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Spokane People of Color Legislative Conference
People of Color Legislative Conference
Areas of Focus Discussion for Spokane Region
Saturday, October 12th, 2019
The summit has three main goals: 1) to stimulate dialogue between diverse POC organizations, community leaders, and state legislators of color to build statewide solidarity, unity and mobilizing capacity on the most important issues to our collective communities of color; 2) to organize a platform for community leaders of color to develop a Legislative Agenda of top priorities for the Senate and House Members of Color Caucus (MOCC) to push forward; and 3) to come out with a working list of who’s working on what issue in what region, so that organizations across the state can build on momentum made at the summit. This is not meant to pre-empt any individual community’s legislative priorities, only build a resource for connecting people and organizations with shared issues.
Racial Justice Community Leaders
“Racial Justice Community Leaders” were invited to the summit and asked to bring their organization’s legislative priorities and were “welcome to invite POC community leaders you know to register for the event.”
Community Leaders of Color
The purpose of the summit was to hear from and connect people of color community leaders and legislators of color to build solidarity and mobilizing capacity across the state for issues that are of highest priority to our collective communities of color.
Below are Spokane’s top 10 priorities for each of the categories discussed.
Racial and Criminal Justice
- End cash bail
- Decriminalize driving with 3rd degree suspend license
- Decriminalize poverty
- I-1000 (pro) affirmative action (ref. 88 on ballot)
- Expedition of voting rights restoration of people with felonies
- HB 1517: Risk assessment, etc. for DV and IPV (need racial equity lens plus broader rep from impacted population)
- Rights and education for women who enter prison while pregnant
- True blood legislation
Housing, Homelessness, Displacement, & Human Services
- Statewide rent control
- Just cause eviction statewide
- Fair chance housing
- Enhance reentry housing
- More $ for permanent affordable housing
- Rental inspection
- Landlord registry
- Civil-legal aid/right to council for eviction court
- Build in rent grace period or remove 3 notice protection revocation
- Decriminalizing public camping
- Data privacy
Education
- Loan forgiveness
- Universal voluntary access to ECAP
- Full day kindergarten, Headstart
- Raise ECAP poverty threshold so more people qualify
- Cultural competence for Pre-K teachers
- Increase support for teachers plus families for accessing development resources
- Fund to provide disciplinary diversion to keep kids in classroom
- More teachers/authority figures of color
- Race pay equity-equal pay
Other
- Racial health equity (tied for first priority)
- Consideration of voting rights/participation in underrepresented communities (tied for first priority)
- Ask for expulsion of Matt Shea (tied for second priority)
- More $ resources towards impact of nuclear industry on communities of color (tied for second priority)
If you want to know what organizations and individuals registered for the event and represented people of color in our Spokane community, contact Terri Anderson and Jac Archer, the facilitators of the Spokane summit.
If you would like to see the entire list of issues suggested for consideration click here.
Something You Can: Vote
Can they do it FOR us?…
Without Us? I Don’t Think So!… What Do You Think?
The deadline for registration has been extended to Tuesday, October 8th for the 2nd Washington State People of Color Legislative Summit (POCLS).
Community leaders of color across Washington are cordially invited to join us on Saturday, October 12th, 10am-4pm at one of nine locations. The purpose of the summit is to hear from and connect POC communities leaders and legislators of color to build solidarity and mobilizing capacity across the state for issues that are of highest priority to our collective communities of color. Further updates:
- Spokane location: Spokane Falls Community College Buyilding 30 room 212 3410 W Fort George Wright Dr. Spokane WA 99224
- You can watch a live stream of the Opening and Full Plenaries here: https://www.tvw.org/watch/?eventID=2019101012 . You cannot engage over live stream.
You are welcome to invite POC community leaders you know to register for this event. Snacks and refreshments will be provided at each location. All locations have parking and are ADA accessible. This statewide summit will have separate meeting rooms sited at college campuses around the state, virtually joined together using “Zoom” video conferencing. Each site will have a lead facilitator and staff to provide support and ensure a productive conference. If you have any questions or comments, please contact the project manager at jenny.chang@leg.wa.gov.
Below are photos from the People of Color Coalition Candidates Forum Sept 28 at East Central Community Center. Photographs By Robert Lloyd
No New Jail
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Here Is something you and others can do. Ask your friends to copy, fill out and send the form below to Spokane County Commissioners: 500 N Cedar St Spokane WA 99201
Black Prisoner’s Caucus Family & Community Summit
Duaa-Rahemaal Williams
Duaa Williams organized this summit held at The Carl Maxey Center on September 28 2019 to bring the formerly incarcerated together with the communities they are still a part of. The goal is to bring “humanizing and fellowshiping” into the incarceration system, as NAACP President Kurtis Robinson said in an interview on KYRS radio:
Spokane Needs a More Progressive Mayor
We asked the mayor of Spokane and the City Council to provide warming shelters for the homeless almost a year ago. The city council acted. Mayor Condon refused to act. Mayoral Candidate Nadine Woodward believes that homelessness can be solved with law enforcement. Mayoral Candidate Ben Stuckart and City Council have proposed short term and long term solutions to homelessness. Last year we had four warming shelters open and they were insufficient. This year we have only one.
2019 Spokane Students Striking Over Climate
How We See It: She Is Trusted
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Invite your friends and relatives to a Fill Out Your Ballot Party.
Get a sign for your yard, a t-shirt or button to show your support.
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Building 100 Discussion Groups
We have all been to many meetings and rallies at the end of which no one knows what they can do. If you participate in demonstrations, rallies and social media you need to go to your local coffee house and have a discussion with five to ten individuals about what you can do about racial and social justice and community development. Begin building the community you want to live in. We want to build 100 of these coffee discussion groups. You may want to come to one of these listed below. Or start your own and let us know. Be sure to invite someone from the affected classes.
There are now several First Thursday Coffee and Discussion groups:
- First Thursday Coffee & Discussion East Central Community Center 10 am 500 S Stone
- First Thursday Original Coffee & Discussion 10:00 am Rocket Market 726 E 43rd (meets 2nd & 4th Thursdays)
- Third Thursday Film Discussion 10 am Usually held in a member’s home. That person selects the film and sends out the invitation notice. Contact rdlloyd@comcast.net or call 509.999.1263 for more information.
- First Thursday Evening Discussion 6 – 8 pm BEGINS July 11 Carl Maxey Center 3116 E 5th Avenue
- African American Men’s Discussion 6 – 8 pm BEGINS July 11 Carl Maxey Center 3116 E 5th Avenue
Call to Participation
Those interested in racial and social justice
Those interested in community development
5-10 people meeting regularly for deep discussion
Willing to meet regularly to plan strategies and take actions
First meeting: Thursday July 11 6 – 8 pm Carl Maxey Center 3116 E 5th Avenue
Depending on the number of participants we will divide into smaller groups based on interest. Each group can schedule future meetings.
Contact: (509) 999-1263 or rdlloyd@comcast.net