- Seattle Mayor Durkan: Call, email, social media templates
- Seattle City Council: Call, email, social media templates
- Email template for your org email list once you’ve organizationally endorsed the DefundSPD Campaign
- Email template from your org to Jenny Durkan demanding defund SPD
Call, email, & social media templates for Mayor Jenny Durkan
The mayor is poised to propose a COVID-era Seattle budget to City Council. Will she defend Black lives or defend the Seattle police budget? We must keep the pressure on. Call, e-mail, and tag Seattle Mayor Jenny Durkan on social media to demand that they commit to meeting the Defund SPD demands immediately.
Click here to find contact info and scripts. (needs to change to internal)
Call, email, social media templates for Seattle City Council
Will Seattle Council get on board with the push to #DefundSPD? Let them know what you think. Click here to find contact information and scripts.
Email template for your org email list once you’ve organizationally endorsed the DefundSPD Campaign
Have you endorsed to defund SPD as an organization? Want to make the next move and have your members sign on as individuals? Include something about the #DefundSPD campaign in your next organizational email or social media posts.
Sample language
[Insert org name] has signed on to the demands to defund the Seattle Police Department and we encourage all of you, as people who also care about defending Black lives, to sign on as well! Sign the petition now: (individual) tinyurl.com/defundSPD and (organizations) tinyurl.com/defundSPDorg. Learn more about these efforts at defundSPD.org.