Olympia Indivisible Teams
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Operational Teams:
Governmental Teams:
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Election Engagement Teams:
Liaison:
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Operational Teams:
Ensure Olympia Indivisible's operational efficacy, outreach, and sustainability.
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Steering Committee
The Steering Committee meets every other Monday at 7:30pm.
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Call To Action
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Encourage Olympia Indivisible members to respond meaningfully and in a timely manner to what is happening on federal, state and local levels by taking pre-prepared actions. RESPONSIBILITIES: The CTA Team works collaboratively to create the weekly Call to Action (CTA) email which is a selection of six to eight current actions to be taken. Each individual action item includes the reason for the action, background information, links, and scripts to make action-taking fast and easy to do. The CTA team meets weekly on Zoom. During the week, CTA team members and other OI Team leads contribute suggestions for potential CTAs to a shared Google document (the CTA Suggestion page). (This is how we build a Call to Action for the suggestion page.) At the weekly Zoom meeting, team members, after lively discussion, formulate a final selection of federal, state, and/or county calls to action which are current, important, and actionable. Editing the submitted actions takes place during the meeting. If you are interested in our team, we would like to invite you as a guest to one of our meetings. Contact the Call to Action Team |
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Communications-Tech
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Acts as the megaphone for internal and external communications by strengthening and amplifying Olympia Indivisible’s (OI) messages, its voice, and its scheduled events through available media outlets. RESPONSIBILITIES:
If you are interested in our team, please contact us for more information. Contact the Communications-Tech Team |
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Membership
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Sustain, engage and build an active membership. RESPONSIBILITIES:
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Governmental Teams:
The Governmental Teams carry out OI’s legislative advocacy at federal, state, and county levels.
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Federal, State, and County
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The Federal, State and County Legislation and Advocacy Team (FSCLA) leverages OI’s membership strength to pass progressive and resist regressive laws, initiatives, policies, and regulations, and to support fair, democratic practices at federal, state and county levels. RESPONSIBILITIES: Our 2024 priority will be to engage our membership in advocacy via the Take Action Network through the following activities:
Help Wanted
Contact the FSCLA Team |
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Members of Congress (MoC) Team
MoC Meeting Summaries:
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Regularly meets with our Members of Congress or their South Sound Directors to discuss Olympia Indivisible’s immediate issues of concern. Team members also alert Olympia Indivisible members about upcoming town halls and public appearances by our Members of Congress. RESPONSIBILITIES: MoC is responsible for the following activities: Meet with our MoCs:
Hold our MoCs accountable:
Contact the Members of Congress Team |
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Port of Olympia Action Team (POAT)
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The Port of Olympia Action Team evaluates and takes action on the decisions made by Port Commissioners to ensure that the Port spends public money wisely and works for the benefit of Thurston County residents and not for the benefit of private corporations and developers. RESPONSIBILITIES: The team tracks and analyzes actions taken by the Port Commission and develops actions for the team, Olympia Indivisible members, and in partnership with others in Thurston County. The goal is to hold the Port accountable for responsible fiscal policies, fair and democratic practices, transparency, environmental stewardship, and to encourage widespread public involvement. The team will advocate for JEDI- justice, equity, diversity, and inclusion. In addition, we will work to educate the public about the Port. Contact the Port of Olympia Action Team |
Election Engagement Teams:
General Principles: Olympia Indivisible does not accept or contribute money or in-kind contributions for candidates for public office. The power of OI is in our people and our engagement will take the form of participatory volunteerism.
We ask all members of OI participating in the electoral engagement process to follow best practices as outlined in the "A Practical Guide for Winning Elections".
We ask all members of OI participating in the electoral engagement process to follow best practices as outlined in the "A Practical Guide for Winning Elections".
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Endorsement
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During each election cycle, the Endorsement Team of Olympia Indivisible collects information about candidates for selected elective offices within Thurston County in Washington State. Candidate information is presented to the membership of Olympia Indivisible to help them make informed voting decisions and to determine whether or not Olympia Indivisible should endorse the candidate. RESPONSIBILITIES: The Endorsement Team collects information about candidates running for elective office. The focus is on county level offices and state legislative districts (LD), especially LD 22. The Team also works on federal, statewide, and select local races depending on circumstances and team capacity. The Team also may collaborate with other Indivisible chapters to share candidate information and research. Individual team members focus on one or more sets of elective offices. The Team prepares and sends candidate questionnaires designed to understand their positions on key issues relative to the OI core values. They then discuss questionnaire responses, may arrange candidate interviews via Zoom, and conduct a presentation for OI membership with the results of the work. THE ELECTIONS: Federal Elections:
State Offices:
Thurston County:
Contact the Endorsement Team |
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Elections State Action Team (E-SAT)
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PURPOSE: The Elections State Action Team helps OI-endorsed candidates for County, State Legislature, and state executive offices win their races!
ACTIVITIES This team is hands-on. Each member will participate in some or all campaign actions to win the election including:
The team also publicizes opportunities for OI members to volunteer in support of endorsed candidates. Each team member will be a liaison for a specific campaign and will communicate directly with their candidate and/or their campaign during the electoral cycle. To make best use of our resources and energy, this team prioritizes races which are key, winnable, and competitive. For this reason, we anticipate that we will not be involved in legislative district campaign support in 2024. Candidates endorsed by Olympia Indivisible whose races are winnable but not competitive (in other words, these candidates are very likely to win their races without campaign support from OI) will not be assigned a liaison. Instead, E-SAT will reach out to their campaign managers to inform them that in order to make best use of our resources during a critical federal and presidential electoral cycle, Olympia Indivisible will be focusing our boot-on-the-ground volunteer efforts on key, winnable, competitive races. We will, however, be happy to inform our members about volunteer opportunities and other electoral events for their campaign, and we will invite campaign managers to share this information via the E-SAT contact form on the OI website Team webpage. The E-SAT team will watch for potential new or “game-changer” candidates for races and adjust their focus accordingly. (“Game-changer”: a newly introduced element or factor that changes an election in a significant way.) COORDINATION WITH OTHER OI TEAMS
TEAM MEETINGS Team will aim to meet for an initial organizational meeting by the end of January. The team will establish a regular meeting schedule and continue to meet every other week for 30 minutes to an hour, or as needed. Team members are expected to attend all team meetings when possible. The team may use Zoom as a meeting platform and will communicate between meetings via text and/or email. This team will be active through November 5, 2024. In addition, the team will participate in activities in January and February related to Indivisible National’s book of the Year, The Persuaders, by Anand Giridharadas. Other early activities include assigning liaisons to races for candidates OI members have previously endorsed who are running for those same offices in competitive races, assigning liaisons as additional OI endorsements emerge, and keeping abreast of the unfolding candidacies, winnability, and competitiveness for our County, legislative, and state races. Contact the Elections State Action Team |
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Elections Congressional House Action Team (E-CHAT)
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PURPOSE: The Elections Congressional House Action Team (E-CHAT) helps OI-supported Congressional candidates in Washington (and possibly beyond) win their races! To make best use of our resources and energy, this team prioritizes races which are key, winnable, and competitive. Two races stand out that meet this criterion: Kim Schrier CD8 and Maria Gluesenkamp Perez CD3.
ACTIVITIES: This team is hands-on and leads by example. Each member will participate in some or all campaign actions to win the election including:
The team publicizes opportunities for OI members to volunteer in support of supported candidates. Each team member will be a liaison or co-liaison for a specific campaign and will communicate directly with their candidate and/or their campaign during the electoral cycle. Other duties will be determined as the team coalesces. COORDINATION with other OI TEAMS
TEAM MEETINGS: The team may use Zoom as a meeting platform and communicate between meetings via text and/or email. Team members are expected to attend all team meetings when possible. Contact the Congressional House Action Team |
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Elections Presidential Action Team (E-PAT)
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PURPOSE: The Elections Presidential Action Team (E-PAT) helps Biden/Harris win in 2024!
ACTIVITIES: This team is hands-on and leads by example. To increase the team's impact, remote activities in battleground states will take a high priority in the actions of this team. Each member will participate in some or all campaign actions to win the election including:
The team also promotes opportunities for OI members to volunteer in support of Biden/Harris. Other duties will be determined as the team coalesces. COORDINATION with other OI TEAMS
TEAM MEETINGS: The team may use Zoom as a meeting platform and communicate between meetings via text and/or email. Team members are expected to attend all team meetings when possible. Contact the Elections Presidential Action Team |
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Elections Texting Action Team
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PURPOSE: The texting team helps OI-supported candidates running in local, state-wide, and federal elections in the state of Washington (and possibly beyond) win their races by promoting the candidates and getting out the vote through texting events.
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Get Out The Vote (GOTV) Field Team
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Expands the electorate, combats voter suppression, and gets out the vote! RESPONSIBILITIES: The team registers voters to expand the electorate and combat voter suppression. The team focuses particularly on increasing voter registration of young people and under-represented communities (low income, immigrant, persons of color, LGBTQIA, etc.). The GOTV Field Team members observe all Thurston County Auditor guidelines concerning voter registration and adhere to strict non-partisan comportment at voter registration events: team members neither promote or oppose any candidate, political party, or campaign while registering voters. The GOTV Field team works in collaboration with the Thurston County Auditor’s Office and with League of Women Voters Thurston County to determine how/when/where they can assist with voter registration and Getting Out The Vote (GOTV) events in Thurston County. The team also independently seeks to develop relationships with Thurston County high schools, colleges, universities, organizations, and events to solicit opportunities to do voter registration and build a relationship of mutual trust. When time and energy permit, the team seeks opportunities to encourage pro-democracy voters to fill out and mail their ballots. As time allows, the team also does ballot observation to strengthen trust in our electoral system and push back against disinformation Contact the GOTV Field Team |
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Get Out The Vote (GOTV) Writing Team
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We train and coordinate members to write letters and postcards to advocate progressive candidates, issues and causes, to get out the vote for regular and special elections and to speak out against repressive actions that undermine our values and democratic institutions. We support other teams for elections in Key States, Washington State, and other local campaigns and legislation. Watch for our parties in the weekly Call to Action. RESPONSIBILITIES:
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Liaisons:
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Reproductive Justice Liaison
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The Reproductive Justice Liaison does reproductive justice advocacy work on behalf of Olympia Indivisible. RESPONSIBILITIES:
Contact the Reproductive Justice Liaison |
