Working Groups

The 46th District Democrats are working on more than just getting Democrats elected to office. Our members care deeply about the issues that affect our lives. Some of these issues are national in scope, like Foreign Policy, and some are state, county or local. All of them deserve our attention, but with our limited resources, we can't work on everything. Below are the official working groups that we have formed within the 46th to work on specific issues.

Our January 19th, 2006 meeting is be our annual breakout sessions, gathering ideas on how to update the platform and talking about the current Legislative efforts in Olympia and Washington DC. There are 8 breakout groups, with facilitators as follows:

• Human Services

  SaraJane Siegfriedt

• Election Reform

  Bev Marcus

• Civil & Human Rights; Law and Justice

  Dana O’Day Senior

• Education

  Janet Miller

• Foreign Policy

  Gail Chiarello & Justin Simmons

• Labor & Economic Justice

  Stan Sorscher

• Environment, Energy & Transportation

  Chad Lupkes & Gerry Pollet

• Health Care

  Sylvia Haven

These groups are invited to continue to meet after January 19th to determine the status of their topic in Seattle, King County, Washington State and the US Nationally, and report back periodically to keep the Executive Board and the Membership engaged on that topic, educated on what is happening and empowered to make a difference. It's up to each of us to do everything we can.

If you have another issue topic that you think we should be watching and voicing our opinion on, and you are interested in leading the effort, please let us know.