Auditor’s Office or Vote Center. If you haven’t registered yet, you may register or update your address until 8:00 p.m. Election Day. You can register online or by mail until July 28; after that you must register in person at the Elections Division of any Auditor’s Office or Voting Center. See the Thurston County Auditor's Office Election Team page for more information. Action: Be an informed voter. Start by taking a moment to visit Olympia Indivisible’s 2025 Endorsements page. You’ll find a wealth of information about city council, Port, and school board candidates. SPOILER ALERT: Olympia Indivisible members split too evenly to do endorsements on two races: Olympia City Council position 7: the two candidates are:
Olympia School Board Position 5: the two candidates are:
All four of these candidates align closely with Olympia Indivisible’s values. You will find plenty of information about them on our 2025 Endorsements page (see above for the link). Pick the ones that most closely align with your values, vote for them, and consider joining their campaigns to help them win. Make sure you mail in your ballot by August 5 or drop it off at a ballot box by 8pm August 5. Action: And then…Volunteer! Help progressive candidates for our city councils, school boards, and Port win by showing up for boots-on-the-ground events this month. There are plenty of options: door belling, rallies, sign waves, and meet-and-greets. You’ll find them all on our Local Elections 2025 Events calendar. This calendar will be continuously updated. Also check it out on our website at any time. Indivisible National Actions: Join Indivisible National’s One Million Rising to Fight Authoritarianism  Big mobilizations like No Kings Day are powerful — they capture national attention and remind us what collective action looks like. But real change takes more than one day. To stop the rise of MAGA extremism, we need a long-term strategy that reaches far beyond a single moment. Authoritarians count on people staying passive. But it doesn’t take a majority to resist — just a critical mass willing to say no and mean it. When enough of us refuse to go along, we can throw a wrench in their plans. One Million Rising is a nationwide effort to train a million people in smart, strategic resistance that slows, blocks, and breaks authoritarian power. In the first One Million Rising session, we focused on the state of play and what it means to adopt a tactic of strategic non-cooperation. In our second, we’ll be talking about how to take that new knowledge, make it understandable, and share it with others in your networks. Did you miss Session 1? It's not too late to join One Million Rising! Action: just watch the recording of the first session here! Or read it! You can find the transcript of the call here. Check out the One Million Rising toolkit. Session 2: How to Make it Happen - July 30 Come to our second One Million Rising session to go beyond strategy, dig into the importance of getting this tactic out to your community, and learn how you can plan a community gathering to make it happen. Action: Register here. And invite a neighbor to do the same! Session 3: What Now? - August 13 You'll be onboarded to basic campaign design and learn how to implement it locally as well as get plugged into our next national campaign work. Your second community resistance gathering will move this action forward. Action: Register here. And invite a friend to do the same! Don’t let Trump Bury the Epstein files!  Photo Source: Wikimedia Commons Here’s Indivisible’s toolkit to help expose the cover-up. Indivisible has put together an explainer on the state of Trump’s Epstein cover-up, complete with action items and shareable social posts. The Trump regime wants to flex its power to sweep this story of abuse and corruption under the rug; we won’t let that happen. Action: Read Indivisible’s Expose the Epstein Cover-Up Toolkit and take actions! Federal ActionHelp Georgia Voters Defend their Voting Rights  From our friends at Chop Wood Carry Water In response to Georgia's planned removal of nearly 500,000 voters from the rolls, Fair Fight – a national voting rights organization founded by Stacy Adams –has launched a new online tool to help Georgians check if they’re at risk of being purged and take steps to stay registered. The tool offers clear guidance, background on the purge process, and a way for voters to report wrongful removal. Fair Fight is promoting it through texts, emails, ads, and social media to protect voter access ahead of key fall elections. But we can and must promote it, too! Action: Send this tool it to everyone you know in Georgia, post about it on social media, and get this info out there! WA State Actions:Do Not Sign! Photo by Sollange Brenis on Unsplash From our friends at Indivisible Eastside Washington State students face new threats from millionaire extremist Brian Heywood pushing two extreme ballot measures through his Let's Go Washington organization that could change the future of our public schools. These initiatives attack student privacy, erase equal education, and target vulnerable youths. They repeal protections for undocumented, homeless, disabled, and transgender students. Washington Families for Freedom is working to stop these harmful policies and protect fairness, dignity, and equal opportunity for every student. And, heads up: proponents of a separate ballot measure mandating onerous in-person voter registration will be collecting signatures from now until January. The Requiring Proof of Citizenship from Registered Washington Voters initiative will make voter registration more difficult for new voters and disqualify existing voters in the name of preventing non-citizens from voting – which is not a problem we have in Washington. Please decline to sign this initiative, and defend your right to vote as recommended in Indivisible Eastside’s TAN action. Action:
Local Actions: Come to Olympia Indivisible's Small Group, In-Person Meetups Every Weekend!  Olympia Indivisible has grown very fast the last six months, and many of us have never met in person. Let’s fix that! Membership Team invites OI members to come to our weekend get-togethers. Here’s the scoop: 10 AM: OI Coffee Connection at Soul Cafe What: Come to the Cafe, support a local business by purchasing a cup of coffee and/or some breakfast, and get to know your OI community! You’ll meet representatives from OI’s Membership Team and/or Small Groups team members. Where: Soul Cafe, 300 5th Ave. SW When: Saturday, August 2nd at 10am Action: Come join us – no sign-up or RSVP necessary! 11 AM: OI Capitol Lake Walk What: Walk the Capitol Lake with OI member Zella. Make new friends as you get in your steps! Where: Meet outside the restrooms adjacent to Heritage Park. Zella will be wearing an OI pin. Stroll as long or as far as you feel like. When: Saturday, August 2nd at 11am Action: Come join us – no sign-up or RSVP necessary! Share Your Art Graphics and Poetry with Works in Progress (WIP), Olympia’s Progressive Newspaper  This is a request from Works in Progress (WIP) for art, poetry, and/or narratives of what people would like to see manifest in a near future low carbon Olympia. They would like their September 1 issue to include some inspiring envisionings from the community. Action: The deadline for submissions is August 26. Send to [email protected] Department of Good News:  Photo Source: Wikimedia Commons Washington-based home baking network Community Loaves recently passed a couple of milestones: more than two hundred thousand loaves of bread and more than two hundred thousand energy cookies, baked in almost a thousand members’ kitchens and delivered to food banks in Washington, Oregon, California, and Idaho. That’s about 180 tons of bread and about 19 tons of energy cookies. To join the effort or get more information, go to communityloaves.org.
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