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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.
** How SiX is Meeting this Moment
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📅 Date: February 20 | 🕒 Time: 1:00 PM ET / 10:00 AM PT
New federal executive orders are already shaping state budgets and policy priorities. Join SiX and State Futures ([link removed]) for a virtual rapid response briefing to discuss key federal actions and explore strategies for state-level legislative responses.
This session will provide lawmakers with:
* Insights from policy and legal experts on the latest executive orders and their implications for states.
* First-hand accounts from legislators on how they are preparing for and responding to federal changes.
* Breakout discussions to strategize coordinated state-level action and legislative solutions.
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** Exercising State Power to Protect Immigrant Communities
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📅 Date: February 26 | 🕒 Time: 4:00 PM ET / 1:00 PM PT
Join SiX, the Immigrant Legal Resource Center ([link removed]) , and partners for a briefing on how state legislators can use their power to protect immigrant communities and support all working families. This session will focus on legislative action, constituent services, and collaboration with immigrant-led organizations to safeguard constitutional rights and economic security.
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** The Corporate Takeover of Rural America: Fighting Agricultural Preemption and Big Business Influence
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📅 Date: February 28 | 🕒 Time: 11:00 AM ET / 8:00 AM PT
In these earliest days of the second Trump administration, we’re seeing oligarchs given free rein in the federal government like never before. For decades, big corporate interests have built their power by capturing state legislatures in majority-rural states – boosting profits at the expense of local communities. A key tool in their playbook? Preemption bills—broad measures that block laws, ordinances, and regulations on critical issues.
Join experts and policymakers to explore 2025 trends in corporate-backed preemption on agriculture, food, and rural policy. Learn how corporations are cementing control in state legislatures by targeting rural communities and discover strategies to help policymakers partner with rural communities push back against agribusiness, chemical, energy, and extremist interests while building alternatives to these abusive preemption policies.
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** Global Solidarity for Reproductive Justice
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In January 2025, SiX and the Women's Equality Center ([link removed]) (WEC) convened U.S. and Latin American legislators to exchange insights and strategies in the global fight for reproductive justice. Leaders from Mexico and Argentina shared how their nations have advanced reproductive rights despite political opposition, offering key lessons for U.S. lawmakers navigating post-Roe challenges.
With increasing attacks on reproductive freedom in the U.S., global solidarity is more important than ever. Read Part 1 of our blog series ([link removed]) to learn how state legislators can build cross-movement alliances and apply international strategies to protect reproductive rights at home.
** Securing State Budgets in a Trump Administration
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As pandemic-era federal funding concludes and automatic tax cuts threaten state budgets, the advancing Trump administration poses additional risks, including the potential elimination of federal public programs, grants, and jobs. Our recent webinar, State Budgets: Threats and Opportunities in 2025, developed in partnership with the Center for Budget & Policy Priorities (CBPP), the Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy (ITEP), and the State Revenue Alliance (SRA), offers insights into navigating these challenges. The session covers the interplay between federal and state budgets and highlights common-sense tax solutions to ensure access to public services.
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** SiX is Leaving X (formerly Twitter)!
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We’re officially transitioning to BlueSky—a platform that better aligns with our values. X’s leadership continues to promote harmful rhetoric and policies that contradict our mission. We’ll keep sharing resources and policy updates in a space that reflects our values.
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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 ([link removed]) and Prosperity, and the Reproductive Freedom Leadership Council! ([link removed])
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