Benton County Democratic Central Committee

Tri-Cities Immigrant Coalition Is Looking for Volunteers

Please consider attending accompaniment training so you can support immigrants who are required to go to court. You will learn how to offer emotional support and how to respond if ICE agents try to make an arrest. You will learn how to determine when ICE is making a legal arrest and when they are attempting to trample on immigrants’ rights to arrest them. You will learn about the responsibilities of accompaniment, but you will also learn that the responsibilities are divided among several people so that everyone’s role is clearly defined with simple tasks. If you have empathy (and all of you do) and a cell phone (and all of you do), you can do this, and the people TCIC has accompanied are always so grateful for the help! You don’t even need to speak Spanish to accompany immigrants to court. Also to note is that ICE has not been present at any of the accompaniments TCIC members have helped with to date. This is not to suggest that there’s no risk, but at this time, ICE is active in other parts of the state.

Training details are:
Date: This Friday, November 22
Time: 12 noon
Place: Shalom Library (505 McMurray St, Richland)
Questions: Donna (509-947-4419)

The local Democrats will have a float in the West Richland Veteran’s Day Parade, Saturday morning, November 9, from 9:30 to 12:00. If you want to join us in the parade, staging is at Tapteal Elementary at 616 N 60th Ave. 

Details:

Saturday, November 9

9:30 AM – 12:00 noon

The national security community expects our changing climate to present a large number of challenges. The US Navy will have to grapple with newly opened Arctic Sea lanes and rising sea level impacts on its bases, and we expect sea level rise and changes in water and food availability to stimulate large population movements during this century. The former commander of the United States Pacific Command said that climate change was his largest security concern.

Bob Hallahan, retired Navy Commander, will be speaking on these topics and the military response.

Details:

Wednesday, October 30th

7:00 PM – 8:30 PM

Richland Public Library

955 Northgate Dr, Richland, WA

Hosted by the Tri-Cities Citizens’ Climate Change Lobby

Click here to see the event in Facebook

Link to Donation

Link to RSVP

Addressing the needs of the homeless young adult population, ANSIL is dedicated to breaking the cycle of homelessness, poverty and despair.

Funds will be used for expanding the Unique Missions of the program including:
🎃Expanded hours service center is open by providing more paid staff people. The Service Center provides a safe place for homeless adults to shower, wash their clothing, get haircuts, meals and support for job hunting and interviewing.
🎃Expanding the operations of ANSIL Hall, the residence hall for young adults who are living on their own while finishing high school and entering the workforce.

Details:

Saturday, October 26th

6:00 PM – 10:00 PM

TRAC Center

6600 Burden Blvd, Pasco, WA

Here’s a link to the Facebook event.

Agenda
🎃6:00 pm Ghoulish Gathering Time for Cocktails and drop off of Auction Tricks and Treats
🎃6:30 Fiendishly Fabulous Foods service begins (Marinated Tri-Tip Dinner catered by CG)
🎃7:00 Introduction to ANSIL – 5 min video presentation about our Awesome Programs for Homeless Youth and Services for the overall homeless population in the Tri-Cities
🎃7:15 Light and Dark Comic Key Note Presentation
🎃7:45 Mystery Trick or Treat gift live auction – Will you get a TRICK or a TREAT???
🎃9 -10 pm Dangerously Delightful Dancing – move your body till your Zombie parts fall off!

Details:

Thursday, October 17th, 6:00 PM – 8:00 PM

Red Lion Hotel & Conference Center Pasco, 2525 N. 20th Ave, Pasco, WA

Over the past five years, Latinx communities in Pasco and Yakima successfully fought election systems that prevented them from having an equal and meaningful opportunity to elect representatives of their choice to City Council. And just last year, the ACLU and allies celebrated the passage of the Washington Voting Rights Act, which helps to ensure that every voter has an equal opportunity to elect the candidate of their choice and empowers local governments to fix the widespread problem of voter exclusion in local elections.

We have seen great strides in voting rights, but many Washington residents still face barriers when participating in one of the cornerstones of our democracy.

Join Staff Attorney Breanne Schuster and community leaders to discuss how far we have come, the challenges ahead, and ongoing work to defend the right to vote. Join us and learn how you can get involved.

Click here to see event on Facebook

Let’s park near city hall and the federal building, make signs at the stage and gather along George Washington Way.

Here are the details:

Monday, September 23rd

4:00PM – 5:30PM

John Dam Plaza

815 George Washington Way, Richland, WA

Click here to see event on Facebook

This event is held in conjunction with other climate events around this weekend, including this one hosted by the Green Party of the Mid-Columbia: Global Climate Strike

The League of Women Voters of Benton and Franklin Counties invites you to attend a Candidate Forum for Richland and West Richland candidates.

Here are the details:

Monday, October 7th

6:00PM – 8:30PM

Richland Public Library

955 Northgate Drive, Richland, WA

Sponsored by the League of Women Voters of Benton & Franklin Counties, Washington

Click here to see event on Facebook

Are you fed up with the state of politics today? Have you ever thought about being the difference you want to see in the world? Are you a Democratic woman ready to change the face of Washington at every level of public office? Join Karen Besserman, Executive Director of Emerge WA and Emerge WA alumnae to learn more about how Emerge WA trains and supports Democratic women candidates.running for and serving in public office.

Questions and RSVP: Karen@EmergeWA.org

Emerge in Walla Walla Facebook Link

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The 8th LD Democratic Organization is raising funds for the 2020 Presidential Caucus.

Please buy your ticket and come on down. We gahrauntee you’ll have a great time!

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