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Legislative Updates
Christina Wong
For the first time in several years, the legislative session has ended on time There is much to celebrate as lawmakers passed a supplemental budget...
Budgets should reflect community values and priorities Last week's state budget proposals offer some remarkable efforts to reduce hunger and poverty...
Great news from Olympia as we are seeing tremendous progress on our primary and support agendas! But Washington's successes can be severely...
We're looking forward to seeing many of you on Monday for Hunger Action Day! As we approach the halfway point of the 2018 legislative session, here's...
Week 1 of the 2018 legislative session was fast and furious: action on our Breakfast After the Bell bill and two new bills signal that legislators...
Today is the first day of the 2018 State Legislative Session Find out more about our legislative priorities, then pledge your best efforts to help us...
House and Senate Republicans passed their highly partisan tax bill this week Rest and recharge now because the fight to protect programs that stave...
Now that both the Senate and the House have passed their versions of a fiscally irresponsible tax bill, your phone calls over the next few days are...
The House will likely vote on their tax bill this Thursday, and a vote on the Senate's bill could come to the Senate floor as soon as next week...
The House tax bill is here Its framework threatens to hurt low and middle income families today and for years to come
Anna Nepomuceno (she/her) is the Director of Public Policy at Northwest Harvest. She leads the organization’s advocacy strategy to advance local, state, and federal laws that strengthen food security and uphold food as a basic human right. Anna analyzes public policy through an equity lens and helps shape and draft legislation that centers the needs of communities most affected by hunger. She builds and sustains relationships with lawmakers, state agencies, and nonprofit partners, championing grassroots engagement and uplifting BIPOC and other marginalized voices to ensure public policy is informed by lived experience and community power.
Natasha Dworkin (she/her) is the Director of Communications at Northwest Harvest. She leads statewide communications, storytelling, and public engagement efforts focused on building collective action toward a more just food system. Her work centers lived experience, data‑driven messaging, and values‑aligned narratives that move audiences beyond charity toward solidarity. Natasha oversees integrated campaigns, media strategy, and community engagement initiatives that elevate the impacts of public policy and federal funding on food access across Washington.
