My Activism



Written by Andrelyn Izquierdo.


My road map of places where I helped change occur through my activism work.


Warning: This blog entry may be triggering to those with strong feelings and beliefs about politics. Regardless of what side you are on, the intention of this writing is to display my accomplishments on exercising my voice and finding my feet on the road that leads me to freedom from human trafficking.



Photo by Andrelyn Izquierdo.


Over the course of years, I've participated in a lot of political activities from a distance using the power of my pen and words. Most people that I have run into or have exchanged debates with have opposing beliefs of what activism really is. But the truth is that activism can happen individually and within a group that is both official, such as a nonprofit, or unofficial that was organized quickly to achieve a shared goal of getting an important message across to be heard by the people for the people.



Photo by Andrelyn Izquierdo in January 2020.


Protesting


Last year, I mentioned in another blog post about protest marches I participated in. They include, but are not limited to:
Inside of Bethany Church for individual photo session with my 2 protesting signs.
BLM Event in Downtown Tacoma, WA in June 2020.
Protest march in Downtown Tacoma, WA in July 2020.
BLM Protest march to the Washington State Capitol on July 4, 2020 in Olympia, WA.



Photo by Andrelyn Izquierdo.


Policy Changes


I have assisted directly in the change of policies and procedures that are official and unofficial (not in writing yet) in my activist journey.

  • Washington State Organizations

    • WSU Extension Pierce County Master Gardeners - volunteer work for four years with participation in almost every Committee including the Foundation Board of Directors and Strategic Planning Committee. I have work spanning throughout almost every single Committee of PCMG.

    • x15 South Hill Pierce County Library 2024 - immediate changes for improvement with growing community attendance plus evaluation of usefulness of their resources. 2024 Strategic Plan input.

    • Washington Native Plant Society - National Poetry Appreciation Month Committee & Marketing Committee.

    • The Salvation Army in Puyallup - change of hours and improving their identification process in the Food Bank.

    • YMCA - employee training program, seasonal marketing promotions, and Zumba fitness choreography.

    • Pierce County Health Department - local marketing.

    • U.S. Interagency Council on Homelessness

    • Seattle King County NAACP in 2020 - planning and procedures for voting at 2020 ballot offices.

    • Assisted Tacoma City Council with budget planning and resource allocations.

  • x15 with a Republican Politician in Olympia on sex education that is inclusive to all genders including the LGBTQ+ Community.

  • x18 with Patty Murray on abortion access.

  • x1 with Florida Mayor in 11th Grade for a school project in Lake Brantley High School.



Volunteering & Fundraising


Volunteer Work


  • WSU Extension Pierce County Master Gardening (PCMG) 2020 - 2024

  • Mathematical Society 2024

  • Friends of the South Hill Library 2024

  • Friends of the Puyallup Library 2024

  • National Sexual Assault Hotline 2022 - 2023

  • The Salvation Army in Puyallup 2022 - 2023

  • Domestic Violence Hotline 2022 - 2023

  • National Human Trafficking Hotline 2022 - 2024

  • Washington State Native Plant Society 2022

  • Tacoma Gardens 2021

  • Puyallup Food Bank Summer - Fall 2019



Fundraising


  • Master Gardener Foundation of Pierce County (MGFPC) 2022

  • PCMG Plant Sale 2021 - 2022

  • Federal Way Food Bank 2021

  • Entrepreneur as a Sales Representative, Unit Leader, & District Manager Assistant for Avon a company for women - Avon’s Breast Cancer Crusade 2009


Petition Signing, Surveys & Donations


Topics

(In alphabetical order)

  • Abortion

  • Accessibility

  • Agriculture

  • Animal Rights & Protection

  • Anti-Corruption and Transparency

  • Black Lives Matter (BLM)

  • Building Construction

  • Child Care

  • Climate Change

  • Civil Rights

  • Combating Drugs and Crime

  • Culture

  • Cybersecurity

  • Defense

  • Deforestation

  • Democracy

  • Discrimination

  • Economy

  • Education

  • Endangered Species

  • Energy

  • Equality

  • Food Hunger

  • Gardening

  • Health Care

  • Homelessness

  • Housing

  • Human Rights

  • Human Trafficking

  • Immigration

  • Justice & Crime

  • Labor

  • Law Enforcement

  • Marketing

  • Ocean Pollution

  • Protesting

  • Public Administration

  • Public Safety

  • Racism

  • Senior Assisted Living

  • Sexual Violence

  • Slavery

  • Social Policy

  • Transportation

  • Unemployment

  • Volunteering

  • Voting Rights

  • Water & Sanitation

  • Women's Rights & Suffrage Movement



Organizations

(In alphabetical order)


  • ACLU - American Civil Liberties Union (2019 - Present)

  • Act Blue - supporting The Obamas and more politicians. (2019 - Present)

  • Black Panthers (2020)

  • Change.org (2013 - Present)

  • Democratic Majority (2020 - Present)

  • Discord (2020 - Present)

  • Drawing Foundations (2021 - 2022)

  • Grassroots Democrats (2020 - Present)

  • Lake Brantley High School Step Team - Sigma Kappa Rho (2002 - 2003)

  • LBHS Asian American Association (2002)

  • LBHS Urban Group of Color (2002)

  • Martin Luther King Jr. Center (2020 - 2022)

  • MoveOn.org (Since 2008)

  • NAACP in Seattle, WA (2020)

  • Planned Parenthood Legal Group of Missouri. (2020 - Present)

  • Planned Parenthood of Seattle, WA. (2019 - Present)

  • Puyallup City Council (2019 - Present)

  • Roland Martin Unfiltered in D.C. (2019 - Present)

  • Seattle City Council (2020 - 2022)

  • Southern Poverty Law in Montgomery, Alabama (2020 - Present)

  • The Salvation Army of Puyallup (2019 - Present)

  • The Young Turks Television Show (2020 - 2023)

  • Trip to District of Columbia for John Lewis’s Memorial Service (July 2020)



Countries

(In alphabetical order)


Awareness, news, and debates


  • Afghanistan

  • Africa

  • Argentina

  • Arunachal Pradesh

  • Australia

  • Bangladesh

  • Bombay

  • Brazil

  • Canada

  • Central African Republic

  • Colombia

  • Costa Rica

  • Cuba

  • Democratic Republic of Congo

  • Dominican Republic

  • Egypt

  • El Salvador

  • Ethiopia

  • Germany

  • Greece

  • Ghana

  • Greenland

  • Guatemala

  • Guyana

  • Haiti

  • Iceland

  • Iran

  • Iraq

  • Israel

  • Jammu and Kashmir

  • Japan

  • Jordan

  • Kenya

  • Korea

  • Kuwait

  • Libya

  • Madagascar

  • Malaysia

  • Manipur

  • Mexico

  • Mozambique

  • Namibia

  • Nepal

  • New Zealand

  • Niger

  • Nigeria

  • Norway

  • Pakistan

  • Panama

  • Peru

  • Philippines

  • Poland

  • Portugal

  • Puerto Rico

  • Punjab

  • Rajasthan

  • Romania

  • Russia

  • Somalia

  • South Africa

  • South Sudan

  • Spain

  • Sri Lanka

  • Sudan

  • Sweden

  • Syria

  • Thailand

  • Turkey

  • Uganda

  • Ukraine

  • United Kingdom

  • United States of America

  • Uttar Pradesh

  • Venezuela

  • Vietnam

  • Vishakhapatram

  • Zambia



Legal Work & Debates



Legal Work


  • Jury Duty in Washington State 2021.



MeetUp Debates


  • Abortion

    • Access to humane medical care.

    • Child support.

    • Difference between Medicaid and Medicare.

    • Roe v. Wade.

    • Unrealistic adoption agency expectations and price hikes.

  • BLM

    • Excessive force and time frames.

    • Racism and discrimination.

      • How to prove racism in the court system.

    • Policing the police.

    • Protesting locally and nationally.

    • Protesting rights and safety.

    • Fake news in different types of media.

  • Climate Change

    • Controlled initiated wildfires.

    • Utilizing Native American gardening practices for overall climate change recovery and sustainability.

    • Preserving the Amazon Rain Forest.

    • Preserving trees in Tacoma parks instead of cutting them down.

    • Reforming and redesigning the sanitation system to include composting in other cities that did not have them.

    • Saving endangered species of Western Red Cedar tree species and reserving them for research.

  • Coronavirus / COVID

    • Fear during the Pandemic

      • tsunami analogy for hysteria amongst people.

    • Are booster shots safe?

      • discussed side effects.

    • Policy change discussions and experience stories.

    • Vaccine production procedures.

    • Emergency announcements and notifications.

    • Medical coverage and medical professional roles.

    • Patient routing in hospitals and death tolls.

    • Senior home living.

    • Domestic abuse and sexual violence.

  • Education

    • Education system needed improvements.

    • Plagiarism in school essay, midterm, and final papers.

    • Reduction of test preparation.

    • Transparency of classroom practices.

  • Human Trafficking

    • Advertisements in media.

    • Law Enforcement responses and lack thereof.

    • Shelter operations as brothels.

    • Statistics between genders.

    • Volunteering Abroad.

    • What does human trafficking look like?

  • Philosophy

    • Aristotle, Archemedes, & Socrates.

    • Designing the perfect society.

    • Different types of government.

    • Science vs Religion.

    • Policy changes in government according to Socratic theories.

    • Socialism vs Communism.

  • Prison Pipeline

    • Communication access via snail mail and electronic mail.

    • Education system needing improvements.

    • Excessive force in juvenile detention centers, jails, and prisons.

    • Job system improvements for jail expenses and court fees affordability.

    • Solitary confinement procedures.

  • Religion

    • Difference between Catholicism and Christianity.

    • Does God exist?

    • Genesis - The Garden of Eden.

    • Marriage as a promise.

    • Noah's Ark.

    • Revelations, The Prophet, and the Apocalypse.

    • The 12 Disciples.

  • Science & Technology

    • Consciousness.

    • Hypnosis.

    • Neurology.

    • Psychology & Sociology.

    • The different hemisopheres of the brain.

  • Women's Rights

    • Abortion Rights.

    • Is there a wage gap?

    • Minimum wage.

    • Roe v. Wade.

    • The Backlash.

    • Sexism and Racism.

    • Voting Rights.



Letter Writing Campaigns


Wrote to politicians by State with results:


  • x7 people in Washington State

  • x11 people in New York State

  • x10 people in Florida State

  • x3 in North Carolina State

  • x4 in California State

  • x1 at 15-years-old on access for children to get to school in their policy with Florida State Mayor.

  • x2 with Mayor Justin Bibb in Ohio State in 2023

  • x1 with Governor Mike DeWine in Ohio State in 2023

  • Senator Patty Murray in every State I’ve been to in the 2 years! ✍️😃

  • x6 Congresswoman AOC in two States in 2 years! ✍️ 😃

  • x4 Congresswoman Maria Cantwell in 2 States!

  • x5 Senator Kim Schrier of Washington State 2020

  • x4 United States Representative Nancy Pelosi 2020

  • x1 President Biden about sexual assault. 2021

  • x3 Senator Cory Booker of New Jersey 2022

  • Many more politicians in The House of Representatives!



My Independent Projects


  • Political Research Supreme Court Hearings. 2018 - 2022

  • Political Research & brainstorming of human trafficking and all of its branches. 2018 - 2024

  • Juneteenth Slavery Independence Day Letter Writing Campaign to State Governors 2020 - It took 25 hours to complete this project without any sleep.

  • Investigative Journalism Writing. 2020

  • Wrote to Puyallup City Council about adding to their changed law declaration about including adult women instead of only focusing on the young age group of girls. 2021

  • Researching infrastructure for water sustainability and roadside (bike lanes, sidewalks, & wheelchair accessibility in residential areas and not just for main streets.) 2021 - 2022

  • January Slavery & Human Trafficking Prevention & Awareness Month information flyers 2022 & 2023

  • Providing family resources around the community on children's literature and exposing the public to infant dolls. December 2023

  • Current Independent Project: I’ve been working on my own individual Community Safety and Auditing Evaluations as a solo project to increase my legislature and WAC code standards knowledge. 2023

  • Current Independent Project: Website Assessments for Communications - Governors 2024



These lists are growing much more this year as I remain steadfast in my mission to free myself from human trafficking along with loved ones and my brother who is innocent in jail without a reasonable cause.


If you are interested in a letter writing campaign or have an invite to an organization event, please feel free to email me at andrelynwriting@gmail.com.





Inspired by me and my family's true story.

Dedicated to my special loved one dearest in my heart, my brother, Jose Alicea Jr.




Thank you for reading.



Feel free to leave a comment below.





This article is written by:

Andrelyn Izquierdo



Comments

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

My Personal Way of Living

Image
Written by Andrelyn Izquierdo. Celebrating my personal achievements. WARNING: This article contains sensitive content and may be found offensive or triggering to some people. It is intended for educational and awareness purposes to help victims and their loved ones to recognize signs of Racism, Harassment, Human Trafficking, Sex Trafficking, and/or Rape. Very graphic details may include explanations from my personal experiences. If for any reason you are not ready to see details of abuse, feel free to move on and come back when you are ready. It is also recommended that you view this with a friend or family member for emotional support. Photo of Andrelyn Izquierdo in January 23, 2022 by Andrelyn. Over the years, I've been battling against destructive rumors that have brought my reputation down the drain. This year, I'm getting bolder in displaying that publicly in whichever way that I can in an attempt to get out of chaos caused by other people. As a form of self care, I am cel...
Read more

PTSD

Image
  Written by Andrelyn Izquierdo. A journal entry reflecting on things found in media. WARNING: This article contains sensitive content and may be found offensive or triggering to some people. It is intended for educational and awareness purposes to help victims and their loved ones to recognize signs of Racism, Harassment, Human Trafficking, Sex Trafficking, and/or Rape. Very graphic details may include explanations from my personal experiences. If for any reason you are not ready to see details of abuse, feel free to move on and come back when you are ready. It is also recommended that you view this with a friend or family member for emotional support. DISCLAIMER: This article is showing how I, myself, have been trying to take care of myself in an oppressive world that still denies the fact that sexual violence exists and chooses to do nothing instead of something to help solve the problem. In no way am I claiming to be a doctor as I am not certified as one. Research over the year...
Read more