The Cascadia Advocate is written by the staff, board, and contributors of the Northwest Progressive Institute, a netroots powered strategy center working to raise America's quality of life through insightful research and imaginative advocacy.
NPI was founded in August 2003 and is based in Redmond, Washington.
| Excerpt: | El Centro de la Raza's Estela Ortega has become the fifth person to earn NPI's highest honor, the Lynn Allen Award. Learn more. |
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| Published at: | 8:30 PM on Friday, April 26th, 2019 |
| Written by: | Andrew Villeneuve |
| Categories: | Announcements, Events |
| Other Tags: | Lynn Allen Awards |
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| Excerpt: | On Friday, April 26th, the Northwest Progressive Institute will hold its biggest event of the year in the heart of King County. Meet our opening speaker. |
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| Published at: | 7:15 PM on Monday, April 8th, 2019 |
| Written by: | Andrew Villeneuve |
| Categories: | Announcements |
| Tags: | Spring Fundraising Gala |
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| Excerpt: | The NPI team invites you to join us for our eleventh Spring Fundraising Gala in April of 2019. |
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| Published at: | 11:07 AM on Friday, December 21st, 2018 |
| Written by: | Andrew Villeneuve |
| Categories: | Announcements, Events |
| Tags: | Spring Fundraising Gala |
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| Excerpt: | We are just two days away from NPI's 2018 Spring Fundraising Gala in Renton on Saturday, April 7th. With the big evening just forty-eight hours away, we are delighted to announce that State Representative Kristine Reeves of Federal Way (D-30th District) will be our closing speaker this year. |
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| Published at: | 9:13 PM on Thursday, April 5th, 2018 |
| Written by: | Andrew Villeneuve |
| Categories: | Announcements, Events |
| Tags: | Spring Fundraising Gala |
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| Excerpt: | The team at NPI is excited to announce that the reception for this year's Spring Fundraising Gala (to be held Saturday, April 7th at the Renton Community Center) will be hosted by hydroplane legend Chip Hanauer. |
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| Published at: | 9:20 AM on Monday, March 5th, 2018 |
| Written by: | Andrew Villeneuve |
| Categories: | Announcements, Events |
| Tags: | Spring Fundraising Gala |
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| Excerpt: | Meet our 2018 Spring Gala Master of Ceremonies: Darcy Burner. Darcy has a long history of involvement in progressive politics as both a candidate and a strategist. She has run for Congress and the state Legislature and played an instrumental role in getting progressive members of Congress more organized. |
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| Published at: | 9:30 AM on Monday, February 26th, 2018 |
| Written by: | Andrew Villeneuve |
| Categories: | Announcements, Events |
| Tags: | Spring Fundraising Gala |
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| Excerpt: | At our April 7th, 2018 Spring Gala, NPI will present Lynn Allen Awards to two deserving individuals to recognize indispensable contributions to progressive causes. We are delighted to announce that our first honoree this year is Major General Paul Eaton (Retired), the Managing Director of the VetVoice Foundation. |
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| Published at: | 5:35 PM on Friday, February 9th, 2018 |
| Written by: | Andrew Villeneuve |
| Categories: | Announcements |
| Tags: | Spring Fundraising Gala |
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| Excerpt: | NPI is excited to announce that tickets are now on sale for our 2018 Spring Fundraising Gala, taking place Saturday, April 7th at 5:30 PM. This post goes into more detail about the event and provides a link to buy tickets. |
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| Published at: | 1:19 PM on Tuesday, January 16th, 2018 |
| Written by: | Andrew Villeneuve |
| Categories: | Announcements, Events |
| Tags: | Spring Fundraising Gala |
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| Excerpt: | Read the text of Paul Lawrence's Lynn Allen Awards acceptance speech, delivered at NPI's 2017 Spring Fundraising Gala. |
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| Published at: | 8:00 PM on Saturday, May 20th, 2017 |
| Written by: | Paul Lawrence |
| Categories: | Core Encyclopedia Topics, Events, Public Planning |
| Other Tags: | Smart Growth & Density, Transportation |
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| Excerpt: | This evening, at our ninth Spring Fundraising Gala on Mercer Island, we debuted a new event tradition: the Lynn Allen Awards. Named for our late sister Lynn Allen, a founding boardmember of NPI, these awards recognize people who have made indispensable contributions to progressive causes for a decade or more. We lost Lynn to ovarian […] |
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| Published at: | 8:00 AM on Saturday, April 29th, 2017 |
| Written by: | Andrew Villeneuve |
| Categories: | Announcements, Events |
| Other Tags: | Lynn Allen Awards |
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| Excerpt: | Today, we are very happy to announce that King County Councilmember Claudia Balducci will be the opening speaker at our 2017 Spring Fundraising Gala, which will take place April 29th at the Mercer Island Community & Event Center. A former Bellevue City Councilmember, Claudia joined the King County Council last year following her overwhelming 2015 […] |
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| Published at: | 2:16 PM on Monday, April 17th, 2017 |
| Written by: | Andrew Villeneuve |
| Categories: | Announcements |
| Tags: | Spring Fundraising Gala |
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| Excerpt: | As progressives, we believe in championing political progress for all people — it’s why we call ourselves progressives. We believe that our society’s laws should be based on nurturant values like empathy and mutual responsibility. As committed progressive activists, we work every day to advocate for policies based on these values. It’s not easy being […] |
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| Published at: | 9:13 AM on Wednesday, April 12th, 2017 |
| Written by: | Andrew Villeneuve |
| Categories: | Announcements, Events |
| Tags: | Spring Fundraising Gala |
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| Excerpt: | Readers, we are just forty-eight days away from our 2017 Spring Fundraising Gala on Mercer Island (Saturday, April 29th at 6 PM), and we’re looking forward to sharing details of our speaking program with you. Before we announce who our speakers are, though, I want you to know that you still have an opportunity to buy a ticket to the gala […] |
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| Published at: | 5:06 PM on Sunday, March 12th, 2017 |
| Written by: | Andrew Villeneuve |
| Categories: | Announcements, Events |
| Tags: | Spring Fundraising Gala |
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| Excerpt: | With the season of renewal less than a week away, and NPI’s 2016 Spring Fundraising Gala not far behind, it’s now time for us to announce who the final speaker at this year’s gala will be. Previously, we had the pleasure of revealing that U.S. Representative Adam Smith would be our keynote speaker and Tina […] |
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| Published at: | 9:25 PM on Monday, March 14th, 2016 |
| Written by: | Andrew Villeneuve |
| Categories: | Announcements, Events |
| Tags: | Spring Fundraising Gala |
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