Getting elected is the starting line, not the finish line.

As you gear up for the work ahead, SiX is here with practical, ready-to-use support.

Over the next few weeks, we’re offering trainings and toolkits to help you lead with confidence in this moment—from tax policy essentials and a repro state learning lab, to vertical video communications, mid-decade redistricting, plus rapid-response resources on the federal tax bill and immigration justice.

Forward this invitation to fellow legislators and legislative staff and help build power across all 50 states!

Make Policy Click: Vertical Video Training for Legislators

Tuesday, November 18, 1pm ET / 10am PT
Register (For state legislators and legislative staff.)

Join SiX for a practical, peer-led training on using vertical video to explain your priority issues policy work—fast. West Virginia Delegate Kayla Young and Arizona Senator Analise Ortiz will share examples and recording tips from their top-performing videos. By the end of this training, legislators will leave with one ready-to-post (or near-final) vertical video, so come with policy videos in mind!

Funding Our Futures: Tax Policy Essentials for State Legislators & Legislative Staff

Friday, November 14, 3pm ET / 12pm PT
Register (For state legislators and legislative staff.)

Tax policy is one of the most powerful tools state legislators have to fund the futures we deserve— especially right now.

Join SiX, State Revenue Alliance, and legislative leaders for a training on the essentials of state tax policy and how to effectively champion it.

This training includes:

    • The basics of state revenue generators & state tax systems.

    • Current state budget pressures as a result of HR1 & federal actions.

    • Strategic resources, including policy, polling, messaging, data & research.

    • Actionable solutions & technical assistance support.

    • Connections to in-state, cross-state & national advocacy partners.

This training is designed to empower state legislators and legislative staff with the knowledge, resources, strategies, and relationships necessary to take on special interests and champion progressive revenue in their state.

Repro State Learning Lab

Monday, November 17, 1pm ET / 10am PT

Register (For members of SiX’s Reproductive Freedom Leadership Council (RFLC). Reach out here if you would like to become a member!)

SiX’s Repro State Learning Labs are a monthly, collaborative space for RFLC members to strategize and share insights.

Our next lab will feature Cat Duffy, PhD and Christina Piecora, JD from the National Health Law Program (NHeLP) who will discuss how state policy can address the impact of federal budget cuts on reproductive healthcare. We’ll also hear from Illinois Representative Lilian Jiménez who will share how she and her colleagues are working to protect their communities from ICE raids in Chicago.

Defending Fair Maps: Legislative Briefing on Mid-Decade Redistricting

November 20, 1pm ET / 10am PT

Register (For state legislators, legislative staff, and state-based advocates.)

Join SiX and Common Cause for a special briefing to prepare state legislators and advocates to protect fair representation in our democracy and fight authoritarian rule. This briefing will equip participants with tools and strategies to defend against the next attempts in state legislatures to seize permanent power through mid-decade partisan redistricting. This briefing will be moderated by Georgia State Senator and SiX Senior VP Kim Jackson and will feature Texas State Representative Nicole Collier and Dan Vicuna from Common Cause.

ICYMI: Essential Resources

    • Special Session Toolkit: State Solutions to Federal Tax Bill
    • Protecting Immigrant Communities: A Toolkit for State Action
    • Reproductive Healthcare Model Legislation

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