Quote of the Week:We evolved to greater heights as we grew bigger brains for sharing and empathy and love and complexity. We started communities, because with community, creation and love thrive. The “real” biggest fish is kindness. -- Chuck Tingle, Tumblr Legislative Actions:Legislative Session Ends March 7 If you're new to Take Action Network (TAN):
Contact the LegislatureTell Your Representatives It's Time for the Affordable Homes Act (HB 2276) DEADLINE: Mar 7 • 11:00pm Creates a dedicated revenue source for the Housing Trust Fund. Properties worth $3 million or more will incur a modest 1% raise in the real estate transfer tax when sold while people selling properties under $750,000 will see a tax decrease. Federal Actions:Support the Liquified Natural Gas Pause Photo Source: Canva Source: From our friends at The Climate Reality Project Last week, the House voted to pass legislation attacking the Biden Administration’s temporary freeze on approvals of pending new liquefied natural gas (LNG) export facilities. And this likely won’t be the last time the administration’s decision will be challenged. Natural gas is destroying our climate and poisoning our communities. New research shows that transporting LNG can create significantly greater global warming pollution than burning coal. With the science clear that we have to halve global emissions this decade to stop rising temperatures, any new gas facilities are huge steps in the wrong direction. Action: Tell your Federal Senators and Congressional Representative that you support the Biden Administration's pause on pending new LNG export facilities. Copy the script below, and paste in the comment section in this contact form. Script: I'm writing today as your constituent to express my strong support for the Biden Administration's decision to pause pending approvals of new liquified natural gas (LNG) export facilities. At a time when the science tells us we have just six years to cut global emissions in half, the pause enables the Department of Energy to study the dangerous impacts of any new facilities on our climate and our health. This is the right call. Studies show that – contrary to industry claims – transporting LNG abroad generates significantly more planet-warming emissions than burning coal. We simply can't afford to rubberstamp new infrastructure guaranteed to accelerate climate change. In addition, approving new facilities that would not come online for years would do nothing to help our partners in Europe and elsewhere break free of their dependence on Russian gas. With many partners instead already turning to renewables, the only need to add yet more LNG serves is to boost industry profits at the expense of our planet. The American people get this. As your constituent, I'm calling on you to use your office to support the administration's pause on new LNG export facilities and work to speed a just transition to clean energy for the nation. Support Salmon & Steelhead Ask your representative to support the Columbia Basin Restoration Initiative (CBRI) agreement between the Federal Government, WA state, OR state and four treaty tribes (Nez Perce, Yakama, Umatilla & Warm Springs). Background: White House, Tribes Hail 'Historic' Deal to Restore Pacific NW Salmon Runs Action: Urge Support for Biden Administration's Restoration of Healthy & Abundant Salmon & Steelhead Tell Biden and the DOJ: Hear the Juliana 21 Photo Source: Canva Let’s contact the Biden Administration and the Department of Justice to ensure the DOJ hears America’s youth-led climate case, Juliana v. United States. In nearly nine years, the DOJ has made twenty-two attempts to kill Juliana and silence the 21 Juliana youth plaintiffs. No other case in history has faced this kind of government persecution. NOW, the Juliana youth have to fight to be heard once more and it’s on all of us to rally around them. DOJ is pulling out extreme legal tactics by abusing “writ of mandamus” emergency government powers to obstruct the normal legal process and try to stop America’s youth from protecting all of our futures. Out of 40,000+ cases in front of the DOJ, these extreme legal tactics are only being used to single out one case: Juliana. If the DOJ succeeds, the Juliana youth won’t be heard in open court. If we succeed, the youth will go to trial and they will win—and force the United States, the BIGGEST contributor to climate change in the world, to make systemic change and phase out fossil fuels. Action: Tell the Biden Administration and the DOJ: We demand the Juliana 21 be heard at trial. _______________________ Vote in the Presidential Primary Your presidential primary ballot has arrived (it's sitting on your counter). There is no part of the 2024 presidential election about which any of us can afford to be lackadaisical, particularly given that so many major media print and broadcast outlets have been putting their thumbs on the scale in talking about primary results. You can help fight back against media spin! Fill out your presidential primary ballot and today (and then make sure your friends and family do the same). 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 will have envelopes in hand, and letters printed out for you. 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. 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 These Events?Town Hall with Sheriff Sanders on Tuesday, March 12, at 7:00 pm Olympia Indivisible endorsed and supported Derek Sanders campaign for Thurston County Sheriff. And he won, defeating incumbent Sheriff John Snaza. We continue to be fans of this young Sheriff and follow him on Facebook where we see him both learning from and leading his officers. Sheriff Sanders has offered to report to Olympia Indivisible on his first year in office, and we are happy to make that happen. Join us at this zoom Town Hall on Tuesday, March 12, at 7:00 pm. Please register here to attend. You can submit a question for Sheriff Sanders on the registration form. ___________________ 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:Help Get Out the Vote in Key Battleground States This event is a text-banking training session that you can do on Zoom from your own home. Using a popular progressive organization's texting platform, you are shown how to reach out to voters (and prospective voters) and mobilize them to take action! Sign up for Textbank Training Sat, Mar 16, 11:00am–12:00pm PDT _________________ If you missed the Feb 26 Webinar here is the recording: Watch Ezra Levin and Senator Jeff Merkley as they dive into the details of what the filibuster has cost us, where we stand now, and what a future unobstructed by the filibuster could be. _________________ 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 Your Work Pays Off:Thank you OI members for supporting our local Starbucks workers by lobbying the management and picketing with workers.
The coffee chain and the union said they agreed to begin discussions on a "foundational framework" that includes a fair process for workers to organize and a process to achieve collective bargaining agreements on a store-by-store basis. Comments are closed.
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