This week Civic Action

110: CAT members who have taken action

239: Signed in to support

98: Days left in the legislative session!

Hello Jeanne,

Today we celebrate the life and legacy of civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr. We also acknowledge that it is a working day for legislators.

Welcome to week 2 of the legislative session!

We are grassroots advocates! Policies are crafted by subject experts and sponsored by elected leaders. Professional lobbyists are hired strategists behind the scenes. We are grassroots advocates and our job is to stay informed, make our voices heard and hold electeds accountable. Our work, rooted in our 350 WA Network Mission and Values, plays an important role in shaping state policy!

In this email we’ll be taking action on four bills:

We’ll provide written comments via the legislative website for this week’s hearings held for The Heal Act and Growth Management Act and Cap and Trade*.

We’ll email and ask the chair and specific committee members to vote yes in the executive session for the Police Tactics bill.

*With the Cap and Trade bill finally available for analysis and with our 350 WA Network now holding our formal decision-making process on our position on this policy for the remainder of the session, things are moving fast as this bill already has a hearing this week. We at the 350 WA CAT want to be sure to offer our members guidance on how to respond this week. The Civic Action Team (CAT) is recommending that our campaign members follow the current guidancecoming from our community partners to oppose this bill, in order to make sure the legislative committee hears some of the leading causes of concern and reasons for opposition.

To those of you who have participated in previous years, you’ll notice that we are asking people to weigh in differently this year. We’re making use of the tools the legislature provides for this unusual session. Thanks for being patient as we adjust to a virtual legislative session! We’re all learning these new tools, and taking action will get easier the more we do it.

Ready to take action? Let’s go!

— Katherine, and the whole bunch of CAT volunteers

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