Washington Indivisible Podcast

Today, in reaction to the uprisings in Minneapolis and across the nation, to help us understand and to talk about what we can do, we speak first with Fox Hampton with Black Lives Matter Seattle King County, and then with John Miller with the Department of Human Resources with King County who is also a co-founder of a Black African affinity group for KC Employees.

Then, as part of our coverage of the Congressional race in the 10th CD, with speak with former Tacoma mayor, and former Seattle Metropolitan Chamber of Commerce CEO, Marilyn Strickland.

Links:

https://www.stricklandforwashington.com/

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SUGGESTED ACTIONS FROM BLACK LIVES MATTER SEATTLE - KING COUNTY:

1. We’re giving $500 to Louisville Community Bail Fund.

Help pay bail to demonstrators arrested in Louisville protests. Organized by Black Lives Matter Louisville.

https://actionnetwork.org/f…/louisville-community-bail-fund/

http://blackliveslouisville.org/

2. We’re giving $500 to the North Star Health Collective

We originally wanted to donate to the Minnesota Freedom Fund, which is directly helping individuals arrested in the recent protests. However, the MFF is urging people to donate to other groups, such as the North Star Health Collective, a group of medics who specialize in supporting protestors fighting for justice.

https://www.northstarhealthcollective.org/donate

https://www.northstarhealthcollective.org/

3. We’re giving $500 to Black Visions Collective.

Black Visions is a Black queer/trans led org who are in Minneapolis and have been on the frontlines of the protests.

https://secure.everyaction.com/4omQDAR0oUiUagTu0EG-Ig2

https://www.blackvisionsmn.org/

4. We’re giving $500 to Reclaim The Block.

RTB is a coalition that pushes the city of Minneapolis to divest from policing and instead fund community-centered health and safety programs.

https://secure.everyaction.com/zae4prEeKESHBy0MKXTIcQ2

https://www.reclaimtheblock.org/

5. We’re giving $500 to the George Floyd Memorial Fund.

Funds will help support the Floyd family as they grieve, arrange a funeral, prepare for legal proceedings, and care for George Floyd’s children.

https://www.gofundme.com/f/georgefloyd

6. We’re giving $500 to the Columbus Freedom Fund.

The CFF is bailing out protestors in Columbus, Ohio who were arrested when demonstrating in response to Breonna Taylor's and George Floyd's murders.

https://www.paypal.me/columbusfreedomfund

https://www.facebook.com/pg/CFFOhio/posts/

7. We’re giving $500 to the NYC Liberty Fund.

The Liberty Fund is a charitable bail fund that servers all areas on New York City, including areas where

https://www.classy.org/give/204448/#!/donation/checkout

https://www.libertyfund.nyc/

As part of our town hall series in partnership with the Washington Indivisible Network and Indivisible Tacoma, we present two Democratic candidates for the state legislature in position two and state senate from the 10th LD. Join us now for a conversation with Representative Dave Paul and Commissioner Helen Price Johnson, recorded live on the evening of Thursday, May 28th.

Links:

helenpricejohnson.org

votedavepaul.com

As part of our town hall series in partnership with the Washington Indivisible Network and Indivisible Tacoma, we present four Democratic candidates for the state legislature in position one from the 10th LD. Join us now for a conversation with Angie Homola, Ivan Lewis, Scott McMullen, and Suzanne Woodard, recorded live on the evening of Tuesday, May 26th.

http://www.angieforall.com/

https://www.ivanlewis.org/

https://www.scottmcmullen.org/

https://www.suzannewoodard.com/

As part of our town hall series in partnership with the Washington Indivisible Network and Indivisible Tacoma, we present our virtual town hall with Hilary Franz. She is Washington’s Commissioner of Public Lands, and she’s running for reelection in November.

Our live conversation was recorded on the evening of Tuesday, May 20th.

Links:

https://www.hilaryfranz.com/

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Beth Doglio is a state representative from Washington’s 22nd LD. She’s also a community organizer with decades of experience, and she recently served as the campaign director at Climate Solutions, a Northwest-based clean energy economy nonprofit. She’s running for Congress in the 10th CD, a seat vacated by the retirement of Congressman Denny Heck.

Links:

https://www.bethdoglio.com/

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As part of our live town hall series, we speak with two candidates running for state representative in position one from the 19th LD, which includes southwestern WA from Aberdeen to Longview.

Clint Bryson is city councilor for Montesano, and is a trustee for pension and health plans for IBEW 76. Marianna Ee-verson is a nurse, mother, and union member.

Links:

https://www.electclintbryson.com/

https://www.mariannaforthepeople.com/

The first in our series of discussions with Washington’s 2020 Congressional candidates.

Kristine Reeves is running for Congress in the 10th Congressional district, which includes Olympia, Puyallup, and parts of Tacoma. The seat was vacated by the retirement of Congressman Denny Heck.

Previously, Reeves was the regional outreach director for Senator Patty Murray, and she’s currently the director of economic development for the military and defense sector for the Washington State Department of Commerce.

In 2016, she became the first African American woman elected to the Washington State House in 18 years, representing the 30th LD. She stepped down from that seat in December of last year.

Links:

https://kristinereeves.com/

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With so much news here in the state over the last few weeks, from Governor Inslee’s phased reopening to the lockdown protests in Olympia and even a possible special session in the legislature to deal with the budget shortfall, we convene our Week in Review panel to break it all down.

Then, we are joined by the chair of the King County Democrats, Shasti Conrad, to talk about why you should become a precinct committee officer, or PCO, in time for this year’s presidential election. The filing deadline is coming up.

And finally, we talk with Tahmina Watson, co-founder of the Washington Immigrant Defense Network, to hear about how the pandemic has impacted our immigrant community in the state, and about how you can help.

Links:

Sign Indivisible’s People’s Agenda Pledge: http://www.peoplesagendapledge.org

Olympia Indivisible’s game plan to support Congresswoman Pramila Jayapal’s Paycheck Guarantee Act.

• By Monday, May 11th:

1. Sign on to the letter supporting the Paycheck Guarantee Act: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1yZQxX-ineL4ztSvX--3ZAcZ5kWy-3se6GZdppe7kvWM/viewform?edit_requested=true#responses

2. Send an e-mail to [email protected] to let us know that your chapter signed on to the support letter.

3. Tweet and post your support using the hashtags #PeoplesAgenda and #WaIndivisible

• On Tuesday, May 12th:

1. Flood the phones: ask your group members to join a statewide day of action to call their Congressperson and both Senators and ask that they support the Paycheck Guarantee Act.

2. Ask your group members to tweet & post about their call using the hashtags #PeoplesAgenda and #WaIndivisible.

• On Wednesday, May 13th:

1. Send the state letter with all groups listed to your Members of Congress and urge them to support the Paycheck Guarantee Act.

(Once we have the list of groups who have signed on, we will email you a copy of the letter with all signatory group names.)

2. Once again, tweet and post about the letter, using the hashtags #PeoplesAgenda and #WaIndivisible.

Become a PCO! http://www.kcdems.org/pco

Washington Immigrant Defense Network Training: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/widen-removal-defense-training-day-for-non-immigration-lawyers-tickets-97601144651

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As part of our Indivisible Town Hall Series, in partnership with the Washington Indivisible Network and Indivisible Tacoma, we present two Democratic candidates for the state legislature from the 26th LD.

Carrie Hesch is Recreation/Athletics Director at the Washington Corrections Center for Women, and she serves as an elected Director on the Key Peninsula Community Services Board. She is running for state representative in position 1.

And Joy Stanford is a Community Outreach Specialist with Shared Housing Services, and she’s a substitute teacher in the Peninsula School District. She is running for state representative in position 2.

Links:

https://carriehesch.com/

https://www.joyforwashington.com/

On today's show, the campaign to recall Alaska’s Republican governor, Mike Dunleavy. A group of citizen activists, including local Indivisible groups, are leading the charge to remove a governor who’s rampantly abusing his power, and they need our help.

Links:

https://recalldunleavy.org/

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