Actions

Resources including Immigrant Support, Eastside Protests, Postcarding and more.

For the week of September 21, 2026

 

🎙️Sep 21, 2026 Weekly Actions Audio – available for when you’re on the go

🔷 Thank you for joining us at our the IE Group Meeting on Saturday. We heard from noted immigration attorney Jay Stansell about the current situation and how we can fight back. You can see his presentation slides HERE. Please check them out – it was very powerful. We also learned about plans for IE’s No Kings: Vote Early project (not a protest) on Oct 17, as well as updates on upcoming events including GOTV overpass bannering, a Ballots ‘n Brews party in Redmond, and another field trip to the King County Ballot Processing Center in Renton. Thank you for your donations of non-perishable food items for Rose Hill Middle School’s food bank. If you weren’t able to join us you can catch up by checking the meeting slides.

🔷  In recent weeks there has been a big increase in abductions by ICE all over our region, including the Eastside. There are some immediate ways that we can assist our immigrant neighbors. Please help if you can. 

  • Donate to the organizations who work directly with impacted families. Their financial needs are real and increasing – e.g. legal help, rent, food and other practical assistance. Our Eastside organizations doing this work are –
    • 4 Tomorrow – provides assistance and resources that help our community members navigate systems, overcome barriers, and build self-sufficiency.
    • The Circle – provides a safe space where individuals and families are empowered to gain knowledge, celebrate their cultures, and engage with their communities.
    • Eastside For All – transform East King County into a place where racial, economic, and social justice are made possible for communities of color.
    • Africans on the Eastside – supports youth and their families by providing outreach, education, advocacy training, and leadership opportunities.
  • Join an Adopt-a-Corner (Home Depot) group. They do great work supporting day laborers in our area, several of whom have recently been affected by ICE operations. For more information please see our linked document.
  • Consider taking our one-hour Constitutional Observer class so that you will know what to do if you see ICE activity. Think of it like knowing how to do CPR – you hope you’ll never need it but you’ll be glad to know what to do if the situation arises.

Weekly Actions

 

✊ Action 1 – Stop Puget Sound Energy’s Rate Hike!

From 350Tacoma

Puget Sound Energy (PSE) has once again proposed another rate hike to the Utilities and Transportation Commission (UTC). If approved, this hike will impact almost 2 million Washington households. This time they’re requesting an almost 30% increase on electric bills and almost 20% on gas bills. Once again, they blame environmental policies for the hike in price, citing compliance with the Climate Commitment Act as the cause.

So far, PSE keeps pushing off adoption of building electrification programs that would improve indoor air quality, reduce emissions damaging our climate and cost customers less. Instead, PSE wastes our money buying offsets that produce no tangible benefits. 

In previous rate cases with large public pushback on PSE’s bad “investments”, the UTC has vastly reduced the amount of rate hike being approved. 

Action: Submit comments to the UTC through either of these methods:

(You can unsubscribe after submitting if you want.)

If you are interested in commenting or attending a hearing, the UTC will host a virtual public comment hearing on Oct 7 from 6-8 pm.

Thank you for taking the time to push back against this rate hike, which will cause problems for many PSE customers in our community. 

✊ Action 2 – Make a Plan to Help to Get Out the Vote!

💥 Top Tips

  • VoteWA.gov – Washington state’s official voter registration and information portal: For voter registration and tracking the status of your ballot, visit votewa.gov . Ballots are placed in the mail to registered voters by October 16.  
  • WA Dems Voter Protection Hotline: If you have questions about voting or your ballot, call the Voter Protection hotline at 206-309-VOTE (8683).
  • DO NOT use votesafe.org. This is a fake voter registration site set up by Elon Musk that will grab your data and personal information and does not actually register people to vote. 

💥 Turn Out Overseas Voters! 🌎

Last week we reminded you about overseas voters and how important their votes are, particularly in close elections. If they are a Washington voter their ballots were sent on Sept 19. If you know a left-leaning American who is overseas (such as working or retired; in a study abroad program; on sabbatical; in the military; or temporarily abroad during the November election), please make sure they know that they can go to votefromabroad.org, where they will get all the information they need. Using the Washington state voter portal, they can also register online and/or print or have their ballot emailed to them rather than wait for USPS to deliver it.

The Progressive Voters Guide will give them all of the information that they need about races and candidates. The new version will be out soon – please send it to your friends and family who vote from overseas!

💥 Volunteer to GOTV

There are opportunities aplenty out there! Keep an eye on this space and check this page for previous actions.  

💥Help to Defeat the harmful initiatives on the ballot

No Hate in WA State: Needed Actions to Defeat I-001 and I-638:

Governor Ferguson has joined  over 250 organizations, including the Seattle Times editorial board in opposing the initiatives, and the No Hate in WA State Campaign is gaining more traction. Unfortunately we can’t assume these initiatives will be defeated and need to spread the word.  Watch and share this powerful message from Campaign Manager Libby Watson.

Here’s how to get the word out to VOTE NO statewide:

  • Talk with your friends, neighbors, and anyone you meet about the harmful impacts of I-001 and I-638.  Even non-voters know other voters, especially since the votes may impact them.
  • Phone bank virtually on Wednesdays (5-7 pm) and Sundays (4-6 pm) – training provided before calling begins.
  • Canvass – kick-off canvassing on the Eastside begins Oct 1.
  • Join a tabling event – we need help at Issaquah Salmon Days on Oct 3 & 4.  Email Jan at kapoho.yo@frontier.com to join.
  • Sign the online Pledge to Vote NO.
  • Write a Letter to the Editor of your city/local paper – template and tips provided.

No on 645 – I-645 would repeal the Millionaires Tax, a historic new law that will modestly increase taxes on just the top half of one percent of Washingtonians – while cutting taxes for the other 99.5% of us. The first campaign ad is live on television, kicking off a substantial advertising campaign that will run through the election on November 3. You can see the ad HERE. Please share widely!

⛅ Bright Spots

  • The Clarity Act (industry-friendly, Trump-friendly crypto regulation) failed its cloture vote, so is almost certainly dead for the session. We joined Indivisible National in actively opposing it. Thank you for taking action!
  • The Supreme Court rejected Trump mail ballot restrictions for now ahead of midterms.
  • The state Supreme Court struck down a ballot measure passed by voters in 2024 that aimed to slow the transition from natural gas to electrification. 
  • For those of you keeping score, the DOJ is now 0-24 in their attempt to force states to hand over voter data.

Upcoming Events

📣 Everyday Actions

 

See Eastside and Seattle Protests 2026

See Ways to Help our Immigrant Neighbors

See Postcarding & Letter Writing resources on our website

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