Parents Organizing for Welfare and Economic Rights

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All Mothers should be protected! All mothers should be able to call for help! Sonya Massey should be alive today!

A tiny view of out front of our office.

One of my best besties is visiting for open office hours today. The front door is locked, just knock if you come by. We’ll be here till 6:00pm.

Kids are always welcome at POWER!

https://nmaahc.si.edu/juneteenth

Happy Juneteenth!
Celebrate!
Support Black owned business!
Educate yourself, educate your children!
Unpack your own racism!
Acknowledge your privilege!
BLACK LIVES MATTER!
BLACK LIVES MATTER!
BLACK LIVES MATTER!

POWER & Alchemilla member Azure McCormick will be selling handcrafted upcycled merchandise on 4th Ave in downtown Olympia today. Catch Azure there on the regular tabling in front of 22 Too Many.

“It’s bill time again and I am trying to come up with 70$. Here are some beautiful new things I made! And I will be down on fourth Ave. today if you want to find me and pick out something. Love you all!”

Happy Mothers Day to all you hard working Mamas!

Mothers Day Proclamation, 1870, Julia Ward Howe

Open Office Hours from 4-6 are cancelled today and next Thursday.

Happy May Day!!!

These calendars were donated to POWER to sell. Each month is a memorial Black lives lost to police violence.

Although the year is almost half over, these calendars contain a lot of information that does not end with this year.

We are selling them staring at $5.00 - as high as you want to go $, all proceeds to go toward the ABC Reparations Housing Campiagn.

https://givebutter.com/FHfwlp
To give directly to the ABC Reparations Housing Campaign go to the above link or scan the QR Code on the last picture.

Contact Mary at 360-352-9716 if you want to purchase a calendar.

Desirée Chantel Tolliver is giving proceeds from her art sales to the ABC Reparations Housing Campaign. Come down and see us at Arts Walk tonight and tomorrow from 12-6.

Next Stop Cosmos and Box of Frames are playing tonight at POWER starting at 7:00. Bring the kids! It's gonna be so much fun!

We'll have members of the Bum Jug Collective with us at Arts Walk tonight and tomorrow.

One of our artists, Desirée Chantal Toliver, is donating proceeds from her art sales to 𝐀𝐥𝐢𝐚𝐧ç𝐚𝐀𝐜𝐨𝐥𝐡𝐢𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐨𝐒𝐨𝐥𝐢𝐝𝐚𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐝𝐚𝐝. https://www.instagram.com/alianca_de_acolhimento_s?igsh=MXRqeGozY29hb29weg%3D%3D

Come on down today to check out our art, meet the artists, and learn more about P.O.W.E.R.

Come down for a cold beer tomorrow night at POWER from 6-10! Thank you Three Magnets for your support!

https://workingfamiliescredit.wa.gov/apply

Have you applied yet? I just got a refund for 2022 & 2023. It takes up to 90 days to receive your refund after applying and you have to do your federal return first.

Apply | Washington State Working Families Tax Credit Important Some direct deposits were mistakenly sent as refund checks. We are sorry and will be sending letters to those impacted. If you are looking for your refund, check your mail or check the status of your refund.

“The ache for home lives in all of us, the safe place where we can go as we are and not be questioned” - Maya Angelou

https://caclmt.org/energy-assistance/

Thurston County Housing Authority reopens up for Energy Assistance appointments tomorrow morning, April 5th.

Energy Assistance | Community Action Council of Lewis, Mason, and Thurston Counties Energy & Weatherization Energy Assistance Weatherization Water Assistance Energy Assistance  Households Our Energy Assistance program believes in providing equitable, confidential, and reliable energy assistance services to low-income families and individuals. Through the federally funded LIHEAP ...

Open office hours will be from 4:30-6:00 today!

https://youtu.be/WEYJHiygJh4?si=3-k1eQynbHSpVkjm

We are so excited and honored to recieve this innovators award from Arts Walk! Can’t wait to see you all on April 26 & 27!

Arts Walk Innovation Awards 2024 - POWER https://www.artswalkoly.comhttps://m.mamapower.org

https://www.artswalkoly.com/events/2024/power

We already knew how talented our members are but it’s nice to be recognized.

Thanks to Arts Walk and our members, volunteers, & talented artists for making this happen.

Come enjoy the festivities with us April 26 & 27.