UPDATE: All Postcards Are Claimed!!! Nearly 200 members of our community stepped up and committed to write a total of 10,000 personalized postcards to voters in the 42nd LD. We’ve just started delivering postcards Here’s how you can still help: DONATE! Postage is expensive, and… Read More »JOIN US: Community Voting Project 2020
AMAs and Q&As Riveters Collective candidate AMAs (Ask Me Anything) (Must be a member of the Riveters Collective Facebook group to view.) Riveters Collective Questionnaires for Whatcom County Superior Court Judicial candidates General Election Forums WA State Indivisible candidate forums. League of Women Voters Bellingham… Read More »Local candidate forums, AMAs and Q&As for 2020
June Endorsements announced! The board voted to endorse the candidates. Note: Stephanie Allen, Debbi Anderson-Frey, Michael Peñuelas, Jennifer Wright, and Amanda Zimmerman abstained from voting on endorsements in the 42nd legislative district. Recommendations were submitted by the committee to the board and voted on at… Read More »Endorsement Process 2020
Endorsements Christine Grant for Whatcom County PUD Commissioner District 1 Candidate Christine Grant is the voice this community needs on the PUD. She is a transformative candidate with a deep knowledge about public utilities learned during her decades of work with PUDs, rural electric cooperatives–and… Read More »Endorsements 2020
UPDATE: Partial victory! While Bellingham turned out to express outrage at the murder of George Floyd by Minneapolis police officers, it’s disappointing that Bellingham Police still lacks a permanent citizen community-led oversight body with a lead role in police accountability. Instead, the Bellingham Police Department… Read More »Demand citizen oversight for BPD
Riveters Collective ‘Mask Makers’ group is sewing cotton face masks and other personal protective equipment (PPE) for donation to vulnerable people in our community. We’ve burned through everyone’s fabric and elastic stashes sewing more than 3000 masks. Your donation will allow us to purchase materials… Read More »Sewing for our Community
This fundraiser is now closed. Thanks to your generosity, we delivered lunch to over 500 frontline workers in Whatcom County.
Did you know a there are FIVE elections this year? Be a 2020 perfect voter and vote in every election. Click the image to download.
Our resident librarian and board member Stephanie curated two children’s book lists “for your socially conscious tiny humans” to help you and the kiddos in your life mark Martin Luther King Jr. Day. Enjoy! Picture Book Recommendations Middle Grade & Young Adult Recommendations
RC Endorsements 2020 Needs You! 2020 will be a very important election year. Do you want to help shape Bellingham and Whatcom County ballots, meet candidates, and learn more about local issues? We’re accepting applications for our endorsement committee and we are looking for additional people who can… Read More »Let’s get to work! Jan 2020