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    • Contact OI Steering Committee
    • Values Agreement
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    • OI Teams
  • Call to Action
  • Join us
  • Our Representatives
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    • OI Toolkit
    • Indivisible Guide
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    • Action Cafe!
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    • Social Media Policy

Olympia Indivisible Teams


​Operational Teams:​
  • Call To Action (CTA) Team
  • Communications-Technology Team
  • Membership Team
  • Steering Committee

Governmental Teams:​ 
  • County, Local Jurisdiction, and School Board Team​
  • Members of Congress (MoC) Team
  • Port of Olympia Action Team (POAT)
  • Rapid Response Federal Watchdog Team
  • State Executive Offices Team​
  • Take Action Network (TAN) Team
Electoral Teams:​
  • Election Volunteer Support Team
  • Endorsement Research Team​​
  • Get Out The Vote (GOTV) Writing Team
  • Voter Registration Team
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Rights and Justice Teams:
  • Civil Rights Team
  • Immigrant Justice Team
  • Social Safety Net Team
  • Women’s and Reproductive Justice Team
  • Union and Workers Justice Team
 

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​Operational Teams:

​Ensure Olympia Indivisible's operational efficacy, outreach, and sustainability.

Call To Action (CTA) Team
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PURPOSE:
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

Communications-Technology Team
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PURPOSE:
​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:
  • Works with the Steering Committee and OI Teams to develop communications to further OI and team objectives. 
  • Develops and maintains the OI website which is hosted by Weebly (Squarespace). 
  • Publishes all informational and action emails to members through MailChimp.
  • Provides content for and administers the internal and external OI Facebook pages, Instagram, Bluesky, and Mastodon social media accounts. 
  • Edits and formats the final selection of weekly Call to Action (CTA) for accuracy and skimability. Publishes the CTA’s on the OI website and through a Mailchimp email which is sent to all OI members.
  • Gives technical support for programs that OI uses such as Slack, Google Products, Zoom, MailChimp, etc. 
  • Supports all teams with communication and technical support.
  • Maintains membership roster.

If you are interested in our team, please contact us for more information.
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Contact the Communications-Tech Team

Membership Team
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PURPOSE:
Sustain, engage and build an active membership.

RESPONSIBILITIES:
  • Databases: Maintain OI’s membership databases
  • Registrar: Provide Registrar services
  • Welcome: Telephone new members to welcome them. Follow up with brief written introductory material about OI and OI resources.
  • Community Building: Create experiences that inspire, connect and unite OI members such as the annual picnic, group activism events, and other engagement activities.
  • All Member Meetings: Work with the Steering Committee and Comm-Tech in implementing All Member Meetings.
  • Materials management:  Inventory, store, check material in and out as needed.​

Contact the Membership Team

Steering Committee
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PURPOSE:
  • Promotes coordination and cooperation within the membership of OI;
  • Provides representation for members to other progressive organizations, as well as State and National Indivisible;
  • Acts as the final decision making body for OI’s culture and its political, legal, organizational, technical, financial, and media issues. Considers the impact of decisions on members, teams, and other stakeholders;
  • Works to ensure that OI does everything within its means to achieve its goals and to support our members and teams to act independently and purposefully towards OI’s mission;
  • Works to ensure that OI keeps its principles and values at the forefront of our actions and in all communications.
 
RESPONSIBILITIES:
  • Develops and monitors organizational direction and structure;
  • Supports communication and cooperation among teams;
  • Organizes and facilitates a monthly meeting for the Leadership Team which is comprised of Team leads and co-leads;
  • Solicits input from, and communicates with OI membership;
  • Empowers teams and membership to act with creativity and independence;
  • Makes decisions about the operations and finances of OI. When making decisions for the organization, it fairly weighs all requests and acts impartially to do the most good with available resources.

​Contact the Steering Committee
 

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​Governmental Teams:

The Governmental Teams carry out OI’s legislative advocacy at federal, state, and county levels.

County, Local Jurisdiction, and School Board Team ​
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PURPOSE: 
to provide timely information when there are needs/opportunities for Olympia Indivisible or its members to respond in meaningful ways to policies, programs, and protections for community health, safety, and welfare under discussion by the Thurston County Commission, our local city councils, and local school Boards. 


RESPONSIBILITIES: 
delegate team members to regularly attend meetings of the Commission, Councils and Boards either in person or virtually and make note of issues that call for civic engagement. 


This team will work in coordination with the Steering Committee and CTA team to create a communication and decision-making protocol for triaging and crafting urgent alerts and CTAs which are strategic, timely, impactful, and do not overtax our organizational bandwidth. 

Contact County and Local Jurisdiction Team​

Members of Congress (MoC) Team
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PURPOSE:
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:
  • Present in person or or via Zoom a written agenda to our Members of Congress that reflect the issues of concern by Olympia Indivisible. The agenda will be presented and discussed at regular visits to the Tacoma offices of our Senators and to the Lacey office of Representative Marilyn Strickland or via Zoom.
  • Agendas for these regular visits will be based on the OI Call to Action, information provided from the national Indivisible, members who attend the meetings, and other sources.
  • Post the agendas on the OI website.

Hold our MoCs accountable:
  • Hold our MoCs accountable for their voting and public statements.
  • If one or more of our MoCs does not vote or make a public statement, or sponsor a bill according to our ASK, the team will alert the Call to Action Team to suggest this information be included in the next Call to Action. Include the follow-up ASK at the next office visit.
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Facilitate Town Halls with our MoCs
  • Ask for and facilitate an annual town hall with our House member
  • ​Facilitate annual town halls for Washington Indivisible members with our elected senators
  • Promote town halls of our MoCs to OI members.
  • Create lists of questions to be asked at town halls and circulate to OI members who plan to attend the town hall.

Contact the Members of Congress Team
 

Port of Olympia Action Team (POAT)
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PURPOSE:
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

Rapid Response Federal Watchdog Team
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PURPOSE: 
to provide timely information when there are needs/opportunities for Olympia Indivisible and/or its members to respond in meaningful ways to executive orders, federal legislation and federal appointment votes that erode the Constitution, democratic institutions, civil rights, national security, or public safety and welfare. 

RESPONSIBILITIES: 
This team monitors and corroborates reports from trusted, fact-based journalists and also monitors communications from Indivisible National, including weekly “to do” actions and urgent calls for nation-wide rapid response. 

This team will work with the Steering Committee and CTA team to create a communication and decision-making protocol for triaging and crafting urgent alerts and CTAs which are strategic, timely, impactful, and do not overtax our organizational bandwidth. 

Contact the Federal Watchdog Team

State Executive Offices Team
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PURPOSE: 
to provide timely information when there are needs/opportunities for Olympia Indivisible and/or its members to respond to policies, programs, and executive orders that impact democracy and civil rights in the state of Washington.

RESPONSIBILITIES: 
This team monitors communications from the Washington Executive Offices from trusted, fact-based journalists, and from the Washington Indivisible Network weekly newsletter and monthly meetings. 

Contact the State Executive Offices Team

​Take Action Network (TAN) Team
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PURPOSE:
The Take Action Network (TAN) Team 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 2025 priority will be to engage our membership in advocacy via the Take Action Network through the following activities:
  • Encourage OI members to join the Washington Indivisible Legislative Action (WILA) Team to track bills during the 2025 Legislative session.
  • Increase the number of Olympia Indivisible TAN account holders and active users through regular promotion in OI Calls to Action, Fireside Chats, and Action Cafe communications. 
  • Help OI members become confident TAN users by promoting TAN training sessions offered by Indivisible Bellingham.
  • During the State Legislative session, coordinate with the Call to Action Team to provide a list of  TAN actions to take on our weekly Calls to Action and at the Action Cafe.
  • As time allows, create OI TAN actions independently of WILA to take action on federal, state, county, and local issues and events.
  • Coordinate with other OI teams and ally organizations as needed.


Contact the Take Action Network Team
 

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​Electoral 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".
​Election Volunteer Support Team
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PURPOSE: The Election Volunteer Support Team helps OI-endorsed candidates for County, municipal, and school board positions win their races! 

ACTIVITIES
This team is hands-on. Each member will participate in some or all campaign actions to win the election including:
  • Attending a campaign launch or meet & greet event
  • Installing candidate yard signs
  • Sign-waving including sponsoring a sign-waving event
  • Phone banking
  • Hosting a meet and greet party
  • Writing Letters to the Editor in support of candidates
  • Canvassing and “lit dropping”
  • Text banking
  • Writing GOTV postcards 
  • Delivering Neighbor- 2-Neighbor letters

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. 

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, our team will reach out to their campaign managers to inform them that in order to make best use of our limited resources, Olympia Indivisible will focus our boots-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 Election Volunteer Support Team contact form on the OI website Team webpage.

 The  team will also 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.)

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Contact the Election Volunteer Support Team

​Endorsement Research Team
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PURPOSE:
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:
  • Congressional Representative, District 10 

State Offices:  
  • Governor 
  • Lieutenant Governor 
  • Attorney General 
  • Secretary of State 
  • State Senate, Legislative District 22
  • State Representative, Legislative District 22, Positions 1 and 2

​Thurston County:
  • Assessor
  • Thurston Conservation District 
  • Board of County Commissioners
  • County Clerk
  • County Auditor
  • County Sheriff
  • Port of Olympia Commissioners
  • Prosecuting Attorney
  • Public Utility District
  • Superior Court Judges
  • Treasurer

Contact the Endorsement Research Team


Get Out The Vote (GOTV) Writing Team 
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PURPOSE:
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:
  • Learn “best practices” for writing effectiveness.    
  • Teach writers how to do this work efficiently and effectively and respond to their questions and inquiries quickly.
  • Obtain letters, postcards, and/or addresses from campaigns, VoteFwd.org, or others.
  • Recruit and mentor writing party hosts and provide necessary supplies if needed and appropriate to campaign regulations.    
  • Create scripts for writers.
  • Store completed letters/cards if needed and mail at appropriate dates.
  • Host and publicize some writing parties.
  • Inventory, manage materials, data and statistics.
  • Design postcards if needed.
 
Contact the GOTV Writing Team

Voter Registration Team
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PURPOSE:
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 Voter Registration 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 Voter Registration 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 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 Voter Registration Team

 

​Rights and Justice Teams:

The Rights and Justice Teams respond to the impacts of Project 2025.
Civil Rights Team
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PURPOSE: 
To build coalition with civil rights groups in our region and state in order to be able to suggest concrete local actions that Olympia Indivisible and/or its members can take in support of addressing hatred and discrimination based on ability, race, religion, sex, gender identity, or sexual orientation. 

RESPONSIBILITIES: 
Delegate team members to make contact with these groups and receive information from them on a consistent basis in order to be able to report back to the team on matters that call for civic engagement. Whenever possible, this team will follow the lead of these groups on action-taking and will work cooperatively with the OI Civil Rights team on areas of overlap.

This team will work in coordination with the Steering Committee and CTA team to create a communication and decision-making protocol for triaging and crafting urgent alerts and CTAs which are strategic, timely, impactful, and do not overtax our organizational bandwidth. 

Contact Civil Rights Team

Immigrant Justice Team  ​
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PURPOSE: 
To build coalition with individuals and immigrant justice groups in our region and state and suggest concrete actions that Olympia Indivisible and/or its members can take in support of regionally targeted communities.

RESPONSIBILITIES: 
Delegate team members to make contact with these individuals and groups and receive information from them on a consistent basis in order to be able to report back to the team on matters that call for civic engagement. This team will follow the lead of these groups on action-taking and work cooperatively with the Civil Rights team on areas of overlap.

This team will work in coordination with the Steering Committee and CTA team to create a communication and decision-making protocol for triaging and crafting urgent alerts and CTAs which are strategic, timely, impactful, and do not overtax our organizational bandwidth. 

Contact the Immigrant Justice Team​

Social Safety Net Team
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PURPOSE: 
To build coalition with groups in our region and state working in support of low-income families and individuals, in order to be able to suggest concrete local actions that Olympia Indivisible and/or its members can take to maintain/increase access to food, housing, healthcare and other basic needs. 

RESPONSIBILITIES: 
Delegate team members to make contact with these groups and receive information from them on a consistent basis in order to be able to report back to the team on matters that call for civic engagement. Whenever possible, this team will follow the lead of these groups on action-taking. This team will work in coordination with the Steering Committee and CTA team to create a communication and decision-making protocol for triaging and crafting urgent alerts and CTAs which are strategic, timely, impactful, and do not overtax our organizational bandwidth. 

Contact the Social Safety Net Team​

Women’s and Reproductive Justice Team
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PURPOSE: 
To build coalition with women’s rights and reproductive justice groups in our region and state and suggest concrete actions that Olympia Indivisible and/or its members can take in support of these groups. 

RESPONSIBILITIES: 
Delegate team members to make contact with these groups and receive information from them on a consistent basis in order to be able to report back to the team on matters that call for civic engagement. This team will follow the lead of these groups on action-taking and work cooperatively with the OI Civil Rights team on areas of overlap.

This team will work in coordination with the Steering Committee and CTA team to create a communication and decision-making protocol for triaging and crafting urgent alerts and CTAs which are strategic, timely, impactful, and do not overtax our organizational bandwidth. 

Contact the Women’s and Reproductive Justice Team

Union and Workers Justice Team ​
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PURPOSE: 
To build coalition with groups working in support of the right to work for living-wage employment, receive job training, have safe working conditions, fair and predictable schedules, and to unionize and engage in collective bargaining.

RESPONSIBILITIES: 
Delegate team members to make contact with these groups and receive information from them on a consistent basis in order to be able to report back to the team on matters that call for civic engagement. Whenever possible, this team will follow the lead of these groups on action-taking. This team will work in coordination with the Steering Committee and CTA team to create a communication and decision-making protocol for triaging and crafting urgent alerts and CTAs which are strategic, timely, impactful, and do not overtax our organizational bandwidth. 

Contact the Union and Workers Justice Team
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