#TakeAction – July 3, 2020

Happy Friday! Here is how you can #TakeAction today, July 3rd:

🔶 Support Black Women Candidates for the Washington State Legislature
🔶 Tell your WA legislators to avoid knee-jerk special session budget cuts
🔶 Post a picture to social media demonstrating how it is patriotic this holiday weekend to wear a mask and practice social distancing

1) Action: Support Black Women Candidates for the Washington State Legislature

One way to ensure that current protests lead to lasting change is to elect Black leaders at all levels of government. Here are seven Black women candidates running for the state legislature this cycle.

• Tanisha Harris, 17th Legislative District (House) https://www.electtanisha.com/
• Joy Pratt Stanford, 26th Legislative District (House) https://www.joyforwashington.com/
• T’wina Nobles, 28th Legislative District (Senate) https://twinanobles.com/
• Jamila Taylor, 30th Legislative District (House) http://www.electjamilataylor.com/
• Andrea Caupain, 37th Legislative District (House) https://www.electandrea.org/
• Kirsten Harris-Talley, 37th Legislative District (House). https://www.electkht.org/
• April Berg, 44th Legislative District (House) https://www.aprilberg.com/

Persist PAC of Washington’s “Black Women Lead” campaign will support the above candidates here: https://secure.actblue.com/donate/blackwomenleadwa

2) Action: Tell your WA legislators to avoid knee-jerk special session budget cuts

Use FUSE Washington’s handy tool to tell our legislators to avoid knee-jerk budget cuts and keep investments flowing to the people and small businesses that need it most: https://fusewashington.actionkit.com/letter/StopWABudgetCuts/#

3) Action: Post a picture to social media demonstrating how it is patriotic this July 4th to wear a mask and practice social distancing

**CALENDAR**We are posting more and more events (both for our group and outside of it) on our calendar. Check it out! http://www.indivisible-wa8.com/calendar/

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