Washington
When the Seattle City Council began exploring a tax on sweetened beverages in early 2017, we immediately mobilized a successful campaign to ensure that resulting revenue would support early learning programs. We also mobilized our online supporters to support expanded funding for the Washington Early Childhood Education and Assistance Program and Working Connections Child Care subsidies, which will help more families keep or get access to high-quality early learning programs.
Upcoming Events
To learn more about an upcoming event or to volunteer, please contact Ryan Murphy at [email protected].
Campaign Materials
We want to help you be an effective voice for kids. Below are resources to help you take action in your community.
SCAN supporters, Justin & Penny, join Ryan at Seattle City Council to support the sweetened beverage tax and early learning.
Parents and early learning educators learn the skills they need to advocate for their kids.
Participants at the 2017 Washington Advocacy Summit.
SCAN Advocates from around the state deliver hundreds of Head Start postcards to Senator Patty Murray's office.
Everyone is all in for kids at a SCAN event to support Head Start.
Congresswoman Suzan DelBene (WA-1) offers the keynote address at the first annual Washington State Advocacy Summit.
Community Action Team Leader, Mary Sprute testifies before the Seattle Seattle Council on the importance of funding early learning programs.
Constituents from Congressman Dave Reichert's district meet to thank him for reintroducing the Reach Every Mother and Child Act.
Join Us
Contact your local Save the Children Action Network staff member to learn how you can be a voice for kids.
Ryan Murphy
Mobilization Manager, Washington
After graduating from the University of Arizona in 2008, Ryan moved to Honduras to teach for two and a half years in a rural orphanage. When he returned to the United States, Ryan made a career in nonprofit social justice advocacy. He has worked on a variety of issues, including immigration reform, international human rights, preservation of safety-net programs, economic justice and environmental protection.
Prior to joining Save the Children Action Network (SCAN), Ryan served as the Washington State Director of Working America, the National Organizer and Lobbyist for the Sisters of Mercy of the Americas, and Social Justice Organizer at the University of San Francisco.
Shortly after getting married in 2015, Ryan and his wife moved to Seattle, Washington to settle down in what he says “is the best state in the country.”
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202.794.1943
Mackenzie Chase
Government Relations Manager, Washington
Mackenzie works to expand access to high quality early education and care for children in Washington through state and local advocacy. After spending years working on diverse policies, Mackenzie is thrilled to be focusing full-time on high quality early learning that prepares children to thrive in school and life.
Before joining the team at Save the Children Action Network (SCAN), Mackenzie worked as an Early Learning Policy Associate at Children’s Alliance. She also spent over four years working as a Communications Director and Research Analyst at the Massachusetts House of Representatives, where she worked on policies ranging from capital infrastructure to grant programs for economically disadvantaged schools.
Mackenzie grew up in Phoenix, Arizona and moved to Boston, Massachusetts to get a B.A. from Northeastern University. She now resides in beautiful Seattle, Washington.