by Megan Garrity | Jul 20, 2021 | Legislation
The Washington state Legislature restored voting rights to up to 20,000 residents with the March passage of a bill that allows formerly incarcerated people to vote as soon as they leave prison. Effective 2022, people whose voting rights were revoked after being...
by Megan Garrity | Jun 24, 2021 | Voter Awareness
In last week’s blog post, we provided an overview of Juneteenth and featured a timeline showing major historical events from the Civil War to the present. While progress has been made since the original Juneteenth in 1865, the United States continues to witness...
by Megan Garrity | Jun 18, 2021 | Voter Awareness
Juneteenth — originating in 1865 — celebrates the day that the last enslaved African Americans were declared free. Although the Emancipation Proclamation took effect over two years prior on January 1, 1863, not all African Americans were immediately liberated. Those...
by Megan Garrity | May 26, 2021 | Pandemic
According to the National Center for State Courts, the five most common ways courts are responding to COVID-19 are: Restricting or ending jury trials Restricting entrance to courthouses Encouraging or requiring teleconferences or video conferences in lieu of...
by Megan Garrity | May 3, 2021 | Reignite the Fight!
Northwest Community Bail Fund has been honored and awed by the incredible amount of support that has financed our recent growth and our ability to post bail for more people than ever before. With a 600 percent increase in our funds from 2020 to 2021 we were able to...
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