Your city and county
- How local government is organized
- What you can do in your neighborhood
- Local ballot measures
Ready now
- Who represents youEnter your address to see your city, county, state and federal representatives.
- How to speak at a local public meetingYour rights under Washington's open meetings law, and how to use two minutes well.
- How to weigh in on a state billFour ways to tell the Legislature what you think, and the deadlines that catch people.
- How to contact the people who represent youPicking the right office and writing a message that gets read.
Still to come
Washington State
- The three state budgets and how to influence each
- Boards and commissions
- The Public Disclosure Commission
- Which agency does what
- Running for office
- State ballot initiatives
The federal government
- Federal elections and who can run
- How the courts work
- Understanding the Constitution
- Working with federal agencies
- The federal budget and where you can weigh in
More ways to show up
- Build a two-minute pitch for your cause
- How to read a bill or an agenda
- Media literacy
- Volunteering and public service jobs
- Turning a personal problem into a policy ask