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Weekly Call To Action - November 3, 2024

11/2/2024

 

Quote of the Week:

 “The most important thing to do now is to breathe, put one foot in front of another, and do everything we can to drive up turnout everywhere. This will insure a bigger popular vote margin than last time, help win races down ballot, help flip the House, help hold the Senate, and make it harder for Republicans to try to steal the election.” –Jennifer Craven, Chop Wood, Carry Water 11-01-2024

Help Democracy Prevail on November 5:

Volunteer This Monday and Tuesday

2024 Mobilize for Democracy
There is still time to do outcome-changing work for democracy, whether in person or at home. 

Action: Do Something! Pick one of these actions, sign up, show up! 

  • Every Day through Nov. 5: Phonebank to Swing States with the Harris-Walz campaign (literally dozens of shifts morning, noon, and evening!)
  • Monday, Nov. 4, 8:30-10am; 10:30am-12pm; 12:30-2pm; 3-4:30pm: GOTV for Kamala, Sen. Jon Tester and Reproductive Rights in Montana!
  • Monday, Nov. 4, 1-4pm: Guided Phonebank: GOTV in Florida, encouraging Black voters and providing resources to get the information they need to vote.
  • Monday, Nov. 4, 3-5pm: Swing States Virtual Phone Bank with Team Jayapal
  • Monday, Nov. 4, 4-6pm: Phonebank to GOTV for Kamala with Swing Left
  • Monday, Nov. 4, 5-8pm: Phonebank to Defeat the WA Ballot Initiatives
  • Tuesday, Nov. 5, 10am-12pm; 12-2pm; 2-4pm, 4-6pm: Phonebank to Defeat the WA Ballot Initiatives on Election Day!
  • ​​Tuesday, Nov. 5, 5-8pm: In-Person Election Night Phonebank for Marie Gluesenkamp Perez!
  • Tuesday, Nov. 5, 10am-7pm: Election Day Doorknocking for NO on 2117 (choose your hours to help find every last voter!)
  • Wednesday, Nov. 6, 6-8pm: Ballot Cure Phonebank w/ Team MGP!

Be in Community Before, During, and After Election Night

arms clasping in solidarity
Photo Source: Canva
​Practicing self-kindness and intentionality are two of the most powerful strategies we can bring to ourselves in moments of great uncertainty. 

Action: Make a plan with activities to help you stay centered, grounded, and peaceful on the day before Election, Election Night, and the morning of November 6th. Here are some opportunities to do so in community:
  • Monday, November 4th, 12-1pm: Join Indivisible National co-founders and directors Leah Greenberg and Ezra Levin on Zoom for a Pre-Election Conversation. ​
    ​Monday, Nov. 4, 7pm: Join an in-person community prayer vigil sponsored by United Churches on Olympia
  • Tuesday, Nov. 5, 6pm: Come to an in-person Election Night Gathering at Olympia Unitarian Universalist Congregation, 2306 East End St NW, Olympia, for company and for spiritual practice.
  • Tuesday, Nov. 5, 6-9pm: Come to an in-person Election Night Celebration sponsored by the Thurston County Democrats and Thurston County Democratic Women
  • Sunday, Nov. 10, 1-2:15pm: RSVP now for an all-member post-election gathering, Meeting the Moment Together, on Sunday, Nov. 10 from 1-2:15pm

Help with OI's One-Day Yard Sign Pick-Up-a-Palooza

2024 campaign signs against a building
Photo Source: Garrett Tatsumi​
Got a car or SUV or truck? Want to do a quick, post-election good deed for the environment AND Washington state law? Great!

Action: Sign up for OI's Campaign Yard Sign Pick-Up (a 2-3 hour, one-day commitment on Nov. 6 or 7--you choose)

National Action:

Urge the Owners of the LA Times and Washington Post to Show Some Spine

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For decades, the Washington Post and LA Times have both made election endorsements, and their editorial boards have repeatedly called Trump unfit for office. That they have shied away from endorsing Kamala Harris now—when our democracy is on the line—is unacceptable It’s certainly the owner’s prerogative to adopt a general no-endorsement policy, and it might well have been reasonable if it had been done outside of the political cycle (such endorsements long ago stopped swaying voters), but coming 11 days before the election, it gave the appearance of cowering before a wannabe dictator. This is cowardice with democracy as its casualty. 

The presidential race is going to come down to a handful of votes, and a newspaper endorsement from two of the most widely read publications in America could determine the outcome. Fortunately the folks at Climate Action Now have created petitions to each expressing our disappointment and urging them to reconsider!

Action: Sign both these petitions and share them with friends.
  • The Los Angeles Times petition is here. 
  • The Washington Post petition is here. ​

State Actions:

Help Save Washington's Legacy Forests

Washington Legacy Forest
Photo Source: Center for Responsible Forestry
The Board of Natural Resources (DNR) has on its November 5th agenda a record number of 16 forest auction sales, eleven of which are legacy forests and three of which are in Thurston County’s Capitol Forest. Revenue from timber sales of these legacy forests meets only a tiny percentage of our public institutions’ needs, while sacrificing a multitude of public benefits, including clean water and air for Washingtonians, our endangered salmon, and our wildlife, carbon storage and climate mitigation, biodiversity, and recreation. Once logged, these forests cannot be replaced in a human lifetime.

Action: Take three actions to oppose DNR legacy forest executioner Hillary Franz's plan to put 11 carbon-dense, structurally complex WA state trust forest parcels on the auction block on Nov. 5. Deadline: NOON, Monday, November 4.

Have You Scheduled This Event?

Action Cafe Closed Monday, Nov. 4 
in honor of Coffee Hour with Ezra and Leah

Leah Greenberg and Ezra Levin Photographer: Lisa Ornstein
Action Cafe will be CLOSED this coming Monday (Nov. 4th) so that Cafe patrons can instead join Indivisible National co-founders and directors Leah Greenberg and Ezra Levin on Zoom for Coffee and Conversation from noon - 1pm. Ezra and Leah will talk about what to expect, what information to consume, how to interpret returns, and how to keep your hair on. So take a one-hour break from your very important direct voter contact work and tune in!

  • Monday, November 4th, at noon: join Indivisible National co-founders and directors Leah Greenberg and Ezra Levin on Zoom for a Pre-Election Conversation. ​

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