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Non-Violent Resistance Press Release

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The 34th District Democrats announce the creation of a Non-Violent Resistance Committee to research, plan, and lead a local response to federal government overreach that protects our community, liberties, and democracy in the 34th Legislative District.

“We’ve all seen news of National Guard troops being sent to cities uninvited, of ICE and Border Patrol agents getting increasingly aggressive and violent, and of immigrants and citizens alike being caught up and detained, harmed, or killed,” said committee chair Kenny Austin. “Seattle hasn’t been targeted to the level of L.A., D.C., or Chicago yet, but hoping for the best is not a plan. Failing to plan is planning to fail. This committee will work proactively to advise individuals and the 34th Democrats as an organization so we’re ready when Trump turns his attention on Seattle.”

“What do you do if you see ICE raiding a local business? If National Guard troops are deployed to your neighborhood? If our midterms or ballot drop boxes are interfered with? These are the types of questions we will seek to answer,” Austin added.

The Non-Violent Resistance Committee will perform its research by asking vulnerable communities what support they need, talking to experts in non-violent resistance, legal experts, historians, and peers in impacted cities. The committee will explore what forms of non-violent resistance have been tried, what worked, what failed, and what are most likely to work here. It will work collaboratively with other organizations dedicated to non-violent resistance, supporting democracy, or supporting vulnerable communities that are being targeted by the Trump administration.

“If ever there was a time for us to stand together, it’s now,” said 34th Dems chair Jordan Crawley. “This administration’s depravity is boundless. We cannot be silent. To do nothing is to accept and normalize what they’re doing. As an Army veteran myself, I respect and echo the call of those Democratic lawmakers who encouraged servicemembers to disobey unlawful orders. We cannot and will not be intimidated into tolerating tyranny. As the Chair of the 34th Democrats, I am proud to stand with Kenny and the other leaders who have agreed to put their time and energy into this effort, and hope others will join us in answering this call to action.”

If you are interested in joining the Non-Violent Resistance Committee’s work, contact committee chair Kenny Austin at nvrc@34dems.org.

2025 Service Project | Food Lifeline

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This year marks our fifth annual Service Project! Starting in the height of the COVID-19 pandemic, our Service Project connects our organization with a nonprofit in our district providing critical services and resources to those in need. For 2025, we are supporting Food Lifeline.

Food Lifeline’s mission is to feed people experiencing hunger today while working to end hunger for tomorrow. Operating out of Boulevard Park, Food Lifeline believes access to nutritious, culturally relevant foods is a basic human right, and centers racial justice and co-creation of solutions to poverty, wealth inequality, and social injustice. Food Lifeline supports a wide variety of work, including: retail and food partnerships, mobile food programs, advocacy and public policy, community engagement, and grantmaking initiatives.

Through our Service Project, you can contribute to our support of this incredible organization by volunteering with us on our day of service or providing a financial contributions. Our First Vice Chair, Rachel Glass, is the point of contact for this event and will be communicating with those who sign up to volunteer to provide additional information about the day of service.

Our day of service will be on Saturday, December 13, from 1:00-3:00 PM at Food Lifeline’s Hunger Solution Center — 815 South 96th Street, Seattle, Washington 98108. Financial contributions for this project will be accepted through Friday, December 12.

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Join Our Slack

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In this day and age of too many emails and not enough in-person conversation, the 34th Dems have had great success using slack. Slack is a communications tool which you can use on your computer, your phone or both. You can engage with it on your terms. It is free to join. Inside slack you can have 1:1 conversations with 34th leadership, board members and any member. You can also join any open ‘channel’ you would like to be a part of. We have general channels about political topics, banter (non-political topics), committee channels, caucus channels and more. There are over 100 members involved in our Slack community. Join today to start a conversation! 

Join in just a few quick steps:

  1. Click HERE to join the 34th Dems slack
  2. Be sure you remember the email you used to join and your password.
  3. Once you have joined, you are by default automatically joined to the “all 34th – banter” and “all-34th – business” channels.
  4. Locate the MORE menu on the left side panel. (See below image) Click the more menu.
  5. In the menu, click Channel Browser.
  6. When you open the Channel Browser, you will see a list of all the current channels. Some channels have a lock to new members – these are board business channels.
  7. Select the channels you want to join.
  8. Start a conversation!

Note that the ‘all-34th-business channel’ is for democratic party, 34th or other party announcements and topics. The ‘all-34th-banter’ can be used to share article of interest to those in the party or other community topics. It is also used for campaign events/activities for our endorsed candidates.

The steps above are based on desktop/laptop. Phone steps are slightly different. The main difference is that you find the Channel Browser by clicking the + sign beside the Channels header in the app. From there it is generally the same.

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