As of this evening, our 2011 Spring Fundrais­ing Gala — which will take place at the Com­mu­ni­ty Cen­ter at Mer­cer View — is just one week away. 

It’s shap­ing up to be one of the best events we’ve ever put togeth­er, and we hope to see many NPI sup­port­ers there.

The speak­ing line­up con­sists of Bob Fer­gu­son (our Mas­ter of Cer­e­monies), respect­ed lit­i­ga­tor Tim­o­thy Ford, yours tru­ly, State Rep­re­sen­ta­tive Reuven Car­lyle, Dr. Scott Mack­lin of the Uni­ver­si­ty of Wash­ing­ton, for­mer City Coun­cilmem­ber Peter Stein­brueck, and U.S. Rep­re­sen­ta­tive Jay Inslee.

Refresh­ments will be avail­able from our din­ner buf­fet, and drinks (beer and wine) avail­able from our bar. Music will be pro­vid­ed by Don Mock, and there will be books for sale, cour­tesy of our very own Steve Zemke and Third Plan­et Books.

If you haven’t bought a tick­et yet, there’s no time like the present:

Can’t make the event? You can still make a donation!

NPI needs your help today to con­tin­ue orga­niz­ing and mobi­liz­ing for change.

Unlike many oth­er orga­ni­za­tions and unlike cam­paigns, we sink most of the dol­lars we receive direct­ly into infra­struc­ture to sup­port our move­ment. NPI is not for-prof­it. We are the local pro­gres­sive move­men­t’s Swiss Army knife. We are here to empow­er fel­low activists, to help our allies think long-term, to devel­op and refine ideas for a bet­ter future, and to reframe the debate.

The media, research, and out­reach work that we do requires a sig­nif­i­cant amount of dig­i­tal infra­struc­ture — for instance, news­gath­er­ing equip­ment and com­put­er servers. When you con­tribute to NPI, you’re help­ing us build this infrastructure.

The more infra­struc­ture we have, the more effec­tive we can be, and the more time we can spend on offense as opposed to defense.

We can’t do what we do by our­selves… your sup­port makes what we do pos­si­ble. We want to give you an oppor­tu­ni­ty to see in per­son how we’re stretch­ing your dol­lars, meet oth­er sup­port­ers, and hear from inspi­ra­tional speak­ers, while enjoy­ing refresh­ments and great music from local artists. That’s what our Spring Fundrais­ing Gala is all about. We hope you’ll join us on April 28th.

About the author

Andrew Villeneuve is the founder and executive director of the Northwest Progressive Institute, as well as the founder of NPI's sibling, the Northwest Progressive Foundation. He has worked to advance progressive causes for over two decades as a strategist, speaker, author, and organizer. Andrew is also a cybersecurity expert, a veteran facilitator, a delegate to the Washington State Democratic Central Committee, and a member of the Climate Reality Leadership Corps.

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