Update: applications for the 2021 Endorsement Committee have closed. Want to get in on one of our main activities in 2021? No experience necessary. Apply for our Endorsement Committee now! Do you want to help shape the names that appear on Whatcom County ballots, meet… Read More »Join Our 2021 Endorsement Committee!
Source Justice System Committee (JSC) Description If you see a mask-less officer outdoors within six feet of another individual or yourself, or a mask-less law enforcement officer indoors: Tell the officer to wear a mask over their mouth and nose, if you do not feel… Read More »Report Law Enforcement Officers that Don’t Wear Masks
The Senate runoffs in Georgia on January 5 will determine a Democratic slant to the Senate. Raphael Warnock and Jon Ossoff have an unprecedented chance to supplant Republicans Kelly Loeffler and David Perdue. Winning these two seats will change the balance of power in the… Read More »JOIN US: GEORGIA RUNOFF ELECTIONS
We’re teaming up again with Representative Sharon Shewmake, and Sarah Chan, chef and owner at Calypso Kitchen, this time to feed our unhoused neighbors on Thanksgiving. Sarah has been making meals for our homeless community and wants to make everyone a Thanksgiving meal. She is… Read More »Meals for Unhoused Neighbors
**UPDATE: On November 24, 2020, Whatcom County Council approved a resolution Affirming Racism is a Public Health Crisis.** Contact Whatcom County Council Members ASAP to call for their support of the resolution Affirming Racism is a Public Health Crisis Source: Riveters Collective Justice System Committee… Read More »Tell Whatcom County Council to declare racism a public health crisis
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