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11th Legislative District Caucus & Nominating Convention

Legislative District Caucus & Nominating Convention This caucuses shall be held on April 28, 2012 from 10:00 am to 1:00 pm. at the IAM 751 International Machinists and Aerospace headquarters 9125 15th Place South Seattle, WA 98108-5100. Details here: 11th Legislative District Caucus & Nominating Convention

Camp Wellstone: Seattle

Register today! This 2.5 day training, running from 3-9pm Friday, 9am-6:00pm Saturday, and 9am-3:30pm Sunday, combines lectures from highly experienced trainers, stimulating exercises, and interactive simulations. We’re counting on you to organize around issues that matter, help build campaigns for the future, and elect progressive candidates to office. Camp Wellstone is divided into three tracks: …

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LAC & Jobs

The King County Democrats LAC meets every month at various convenient locations to discuss, update and answer questions from the attendees. To find LAC meeting times: go to King County Democrats website or email sarajane3h@comcast.net. There are 10 issues of importance to the committee for legislative action. I have selected HB 2793 for starters. This bill …

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Special session starts and budget update from Zack Hudgins

Because the House and Senate were unable to agree on a supplemental operating budget during regular session, we are currently in a 30 day special session. (As a reminder, there was a philosophical shift in the Senate during the last week of regular session, when three conservative Senators voted with Republicans to move a Republican …

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Internship Opportunities in Congressman Adam Smith’s Offices

Congressman Adam Smith’s Washington, D.C. and Tacoma, WA Offices  Currently Accepting Internship Applications The offices of Congressman Adam Smith are accepting applications for Summer 2012 internships.  By assisting the Congressman’s district staff, interns have the opportunity to gain firsthand knowledge about how a Congressional office provides constituent services and interacts with the community. Interns in the Washington, …

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The Governor will sign HB 1860

Govenor’s Bills HB 1860 The Governor will sign HB 1860 this Friday at 1:30. Democrats are encouraged to attend. Zach Smith will represent the State Party at the bill signing. Rep. Hunt, on behalf of the State Central Committee I would like thank you for the leadership you demonstrated in shepherding this bill to preserve PCO …

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HB 1860 PCO Bill

HB 1860 HB 1860 is on the Governor’s desk… Good work, everyone. Our PCO bill passed the House 97 to 1, and is now awaiting the Governor’s signature.

SAVE THE DATE: Social media training on 3/15

From Misty Shock Rule: The Precinct Caucuses are coming up fast, and April 15th will be here before we know it. We’re working on developing our communications plan for the caucuses, and we want to help you with yours! With that in mind, we will be hosting an online webinar on how to use social media …

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OFA Organizing Boot Camp

Organizing for America is doing a series of courses for their boot camp.  Sorry about the late notice on this, but I just received the info.  There are still plenty of courses left.  I’ve attached the flyer for details: OFA Night School 2 0 Flyer The next course if on Tuesday, March 6th. Register for the …

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How to follow 11th LD posts via RSS

After the website upgrade, your RSS feeds won’t function correctly anymore.  Hopefully, you have seen this message.  The new link to follow via our RSS feed is: http://www.11thlddems.org/feed/

People’s Academy for Community Engagement Leadership Training

The City of Seattle is offering leadership training with a focus on developing young leaders, especially among minority communities.  More information is included in the following word document / brochure (pdf). PACE brochure PACE Application Form

You can be a delegate to the 2012 Democratic National Convention

How to follow 11th LD Events

I’ve changed the way events are posted to the 11th LD website.  Instead of following via RSS, our events are now posted to a Google Calendar.  You can view it here: 11th LD Google Calendar

South Park Bridge Construction Photos

Since a few of us 11th LD members are also residents of South Park, here you go: To document construction of the new South Park Bridge, the King County Road Services Division is working with University of Washington professor and historic building documentary photographer John Stamets.  The photos can be found here: http://1.usa.gov/ye98ho  

Website is online

The website is back online.  I’ve made some slight changes to the layout and I’ll have to recategorize posts that didn’t transfer their posts together.  We are now hosted on Dreamhost!  http://dreamhost.com/

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