Weekly Actions
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For the Week of September 9, 2024
🔷 If you missed the Group Zoom Meeting, you can catch up with the Meeting Notes and Slides which include info, volunteer opportunities, and voter registration plans. Our next meeting will be In Person – Saturday October 5, 3-4:30 at the Kirkland Library. Mark your calendar and we hope to see you then.
🔷 Indivisible Eastside is partnering with King County Library System (KCLS) to staff Voter Registration tables in October. Tabling days and times: Crossroads Library Connection, Thursdays, 12 pm-3 pm and downtown Bellevue Library, Saturdays, 12 pm-2 pm. Sign up at Voter Registration Tabling in Bellevue Signup Genius.
🔷 Fantastic News – The results from the Commissioner of Public Lands race recount were certified Sept 4th by the Secretary of State. After a 51 vote margin originally separating the second and third choice finishers (Democrat Upthegrove and Republican Kuehl Pederson), the recount ended with a 49 vote margin between the two resulting in Dave Upthegrove moving on to the November general election. Thank you to everyone who voted, worked to cure ballots and observed the recount. Your efforts will likely result in a Democrat continuing to hold this statewide office so vital to the preservation and wise management of our public lands.
Here are your 2 actions this week.
✊ Action 1 – Volunteer with Postcards4WA and boost turnout for CD3, CD8
from Postcards4WA.org
Writing to voters for Washington legislative and county races not only helps boost Democratic voter turnout locally, but in doing so, can also support vital up-ballot candidates and combat the four regressive GOP Initiatives.
Postcards4WA is going full steam ahead with writing campaigns supporting ten candidates in Island, King, Kitsap, Spokane, and Whatcom counties. Two of these campaigns support candidates whose voters also vote in two important Congressional districts. The Clark County Council race is inside CD 3 (Rep. Marie Glusenkamp Perez) and the LD12 races are inside CD 8 (Rep. Kim Schrier). Sign up at Postcards4WA, then choose a candidate to write for. All postcards will be mailed Oct. 17th.
Then join us at one of the upcoming Postcards and Letterwriting Zoom Get-togethers.
✊ Action 2 – Watch the Presidential and Gubernatorial Debates Tuesday Sep 10!
Gather friends and family, and grab popcorn! On September 10th starting at 6 pm PDT, VP Kamala Harris will debate Trump on ABC News. Then at 8 pm PDT Washington’s Attorney General and Democrat Bob Ferguson will debate defeated GOP Congressman Dave Reichert. The Washington Gubernatorial debate will be broadcast on King 5 and livestreamed on seattletimes.com.
Volunteer Opportunities
- No on I-2117 – door to door flyer leafletting and other events
- Join the WA Dems Coordinated Campaign knocking on doors in Bellevue and Redmond to boost voter turnout for all of our Democratic candidates.
Calendar of Events
- Tues Sept 10, 6 pm – Harris v Trump Presidential Debate – broadcast on ABC News’s properties, including ABC News Live’s streaming online, Disney Plus, and Hulu.
- Tues Sept 10, 8 pm – Ferguson v Reichert Washington state gubernatorial debate – broadcast on King 5 and livestreamed on seattletimes.com.
- Wed Sept 11, 7:30-9 pm – Stand With The Facts: Protecting Election Integrity. Presentation by KUOW, UW’s Center For an Informed Public, and NPR at Town Hall, Seattle. $25-$35.
- Thurs Sept 12, 7 pm – Lake Hills Judicial Candidate Forum via Zoom – http://www.wearelakehills.org/
- Thurs Sept 12, 6 pm – Kirkland Planning Commission, 2044 Comprehensive Plan Continued Hearing on Land Use Element and Market St Corridor. Written public comments only–comments must be emailed by 6 pm to PlanningCommissioners@kirklandwa.gov. Meeting at Kirkland City Hall. Link will be on this website.
- Tues Sept 17, National Voter Registration Day! LWV Voter Services is organizing voter registration/GOTV events at several Childrens’ Hospital locations throughout King County. If you are a LWV member, watch for notifications of times and locations in your weekly emails.
- Wed Sept 18, 6:30-7:30 pm The Future of Long-Term Care in WA: A Community Discussion on i-2124. Bothell Library, 18215 98th Ave NE, Bothell.
- Thur Sept 19, 5 pm – Crafting Personal Stories to Fight for Our Democracy – webinar organized by Indivisible National. Part 3 of the Apathy to Action series; will be recorded.
- Fri Sept 20, 12-2 pm, Beyond Engagement: Leading Together in Communities at the Master Builder’s Association, 335 116th Ave SE, Bellevue. Presented by Eastside For All as part of the City of Bellevue’s Cross-Cultural Center without Walls. RSVP here.
- Information Sessions for the City of Bellevue’s 2025-2026 operating budget and 2025-2034 Capital Improvement Program (CIP) Plans
- Crossroads Community Center, Mon, Sept 23, 6-7:30 pm
- North Bellevue Community Center, Tues, Sept 24, 1-2:30 pm
- South Bellevue Community Center, Thurs, Sept 26, 6-7:30 pm
Save the Date:
- Sun Sept 22, 7-8 pm – Postcards and Letterwriting Zoom Get-together with Indivisible Eastside
- Tues Sept 24, 4 pm – Project 2025: What does it mean for you? Presented by Virginia Tech.
- Thurs Sept 26, 11:30 am-1 pm – PorchLight Men’s Shelter Light the Way Fundraising Luncheon – at Bellevue College.
- Thurs Sept 26, 6 pm – Kirkland Planning Commission, 2044 Comprehensive Plan Public Hearing on Housing. Open house 4-5:30. Kirkland City Hall. Link will be on this website.
- Sat Sept 28, 12-4 pm – U District Chow Down and Street Party. Volunteers needed to welcome UW students and Register Voters/GOTV from 12-4 pm. Please contact Barb Tengtio barbt@lwvskc.org.
- Sat Oct 5, 3-4:30 pm Indivisible Eastside Group Meeting – In Person at the Kirkland Library, 308 Kirkland Ave, Kirkland.
- Wed Oct 16, 6:30-8 pm – Securing a Multiracial Democracy: A Conversation with Steve Phillips (author of How We Win the Civil War). Town Hall, Seattle.
- Thurs Oct 17, 6-7 pm – NAMI Eastside: Online Forum for the Insurance Commissioner Race.
Recorded events to check out:
- Check out the latest Indivisible Podcast: WA Supreme Court Candidate Sal Mungia
Apple Podcast | SoundCloud Video: Facebook | YouTube
- Previous Indivisible Podcasts via Apple, Soundcloud, YouTube and Facebook
- All past Washington Indivisible Podcasts – youtube.com/WashingtonIndivisibleNetwork
… and More:
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- Sign up for Take Action Network to organize and track your Activism.
- Check out the Indivisible Eastside logo wear store at www.cafepress.com/IndivisibleEastside.
- Email hello@IndivisibleEastside.com with ideas for the newsletter, questions about how to become involved, and ideas for long-term projects you’d like to be involved in.
- Forward this email to a friend!
Resources:
- Take Action Network – easy ways to interact with state legislature
- Washington State Indivisible Podcast
- Washington Indivisible Network YouTube Channel
- https://bit.ly/RunForSchoolBoardGuideWA
- https://bit.ly/RunForSchoolBoardAddendum
- https://bit.ly/RunForSchoolBoardGuideBlurb
- Indivisible Eastside Resources
- Indivisible Eastside Postcards to Voters Campaigns
- Washington State District Finder – Congressional and Legislative districts
- myreps.datamade.us – local and county districts
- US Senate Calendar , US House Of Representatives Calendar