AN INCLUSIVE Washington

Multiracial working-class movements keep democracy alive.

Washington will be a state where all can live and thrive. While rightwing extremists in the U.S. Congress and Supreme Court attack civil liberties and declare war on books, teachers, and librarians, the Washington State House of Representatives must nurture our greatest strength: our diversity. If Washington, D.C. can’t protect the most vulnerable and ensure the survival of quality educational standards, then Washington State will. An inclusive Washington takes three actions:

1. Uphold Public Education

Civics and American History are the pillars our shared future stands on.

2. Reimagine Public Safety

We shall overcome failed ideas about policing and prison.

3. Protect Democracy and Civil Liberties

Washington State will uphold the freedoms that Washington, D.C. won’t.

Public Education

Fund free meals in all Washington State schools.

Motivate state purchase of student loan debt from private debt firms.

Fund an economic impact study on the prospect of free higher education in Washington State.

Implement mandatory diversity curricula standards in public school instruction

Advance anti-book ban bills, and support such legislation proposed by the Secretary of State.

Increase the B&O tax rate to expand the Workforce Education Investment Act.

Remove the cap on special education funding in Washington State schools.

Increase transparency regulations of private schools receiving public funding.

Increase staffing obligation of special ed teachers in schools receiving public funding.

End isolation and restraint practices in Washington schools.

Reintroduce “Counselors, Not Cops” funding measure.

Refine Washington’s regionalization formula to ensure equitable funding for all state schools.

Public Safety

Establish a statewide fund for local 911 alternatives and behavioral health response.

Establish a statewide civilian cop accountability board with power in police union negotiations.

Fund a state taskforce on the reach and impact of white supremacist activity in Washington.

Implement H.C.A. recommendations for harm reduction and decriminalization of possession.

Enact a minimum wage and labor protections for all incarcerated laborers.

End the practice of civil asset forfeiture.

Cap the amount of public funds cities are allowed to devote to police wrongdoing settlements.

Democracy and Civil Liberties

Shield nonviolent protestors on public space from state prosecution.

Permit Washington localities to move election cycles to even years.

Strengthen laws protecting political canvassers, particularly in apartment buildings.

Enact “Nothing About Us…” representational standards in state committees on race, gender, and disability.

Establish permanent asylum resettlement centers to orient migrants and connect them to state services.

Advance a resolution in support of a ceasefire wherever innocents suffer violations of the Hague Convention.