Quote of the Week:“Being civically engaged is good for you. By staying engaged and involved in the political process, you retain agency over your own life and future. One example of using your agency is choosing to focus your energy not on worry, but taking meaningful action. However small they may seem, taking action contributes to shaping your world. --Jen Hoffman, Americans of Conscience, March 1, 2024 Federal Actions: Help Needed Now for Biden to Win the Battleground State of Arizona National Indivisible considers Arizona to be the most critical battleground state in the 2024 elections. Biden will need all the Democratic votes he can possibly get in that state. However, fewer Democrats are registered to vote in Arizona than Republicans or Independents. There is a major effort underway now to register Democratic voters in Arizona, and you can help from here in Washington State. It’s easy, and it’s effective. Olympia Indivisible members Kelly and Carla are offering two group training sessions on Zoom to teach you the basics of making calls to register voters in Arizona. They taught numerous phone bank trainings in the past with good success. All you need is a smartphone and a computer. The dialing software masks your phone number and dials the calls for you. A script is provided. An added incentive is to register voters before July 3, which is the deadline for collecting signatures to place a constitutional abortion access amendment on the Arizona ballot this November. Only registered voters can sign the petitions. The abortion access issue is a crucial step for framing the election for Biden and driving turnout for the Democratic coalition. Action: What: Phone bank training to register Democratic voters in Arizona. When:
After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the meeting and the Zoom link. --- Bonus Action: New Phone Bank Opportunities Our intrepid researchers have identified NEW phone banking opportunities in Arizona and Wisconsin. Action: Join New GOTV phone banking opportunities Support the “Green New Deal” for Public Housing Photo Credit: TDKR Chicago/Wikimedia Background
Ask your representatives to join Senator Sanders and Rep. Ocasio-Cortez and support the relaunch of their “Green New Deal for Public Housing”. We need a massive federal investment that will finally provide American public housing communities with healthy, comfortable, energy-efficient homes—fighting racism, unemployment, the housing crisis, and the climate emergency at the same time and in the same places, and building out badly needed green community infrastructure Action: Support the 'Green New Deal’ for Public Housing WA State Actions: Learn About “People First” Redistricting Reform Source: Washington Indivisible Network (WIN) Washington State may not be gerrymandered in the traditional sense, but it was made clear by the actions of the 2021 Redistricting Commission that we have bipartisan gerrymandering that does NOT serve the people of Washington. Join Alison McCaffree, from the League of Women Voters, who will share the outcome of the Soto Palmer v Hobbs Federal lawsuit and the steps necessary to make comprehensive change to the redistricting process which will help us avoid to avoid bipartisan gerrymandering in the future and assure communities have the best chance to elect the representative of their choosing. Action: Register HERE for Saturday April 6, 10:30am presentation on Zoom by Alison McCaffree. Sign up for Updates of the Indivisible National Newsletter When you sign up to get updates from Indivisible National you will:
Action: Sign up to receive updates from Indivisible National. Have You Scheduled These Events? Port of Olympia to Host an Executive Director Town Hall with the new Executive Director, Alex Smith When: March 27, 2024, from 5:30pm to 6:30pm. Where: Percival Plaza – Olympics Room 626 Columbia Street NW, Suite 1B Olympia, WA 98501. Details: HERE --- The Nature of Climate - March 28 at 1:30pm Inhale! Exhale! You Just Helped Create Our Atmosphere. Now Help Us Make a Video About It. OI member Pat Wald and artist Heather Taylor Zimmerman have developed a video on the nature of climate. They would like to have a discussion about the video, the transcript and ideas how to share them. Join us for a “Cookies and Conversation” to share your opinions. Action: RSVP to Olympia Indivisible's “Cookies and Conversations” host Glen Hubbard by email here for location directions and a link to the video that you can review prior to the meeting. ---- Action Cafe 2024, Every Monday at Noon OI members meet, make new friends, and take actions together. Every Cafe comes with a side order of live music and a heapin’ helpin’ of good cheer! Cafe patrons receive an email on Sunday with a sneak-peek at what we'll do at the cafe the next day. On Monday morning, Chef Lisa will send you a pdf "Menu" which has links to the actions we'll take together at the Cafe. Action: Register HERE. We will send you a Zoom link and tomorrow morning, Chef Lisa will send your "menu." You Might Also Like to Attend: Campaign Support – Skills Training The Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee (DCCC) is offering a series of campaign trainings that are open to all of us. The skills being taught are exactly what we all need to be able to do to improve our effectiveness as volunteers for campaign support for all our candidates in 2024. Action: Register for the next event OWNING YOUR PERSONAL STORY: March 28 at 6:00pm
REGISTER HERE for other events in this series OI Team Participation:
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