everything is so much more expensive 😭 we have exciting plans for 2026, but are launching our final fundraising campaign of the year to provide the critical fuel we need to keep growing and meeting young people where they are 📣 help us raise $100K by 12/31 - head to washingtonbus.org/donate

we're SO PROUD of our incredible staff who have been appointed to serve on local transition teams to ensure youth voice is represented as our new leaders take the stage! ✨

omg just two weeks until our 18th birthday party 😱 📣 speakers: seattle city councilmember alexis mercedes rinck, renton city councilmember carmen rivera, & spokane city council ELECT sarah dixit 🎤 with host harper bizarre (and cake, lots of cake) 🍰 do you have your tickets yet? bit.ly/WABUS18

we're so honored to have this incredible lineup speaking at our 18th birthday blowout! 🎈 from spokane to seattle to renton, these ladies are making real moves to build youth power across on city councils across washington ✨ get your tix today! space is limited! bit.ly/WABUS18

⚠️ EARLY BIRD TICKET SALES END TODAY! ⚠️ Head to bit.ly/WABUS18 to get your ticket for our 18th Birthday Blowout before prices go up at midnight! ✨

🎟 EARLY BIRD TICKET SALES END ON ELECTION DAY (NOVEMBER 4TH) 🎟 Join the Washington Bus Education Fund as we celebrate 18 years of building youth power & announce how we're meeting the moment with our new 5 year strategic plan! You can grab tickets at bit.ly/WABUS18 or at our website & linktree!

📣 REPOST & REMINDER 📣 Led by the Youth Endorsement Council, The Washington Bus is backing these incredible, pro-youth change makers this election cycle. We're proud to announce a wide-reaching range of endorsements across this state.

Just in time for the GOTV season for our favorite Spokane candidates—the Bus Spokane team rocked the walk and knocked doors for superstar Spokane City Council Candidates Sarah Dixit, Kate Telis, and Zack Zappone—who are ALL up for election this November 4th ballot.

In Washington State, we're seeing candidates for elected office backtrack on their values, tell our youth community one thing and then turn around and tell their donors another thing. We're here to take accountability and stand in solidarity with our trans peers. Read our full statement here.

WOW! the bus is turning 18 years old—have you ever been curious about where we started? here's some throwback photos from the 2010s bus!

Reminder that we are hosting a School Board Forum with the Urban League of Metropolitan Seattle this upcoming Tuesday! Join us to meet, connect, and ask the candidates questions as a student or as a community member. We encourage students of all ages to be a part of the conversation.

🚌 FALL GOTV CALENDAR - HOP ON THE BUS! 🚌 The year is almost over but there's still a lot of work to do! Every voice and vote matters when it comes to local elections. Sign up for one of our many volunteer opportunities to empower your community and strengthen democracy in Washington state.

📣 ENDORSEMENTS ALERT 📣 Led by the Youth Endorsement Council, The Washington Bus is backing these incredible, pro-youth change makers this election cycle. We're proud to announce a wide-reaching range of endorsements across this state.

In collaboration with the Urban League of Metropolitan Seattle, the Washington Bus Education Fund is hosting a youth-led Seattle School Board Forum! Join us to meet, connect, and ask the candidates questions as a student or as a community member.

Bus friends, we're heading down to knock doors for our endorsed pro-youth candidates Sarah Dixit, Mark Bitz, Kate Telis, and Zack Zappone who are running in Spokane!

WOW! the bus is turning 18 years old—have you ever been curious about where we started? here's some throwback photos from the bus's MAIDEN VOYAGE! see any familiar faces? let us know! and make sure to get your tickets for our 18th birthday bash, early bird is out now!

EARLY BIRD TIX ARE OUT NOW! join us in celebrating the history of our organization alongside the historic work that we're looking ahead to. grab a drink, grab a friend, and grab a slice of cake (there will be so much cake) and reminisce your favorite memories of the bus that built a movement.

The Washington Bus demands the immediate release of Zahid Chaudhry and all of the migrants and people being inhumanely detained in the Northwest Detention Center! Read our Field Organizer Nicole Reyes's remarks here.

ICYMI: This August, Seattle said YES to PEOPLE POWERED ELECTIONS and over a HUNDRED THOUSAND VOTERS voted to fully fund our DEMOCRACY VOUCHER PROGRAM!

hey seattle voters, the seattle democracy voucher program is set to renew this year! if you love keeping democracy accessible and having local elections funded by the people, make sure to vote yes on proposition 1 by august 5th: in-person at a voting center or at your local ballot box! 📝

It's voting season and the WA Bus wants you to GOTV!!! Ballots have been mailed, so make sure you are registered and up to date with yours. Your voice matters and we want to hear yours this August 15th!

The Washington Bus in collaboration with the PEL and the Seattle Office of Sustainability and Environment presents our very own Youth Climate Assembly!! Looking for individuals aged 16-25 from surrounding Seattle areas with a strong passion for climate justice! Details in bio.

we ended june with a BOOM of BUS! our 2025 fellowship team hit the pavement, organizing to serve political excellence AND preSERVE our democracy voucher program & DEFEND trans youth in washington state.

NEW BRAND! NEW BUS! this summer, the washington bus embarked on a serendipitous soul-searching adventure to reinvent our digital wardrobe.

currently in our feels remembering how much fun we had at bus bash last month 🥲

From all the Bus Staff & Summer Fellows, HUGE THANKS to everyone who came out to Bus Bash last night!!! We had a fantastic time jamming out and raising critical funds for our programs! Miss the event and still want to support? Head to washingtonbus.org/donate!

BUS BASH IS TONIGHT!!! Tickets are still available - don't miss out! Get yours here ➡️ bit.ly/BUSBASHTIX

ONE WEEK UNTIL BUS BASH!!! Do you have your tickets yet??? 👀 Join us as we PACK @veraproject for an evening of rocking out and raising money for youth power building across Washington! Come through! bit.ly/BUSBASHTIX

🚨 FLASH SALE ALERT! 🚨 50% OFF tickets to 2025 BUS BASH — get them while they last!!! 🎉 📍 June 17 | 6–9PM | The Vera Project 🎟️ ALL AGES 🎸 Ember Mist, The Dead Wings, Keys to Connection 👉 Snag your HALF-PRICE tickets TODAY ONLY: bit.ly/BUSBASHTIX

DID YOU KNOW? It costs $75,000 to run our summer fellowship program! 😱 That's why we need your help to make Bus Bash a success! Choose your own adventure and help us raise these critical funds on June 17th! ⚡ ATTEND ⚡ DONATE ⚡ SPONSOR ⚡ SHARE Head to bit.ly/BUSBASHTIX for more info!

Hop on board! The Washington Bus is proud to be part of the new alliance of seven organizations working together to build power across our communities for the betterment of ALL Washingtonians.

🎸 Our final performer announcement for Bus Bash comes to us from West Seattle and features our very own Campus Organizer, Edgar U. Espino! 🔥 Come rock out with us at Bus Bash - tickets start at just $30! bit.ly/BUSBASHTIX

Step up and show up for youth power 💪 Help us reach our goal of raising $5000 before midnight tomorrow -- Every dollar, every share, and every post helps get us get closer. ✨ Donate, host a fundraiser, or join a team at bit.ly/BUILDPOWER

ANNOUNCING the next group on the Bus Bash 2025 lineup...Keys to Connection! 🎷 Keys to Connection is increasing access to music & fostering intergenerational relationships - We're thrilled to have them rocking out with us on June 17th at The Vera Project! 🔥 ⚡ Get your tix today: bit.ly/BUSBASHTIX

🔥 EMBER MIST will be throwing down with us at this year's Bus Bash on June 17th at The Vera Project! 🔥 Their raw energy and killer blend of pop and punk rock is the perfect backdrop as we come together to build youth power in Washington! Get your tickets today! bit.ly/BUSBASHTIX

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We're starting our fundraiser for youth power and we need your help to hit our $5K goal by May 7th! 🎯 Donate, fundraise, join a team, or share! Every action counts. 💖 bit.ly/BUILDPOWER

System = Broken 💥. Voices = LOUD 📣. 🔥 Feeling fired up? Bring it to Bus Bash 🚌! Connect with others who know the system needs fixing and are ready to use their voices for change. Let's turn angst into action ➡️💪. Be there📍! Get your tickets at bit.ly/BUSBASHTIX

Got my ticket to the @washingtonbus.org Bash at the Vera Project from 6-9 pm on June 17! Join me in supporting youth engagement and the Washington Bus! Ironically, to buy the tix, I had to select all the cars to prove I’m human. Sigh. bit.ly/BUSBASHTIX

🚌 BUS BASH 2025 TICKETS JUST DROPPED! 🔥😱 Get ready to rock out to some sick live tunes and finally let loose after feeling so civically enRAGED lately. We're celebrating our new squad of fellows and throwing down to fuel the youth takeover of WA. grab your tix NOW! 🤘 bit.ly/BUSBASHTIX

🤘 2025 Bus Bash is hitting @veraproject on JUNE 17th! SAVE THE DATE and prepare to rage! 🔥 Head to bit.ly/BUSBASHDATE to mark your calendar! 📅

Seattle City Council heard input on the Democracy Voucher program yesterday for a proposal to place voucher funding renewal before voters. And the People Powered Elections Coalition showed out!! @peoplepoweredwa.bsky.social @fixdemocracyfirst.bsky.social @fairvotewa.bsky.social @washingtonbus.org

Get on the Bus!

INTERN WITH (B)US! INTERNSHIP OPPORTUNITY! We at The Washington Bus are excited to announce openings for twelve fellows for our upcoming summer season. These part-time, paid internships will span ten weeks and are aimed at young people dedicated to social justice and mobilizing the youth vote.

STRATEGIC COMMS WITH YOUTH - Join us at the Bus office on March 19th to discuss masses-oriented messaging, communications, digital organizing, and more! Learn more and RSVP at busunderground.org Wednesday, March 19th 5pm - 7pm (Doors @ 3pm)

STRATEGIC COMMS WITH YOUTH - Join us at the Bus office on March 11th to discuss masses-oriented messaging, communications, digital organizing, and more! Learn more and RSVP at busunderground.org Wednesday, February 26th 5pm - 7pm (Doors @ 3pm)

And somewhere, out there, a bus staffer realizes that we're going to need a medic on standby for this year's candidate survivor. AGAIN.

Tryna destroy this laptop with stickers. Shoutouts to @b0tster.yeag.gay and @washingtonbus.org

WE'RE NEARLY HALF WAY TO OUR GOAL—lets get to 500 letter writers in 6 days! On Thursday, the Bus and the WA Students Association launched an online portal for youth to directly message their legislators to defend and codify the WA College Grant—the nation's most accessible financial aid program.

POWERMAP WITH YOUTH - Join us at the Bus office on February 26th for a youth-led skill share on mapping out resources, connections, and power within our communities. Learn more and RSVP at busunderground.org