Quote of the Week:“President Biden presided over the best midterm elections for the party in the White House in 20 years — despite Washington insiders predicting that Democrats would be wiped out. Donald Trump did his party no favors with his preening and support for downright awful candidates who lost. Nevertheless, this electoral success belongs to Mr. Biden, who ignored ivory-tower economists and out-of-touch pundits claiming that bold action to help families was bad politics. Instead, Mr. Biden delivered significant economic progress for working people.” –Elizabeth Warren, New York Times, Nov. 13, 2022 OI Member Event, CelebrationAn Invitation to ALL OI Members: Let's Brunch Together! Saturday, Nov. 19, 11:00 am, at Equal Latin Restaurant! Sign up to attend, mark your calendar and come join OI members and leaders for an 11:00 am brunch on Saturday, November 19th at Equal Latin Restaurant (520 4th Ave. E). Here's your chance to be with your OI family and eat, chat, laugh, and enjoy each other's company — no speeches (maybe a toast with a Mimosa in hand), just fellowship and good food. This is a pay-on-your-own event. We're limiting seating to 40 in order to keep everyone healthy—and for the same reasons, we're asking everyone to be fully vaxxed, masked, and take a COVID home test before you head on over. Register here. Campaigns – Get Active:Upcoming Events to Support Pro-Democracy Candidates We still need to Cure Ballots in Arizona and Washington! Arizona Statewide The governor and attorney general races are neck and neck, and the Democrats have real shots to win the AZ-1 and AZ- 6 House districts, which would be monumental to the Dems possibly holding the US House majority. The phone bank can be done in either English or Spanish; they will ask you when you show up. Register ahead of time and then show up when it's your slot. Signup: JDC Ballot Cure Phone Bank with Mission for Arizona Washington CD-03 Marie Glusenkamp Pérez has been declared victorious as CD-03’s new Congressional Representative. Unfortunately, MAGA extremist Joe Kent has thus far refused to concede, so Marie’s campaign is asking for help to cure ballots and increase her lead. Ballot Cure Virtual Phone Bank 12PM, 5:30PM Everyday starting 11/14 through 11/28 Virtually on Zoom (link TBD) Sign Up: Ballot Curing Phone Bank · Marie for Congress Vancouver Ballot Cure Canvass Launch 10AM, 12PM, 3PM Everyday starting 11/14 through 11/28 500 W 8th St Unit 60, Vancouver WA 98660 Sign Up: Ballot Curing Canvass Launch - Vancouver · Marie for Congress Longview Ballot Cure Canvass Launch 10AM, 12PM, 3PM Everyday starting 11/14 through 11/28 1563 Olympia Way, Longview WA 98632 Sign Up: Ballot Curing Canvass Launch - Longview · Marie for Congress And we also need to help Senator Raphael Warnock win his runoff election! We have a chance to help increase the Senate pro-democracy majority: the Georgia race for Senator Raphael Warnock is in a run-off against MAGA extremist Herschel Walker on December 6th. We have three weeks to help make a difference. Let’s do this! Volunteer to call/text voters! Just like we did in 2020, Indivisibles on the ground and virtually across the country will be mobilizing voters for the December 6 runoff election. Fill out your information and Indivisible National will send you everything you need to help re-elect Senator Warnock. Sign up to volunteer to contact voters in Georgia. Write letters to Georgia voters with Lisa this coming Thursday! Olympia Indivisible has “adopted'' 160 Georgia voters via votefwd.org . We’ve got everything we need except…writers! If you’re ready to write 10 letters to under-represented Georgia voters (who are, BTW, very, very likely to support Raphael Warnock), and are free this coming Thursday from 10-11:30am, Olympia Indivisible co-founder Lisa O. is hosting a Letter-Writing Party at her home. Participants must be up to date on COVID boosters and wear masks. Lisa will ensure safe distancing and run an air purifier in addition to MERV-13 HVAC. PLEASE do NOT show up without registering—we are limiting this event to 10 participants in order to be COVID safety-forward. All you need to do is to send an email to olympia.indivisible@gmail.com. Lisa will have letter forms, envelopes, stamps, and coffee, tea, and cake! What: GOTV to Georgia voters for the Warnock runoff When: Thursday, Nov. 17 from 10-11:30am Where: Home of co-founder Lisa O. in SE Olympia How To Register: send email to to olympia.indivisible@gmail.com Local Actions:Meeting to Stop Olympia Airport Growth Photo credit: fly-efi.com You may have heard about the State proposing a Mega Airport for East Olympia, but there is more than one airport threat facing us in Thurston County. The Port of Olympia has ongoing capacity-enhancing projects at the Olympia Regional Airport. A public meeting will explain what is proposed for the Olympia Airport “reconfiguration” which could increase the airport’s capacity for commercial flights. Problems we could face with an increase in commercial flights include:
Port Commissioners will vote in the near future on this issue. Action: Attend a public meeting to learn more about what’s at stake for all of us and what you can do to help. When: Tuesday, November 15 - 7:00 p.m. Where: Olympia Center - Multipurpose Room A, 222 Columbia St NE, Olympia Good Covid protocols will be observed. Masks are required to protect the most vulnerable. Chairs will be spaced far apart in the room. Action: Sign the petition: Stop Olympia Airport Growth Questions? Contact at: StopOlyAirportgrowth@yahoo.com Unfox My Cable “Fox News makes $1.8 billion from the carriage fees it charges cable TV providers to include the channel in increasingly expensive cable TV bundles…But just 3 million watch. 87 million Americans pay their cable company for and thus subsidize Fox News.” Background Thanks To Crappy Cable Channel Bundles, Non-Watchers Hugely Subsidize Tucker Carlson And Fox News Action: Send a message to your cable company using: Unfox My Cable Box campaign. When you start to type in the slot for the cable company there is a dropdown of names, such as: XFINITY (Comcast). Support Local Unions The right to unionize and fair labor practices are Olympia Indivisible core values. Action: Let’s walk the walk by showing up at the Starbucks at 5300 Capitol Blvd, Tumwater this THURSDAY, Nov. 17th, from 12-3pm. Wear some holiday cheery colors or your favorite Santa/reindeer/elf hat, bring a sign (e.g., “Olympia Indivisible supports Starbucks Workers United”), dress warmly, and let’s do this! Federal Actions:Keep Congress in Session In the event that Democrats lose their trifecta, we know that MAGA Republicans will not only refuse to cooperate to pass substantive legislation, but also actively obstruct basic legislative necessities in order to hurt Democrats and everyday people, such as slashing Social Security and Medicare. Background 2022 Final Legislative Session Action: Contact WA MOCs
Script: In the event that Democrats lose their trifecta, I am asking Congress to stay in session for the remainder of this calendar year so we can minimize the harm Republicans can do by:
Have You Scheduled These Events?Action Cafe, Every Monday at noon Please come to tomorrow's Action Cafe! This weekly Zoom lunch hour gathering is a place to meet, eat, build fellowship and take actions together. Register HERE. We will send you a Zoom link and tomorrow morning, we'll send you our "menu" with live links for the actions we'll take together. Write letters to Georgia voters with Lisa this coming Thursday! (See above for details.) Let's Brunch Together! Saturday, Nov. 19, 11:00 am, at Equal Latin Restaurant! (See above for details.) You Might Also Like to Attend:Julianne Gale was an excellent candidate for LD35. If you volunteered for any of her activities, or are part of the LD35 community, you are invited.  Comments are closed.
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