Monday, January 26, 9 a.m.
Hosted by our AAUW-WA Public Policy Team
Use this-> link to register for the Zoom meeting. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email with information about joining the meeting.
Our keynote speaker is Emily Bender, UW professor of linguistics and director if its Computational Linguistics Laboratory. She co-authored the 2025 book The AI Con: How to Fight Big Tech’s Hype and Create the Future We Want.
Other presenters will be our legislative consultant Nancy Sapiro and members of our AAUW-WA Public Policy Team.
Review our Advocacy Day 2026 Checklist.
Follow our Advocacy Day bills in This Week in Olympia (sign up ->here to receive TWinO), with updates from our lobbyist and easy action steps to take to support our advocacy efforts.
Use this-> link to view a list of bills we are tracking (on BillTrack50) for 2026.
Review our bill list and Talking Points:
- Our AAUW-WA Priorities (ask your legislator to support these bills)
- Talking Points for these AAUW-WA Priority Bills
- Sample Letter to Legislators
- 2025 WA Legislator Scorecard (on BillTrack50)
- 2026 WA Legislator Scorecard (will be updated at the end of the session)
The Legislator Scorecard will be used at the end of the session to “score” how your legislator voted on our Advocacy Day bills. You can also use it now to see: bills they sponsored, their profiles, the committees to which they are assigned, and other information.