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Whether you’re thinking about running for office or stepping up to support a candidate, this is your moment. We’re offering a series of free, live, virtual trainings this July to get you ready to lead, organize, and win.

 👉RSVP now to save your seat — spaces fill fast!

Here’s what’s coming up:

📅 Tues, July 8 — So You Want to Run for Office

Considering a run but haven’t filed? We’ll walk you through the decision-making process, choosing the right office, and how to build your team.

📅 Wed, July 9 — Field Tactics 101

Field wins elections. Learn the most effective voter contact strategies and how to use them together for maximum impact.

📅 Mon, July 14 — Running an Effective Canvass Operation

Planning a door-to-door program? Learn how to build smart scripts, recruit volunteers, and reach your community effectively.

📅 Thurs, July 17 — Peer-to-Peer Texting on Campaigns

Texting is one of the most powerful tools in a campaign toolbox. We’ll show you how to use it the right way.

📅 Mon, July 21 — Phone Banking for Campaigns

Master the basics of phone banking, from script writing to managing a volunteer team.

📅 Tues, July 22 — Tech Time: Setting Up a Virtual Phone Bank

Hands-on VoteBuilder training so you can confidently set up a remote phone bank.

📅 Wed, July 30 — Rural Canvassing

Running or supporting a campaign in a rural area? Learn proven tactics to reach voters in low-density areas.

Don’t wait. These trainings are free, live, and open to anyone looking to make a difference.

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You are invited to our People’s Town Hall

Greetings Democrats and Friends,

You are invited to our People’s Town Hall in the 4th Congressional District with the Attorney General Nick Brown for AG speaking, a welcome from Ana Ruiz Kennedy , and moderated by 16th LD Democrats Chair Jeff Strickler on July 14th!

We want to hear from you and listen to your stories about how Trump’s extreme agenda has impacted you and your communities. Please share this invite with democrats in your area and members in your local parties!

Please join us at HAPO Center in Pasco WA, on July 14th from 5:30 – 7 PM.

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to have a guaranteed seat in the auditorium!

– Democratically yours, Franklin Democrats Executive Board

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Franklin County Democratic Central Committee

PO Box 2621

Pasco, WA 99302

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BADGER FORUM Thursday, July 17 | Noon

Regional Transportation Planning

Ag and Rural Caucus for July

Policy Briefing
 6:30 pm Thursday 17 July
Lynda Mapes, Seattle Times: Environment, Natural History, Native American Tribes
Columbia at a Crossroads: a look at the great river of the west
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Our neighbors from Spokane to Pasco to Quincy are passionate about the Snake River Dams. Almost all are passionate that the dams stay in place as they have for nearly seventy years.

I share this passion about Grand Coulee and the Columbia Basin Project. Even when Grand Coulee (and Chief Joseph) closes off salmon migration, I have seen the enormous change the Project has brought to central Washington. I remember Dad driving us across the Basin and seeing the dusty parcels of alfalfa next to the mobile home with a couple of hand lines trying to make a difference in the sand. These memories now live only in my mind and on the pages of Basin histories. My memories of scarcity are replaced by shiny Grant County tourism brochures boasting of prosperity.

So, what about the Lower Snake River dams? Who has comparable memories of economic transformation coming from these dams? Not many, I suspect. Yet eastern Washington has the same sense of investment in these dams as I have in Grand Coulee. The LSR dams do provide a modest amount of electrical power to BPA, a little irrigation in Franklin county, and enough subsidized barge traffic to qualify Lewiston as a seaport.

The economic benefits of the LSR dams can be replaced by solar panels, some investment to keep water flowing to Ice Harbor orchards, and restoration of the rail network in southern Whitman County.

This is where our neighbors’ personal investment in the LSR dams is out of proportion to their economic exposure. This is the province of passion. Using “culture” to stand in for passion may make the puzzle more tractable.

I confess that I lack the tools to deconstruct culture. This is where we need Lynda Mapes and her perspective to help us understand ourselves and our neighbors. Lynda has the tools to understand culture. Even so, this is a lot to ask of her. That is why your voice counts. Join the conversation.

Don
9 July 2025
Lynda Mapes is going to give us a tour of the Columbia/Snake River. She sees the Columbia River at a crossroads. To be at a crossroad, of course, means that you select a path forward. This notion of choice may mean that you allow the past simply to push you forward in one direction, or it may mean that you imagine a quite different path. Either way, it helps to know the path we have taken to arrive at this crossroads.

Lynda will give us a read on how we Europeans have influenced the metaphoric – and actual -  flow of the Columbia over the last two hundred years or so. Some of this will be familiar and even reassuring. Other aspects may not be so comfortable.  

This part is the path to the present. The path forward…what are our choices?

Don
7 July 2025

Our Better Practices roundtable is on the first Thursday of each month at 6:30 pm.. Use the link above for 2025.

Our Policy Series is on the third Thursday of each month at 6:30 pm. Use the link above for 2025. 

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Ag and Rural Caucus
2921 Mud Creek Rd
Waitsburg, WA 99361

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Mon, Jul 7 @ 5pm
SURJ: How to host a Mass Meeting – Gatherings big and small to win it all! ›

This summer we’re turning up the heat. Millions of people are getting activated around Trump’s authoritarian regime – many for the first time ever! We…

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Wed, Jul 9 @ 5pm
SURJ Action Hours: Summer to Grow, Turn Up the Heat! ›

Join us on Wednesdays — whether you are new to SURJ, or have been organizing with us for awhile — to take action together. We do things like call …

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Wed, Jul 30 @ 5pm
Summer to Grow: Peer Support Calls ›

## SUMMER TO GROW: PEER SUPPORT CALLS This is a community space for connection, learning, and support for anyone participating in Summer to Grow — wh…

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This is just a reminder that the Washington State organization of the League of Women Voters has some excellent resources on becoming involved in your democracy.

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Local Meetings

Benton County

Meetings are the 4th Thursday of every month

  • 6:30 pm – Benton County Democratic Central Committee
    Meetings held in-person at various locations and on Zoom. Subscribe to Benton County Democrats to get on the email list for meeting links.

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Franklin County Democrats

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  • Social time 5:30
  • Business Meeting 6:00

Tri-Cities Young Democrats

Currently no meetings are being scheduled

Location changes so please check their Facebook Page for details

Tri-City Democrats Potluck

Meetings are every 2nd Friday of each month, 6 pm – 8 pm

Meetings held in-person and on Zoom. Subscribe to Benton County Democrats to get on the email list for meeting links.

Please check the Facebook Page for details.

Register to Vote Online

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New voters may register online or by mail no later than the Monday four weeks before Election Day, or in person until the Monday one week before Election Day. For the General Election, ballots will be mailed October 14th. Have questions? 1-800-448-4881