Washington CAN

Washington Community Action Network: A grassroots community organization fighting for racial, social and economic justice.

[Washington CAN @WashingtonCAN]

🚨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! 👀

[Washington CAN @WashingtonCAN]

Comment why you believe in racial justice!

[Washington CAN @WashingtonCAN]

https://t.co/WPzxtjHS6X please fill this out for HB1189!

[Washington CAN @WashingtonCAN]

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.

https://t.co/pXMO66qxAc
Click the link!

[Steve McCarron KOMO @SteveTVNews]

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!

[Mike Baker @ByMikeBaker]

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.

https://t.co/ogYlmNYrLW

[Washington CAN @WashingtonCAN]

But on a more serious note do y’all see how people back up wealth to the point of violence? They were literally protesting to be able to afford medication to live.

[Washington CAN @WashingtonCAN]

did y’all see that punch 😭😭😭 I just know he’s getting fired for that LMAOOO

[Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez @AOC]

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.

[Transit Riders Union @SeattleTRU]

Where will YOU be on Election Night? #RaiseTheWageTukwila RSVP: https://t.co/Bnst8H92Bz

[UFCW 3000 @UFCW_3000]

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.

[UFCW 3000 @UFCW_3000]

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!

[Washington CAN @WashingtonCAN]

We are proud to stand with our essential workers who deserve increased wages, secure pensions, and improved health plan benefits ✊🏼

[The STAND @TheStandWA]

"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 https://t.co/HqeEdBToPQ

[UFCW 3000 @UFCW_3000]

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!”

[🍎Seattle March for #HealthcareJustice ☔ @Seattle_M4A]

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!

[🍎Seattle March for #HealthcareJustice ☔ @Seattle_M4A]

Count Bleed Ya Dry spotted at the "@Premera - We Deny Your Claim" event organized by @WashingtonCAN! Perfect for the anniversary of #Medicare!

#M4M4ALL

[Washington CAN @WashingtonCAN]

"When you have a special-needs daughter with a host of doctors' appointments — even with adequate health insurance, you've got co-pays," she said. "Now, it's just going to make it significantly more stressful if there was something major coming up.""

[Washington CAN @WashingtonCAN]

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 ✊🏿✊🏾✊🏽✊🏼✊🏻

https://t.co/XHDKdO7Xpj

[Washington CAN @WashingtonCAN]

"When Odette approached the apartment complex about renewing her lease in June, she learned the monthly rent would rise by $300 a month...

[Washington CAN @WashingtonCAN]

Now, as we celebrate the ability to travel and hug loved ones is also the time to remember that we can and should right these wrongs before we find ourselves in the midst of yet another crisis."

—Mary Le Nguyen, Washington CAN Executive Director

[Washington CAN @WashingtonCAN]

"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.

[Washington CAN @WashingtonCAN]

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.