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The following is an incomplete compilation of organizations that LocalMotive works with or supports. Please note that we do not necessarily have a formal alliance with these groups or endorse all of their activities or have endorsements from them. The list is offered primarily as a community resource and offers a rough overview of LocalMotive’s areas of interest and mission.
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Local Organizations
Organizations
- 350 Tacoma:
- A local independent affiliate of 350.org, an international grassroots movement working to solve the climate crisis.
- Facebook Events, Website
- Black Alliance of Thurston County
- We come together to take action and to be a catalyst for positive change.
- Facebook Events
- Black Lives Matter -Seattle
- We demand True Black Liberation and racial justice and Justice For PoC killed by police
- Facebook Events
- Black Lives Matter Seattle-King County
- Grassroots social justice cooperative focused on empowerment and liberation of black and other POCs, led by black femmes, women, queer and trans people.
- Facebook Events
- Capital City Pride
- CIELO Centro Integral Educativo Latino de Olympia:
- Promoting community, self-sufficiency, and leadership, Promoviendo comunidad, autosuficiencia, y liderazgo.
- Facebook Events
- Civil Survival:
- We empower people by teaching them their basic legal rights and responsibilities with easy-to-understand legal education tools.
- Facebook Events, Website
- Clean Energy Thurston
- Community Sustaining Fund of Thurston County
- The Community Sustaining Fund (CSF) provides grant support for progressive, community-oriented projects in Thurston County. Our funding is aimed at creating and sustaining a democratic, just, nonviolent and ecologically sound society.
- Facebook Events
- Citizens’ Climate Lobby – Olympia Chapter
- Citizens’ Climate Lobby is a non-profit, non-partisan, grassroots advocacy organization which supports the power of the people rather than asking people to give power to headquarters.
- Facebook Events
- Defund Olympia Police Department
- Democratic Socialists of America
- The largest socialist organization in the United States. Members are building progressive movements for social change while establishing an openly democratic socialist presence in American communities and politics.
- Also see local groups, South Sound Democratic Socialists of America and Olympia Democratic Socialists of America
- Facebook Events, Website
- Economics for Everyone – Olympia
- Free, monthly workshops and presentations addressing economic literacy and inviting dialogue and discussion on inequality and the crises of capitalism.
- Facebook Events
- Fair Vote Washington
- A non-partisan, grassroots group working for electoral reform in Washington State
- Facebook Events, Website
- Fix Democracy First
- Fix Democracy First’s mission is to achieve fair elections and government policies that reflect the will of the people and not the power of money.
- Facebook Events
- Flip Washington Blue – Pierce County
- Elect a Democrat to the 2nd LD House position 2 and the 8th CD of WA State
- Facebook Events, Website
- Green Party of South Puget Sound
- Promoting grassroots democracy at the local level
- Facebook Events, Website, Twitter
- Health Care for All, Washington
- Washington advocates for secure, affordable, and comprehensive health care coverage for all
- Facebook Events, Website
- Hispanic Roundtable of South Sound
- Strengthening the Latino community through partnerships, education, community building and cultural representation
- Facebook Events, Website
- Indivisible Thurston County
- Uniting Thurston County to defeat the Trump agenda
- Facebook Events
- Indivisible Tacoma
- Protecting our nation’s values and principles through grassroots political action to resist the Trump administration’s agenda.
- Facebook Events, Website
- Interfaith Works Thurston
- Promoting interfaith understanding and serving the community through charitable, social and educational endeavors.
- Facebook Events, Website Calendar, Website
- Just Housing
- We speak, we act, and we advocate for justice in housing, and safe options for those without.
- Facebook Events
- La Resistencia – formerly NWDC Resistance/Resistencia al NWDC
- Supporting those facing deportation inside the Northwest Detention Center. Apoyando a los que enfrentan deportacion en el Centro de Detencion del Noroeste.
- Facebook Events, Website
- Latino Civic Alliance
- Empowering Latinos to contribute and invest in their communities to help create the government that will better serve our communities and families.
- Facebook Events, Website
- League of Women Voters of Thurston County
- Nonpartisan, nonprofit political organization, encouraging informed and active participation in government.
- Facebook Events, Website
- Lewis County Democrats WA
- Meaningful Movies, Olympia
- Meaningful Movies Olympia shows free social and environmental justice films and fosters discussions every 3rd Thursday of the month at OUUC.
- Facebook Events
- Native Daily Network
- Positive native news as well as native centric entertainment and original media using accessible technology to reach into the heart of Indian country.
- Facebook Events, Website
- National Organization of Women – Thurston County
- Dedicated to its multi-issue and multi-strategy approach to women’s rights, and is the largest organization of feminist grassroots activists in the United States.
- Facebook Events
- National Women’s Political Caucus of Washington
- Multi-partisan organization dedicated to getting more women elected and appointed in Washington.
- Facebook Events, Website
- Northwest Harvest
- Leading the fight for hungry people statewide to have access to nutritious food while respecting their dignity and promoting good health.
- Facebook Events, Website
- Oly Embrace
- Stay informed and tuned into the Olympia Community, as part of the Woman’s March Movement.
- Facebook Events
- OlyMesh
- We are building internet infrastructure for and by the people, free from corporate control!
- Facebook Events, Website
- Olympia Assembly
- Towards a new politics of participatory democracy, ecology, freedom and creativity.
- Facebook Events, Website
- Olympia Coalition for Ecosystem Preservation
- Established to protect, preserve and restore the diverse ecosystems of Olympia, Washingto
- Facebook Events
- Olympia Democratic Socialists of America
- We are socialists because we share a vision of a humane international social order based both on democratic planning and market mechanisms to achieve equitable distribution of resources, meaningful work, a healthy environment, sustainable growth, gender and racial equality, and non-oppressive relationships.
- Facebook Events, Website
- Olympia Fellowship of Reconciliation
- Working for peace, social justice and principled nonviolence since 1976
- Facebook Events, Western Washington FOR Website
- Olympia Indivisible
- Protecting and revitalizing our nation’s democratic institutions and progressive values and programs through grassroots political activism in our state and federal legislative districts.
- Facebook Events, Website, Call to Action
- Olympia Industrial Workers of the World
- Working in solidarity with working people in their struggles against all forms of oppression.
- Facebook Events, Website
- Olympia Film Collective
- The OFC is dedicated to the craft of filmmaking and creating professional productions that reflect the unique and vibrant lifestyle of the South Sound.
- Facebook Events
- Olympia Solidarity Network
- Fighting landlord and employer abuse through direct action. Be it wage theft, stolen deposits or hazardous conditions, we may be able to help!
- Facebook Events, Website
- Olympia Rallies & Protests
- Keeping people informed on Olympia-area rallies/protests/gatherings/etc in the spirit of resisting all things trump/fascism/racism/etc.
- Facebook Events
- Our Revolution Thurston
- Our Revolution is built upon the success of Bernie Sanders’ historic presidential campaign, and will continue to thrive with the support of an unprecedented level of grassroots organizers.
- Facebook Events, Website
- Parents Organizing for Welfare and Economic Rights
- Low-income parents and allies advocating for a strong social safety net while working toward a world where children and care giving are truly valued, and the devastation of poverty has been eradicated.
- Facebook Events, Website
- Parallax Perspectives
- Glen Anderson’s independent blog, plus links to his monthly TV shows, providing information, analysis and resources about a wide variety of issues and opportunities related to peace, nonviolence, social justice, economic justice and how to make our world better.
- TV Episodes
- PFLAG OLympia
- Support, advocacy and education for friends and family of lesbians, gays, bisexuals and transgender individuals.
- Facebook Events
- Pro-Choice Olympia
- A consistent pro-choice voice in the Olympia area. Please use this group as you see fit to organize rallies, protests and meetings relating to the overall goal.
- Facebook Events
- Puget Sound Communities4Impeachment
- Adding our voice to the cities asking Congress to open an Impeachment investigation
- Facebook Events
- Rachel Corrie Foundation for Peace and Justice
- We conduct and support programs that foster connections between people, that build understanding, respect, and appreciation for differences, and that promote cooperation within and between local and global communities.
- Facebook Events, Website
- Recover Olympia & the South Sound
- For residents of the South Sound concerned about creating a safe, clean, and welcoming community while helping those challenged by homelessness, addiction, and mental illness.
- Facebook Events
- Redefine Tacoma Community Forum
- Community forum was created to discuss how the greater Tacoma region can transition from fossil fuels to zero-carbon energy sources.
- Facebook Events
- Repair Cafe Olympia
- Repair Cafés are free meeting places and they’re all about repairing things (together).
- Facebook Events
- Save Our TCD
- Keep the Thurston Conservation District pro-environmental and maintain the decades of quality service the CD has provided to rural and urban Thurston county residents alike. (This organization is not associated with TCD.)
- Facebook Events
- Sidewalk Thurston County
- Volunteer operated program that aims to end homelessness through community engagement and coordination of resources.
- Facebook Events, Website
- Siera Club South Sound
- Serving members in Thurston, Mason, Grays Harbor, and Lewis counties of Washington State.
- Calendar
- South Puget Sound Action Network
- Our goal is to support a CD10Wa inclusive, advocacy and resistance network for collaborating with allied groups to promote a just Democracy and to support the common good.
- Facebook Events
- Stand Up for Kids Thurston County / Olympia
- Our mission is ending the cycle of youth homelessness. We do this through our volunteers who go to the streets to find street kids and support their efforts to improve their lives.
- StandUp For Kids is a national non-profit charitable organization that works to help homeless and at-risk youth age 25 and younger.
- Facebook Events
- Stand Up to Oil
- A growing coalition of groups opposed to new oil terminals and an increase in oil transport through the Northwest.
- Facebook Events, Website
- Stonewall Youth- Olympia, Washington
- An organization of youth, activists, and allies that empowers lesbian, gay, bisexual, trans, queer, questioning, intersex, and asexual (LGBTQQIA) youth to speak for themselves, educate their communities, and support each other.
- Facebook Events, Website
- Stream Team of Thurston County
- Protecting and enhancing the water resources and associated habitats and wildlife in Thurston County through citizen action and education.
- Facebook Events, Website
- Tacoma Democratic Socialists of America (Formerly South Sound DSA)
- Fighting for economic freedom and the rights of workers, tenants, and the poor.
- Facebook Events
- Tax Equity – Olympia
- Pushing for tax equity in Olympia, WA to end regressive taxation strategies like the property tax and the sales tax, and move toward progressive income taxation to fund the services our community needs.
- Facebook Events
- Thurston Asset Building Coalition
- Connecting partners and community resources that promote opportunities for people with limited incomes to become more resilient and prosperous.
- Facebook Events
- Thurston Climate Action Team
- Creating a healthy and sustainable future for Thurston County by encouraging, coordinating and taking action on climate change.
- Facebook Events, Website
- Thurston County Democratic Women
- Facebook Events, Website
- Thurston County Democrats
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This is your Democratic Party. Join us! Help make us strong!
- Facebook Events, Website
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- Thurston County Young Democrats
- Democrats under 36 who live in Thurston County, working to elect Democrats to ALL levels of government. Meetings are every 3rd Monday of the month 6-8pm.
- Facebook Events, Website
- Thurston County Progressive Network
- Providing communication services, support and education to individuals, businesses and organizations who believe in and work for social, economic and environmental justice.
- Facebook Events
- Thurston Environmental Voters
- TEV works to support and elect environmentally responsible candidates for public office to ensure Thurston County is a healthy and safe place to live.
- Facebook Events
- Thurston Gun Sense
- Concerned citizens working together to prevent gun violence in Thurston County. Together we will make a difference.
- Facebook Events
- Twenty22Many-Olympia
- Twenty22Many – Olympia is a non-profit 501(c)3 organization that advocates on behalf of veterans to bring awareness to PTSD, Veteran Suicide, Alternative Medicines, Holistic Therapies and Education.
- Facebook Events, Website
- Washington Poor People’s Campaign
- Washington Physicians for Social Responsibility
- Guided by the values and expertise of medicine and public health, Washington Physicians for Social Responsibility engages the community to create a healthy, peaceful and sustainable world.
- Facebook Events, Website
- Washington Stonewall Democrats
- The Washington Stonewall Democrats is a caucus within the Washington State Democrats Central Committee. We promote political involvement, organization, and interest in government affairs within the Washington LGBTQIA2+ community.
- Facebook Events
- Whole Washington
- Citizens and healthcare professionals determined to bring universal healthcare coverage to Washington State.
- Facebook Events, Website
- Whole Washington Thurston County Supporters
- Women’s March, Olympia
- YWCA of Olympia
- Eliminating racism and sexism to advance the political, social and and economic status of all women and girls.
- Facebook Events, Website
- Zero Hour, Olympia
- Youth Led Call for Climate Action
- Facebook Events
- Zonta Club of Olympia
- Local service organization working since 1928 to improve the lives of women and children through service and advocacy.
- Facebook Events
Sites for Reoccurring Events:
- Capital City Pride (annually in June)
- March for Our Lives Olympia (annually in Spring)
- March for Science Olympia (annually in Spring)
- Women’s March on Olympia (annually in January)
- See more below
We curate events of statewide organizations or organizations in other regions to try to limit events that pertain primarily to other regions. Organizations with many types of events, some of which may not on the topic of our calendar or may not be intended for a broad audience, are also curated to try to focus on events of interest to our intended audience.
Local Allies:
- Indivisible Thurston County on Facebook
- Olympia Indivisible: http://www.olympiaindivisible.com/
- South Sound Buddhist Peace Fellowship: http://www.ssbpf.net/
- Glen’s Parallax Perspectives: http://parallaxperspectives.org/
Focus on Local
- Community Sustaining Fund of Thurston County provides grant support twice a year for organizations supporting social change projects.
- Janine’s Little Hollywood, a blog about the local news and events of and around Olympia, Washington.
- The Olympia Standard is a podcast about local issues and current events in Olympia, WA.
- Democracy In Action Olympia, a video series on Grassroots politics and activism in the Olympia area.
- Sustainable South Sound (http://www.sustainablesouthsound.org) is composed of a devoted group of volunteers who are committed to improving the quality of life in the South Puget Sound region. Sustainable South Sound publishes a quarterly newspaper “Living Local“.
- Enterprise for Equity (http://www.enterpriseforequity.org), a South Sound microenterprise initiative, helping people with limited incomes start and sustain small businesses
- Neighborhood Associations:
- Olympia Coalition of Neighborhood Associations, Neighborhood Resources
- Links to Neighborhood Associations in the City of Olympia
- Neighborhood Associations in the City of Lacey
- Works In Progress (http://www.olywip.org/) Olympia’s Progressive Newspaper
Social Justice Organizations
- Black Alliance of Thurston County : We have come together to take action and to be a catalyst for positive change. We come together to understand and undo institutional and structural racism. We work with and bring together people of all ages to build power. We work for systemic change and call for legislative reform, including greater diversity in the legislature.
- CIELO Olympia, Educational, mental health and counseling services, information/referrals, and social/cultural activities for the Spanish-speaking community of South Puget
- Church World Service has worked for seven decades with one goal: building a world where there is enough for all. We affirm the power of individuals and communities to take ownership of their future. We meet them right where they are, helping them create solutions they can maintain and build on. That means a refugee family who is able to start a new life. Or someone rebuilding after disaster finds safety with dignity.
- Olympia Fellowship of Reconciliation: Working for peace, social justice and principled nonviolence since 1976
- Latino Civic Alliance is a statewide nonproft advocacy and civic engagement organization. Over the past 10 years, LCA has devoted its energy to passionately advocate for the working families, community members who want to run for office or lead in their communities and politically under-represented members of our Washington State.
- Olympia Indivisible a local chapter of the Indivisible movement, representing Congressional District 10, inspired by “Indivisible: A Practical Guide for Resisting the Trump Agenda”
- Indivisible Thurston County is uniting Thurston County to defeat the Trump agenda, inspired by “Indivisible: A Practical Guide for Resisting the Trump Agenda”
- Oly Embrace: Stay informed and tuned into the Olympia Community, as part of the Woman’s March Movement. This is a local group that will keep momentum! (Also on Facebook.)
- South Sound Buddhist Peace Fellowship is the South Sound chapter of the Buddhist Peace Fellowship, an international network of engaged Buddhists. BPF work includes sparking conversation at the intersection of Buddhism and social justice, training Buddhist political activists, and mobilizing people to action from a Buddhist perspective. SSBPF seeks to bring peace, compassion, love and equanimity to political and social activism, working in collaboration with other organizations and individuals.
- Interfaith Works : Social justice and peace through interfaith understanding and cooperation
- Keep Washington Blue! : Our top priority is helping local candidates who champion progressive issues to Keep Washington Blue. Registered affiliate group of both “Indivisible” and the Women’s March as a huddle.
- The Olympia Peace Choir : The Olympia Peace Choir is an inclusive, intergenerational community chorus dedicated to using the power of song to create peace, social justice, and promote environmental stewardship.
- Olympia SURJ : Showing Up for Racial Justice
- Northwest Progressive Institute
- United Church of Christ HIV & AIDS Network : Getting to ZERO… Zero new infections, Zero AIDS-related deaths, Zero discrimination
- Washington Physicians for Social Responsibility engages the community to create a healthy, peaceful and sustainable world. (Also on Facebook )
Local Environmental Organizations
- Black Hills Audubon Society : Our goals are to promote environmental education and recreation and to maintain and protect our ecosystems for future generations.
- Climate Solutions : Our mission is to accelerate practical and profitable solutions to global warming by galvanizing leadership, growing investment, and bridging divides.
- Olympia Coalition for Ecosystem Preservation is an urban land trust whose focus is the preservation, restoration and re-wilding of our shoreline and riparian ecosystems in Olympia’s urban
- NW EcoBuilding Guild – South Sound Chapter : The Guild empowers people through education to transform the built environment for long term sustainability.
- Puget Soundkeeper Alliance : Soundkeeper’s mission is to protect and preserve the waters of Puget Sound.
- Sierra Club South Sound serves members in Thurston, Mason, Grays Harbor, and Lewis counties of Washington State. Meetings are normally on the second Wednesday of the month. You are welcome to visit and/or join us. If you join Sierra Club at their very reasonable membership fee you can get a very nice Sierra Club daypack!
- Thurston County Environmental Voters works to elect environmental champions to state and local office.
- VETS CAFE : The Veterans’ Ecological Trades Collective exists to support veterans and allies in acquiring skills that launch or refine careers in Conservation, Agriculture, Forestry and Ecological Design.
- Washington Environmental Council : Our mission is to protect, restore, and sustain Washington’s environment for all.
Issues
Gun Control
- Alliance for Gun Responsibility
- Children’s Defense Fund, Protect Children, Not Guns
- Everytown for Gun Safety Action Fund, Throw Them Out
- Moms Demand Action, Thurston County
- Thurston Gun Sense
Houselessness
- Guardians of the Collective Initiative
- Just Housing
- Olympia Assembly
- Olympia Homeless Solidarity
- Olympia Solidarity Network
Universal Health Care
Political Candidates, 2018
- Anneliese Feld for Congress Washington CD 2 – Facebook, Website
- Erin Frasier for Washington State Representative, 19th LD – Facebook, Website
- Mary Hall for Thurston County Auditor – Facebook, Website
- Melissa for Thurston County Commissioner – Facebook, Website
- Tye Menser for Thurston County Commissioner – Facebook, Website
- Victor for Thurston County Prosecutor – Facebook, Website
- Irene Bowling for State Senate 35th District – Facebook, Website
Reoccurring Events in Thurston County
- Hunger Walk, South Sound Buddhist Peace Fellowship, annually in May
- Gay Pride March, Capital City Pride, annually in June
- March for Our Lives Olympia, annually in Spring
- March for Science Olympia, annually in Spring
- MLK Peace Walk, Interfaith Works , annually in January
- Women’s March on Olympia, annually in January
Other Local Calendars
- Interfaith Works’ event calendar .
- Indivisible Thurston County’s event calendar .
- Green Party of Washington events.
- Nalanda Institute of Olympia overview.
- Olympia Unitarian Universalist Congregation calendar.