Washington Community Action Network: A grassroots community organization fighting for racial, social and economic justice.
Seattle, WA
Joined October 2009
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🚨This is no joke, the new WashingtonCAN website launches TODAY, and what better way to announce than in our first newsletter of year alongside our 1st round of 2024 Endorsements🗳️?? 🤯🤩
⏰ is ticking, keep an eye on your emails! 👀
We need you to send a personalized email to the Senate Rules Committee urging them to pull KOCA to the Senate for a full vote.
If this doesn’t move in the next 24 hours, the bill will die. We can’t let this happen.
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Click the link!
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Sorry to hear that. There are many of us! And I'm very proud to be part of the LGBTQ+ community. 🏳️🌈
(I should note: There are LGBTQ+ people on every news station in the Seattle market.)
Hope you have a great day!
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A Black family in Seattle got their home appraised: $670,000.
3 weeks later, they took down their family photos and African art. A white neighbor stood in for the family when a new appraiser arrived.
New value: $929,000.
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Many states don’t allow mail-in ballots to be counted before Election Day.
But many races can’t be called until mail-ins are counted, which can take over 24h.
This is normal, but some GOP are laying ground to claim any race not called tonight is suspicious. Don’t fall for it.
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Where will YOU be on Election Night? #RaiseTheWageTukwila RSVP: bit.ly/rtwt-party
ALT Text: "Let's raise a glass and watch the results drop at the election night party! Tuesday, Nov. 8 at 7pm, The Sullivan Center, 14350 Tukwila Int'l Blvd." Image: Raise the Wage Tukwila hot air balloon logo against a sky and clouds background with text "Did we??"
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Glenn, produce manager at Safeway 3317 in Port Orchard, brought his dog Luna to vote today!
“If I get a raise, she gets a raise!”
Voting continues today from 4-8 PM at the Kitsap Conference Center in Bremerton and at the Olympia Center.
ALT Glenn, worker at Safeway, poses for a photo with his dog, Luna. Both he and Luna are wearing face masks!
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Naomi Oligario works at Safeway in Port Orchard, where she’s worked for 37 years! She’s also a member of the contract negotiations team.
Today, her daughters Kiana (bakery) and Mailani (Starbucks) joined her to vote. Both of them also work at the same Safeway!
ALT Naomi, Kiana, and Mailani are all Safeway workers. They are posing for a group photo as Naomi and Kiana drop voting ballots into a black box.
We are proud to stand with our essential workers who deserve increased wages, secure pensions, and improved health plan benefits ✊🏼
"This contract is a historic deal. No one in our industry in this region has ever seen wage increases like this and it will go a long way to address inequities in Fred Meyer stores," said Jeff Smith (Snohomish, Fred Meyer). #1u @UFCW_3000 thestand.org/?p=108180
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Helen Ofrancia is here voting on her new contract and her sister, Trifina, is accompanying her! Helen has worked at Safeway for 30 years and is a checker at Safeway 219 in Seattle.
“I’m excited for the increase to our pension funding, especially as I prepare for retirement!”
ALT Helen, Safeway worker and UFCW 3000 member, is photographed sitting at a table with her sister.
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One more shot of Count Bleed Ya Dry at the @Premera #WeDenyYourClaim event! Thank you so much to @WashingtonCAN for organizing and to @BackboneCampaig for letting us take out the Count!
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Count Bleed Ya Dry spotted at the "@Premera - We Deny Your Claim" event organized by @WashingtonCAN! Perfect for the anniversary of #Medicare!
#M4M4ALL
Healthcare.
Housing.
Mass liberation.
Don't let them fool you into thinking these aren't related or that people don't deserve access to all of it. We have us and we make our future happen by coming together to look out for one another ✊🏿✊🏾✊🏽✊🏼✊🏻
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"When Odette approached the apartment complex about renewing her lease in June, she learned the monthly rent would rise by $300 a month...
"Even as the pandemic comes to a close, the economic recovery is far over. People continue to struggle to pay their most basic bills, and summer always means that the kids who rely on school lunches as their only meal of the day have to find alternative ways to feed themselves.
The pandemic revealed the inherent interdependence and dramatic inequity of the systems that shape our lives. It showed us that housing, economic stability, and racial justice are all part of the quality of our public health.