VOCAL - Washington

⏰ ATTN COMMUNITY MEMBERS & ACTIVISTS ⏰

🚫 Oppose SB 6296 (Involuntary Treatment expansion)

SB 6296 tinyurl.com/SB6296 quietly expands Washington’s ITA system by allowing more people to file involuntary treatment petitions, even when a crisis responder has declined detention. This pushes our state away from community-based services and back toward institutionalization, rolling back decades of progress under the Olmstead Act. Instead of investing in housing, peer support, and voluntary care, this bill expands coercive systems that remove choice and due process. We need systems of care that support people in their own communities, not policies that pull them out. Support community care and choice, not coercion.

Take action by 9:30 AM Monday, Feb 2:

📝 Sign in CON on SB 6296 using this link: tinyurl.com/SB6296-SignIn
🎤 Sign up to testify (remote or written) before the deadline via link here: tinyurl.com/SB6296-Testify

Join us Friday Feb 6th for our next Community Kitchen: Bread + Belonging. We’ll be hearing from friends and advocates with VOCAL-WA regarding upcoming legislation to pay attention to, what it means for our communities and how we can advocate for harm reduction through legislative advocacy.
We’ll also be hosting a virtual watch party of WAISN’s next online Rapid Response training, for those interested in participating.

needing a warm meal? tired of cooking for yourself and/or the sweet humans in your house? looking to meet new friends or be in community with some old ones? come have dinner with us on the First Friday of the month!! this is a FREE Family Friendly monthly gathering to support building community and feeding bellies.

Bring a dish to share if you'd like to or just eat what we're serving up! this month we're excited to have dinner from Ramirez Mexican Restaurant.

When: Friday February 6th 5-8pm
What: Free community dinner + learn about legislative initiatives impacting our communities. Join an (optional) watch party for WAISN’s Rapid Response training in our main building starting at 6pm
Where: Friendship Hall, YWCA Olympia 220 Union Ave SE 🧡

Thank you to support from the South Puget Sound Community Foundation and Inspire Olympia for partnering with us to bring this monthly dinner series to our community!