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Six from SiX brings you monthly updates highlighting the power of state legislators in deep collaboration with their communities and resources to support you in this work.


** Collaborative Governance is the Antidote to Project 2025

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At SiX, we know that many of the policies proposed in Project 2025 have already been field tested in state legislatures ([link removed]) . While we will continue to support legislators in fighting against authoritarian policies, we also know we need to proactively work with our communities to build a future that works for everyone – not just the powerful elite.

Hear from SiX’s Co-Executive Director, Jessie Ulibarri ([link removed]) as he explains how collaborative governance is an antidote to authoritarian schemes like Project 2025 and from leaders on the ground like Damaris Allen, executive director of Families for Strong Public Schools in Florida and Nayda Benitez, director of organizing at the Colorado Immigrant Rights Coalition in Colorado, who are already doing the work – and winning – with state legislators.
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** Preparing for Election Harassment and Violence
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State legislators face persistent violence in and outside of legislatures. In the face of this, SiX stands as a steadfast ally for state legislators. SiX is dedicated to providing the support and resources necessary for our leaders to thrive, even in the most daunting circumstances. We offer a community where legislators can find solace, guidance, and the strength to continue their vital work. Click here ([link removed]) for resources to support state legislators’ safety and security.


** Progressive Governance Academy (PGA) Conference Training

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Join us ([link removed]) for a special half-day, PGA training at SiX’s National Conference!

PGA exists to ensure that elected officials around the country who align with our values have the resources, assets, tools, and skills they need to become powerful and effective leaders. This impactful program, which will help you take your leadership to the next level, is jointly anchored by Local Progress, re:power Fund, and SiX. We'll be facilitating pre-conference modules from PGA on December 11, just before the National Conference kicks off, plus additional modules during the conference itself.

The pre-conference event will feature ways to explore tensions that come from differing leadership styles and resolving those tensions with trust; achieving transformative governance outcomes through organizing, coalition, and ally-building; and practical tools to develop, prioritize, and achieve a bold agenda.

Whether you are newly elected, serving your first term, or just want to strengthen your leadership skills, we encourage you to register! Fewer than 15 spots remain for this half-day training, so claim yours today ([link removed]) !


** New Report: User Error: Reproductive Health, Rights, and Justice
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Abortion seekers, abortion clinics and providers, and people who help facilitate abortion care, such as abortion funds and practical support networks, are being surveilled by both state agencies and private actors. The corporations that govern our digital spaces act as a significant, largely unregulated arm for these surveillance systems, constantly collecting and sharing intimate data about our behaviors, movements, and communications that are easily weaponized. And while some medical information that flows through Big Tech is protected by expanded HIPAA protections, anti-abortion lawmakers are already suing to remove those safeguards.

Learn more in a new report from Kairos Action and SiX, User Error: Reproductive Health, Rights, and Justice ([link removed]) .
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** Celebrate Hispanic Heritage Month
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SiX celebrates the importance of representation, centering Latino communities in policy, and the rich diversity of Hispanic heritage all year long, including Hispanic Heritage Month! Join us in uplifting these messages on your platforms!

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** Housing Justice in the States: Trends, Tools & Tenant Power
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TODAY: October 9, 3:00 pm ET / 12:00 pm PT

We all have a right to safe, affordable, sustainable housing. Yet renters in all states face skyrocketing rents, junk fees, and unfair evictions with little protections. Unchecked corporate landlords and private equity firms consolidate housing supply and price gouge working families. These corporate actors dominate the policy landscape, while housing policy decisions affecting renters are often made without renters at the table. Legislators, local electeds, and renters are working in collaboration across the country to change that and advance housing justice.

Legislators, legislative staff, local electeds, and advocates are all invited to this webinar. This briefing will be recorded.

Register here ([link removed]) .

State legislators, if you’d like to go deeper into SiX’s issue areas, join our legislator cohorts: the Economic Power Project ([link removed]) , the Cohort for Rural Opportunity and Prosperity ([link removed]) , and the Reproductive Freedom Leadership Council ([link removed]) !

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