2023 Municipal Questionnaire

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When you complete your application, please press the "submit " button at the bottom of the page. You should immediately receive an email acknowledging the submission of your application. PLEASE NOTE: If you do not receive an email upon completion of your application, please reach out to Tony@waconservationaction.org immediately. If you represent a community underrepresented in elected office (Native, Black, POC, women, youth, alter-abled, queer/trans, refugee, etc.) what resources and barriers are you encountering in the course of your campaign? We are able to connect with you before you complete the questionnaire on issues specific to you as an under-represented candidate and how we can best communicate with and support you during this endorsement process. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

The vision of Washington Conservation Action is that through equitable structures and systems created by statewide, collaborative efforts, everyone in Washington lives in a healthy and just environment, community, and economy. Our mission is to advocate for environmental progress and justice through actions that mobilize the public, elect champions for the environment, and hold our leaders accountable. To achieve our vision and mission, Washington Conservation Action is committed to dismantling systemic racism and advancing racial equity and environmental justice in all that we do. We work with the understanding that the same beliefs, practices, and systems that create and perpetuate interpersonal and institutional racism, are also those that create and perpetuate environmental destruction. Solving one cannot be done without solving the other. There is no environmental justice without racial justice and economic justice. We thank you for taking time out of your busy campaign schedule to complete this questionnaire. Your responses will be an important factor in our endorsement consideration. No one answer will guarantee an endorsement; instead, all answers will be weighed into our decision-making process and all candidates will be considered. Our process includes this questionnaire, a potential interview, and background research on your candidacy, as well as outreach and collaboration with community partners. Please read the directions below carefully: When completing the questionnaire please keep your responses to 200 words max. Any questionnaires received after this date will be considered for the General Election endorsement period. In addition to submitting the questionnaire, you will be asked to upload a copy of your resume. Once you submit all the required items, we’ll review your submission. We may follow up to ask for your availability for a video interview. Please note that submitting your availability does not mean you are guaranteed an interview or that specific slot; it is to help our team plan logistics. As our endorsement process proceeds, a member of our staff will contact you to inform you of any next steps.

Candidate Information

First Name

Last Name

Pronouns

What position are you running for, include as much detail as possible. (Example: Tacoma City Council, Position 3)

Is this a partisan race?

YesNo

Email - Campaign

Email - Personal (or best point of contact after the campaign)

Phone - Candidate: (Where you can be reached after the campaign)

Phone - Mobile: (Where can our team reach you during the campaign and after the campaign ends)

Campaign Information

Campaign Website

Consultant Name

Campaign Manager Name

Campaign Manager Email

Campaign Manager Phone

Treasurer Name

Treasurer Phone

Your Experience and Campaign

Please describe what has motivated you to run for and serve in public office. What issues, individuals, or circumstances have inspired you?

Describe any campaign training or experience you have had that will help you run an effective campaign:

Please upload a copy of your resume

Your Community

What is your win number (number of votes you need to win your race) in the primary election and general election? Please include the total number of voters expected to turnout.

What communities, groups or population segments make up your base of support? Why do you consider them your base?

What are the top three environmental issues currently impacting your community?

Hiring Practices

Political campaigns have historically excluded (consciously or unconsciously) staff from minority communities. How does your campaign staff reflect inclusive hiring practices?

Who is on your campaign team?

Values

We look to endorse candidates who demonstrate a strong connection to environmental justice.

What are the challenges to pursuing environmental justice in your community? What are some of the policy positions that you support to address these challenges?

What are your lived experiences and values concerning racial, economic, gender, and social justice? How will your election to this position advance a more just and equitable society?

How will you use your position as an elected official to advance a more just and equitable society?

If elected, how will you continue to engage your constituents? (or voters or community?)

Issues/Policy

We continue to degrade and destroy our state's habitats and ecosystems, losing more than 20,000 acres of forest lands across the state each year. Meanwhile, the climate crisis continues to threaten families across the state with more frequent flooding, drought conditions, deadlier wildfires, and pollution that harms our health and well being. No matter your identity, we all face the impacts of this crisis together.

The decisions we make over the next few years will set the future course for our state, and there is no time to waste. We need elected leaders who are committed to the bold actions that are needed to build a sustainable future for the next generation of Washingtonians.

Please list the top three issues of focus for your campaign.

Have you taken any proactive steps to help move those issues forward in your personal life or career?

Political campaigns are an opportunity to engage people in our democratic system. How has your campaign engaged voters and community members, particularly those historically excluded, in a way that fosters long-term engagement in our democracy?

What actions can the state’s elected leaders take to mitigate wildfire risk and the impacts of wildfire smoke in our communities?

Supporting Tribal Treaty Rights can mean taking hard stances to protect habitat and salmon populations that have sustained people for millennia. How will you use your position as an elected official to support and prioritize Tribal Treaty Rights?

Our state legislature updated our state’s climate goals in 2020 to reflect current science and recognized the importance of our working and natural lands for capturing carbon and being part of the solution to the climate crisis. What will you do to support making our natural and working lands more climate smart, and investing in longer term resiliency?

Local jurisdictions are on the front line of climate impacts and climate action. What are your plans to accelerate climate action in your community?

Elected officials have a huge role in providing clean water and healthy habitat for people, salmon and wildlife, by investing in infrastructure like sewage treatment and reducing the toxic pollution in stormwater that harms people and wildlife. What will you do to increase your community’s leadership on these issues?

No Fossil Fuel Pledge

There is a growing grassroots and youth movement asking candidates to sign the No Fossil Fuel Money Pledge, which reads: "I pledge not to take contributions over $200 from oil, gas, and coal industry executives, lobbyists, and PACs and instead prioritize the health of our families, climate, and democracy over fossil fuel industry profits."

Our national partners created Nofossilfuelmoney.org in 2017, and since that time more than 2,000 politicians from 49 states have committed to reject campaign contributions from the fossil fuel industry.

Have you signed the No Fossil Fuel Money Pledge, or if not, will you sign in prior to an interview with us? You can learn more, and sign the pledge at any time, https://nofossilfuelmoney.org/

YesNo

Evergreen Future Campaign

If yes, may we add your name to the list of supporters on the Evergreen Future website. Please let us know if you would like other opportunities to promote your support (e.g., testimonial, local evets, etc.)

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