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Local Level Actions
Help the Hub Bike Shop Find New Space
Source: The Hub Community Bike Shop
Description: Visit the Hub, follow them on Facebook, sign up for their email newsletter, provide space ideas, donate, build a bike
Background:The Hub Bike Shop is soon to be displaced by a new apartment development. The Hub will need to close and ideally relocate by October of 2018. Spectrum Development Solutions (developer of the apartment building) has generously invited the Hub back into their fold upon completion of the building that is being built. Unfortunately, the offered space is limited to 500 square feet which is not enough to operate at full capacity, not to mention that the development is projected to be completed in mid-2020.
Support a Candidate
Source: The RC
Description: Attend an event, donate, volunteer (knock on doors or send text messages or whatever the campaign asks)
Background: The election of 2018 is going to be HUGE. Right now, candidates are filing to run. Good people are stepping up to serve our community, and the current system of high-dollar campaigns means they need all of us to support their work. Here’s a list of offices open for the November 2018 election. Remember that primary elections are held in August, and there will be MANY primaries this year.
We’re working on a list of all known candidates. Who did we miss? Email us!
Install the Amplify App
Source: The RC
Description: Help us reach our goal of 200 team members on Amplify!
Background: Why use Amplify?
RC will deliver actions and you will get a notification. No Facebook involved! After you take the action, you click one of the response buttons – “left voicemail”, “talked to staffer”, “did it”, etc. – and then we get counts of how many people are taking the actions. These counts will be a powerful tool in working with elected officials, showing our strength in numbers. Amplify is developed by Indivisible San Francisco. There are no ads, no external content, just the RC.
Additional Information:
- Install the app for iPhone (http://apple.co/2o8cQAG) or Android (http://bit.ly/2neIpnw) (NOT currently available for tablets)
- Press ‘Create New Account’ to sign up
- Enter the Riveters Collective invite code: 045-857-672
- Take an action & cheer others on!
From the Calendar
Link to the Riveters Collective Calendar
Every Monday: Attend a vigil hosted by Racial Justice Coalition and Keep Bellingham Families Working. A vigil will be held from 11:30a.m.-1:30p.m. in front of the Whatcom County Courthouse . Support undocumented and immigrant families to live in safety and dignity in our community. Bring your friends and co-workers!
Saturday, April 21, 2018 from 10:00a.m.-12:00p.m.: Join the League of Women Voters and the Bellingham Public Library, 210 Central Avenue, Bellingham, WA 98225 for an educational program, Voting: The Heart of Democracy. Diana Bradrick, Whatcom County Chief Deputy Auditor, will discuss voting patterns in local, state, and federal elections; voting integrity in Whatcom County; and how to engage voters. We will also hear from Margaret Morales, Senior Research Associate at Sightline Institute, and the group FairVote Whatcom. Enter through the doors off the green at the back library. Doors open at 9:30 a.m.
Tuesday, April 24, 2018 from 3:00-6:30p.m.: 2018 Energy Symposium: Carbon Hackathon on WWU Campus, Wilson Library Reading Room (4th Floor), 516 High St, Bellingham, WA 98225. WWU’s Institute for Energy Studies will host a “Carbon Hackathon” event where a group of five student teams will compete to come up with the most creative, but feasible, approach for reducing carbon emissions in Washington State. At 3:00p.m., students, faculty, and community members are invited to cheer the teams on as they present their carbon “hacks” and watch the judging panel select a winning team. Visit Facebook or WWU Energy Symposium for more information.
Thursday April 26th, 2018 9am-1pm “Join Blue Group in taking over City Hall! It has been over a year since their ordinance passed and we have seen no improvement in their actions to support the Undocumented Community. We are still here. We are still organizing. We want people to come out and show City Council we need more. They have not come out with a statement or done anything to help Maru Mora’s case either. We need to put pressure on them now as ICE takes over our community. It is time we fight for all of us!”