In this publisher’s note, NPI founder Andrew Villeneuve comments on the twenty-year anniversary of The Cascadia Advocate and NPI’s plans for its future.
Category: Announcements
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Welcome to Version 5.0 (“Emmons”) of NPI’s Cascadia Advocate!
Learn about the changes that debuted with the fifth version of The Cascadia Advocate, released on March 29th, 2024 in conjunction with the blog’s twentieth anniversary.
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Two decades! NPI celebrates twenty years of revolutionizing grassroots politics today
Since August 22nd, 2003, the Northwest Progressive Institute has been working from Washington, Oregon, and Idaho to expand freedom and increase prosperity for everyone in our region and beyond. Our insightful research and imaginative advocacy have been and continue to be a engine of progress in a difficult period in our history… an age of insurrection, to quote from our friend David Neiwert.
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Retired City Attorney Pete Holmes to accept Lynn Allen Award at NPI’s 2023 Spring Gala
With the date of our 2023 Spring Fundraising Gala drawing near, NPI is delighted today to announce that we will be recognizing Pete Holmes, a former Seattle City Attorney who served the people of the Emerald City for three terms as its chief legal officer, with a Lynn Allen Award at the event.
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NPI’s 2023 Spring Fundraising Gala to be held Saturday, April 29th in Bellevue, Washington
NPI is excited to welcome the season of renewal with the news that our 2023 Spring Fundraising Gala will be held Saturday, April 29th, 2023 in Bellevue Washington.
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Representative Adam Smith to speak at NPI’s Nineteenth Anniversary Picnic (08/21)
Join us on Sunday, August 21st, 2022 to hear from Congressman Adam Smith, who will deliver the keynote address at our celebration of NPI’s nineteenth anniversary.
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King County Councilmember Girmay Zahilay to open NPI’s 2022 Spring Fundraising Gala
First elected in 2019 to represent the 2nd District, Councilmember Zahilay is an alum of Franklin High School Stanford, and the University of Pennsylvania who has a long track record of successful community organizing.
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PNWcurrents Episode V is live: This month, we discuss the impacts of climate damage
Read the release announcement for the fifth episode of PNWcurrents, NPI’s uniquely regional podcast. This episode features climatologists Karin Bumbaco of Washington, Larry W. O’Neill of Oregon, and Jeffrey Hicke of Idaho, who joined NPI’s Caya Berndt to discuss the impacts of climate damage on the Pacific Northwest.
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NPI, Change Research discuss how to read and assess this year’s Seattle electoral polling
In this Q&A, NPI founder Andrew Villeneuve and Change Research Senior Survey Data Analyst Ben Greenfield talk about best practices for interpreting poll data, like the surveys of Seattle that Change fielded for NPI this year.
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NPI launches VoteMaintained.org, a resource for navigating “advisory votes”
The Northwest Progressive Institute has created a new website for voters that provides guidance on how to respond to statewide “advisory votes” … the three items (numbered #36, #37, and #38) that every Washington voter will see at the top of the 2021 ballot.
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PNWcurrents Episode III is live: This month, we discuss voter turnout and election fatigue
Read the release announcement for the third episode of PNWcurrents, NPI’s uniquely regional podcast. This episode features State Representatives Mia Gregerson, Ilana Rubel, and Dan Rayfield, who who joined NPI’s Caya Berndt to discuss boosting voter turnout and combating election fatigue.
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State Treasurer Mike Pellicciotti to speak at NPI’s Eighteenth Anniversary Picnic (08/22)
Join us on Sunday, August 22nd, 2021 to hear from Washington’s newest statewide elected official, who will deliver the keynote address at our celebration of NPI’s eighteenth anniversary.
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PNWcurrents Episode II is live: This month, we look at our region’s response to COVID-19
Read the release announcement for the second episode of PNWcurrents, NPI’s uniquely regional podcast. This episode features Dr. Hilary Godwin, Dr. Chunhuei Chi, and Dr. David Pate, who joined NPI’s Caya Berndt to discuss our region’s response to COVID-19.
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NPI announces 2021 Seattle polling plans
A heads up to everyone interested in Emerald City politics: NPI is expanding its public opinion research to the local level, beginning with two surveys in Seattle.