Events

Upcoming: Save the Date for NPI’s FallFest

Saturday, October 3rd, 2020
Online Mixer: 5:30 PM Pacific
Speaking Program: 6:30 PM
Tickets will be available beginning in September.

Note that if you previously purchased a combo ticket for NPI’s 2020 Virtual Gala and FallFest, you are already a ticketholder, and will be included on the guest list without needing to take any action.

Past Events

NPI at Netroots Nation 2019 (July 11th-13th, Philadelphia)
  • Lock It Up (Training): Happening Friday morning at 9 AM in 120B. This training will cover best practices for securing websites, personal computers and mobile devices that everyone should know, including lessons from the 2018 midterms. Learn how to protect yourself and your organization against the hive of scum and villainy on the Internet that would do you harm. As the old adage goes, an ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure.
  • Pacific Northwest Caucus: Happening Saturday morning at 9 AM in Room 125. We’ll be talking about how the Left Coast is resisting Trump, recap the legislative sessions in Washington, Oregon, Idaho, Alaska, and Montana; discuss what happened to Oregon’s cap and invest bill, analyze right wing measures coming to Washington State’s 2019 ballot, and preview next year’s federal and state elections in all five states.
NPI Events
  • Sixteenth Anniversary Picnic: Saturday, August 24th at 5 PM
  • 2019 Spring Fundraising Gala: Friday, April 26th, 2019 (5:30 PM reception; 7 PM program)
  • 2018 Winter Holiday Party: Sunday, December 16th, 2018 (1-5 PM)
  • 2018 Bondholders Circle Dinner: Saturday, October 13th, 2018 (By invitation only)
  • An Evening With Mike Lux: Thursday, September 13th, 2018 (Co-Hosted by NPI and Indivisible WA-08)
  • Fifteenth Anniversary Picnic: Sunday, August 26th, 2018 (5 PM till dusk)
  • Pacific Northwest Regional Caucus (At Netroots Nation 2018 in New Orleans, Lousiana)
  • Lock It Up: How to Secure Yourself and Your Team Against the Internet’s Wretched Hive of Scum and Villainy (Training at Netroots Nation 2018 in New Orleans, Louisiana)
  • 2018 Spring Fundraising Gala: Saturday, April 7th, 2018 (Reception: 5:30 PM; Program: 7 PM)
  • Permanent Defense Sixteenth Anniversary Celebration: Friday, February 16th, 2018 (5-8 PM)
  • 2017 Winter Holiday Party: Sunday, December 10th, 2017 (1 PM)
  • Fourteenth Anniversary Picnic: Sunday, August 27th, 2017, at 5 PM (Perrigo Park)
  • Lock It Up: How to Secure Your Website Against the Internet’s Wretched Hive of Scum and Villainy (Training, Netroots Nation 2017, Atlanta, Georgia)
  • Pacific Northwest Regional Caucus with Attorney General Bob Ferguson (Caucus, Netroots Nation 2017, Atlanta, Georgia)
  • Drawing a Roadmap for Reclaiming Our State Legislatures (Panel, Netroots Nation 2017, Atlanta, Georgia)
  • 2017 Spring Fundraising Gala: Saturday, April 28th, 2017, (6PM) at the Mercer Island Community & Event Center
  • Permanent Defense Fifteenth Anniversary Celebration: Wednesday, February 15th, 2017 at 6:30 PM (Hydroplane and Raceboat Museum)
  • 2016 Winter Holiday Party: Sunday, December 11th, 2016 (1 PM), home of Bob Reeder and former State Representative Marcie Maxwell
  • Presidential + Gubernatorial Debate Watch Party: 5:30 PM on Wednesday, October 19th, 2016, Richmond Masonic Center: 753 N 185th St, Shoreline, WA 98133
  • Presidential + Gubernatorial Debate Watch Party: 5:30 PM on Monday, September 26th, 2016, Bellevue Regional Library Meeting Room 1 (KCLS); 1111 110th Avenue NE, Bellevue WA 98004
  • Vice Presidential Debate Watch Party: 5:30 PM on Tuesday, October 4, 2016, KCLS Service Center Public Meeting Room; 960 Newport Way NW, Issaquah WA 98027
  • Thirteenth Anniversary Picnic: Saturday, August 20th, 2016 (5 PM) at Redmond’s Perrigo Park
  • Netroots Nation 2016: NPI offered continuous coverage of America’s largest annual progressive gathering in St. Louis, Missouri, from July 13th – 16th.
  • 2016 National Conventions: NPI covered the 2016 Republican and Democratic national conventions in late July, 2016. Coverage of the 2016 DNC was offered from Philadelphia, the host city for the convention.
  • Presidential Debate Watch Party: Thursday, April 14th, 2016, Mercer Island Library (KCLS) 4400 88th Avenue SE, Mercer Island, WA 98040, 5:45 PM
  • Presidential Debate Watch Party: Thursday, February 11th, 2016, Kirkland Library (KCLS) 308 Kirkland Avenue, Kirkland, WA 98033 4:30 PM
  • 2016 Spring Fundraising Gala: Friday, April 1st, 2016 (6:15 PM) at the Mercer Island Community & Event Center
  • 2015 Winter Holiday Party: Sunday, December 13th, 2015 (1 PM), private residence (Mercer Island, WA)
  • Take Back Your Time Autumn Picnic: Saturday, October 24th, 2015, from 11 AM – 3 PM, Gasworks Park, Seattle, Washington, Shelter #2
  • Twelfth Anniversary Picnic: Saturday, August 22nd, 2015
  • A Chautauqua Afternoon, hosted by the Metropolitan Democratic Club: Sunday, July 12th, 2015 (Daybreak Star Indian Cultural Center, 3801 W Government Way, Seattle, WA) from 1:00 – 5:00 PM
  • Netroots Nation 2015: NPI offered continuous coverage of America’s largest annual progressive gathering in Phoenix, Arizona from July 15th – July 18th. We also facilitated two caucuses.
    • Pacific Northwest Regional Caucus (Thursday, July 16th at 1 PM in Room 231B): Join us to meet fellow progressive activists from around the region and talk about priorities for 2015 and 2016.
    • State and Local Bloggers Caucus (Saturday, July 18th, at 1:30 PM in Room 231C): Join us to talk about best practices for writing and publishing, network with fellow state and local bloggers from across the country, and see a prototype of a new search engine for the left.
  • 2015 Spring Fundraising Gala: Friday, April 10th, 2015 (6:30 PM) at the Mercer Island Community & Event Center
  • 2015 State of the Union Watch Party: Tuesday, January 20th (5:30 PM) at the Mercer Island Library
  • 2014 Winter Holiday Party: Sunday, December 14th, 2014 in Redmond
  • Netroots Nation 2014: July 17th-20th in Detroit, Michigan
  • NPI’s Eleventh Anniversary Picnic: Friday, August 22nd, 2014; 5 PM – 8 PM at Perrigo Park in Redmond
  • NPI’s 2014 Spring Fundraising Gala: Friday, April 25th, 2014, 6:30 PM on Mercer Island
  • Permanent Defense Twelfth Anniversary Happy Hour: February 18th, 2014 from 4-6 PM.
  • NPI’s 2014 State of the Union Watch Party: January 28th, 2014, 5:45 PM until 8:00 PM at the Bellevue Regional Library (Meeting Room 1).
  • 2013 Holiday Party: December 15th, 2013 at 1 PM.
  • NPI’s Tenth Anniversary Picnic: Thursday, August 22nd, 2013, 5-8 PM at Perrigo Park in Redmond
  • Netroots Nation 2013: June 20th-23rd in San Jose, California
  • 2013 Spring Fundraising Gala: Friday, April 5th, 2013 on Mercer Island
  • 2012 Holiday Party: Many NPI supporters joined NPI board and staff members for a holiday party on December 9th
  • Debate Watch Party: On October 22nd, NPI hosted a debate watch party for the final meeting of Barack Obama and Mitt Romney before November 6th
  • Blogging Workshop: Sunday, July 29th, 1 to 4 PM in Shoreline
  • 2012 Democratic National Convention: NPI covered the 2012 Democratic National Convention live from Charlotte, North Carolina, beginning Sunday, September 2nd, and ending Thursday, September 6th
  • 2012 Spring Fundraising Gala: Thursday, April 12th, 2012 on Mercer Island