Quaker Voice Legislative Fellows are young adults ages 16-35 who live or study in the state of Washington (or outside Washington if recommended by a Quaker Meeting), Each Fellow joins a group working to support action in the Washington state legislature on issues in environment, police and prisons, healthcare, affordable housing, immigrant and LGBTQ+ rights, and other justice concerns. The Fellow develops background materials and tracks legislation, in partnership with a mentor who is already a Quaker Voice citizen advocate. Each fellow has an opportunity to see in depth how a lobbyist works by shadowing Paul Benz, our Senior Legislative Advocate, for a day. Travel costs to Olympia for Quaker Lobby Day and the shadow day are covered by the program.
See this page for full information: 2025-26 Legislative Fellowship Program — Quaker Voice
Twitter / X advised RantWoman that today is Orange Shirt Day, in remembrance of all the horrors of Indian schools.
September 30 is also International Translators and Interpreters Day.
RantWoman is wearing an orange shirt and honoring both occasions as follows.
Special shout out to all interpreters everywhere who have risked their lives for the US.
Triple Shout-out when the US government was simultaneously suppressing indigenous languages in Indian schools and relying on Native American interpreters.
Blessings all.
Pray for this country. Start there.
Go out and touch grass.
The big tech companies are profitting off of... Don't let them.
RantWoman first heard simply that Charlie Kirk had been shot in the neck. RantWoman is not a doctor, but that DID NOT SOUND GOOD.
Next, RantWoman heard THE PRESIDENT announce that Charlie Kirk had died. RantWoman's reflex about anything President #StableGenius says is "if the President says water is wet, demand independent confirmation." Independent confirmation came soon enough.
RantWoman here notes without endorsement several strands of commentary spiced with RantWoman reactions.
"who's that?"
Oh, you lucky age group peers.
Charlie Kirk shooting: Why kill him? | About That
The Canadians set the backgroun.
"It's okay to be relieved if someone actively doing harm can no longer harm anyone."
Heartfelt prayers to Charlie Kirk's wife and children AND ALSO TO ALL THE FAMILIES LEFT FATHERLESS by the current deport-a-rama.
"Say what you will. Charlie lived by his principles."
so liv by the sword? Die by the sward?
Various flavors of whataboutism related to recent assassinations in MN. Why didn't the President fly flags at half-staff for the murders in MN?
Oh come on. President #BoneSpurs couldn't even allow the flags to fly half staff during his inauguration while the country was mourning President Jimmy Carter. Plus, those poor benighted Democrats never raised even a fraction of the money Charlie Kirk raised for Trump.
Retired FBI agent Frank Figlizzi: the shooter was good but an FBI sharpshooter would have aimed slightly differently.
Now Blind former trauma care nurse, echoing what RantWoman already thought, "DON'T look at the video.
"Lock down your accounts because if you say ANYTHING about this supposed apostle of free speech you WILL GET DOXED," with no thanks to MSNBC for firing a key person for saying out loud some of what there is to be said about Charlie Kirk.
Charlie Kirk Shooter Exposes MAJOR Problem
Perhaps something to young men who never fully extracted themselves from internet rabbit holes after the pandemic. Ask a teenager about mobility during the pandemic
RantWoman actually also thought of a comment from an elderly woman on the streets of Moscow after the assassination of Alexie Navalny: "I am sorry for the young people."
And can we elevate the voices of AOC, Jared Moskowitz, Maxwell Frost...?
Charlie Kirk Suspect Came From Inside The House
Reese Waters presents the Groiper themes.
Know you are and stand on it. Don't feed....
Charlie Kirk Suspect was "Extremely Online" | Pivot
The UK will use 30 people to gun violence in a year. The US loses 120 / month.
Charlie Kirk Suspect’s Grandma Says Family Is All MAGA
Utah Governor makes outrageous statementsat press conference for Charlie Kirk suspect.
"I was praying for 33 hours that this would not be one of us."
ACTUALLY, RantWoman interprets the dad turning in his own kid as a sign of some level of sanity.
Interesting Charlie Kirk comments.
Charlie Kirk’s Death Exposed the Biggest Scam in History
🚨Kirk Shooting Scandal WIDENS As Newsweek Drops BOMB
Feud between Charlie Kirk and Nick Fuentes?
Assassination of an Ass | BREAKING NEWS Armageddon Update
Donald Trump Is Over Charlie Kirk and Was It A.I. Or Are Our Eyes Playing Tricks On Us!!
The famous ballroom construction quote.
FBI Drops BOMB About Charlie Kirk SHOOTER’S ROOMMATE🚨
quoted verbatim from Johan Maurer
Can you believe?: Fiercely inspirational a blog always full of stimulating reading that RantWoman does not always get to, as well as a YouTube music clip or two.
Mark Russ and Woodbrooke Quaker Study Centre team up for a six-session online course: Whose Friends are we? Mark explains on his blog: "Emerging from my PhD research on Quaker theology and Whiteness, I’ve developed an online course for Woodbrooke reflecting on what it might mean for Quakers to be friends of God, Christ and each other in the 21st century." Mondays, October 13 to November 17. More details here.
Discipline and Punish: Kristin Du Mez assesses James Dobson's legacy.
Cherice Bock explains the background of the chapter she wrote with Catalina Morales Bahena for the new book Hungry for Hope: Letters to the Church from Young Adults, due to be published today. Their chapter is entitled, “Reclaiming ‘Enough’: Away from Scarcity Toward True Abundance.” For more on the book, visit hungryforhopebook.com.
Abolitionism and compromise, a Jay family/Indiana Yearly Meeting case study. (Thanks to Martin Kelley for the link.)
John Kinney at Spokane Friends, speaking on contemplative prayer:
Long ago when RantWoman could officially see, one of her favorite grad school nerd activities was to go and graze intellectually among a wide range of publications in the periodicals room at the library.
Now RantWoman sometimes relies on her eclectic Twitter /X entourage to cull nuggets. Here, thanks to one of RantWoma's X followers, RantWoman offers a concise though still divisive commentary about the school shootings at the church in Minneapolis.
https://www.nationalreview.com/2025/08/in-defense-of-prayer/
"When people pray, they can find strength in the face of helplessness, wisdom at a time when nothing makes any sense, and comfort when the soul is being drawn into the abyss of grief."
Where is there room for RAGE?
Many in RantWoman's social media streams point out that #ThoughtsAndPrayers don't matter a lot if children were in fact PRAYING. That and the alleged shooter's writings of course also make the crime even more horrific.
RantWoman's perspective: OF COURSE people should pray with everyone mourning a death or sitting along the bedside of the gravely injured and the gravely injured themselves. OF COURSE. No-brainer for anyone who prays at all.
The point is not "Don't pray." The point is not "Stop praying." The point to RantWoman is like God slapping some Old Testament prophet up side of the head with a message like "I have given you ways to stop the slaughter and yet you refuse... and instead worship at the holy altar of political contributions.
As long as RantWoman is providing Dial-a-Tirade services though, RantWoman is going to wade into the other trope that happens every time a transgender person perpetrates a mass shooting: there are social media torrents about how all "transgenders" are mentally ill and presumably prone to mass shootings.
RantWoman emphatically begs to differ.
Can no one say "Religiously themed transphobia sometimes drives people to mass murder?"
Can no one say "a tiny percentage of transgender people commit mass shootings?"
Can no one say "Mass shootings committed by transgender people are a TINY percentage of all the mass shootings that happen in the US every year?"
Can no one say "IT'S STILL THE GUNS?".
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🚨 Emergency Protest for Zahid Chaudhry 🚨
Decorated U.S. veteran, father, husband, & WA CAN member-leader Muhammad Zahid Chaudhry has been unjustly detained at NWDC. His family is suffering, and our community refuses to stay silent.
📍 Northwest Detention Center, 1623 E J St, Tacoma
🗓 Sunday @ 2PM
Join WashingtonCAN, Veterans For Peace, Seattle Anti-War Coalition, Massage Parlor Outreach Project, International Migrant Alliance - Seattle, NIDAL, Puget Sound Sage, Tanggol Migrante Movement, End the WA-DOC Pipeline, One America, AN-NISA Network, Bil-Yad Seattle, ACRS, Khmer Anti-Deportation Advocacy Group, Southend Indivisible, North Seattle Progressives, King County Democrats, ICHRP, CAIR, WA for Peace and Justice, Backbone Campaign, Working WA, Mennonite Action - WA, MCAS (Muslims for Community Action and Support), SUPER (Students United for Palestinian Equality & Return), Seattle DSA, La Alianza, & more to demand Zahid's IMMEDIATE release.
This protest will include speakers from the organizations listed as well as individuals who have worked alongside Zahid and his family. Zahid is a true beacon of hope for our community and an incredible light during these dark times. We are beyond appalled by his kidnapping, and need to act NOW! Bring your voice, your presence, and your power. Together, we'll show that our communities stand with Zahid, Melissa, and their family.
From his wife, Melissa Chaudhry:
“ICE has stolen a beloved husband, a fiercely tender father, and a passionately patriotic American. We are all the poorer for it. My family will suffer every day he is apart from us… Zahid always stood up for the underdog. He always fought for the goodness of our communities. We who know that liberty and justice for all must mean ALL – we know Zahid as the hero we all need… ICE must release this decorated, disabled American veteran – return the heart of my family – and show the world that America still stands for justice and peace.”
✊ RSVP now & stand with Zahid's family
Please email RashellLisowski@washingtoncan.org or text (206) 581-3290 to join the growing list of community organizations and groups engaging and sponsoring this event. Or with any questions about the event.
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| Release Zahid Chaudry Protest, NWDC, TAcoma |
NEW: ICE detained Zahid Chaudhry a disabled veteran, the father of two U.S. citizens and husband To Pro-Palestine political candidate at his aaturalization interview today. https://t.co/mGkOMAcnwW
— Hannah Krieg (@hannahkrieg) August 21, 2025
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