Join us for an inspirational and practical forum featuring state senator Kevin Ranker and Timothy Ballew II, chair of the Lummi Nation. Senator Ranker will provide specific ideas for what each of us can do to stand up for our core values in the face… Read More »Event: Hope & Action with Senator Kevin Ranker and Chairman Timothy Ballew II
How to support our community Pantsuit Bellingham members are seeking effective means of supporting members of our community affected by the immigration ban. We are using this page as a clearinghouse for information on organizations and events supporting members of our community who are affected… Read More »Immigration Ban
Now you are informed and ready- time to act! Your best two tactics are your money and your time. Let’s talk $$. First, donations. There are a bajillion organizations working to do good. Many run on donations. It can be hard to figure out who… Read More »Step Three to Taking Action
By Jnn13 (Own work) [CC BY-SA 3.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0) or GFDL (http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/fdl.html)], via Wikimedia Commons Take back Inauguration Day by participating in one of these alternative events on Friday, January 20th. Because you can love this country AND skip the inauguration. Local Our Inauguration Day: The… Read More »Alternative Inauguration Day Events
Alright, so you’ve got your non-biased news sources and you’re keeping up with things- nice! Now it’s time for step two: homework. I know, you already have a busy life, and you’ve just upped your news intake on top of that. The thing is,… Read More »Step Two to Taking Action
Civic tithing can stabilize funding for our local organizations in an uncertain economic future. And that future will arrive on January 20. From the Old English for “one-tenth”, tithing has traditionally meant giving part of one’s income to a church or government. In civic tithing,… Read More »Civic Tithing
Happy Hanukkah pants peeps, and merry Christmas. You may have seen reports of a white supremacist hate group threatening people and planning an armed march in Whitefish, Montana. As nauseous as this is, Montana has a strong network of people and groups working for justice… Read More »Whitefish Love
We’re getting a lot of questions about the Women’s Marches. Here are links to information for marches in Bellingham, Seattle and DC. Womxn’s March on Washington – Bellingham Event Information Website Facebook page Facebook event Womxn’s March – Washington State – Seattle Event Information… Read More »Womxn’s Marches – Bellingham, Seattle, DC
The president-elect’s statements around deportation of undocumented people has prompted a call for bold statements from local institutions. Our Sanctuary X action team is researching what it means to be a “Sanctuary” city or institution, what institutions can and should take a position on immigration… Read More »Sanctuary X – A Status Report