Uncomfortable with the idea of speaking to others at the march (possibly while being recorded) about your participation? The below are “script-let” ideas that may provide you with a helpful guide of sorts for expressing your involvement concisely and confidently. Please feel free to use… Read More »Why I March – a Sound Bite
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
Our eyes are on the prize of a clean energy future. We know the carbon must stay in the ground, and we have worked for years to reject proposals to transport it through our neighborhoods and export it from Xwe’chieXen, traditional fishing grounds of our… Read More »SB 5171 – Cherry Point Aquatic Reserve
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
Since the election, everyone is talking about taking action and asking you to act, too.* Let’s take a step back- maybe you’re not sure where to start or are feeling overwhelmed? The world feels a bit topsy-turvy in the worst sort of way right now.… Read More »Step One 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