You Must Register to Attend! May 1 Friday, Noon-1:30 pm Our First-Ever Zoom All Member OI Meeting with Pramila Jayapal Join us on Friday, May 1 from noon to 1:30 pm to hear Congresswoman Pramila Jayapal speak about the pandemic, the Trump administration and our path forward to win in November. All the information you need to participate will be sent to you. You must register for the Olympia Indivisible Rally with Congresswoman Jayapal on May 1 @ Noon. Login early. This is a Rally! So, create a sign in support of workers and/or wear some fun clothing. Rep. Jayapal will speak to us about dealing with tyrants and protecting the 2020 election. Once you register using the link below, you will receive the information you need to join the Zoom gathering. https://bit.ly/MayDayRallyWithPramila  Tell the House of Representatives to Do Its Job! As we come to grips with the changes forced upon us by the COVID virus, The U.S. House of Representatives has floundered to operate. Although House leadership has moved to hastily put together financial packages, the entire U.S.House has yet to decide how to do its work during the pandemic. The problem is complex. In order to allow working or voting remotely, long standing rules will need to be changed. Republicans, led by House Minority Leader McCarty are reluctant to agree to any changes, largely because they don’t want the House to be effective. According to the Washington Post, “Last week, Pelosi endorsed a plan devised by House Rules Committee Chairman Jim McGovern (D-Mass.) to allow for proxy voting in limited circumstances — permitting members to authorize a colleague to vote on the floor on their behalf — but Republicans erupted in protest, and plans for a vote were postponed.” It’s time to play hardball. We want House leadership to move aggressively and make realistic changes that will allow it to do its job. Without oversight, Trump will continue to use this time to deepen the damage he has done to our country. ACTION: Call Denny Heck and tell him we want Congress to go back to work now by making the emergency rules necessary to allow them to work safely and effectively. Script: My name is ______. In this time of national crisis, we urgently need the House to make temporary emergency rules that will allow it to safely do its work. Congress should be providing oversight, requiring officials to testify, and meeting to advance legislation. Republicans are happy to keep the House in limbo while the President deepens the damage he is doing to our country. House leadership needs to act now. Read more here: https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/were-basically-ill-prepared-hobbled-house-majority-frets-about-its-effectiveness-amid-pandemic/2020/04/25/1b3c1c5e-85b7-11ea-878a-86477a724bdb_story.html Thank Governor Inslee for His Leadership in Dealing with the Coronavirus Crisis Governor Jay Inslee has faced the challenge of the Coronavirus pandemic and is leading one of the most successful battles to contain the virus. Our Governor took decisive action with the “stay home, stay healthy” order. The majority of people in Washington support the order, and we are flattening the curve by staying home. A small minority of protesters have recently demonstrated against the order, and we need to tell the Governor that we support his actions and trust his plans to reopen carefully. The key to success will be adequate testing. Governor Inslee recently wrote to Mike Pence requesting a strong national testing program to address the lack of critical supplies for testing. While we have laboratories to process test results, we do not have an adequate supply of swabs, viral transport media, and reagents to take advantage of our lab capacity. We need emergency funding and a national testing program before we can safely reopen businesses. ACTION: Call Governor Jay Inslee to thank him for his letter to Mike Pence requesting a strong national testing plan and to thank him for his leadership in consulting public health experts to guide public policies during the pandemic. Governor Jay Inslee (360) 902-4111 https://www.governor.wa.gov/contact/contact/send-gov-inslee-e-message Script: My Name is _______________, and I am a member of Olympia Indivisible. I am calling to thank Governor Inslee for the letter he wrote to Mike Pence requesting a strong national testing program to address the supply shortages which limit testing. I appreciate the Governor’s leadership in consulting public health experts to guide public policies during the pandemic. Thank you. From Indivisible National The party that controls the presidency and the Senate has shown no compassion for human suffering and no basic competence in the face of a pandemic. It’s not "polite" to say it, but it’s true: with Mitch McConnell musing aloud that it’d be fine for states to go bankrupt, and Trump suggesting that people inject bleach into their bodies (DON’T!), there’s no other way to say it. The GOP is willing to let people die in order to protect their corporate backers’ financial interests. So far, Democrats in the House have been too quick to go along with McConnell’s Senate. And every time they fold and give McConnell what he wants, we have less leverage for the next bill. Here’s what a moral and ethical government would do right now:
Onboard? Below is what we need you to do. Otherwise, read on… ✅ Take the pledge yourself — tell us you’re going to fight with us for real relief. ✅ Make a call to your member of Congress T-O-D-A-Y and ask them to take the pledge to vote no on the next package unless it does these four things we mentioned above. ✅ When you’ve hung up the phone, follow up with an email to your representative demanding that they take the pledge and tell them you’re paying attention. ✅ Email sent? Use this tool to tweet at them for good measure (we’re hearing right now that social media is a more effective tool to engage with your members of Congress than usual because of remote working and social distancing). ✅ Finally, make your voice heard by recording a video. Say your name, where you’re from, and that you demand your representative take the People’s Agenda Pledge to vote no on the next coronavirus package unless it means real relief for all people. Upload it to social and tag them!  Indivisible Town Halls Our friends at Indivisible Tacoma are hosting public online Indivisible Town Halls for a number of state offices (as well as LDs). Tuesday 5/19/2020 7pm, Hilary Franz, Commissioner of Public Lands (Register at: https://bit.ly/PublicLands_TownHall) Each program will also be rebroadcast on the WA Indivisible Podcast on Thursdays before noon. Washington Indivisible network podcasts  Help our Arizona-Michigan Team and our USPS at the same time Many of you undoubtedly received the email (copied below) from the Arizona-Michigan Team, encouraging you to write letters while we’re practicing social distancing. We would like to remind everyone that there is an added benefit in patronizing the United States Postal Service. We also want to encourage you to remind our MoC of the importance in saving the USPS. Every time you receive an email from a MoC or the DNC requesting a donation, you make your request that they save the Postal Service. My reply is concise, “When you save USPS, I will send you money. The Arizona-Michigan Team email: The Arizona-Michigan Home Team of Olympia Indivisible is expanding home delivery of postcard packets to the entire OI membership. You (yes! you!) can make really good use of your time during this stay-at-home period by writing postcards to newly registered Democrats in Maricopa County, Arizona, encouraging them to register to get their ballots by mail. Here’s how it works:
ACTION: Contact the Arizona-Michigan team at postcardrequest.gmail.com and write some cards and mail them. Reply to donations requests from Congress-members, the DNC, the DCCC, the DSCC, or the DLCC that you will contribute to their campaign when they save the United States Postal Service.  Giving to the community in the age of Covid 19 In this age of Covid-19 many of our community are in need of assistance in so many ways. The following are ways for you to contribute. You can donate items directly to people in your neighborhood who have posted their needs through the buynothingproject.org (it portal through Facebook). Many of the Olympia downtown business have gofundme.com pages asking for sustaining dollars. For a larger organization got to The Thurston County COVID-19 Response Fund https://www.unitedway-thurston.org/covid-19As our community continues to confront the COVID-19 pandemic, two organizations have come together to create the Thurston County COVID-19 Response Fund in support of vital nonprofits and vulnerable families. United Way of Thurston County (UWTC) and Community Foundation of South Puget Sound (CFSPS) launched the fund on March 16 and immediately received an influx of donations made by generous community members and businesses. To date, the fund is already positively impacting nonprofit groups whose existence might otherwise be threatened by the sudden economic changes brought on by the pandemic. In addition, on March 23 the fund was able to start providing assistance to families with children impacted by the pandemic. Here’s a couple programs they are supporting. Meals on Wheels Doubles Delivery Senior Services of South Sound (SSS) helps seniors in Thurston, Mason and Lewis counties stay active, connected and well-fed. Their Meals on Wheels program ensures that all seniors have access to at least one complete, nutritious meal per day. With almost all of our community’s seniors now isolated in their homes, the need for this service has skyrocketed at the same time SSS has had to discontinue its regular fundraising activities such as bingo nights. Baby Wipes & Formula The Nurse-Family Partnership program (NFP) has also benefited from the new fund. NFP pairs registered nurses with first-time parents in low-income circumstances. Their clients represent some of the families who will be hit hardest by this crisis. Organizations that help our low-income and unsheltered population will also benefit from the new funding source. The Community Action Council helps low-income community members cover basic expenses such a rent and utilities, while Catholic Community Services and Interfaith Works provide meals and hygiene supplies to our unsheltered and food-insecure community members. All three organizations have already received financial support from the new fund. You can be a part of this movement. Please make a donation online through United Way of Thurston County’s website, www.unitedway-thurston.org/covid-19 or by mail to United Way of Thurston County, 3525 7th Ave SW Suite 201, Olympia, WA 98502.  May 1 Friday, noon-1:30 pm Our First-Ever Zoom All Member Meeting with Pramila Jayapal Join us on Friday, May 1 from noon to 1:30 pm to hear Congresswoman Pramila Jayapal speak about the pandemic, the Trump administration and our path forward to win in November. All the information you need to participate will be sent to you. May 4th Monday 7:00pm Federal election update. Kevin Jones will tell us the 9 states to focus on and why. Then he'll lay out options for engagement. Host: Indivisible Vashon Register here. (see poster below) May 7 2020, Thursday 7:00 pm – 8:30 pm WEBINAR: Glimpses of a Coming Climate Mitigation Plan Thurston Climate Action Team is holding a panel on what the now-forming Thurston Climate Mitigation Plan has to hold for us, via Zoom. Panelists include:
Email Lynn Fitz-Hugh for Zoom link lynn@thurstonclimateaction.org May 13, 2020, Wednesday 7:00 – 8:30 PM WEBINAR: A Healthy Diet for You, Me and the Planet Research shows that the diet with greatest health and longevity for people is almost the same as what has the best carbon footprint for the planet! Presentation and discussion via Zoom. Come learn more about what studies show about how foods that are best for human health are also those whose production methods have the lowest environmental impacts, including GHG emissions. We’ll also hear tips on a sensible approach to making lasting changes towards adoption of a plant-based diet. At the conclusion of the event we will invite those who are interested to sign up for an online support group for people who are trying to learn to cook in a new way to support personal and planetary health. When we can, we’ll arrange time to meet for a healthy, planet-friendly meal together! Speakers:
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