Excerpt: | On February 23rd, 2024, forty-eight out of forty-nine state senators voted in favor of State Representative Monica Stonier's legislation to set a minimum age of eighteen for both parties to legally marry, in a big win for human rights. |
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Published at: | 4:26 PM on Friday, February 23rd, 2024 |
Written by: | Andrew Villeneuve |
Other Categories: | Legislative Advocacy, Policy Topics, World Commmunity |
Tags: | Human Rights |
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Category Archives: Civil Liberties
VICTORY! Washington State Senate sends bill ending child marriage to Governor Inslee
Bill to end child marriage moves to the floor of the Washington State Senate
Excerpt: | House Bill 1455, prime sponsored by State Representative Monica Stonier (D-49th District: Clark County) would require that both parties in a civil marriage must be at least eighteen years of age, putting an end to the abhorrent practice of child marriage. |
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Published at: | 3:42 PM on Tuesday, February 20th, 2024 |
Written by: | Andrew Villeneuve |
Other Categories: | Legislative Advocacy, Policy Topics, World Commmunity |
Tags: | Human Rights |
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VICTORY! Washington State Senate finally passes the Keep Our Care Act
Excerpt: | Senate Bill 5241 would "ensure hospital mergers and acquisitions don’t restrict patients’ access to critical health care, such as end-of-life, reproductive and gender-affirming care." |
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Published at: | 8:14 PM on Thursday, February 8th, 2024 |
Written by: | Andrew Villeneuve |
Other Categories: | Healthcare, Legislative Advocacy, Policy Topics |
Tags: | Reproductive Rights |
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Senate’s bipartisan national security deal unveiled; House Republicans vow to nix it
Excerpt: | It is unclear if the proposed agreement can pass in Congress' upper chamber, but even if it does, it has no future in the House, top Republicans say. |
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Published at: | 9:30 PM on Sunday, February 4th, 2024 |
Written by: | Andrew Villeneuve |
Other Categories: | National Defense, Policy Topics |
Tags: | Alliances, Naturalization |
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Survivors stage chain-in at the Washington State Capitol to call for end to child marriage
Excerpt: | The demonstration drew attention to the need to pass legislation setting a minimum age of eighteen to marry in the Evergreen State. |
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Published at: | 11:08 AM on Saturday, January 20th, 2024 |
Written by: | Andrew Villeneuve |
Other Categories: | Legislative Advocacy, Policy Topics, World Commmunity |
Tags: | Human Rights |
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Martin Luther King, Jr.: “I am in Birmingham because injustice is here”
Excerpt: | Take a few moments to read this excerpt from Dr. Martin Luther King's Letter From Birmingham Jail. |
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Published at: | 9:30 AM on Monday, January 15th, 2024 |
Written by: | Andrew Villeneuve |
Other Categories: | Holidays, Policy Topics |
Tags: | Martin Luther King Jr. Day, Nondiscrimination |
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VICTORY! Washington House unanimously readopts bill to end child marriage
Excerpt: | On January 8th, 2023, all ninety-eight Democratic and Republican representatives cast votes in favor of State Representative Monica Stonier's legislation to set a minimum age of eighteen for both parties to legally marry, in a big win for human rights. |
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Published at: | 2:30 PM on Monday, January 8th, 2024 |
Written by: | Andrew Villeneuve |
Other Categories: | Legislative Advocacy, Policy Topics, World Commmunity |
Tags: | Human Rights |
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80% of 2024 likely Washington voters support ending child marriage, NPI poll finds
Excerpt: | 80% of 700 likely 2024 Washington State voters surveyed by Public Policy Polling for NPI in November of 2023 expressed support for enacting legislation that would require both parties to be at least eighteen years old to legally marry. |
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Published at: | 9:30 AM on Monday, January 8th, 2024 |
Written by: | Andrew Villeneuve |
Other Categories: | Policy Topics, World Commmunity |
Tags: | Human Rights, Research Poll Findings |
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Minnesota’s Peggy Flanagan keynotes Saturday breakfast at 2023 Oregon Summit
Excerpt: | Read NPI's recap of the Saturday morning plenary of the 2023 Oregon Summit, with Labor Commissioner Christina Stephenson, Attorney General Ellen Rosenblum, and Treasurer Tobias Read. |
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Published at: | 10:35 AM on Saturday, October 21st, 2023 |
Written by: | Seth Boun |
Other Categories: | Events, Party Politics, Policy Topics |
Tags: | Oregon Summit, Privacy, Reproductive Rights |
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An ethnolinguistic view of King County’s evolution over the last two hundred years
Excerpt: | King County is a place that encompasses not just land but the stories of diverse lives that have shaped its past and continue to shape its present and future. Nestled in the heart of Washington state, King County holds within its boundaries the bustling metropolis of Seattle, a city known not only for the iconic Space Needle but also for its role as a melting pot of cultures, ideas, and histories. |
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Published at: | 11:55 AM on Tuesday, September 19th, 2023 |
Written by: | Subhadra Vadlamannati |
Other Categories: | Policy Topics, Public Planning |
Tags: | Naturalization, Smart Growth & Density |
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Try these three effective strategies for countering racism and hate in public spaces
Excerpt: | In this essay, guest contributor Erin Jones discusses the three postures she uses for combating racism and hate in schools and other places where many people are together: Gratitude, brave spaces, and pause. |
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Published at: | 9:30 AM on Wednesday, September 6th, 2023 |
Written by: | Erin Jones |
Other Categories: | Education, Policy Topics |
Tags: | Nondiscrimination |
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Right wing looking for a way to defeat Ohio reproductive rights constitutional amendment
Excerpt: | The Buckeye State will vote November 7th on Issue 1, an amendment to the Ohio Constitution which proclaims: “Every individual has a right to make and carry out one’s own reproductive rights.” The decisions include contraception, fertility treatment, continuing one’s own pregnancy, miscarriage and abortion.” |
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Published at: | 5:33 PM on Sunday, September 3rd, 2023 |
Written by: | Joel Connelly |
Other Categories: | Elections, Policy Topics |
Tags: | OH-Ballot, Reproductive Rights |
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DONE! Governor Inslee signs legislation ending child marriage in Washington