Happy Pride!🌈💖 We have a packed summer ahead. Here are this week’s campaign updates.
Campaign Updates:
–RSVP for our LAUNCH EVENT! We’re excited to share that No Hate in WA State’s general election kickoff is Wednesday, June 17th at 5:15p at Neumos in Capitol Hill, with special guests Congresswoman Pramila Jayapal, King County Executive Girmay Zahilay, Councilmember Dionne Foster, Jaelynn Scott, STANCE Choir, Northwest Girlchoir, and more to be announced. We are only at 30% of our goal – RSVP and join us here! Help us reach folks starting today by including us in upcoming emails or newsletters, using this email blurb here.
-Are you a NHWS partner organization? Please complete our kickoff attendance survey by Friday, June 12th, here.
-MERCH IS HERE! Our official store is live!, and we are so excited to share it with all of you. Grab all of these items: yard signs, hats, canvas tote bags, stickers, along with adult and children’s-sized t-shirts, tanks, hoodies, and bumper magnets. We’d like to give a huge thank you to the graphic designers who’ve made this possible, and if you’re a graphic designer, we’d love to work with you. Keep an eye out as we add more items in the future!
-Event merch sales! Keep an eye out for merch, including NHWS yard signs, at upcoming events.
-Our social media toolkit is here! You can help us expand our reach, and build a counter-narrative to anti-LGBTQ+/anti-trans rhetoric wherever you have socials. Check it out here to get started!
-Coalition meetings are here every week! Registration is now required to receive a meeting invitation. Please register so they’re on your calendar and feel free to share with any other supporters who may want to join.
–We have nearly 190+ endorsing organizations and over 100 elected officials who’ve endorsed!📈🌟 Thank you for endorsing and spreading the word to make this growing coalition possible. A few of our recent endorsers from the last week include: State Representative Osman Salahuddin, Burien Mayor Sarah Moore, and State Representative Beth Doglio, along GLAAD, Progreso Latino Caucus, Pride at Work AFL-CIO, and the Puget Sound Advocates for Retirement Action.
–Campaign social media is live! 📸📱 Please follow our official accounts on Instagram (@nohateinwastate), Threads (@nohateinwastate), Bluesky (@nohateinwastate.bsky.social), and Facebook (No Hate in WA State) then like our posts, comment and share! You can (and should!) do this from your personal and organizational accounts. This organic social media reach will go a long way in increasing our campaign’s visibility and awareness of the initiatives.
-NHWS is hosting fundraisers all across the state, and we’d love to see you there! RSVP using the following links: [June 18th] Bellingham, [June 30th] Port Townsend, and [July 11th] Olympia.
-Pride Month is here!🌈 With events in full swing, including 9 occurring this Saturday, June 6th, NHWS wants to have a presence at as many events in WA as possible. If you and your organization will be at an upcoming Pride event this season, please let us know through this survey. If you are interested in volunteering, or know someone who may be, we have a form for that as well!
In joy and resilience,
Milena Sherman (she/her), Organizing Manager
No Hate in WA State
NO HATE in WA State is a campaign of Washington parents, medical professionals, teachers, students, and community members standing against ballot measures IL26-001 and IL26-638 that would endanger Washington students and hurt our schools.
Reject the hate, bullying, and harassment of our students. Join us today.
NO HATE in WA State
PO Box 21961
Seattle, WA 98111
United States