Our comrades at Indivisible Tri-Valley [Pleasanton area] are hosting a zoom on vaccines, now that antivax clowns and grifters are in charge of America’s health. Looks good to me!

Indivisible Tri-Valley is putting on an event that will feature an educational presentation and a panel discussion on how vaccines work, with a special focus on how to communicate effectively with vaccine-hesitant family and friends. We’ll also highlight cutting-edge research in vaccine development, including breakthroughs aimed at preventing or treating cancer and autoimmune diseases like type 1 diabetes.

The event is on June 28 11am-12pm hosted on Zoom. We do require pre-registration at the following link: https://www.mobilize.us/indivisibletrivalley/event/794537/

Last meeting we got halfway through our first batch of Nadarius Clark postcards; we should get close to finishing.

A friend of Indivisible Elmwood has set this up, looks like it will be fantastic. Note that I am handling RSVPs for all attendees, not just Elmwood members, and the capacity is limited.

If you are interested in making a difference while hearing great music, seeing friends and sipping wine, please join Tanya Tomkins, her esteemed colleagues, and Indivisible Elmwood for a run-through of Tchaikovsky’s epic Souvenir de Florence in a beautiful South Berkeley home. This performance is in support of the very important November election in Virginia of Delegate, Michael Feggans.

When: Saturday, June 21^st, 4:30–6 pm 

Where: location revealed when you RSVP

RSVP: drlaz@me.com

Suggested minimum donation: $100 (QR codes and other ways to give provided at the event.)

You may remember that two years ago I bought our Feggans postcards, and my name was on the disclaimer required by Virginia state law. This year, Sister District paid for printing and shipping the Nadarius Clark cards to us, which is why their name is on the large disclaimer on the cards’ obverse. However, purchase of the stamps used to mail them is treated as an in-kind donation to the campaign and must be reported. The form to report this online is at Sister District’s website. This means you will be listed as a contributor to his campaign.

The Lords of WordPress have decreed that to embed our ActBlue thermometer live, we need a much more expensive plan. (Longtime members will recall this used to work. WordPress disabled the necessary feature; thanks, guys. Joys of late-stage capitalism.) So, adjacent is a static version of the thermometer. You will note, we are a ways from our goal. You can fix that by clicking here. At least I can still make a link. As we fill the bar, I can re-paste a new version. Meanwhile, if any of you younger new attendees would like to help me host this site elsewhere, at a place I can use plug-ins, I am all ears.

We received physical postcards and addresses for Delegate Nadarius Clark, who is also running in a Virginia Beach district, near Delegate Feggans’s. Clark won by 6 points in 2023, not a run-away. For some reason, Sister District couldn’t give us postcards for Feggans. Those of you who were with us to talk to Feggans on Zoom last meeting saw a candidate far more fluid and self-assured than in his initial race. Even with the tight 2023 outcome, it was hard not to be optimistic.

And, of course, we will be back out at College & Ashby this Friday at 5:00. Might be time to consider a hat and sunscreen!

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We seem to be a little smaller (some of the other groups report hundreds of members), but of course we make up in quality what we may lack in quantity.

If you would like to hear from Delegate Michael Feggans, but can not attend the meeting in person [4:00, usual place], you can use this Zoom link. There will be a Waiting Room. I will open the Room at 4:00; we expect the candidate at 4:15.

With special guest (via Zoom) Delegate Michael Feggans of Virginia.

WordPress would charge extra to allow us to share the .ics file via the website. I will post the Zoom link here closer to the event, in case you can not attend in person. We will be using a Waiting Room.

Although the Republican primary is not until June 17 (Feggans has no primary opponent), his most likely challenger is attorney Tim Anderson, a former Delegate whose website says he voluntarily did not run for re-election after redistricting put two incumbent Republicans in one district. He has raised over $110,000 already, and leads Feggans in Cash on Hand. We intend to help fix this at the meeting. Yes, we will be soliciting donations, none too small (nor too large).