At Sunday’s meeting we’ll present the fascinating results of this spring’s Indivisible survey on engagement in the 2020 presidential race. Indivisible has asked that their national survey results not be shared publicly on social media or anywhere it might become accessible to those outside our network. So to get the details you need to be there.  Join us!

1. Say no to fracking California by clicking on the National Resources Defense Council action page at act.nrdc.org and submitting a comment to the US Bureau of Land Management.
2. Spring cleaning? Donate your old shoes: https://soles4souls.org/get-involved/give-shoes/dropoff-locator/
3. Join us for our next meeting this coming Sunday, June 9th 4:30-5:45. Lots to do.

From Chloe Stryker, Indivisible Senior Regional Organizer, West Coast

• We are rolling out a 2-year Democracy Plan, take a look! We will discuss more on the National Activist call. 
• Debate Watch Parties/Recruitment
  • Toolkit
  • Register your party here: https://act.indivisible.org/event/local-actions/create/
• #ImpeachTrump Day on June 15th with MoveON and By the People
  • Groups can register events here, and Indivisibles can RSVP for events here.
• Dream and Promise Act Passed!
• Defund Hate – Updated resource page here.
  • The ask for Indivisibles is to call your MoC and tell them to sign onto the CPC letter, which closes on Thurs. This letter is led by Reps. Jayapal, Pocan, Castro, and Chu calling on the House Appropriations to #DefundHate.
• Prescription Drug Pricing – Pelosi will possibly put out a summary this week of the opposing bill, which Indivisible does not support (we support the Doggett Bill as it is more friendly for consumers).
  • Policy is working with Public Citizen to put out a press statement, and will be inviting partners from the prescription drug table to sign on (such as Ce3nter for popular Democracy, Housing works, etc.).
• Raise the Wage – Would raise the minimum wage to $15/hour. There are 200+ co-sponsors, but Pelosi won’t bring it to the floor until there are 218 co-sponsors.

And they look great, featuring the artwork of renowned political graphic artist Bruce Jackson. We have enough you can take some home.

1. Log onto Andy’s post and copy the fundraiser links, send them to friends. Donations are starting to come in but we need to step up the flow to meet our goal.
2. Time to get writing! We have our wonderful new postcards. If you need some, let me know and I will leave you a stack on our front porch. Tony is busy with campaign #161 Kelly Smith in Florida. Let me know if you need addresses. AND FROM INVISIBLE:
3. Tell your MoC to vote for the Dream and Promise Act, and oppose any motion to recommit. H.R. 6, the Dream and Promise Act, will get a final vote in the House on Tuesday. The Republicans are certain to offer a “motion to recommit” before the final vote, which is a last-minute, bad-faith procedural maneuver to try to split the Democratic caucus and sabotage the bill. Democrats need to hold strong, reject the motion to recommit, and pass H.R. 6!
4. Show up for a day of action on June 15th to demand an impeachment inquiry. Robert Mueller made it clear in his remarks last week: if Trump is going to be held accountable, Congress is going to have to meet its obligation as a co-equal branch of government. That’s why we’re joining with MoveOn and other partners for a June 15 day of action to demand an impeachment inquiry—if Congress doesn’t hold him accountable for his abuses of power, no one will.
5. Demand that your MoC sign on in support of cutting funding for Trump’s deportation machine. Under Trump, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), and Customs and Border Protection (CBP) have received billions in additional funding to tear gas, separate, and cage families, and to terrorize communities. Members of Congress should sign the letter led by Reps. Jayapal, Pocan, Castro, and Chu calling on the House Appropriations Committee to #DefundHate by cutting funding to the agencies that carry out Trump’s racist immigration policies.
6. Tell your MOC to co-sponsor H.R. 1046 to stand up to Big Pharma and cut drug prices. Drug companies charge people more for medicines in the U.S. than they do anywhere else in the world, but Congress has a chance to act to rein them in. House Democrats should co-sponsor H.R. 1046, which would allow Medicare to negotiate prices with drug companies to ensure that people don’t have to choose between their medicine and other necessities.
7. Sign up for the National Call on Thursday. June 6 is the next monthly Indivisible National Activist Call! All group leaders, group members, and other Indivisible activists are welcome. We’ll be rolling out our 2-year strategy to defeat Trump and defund hate. You won’t want to miss this.

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Friday, May 31 news:

At our meeting we decided to support Indivisible’s call for investigations of Trump that could lay the groundwork for impeachment (Bruce will post the details). We decided to make new postcards with the Blue Wave — 1,000 of them arrived yesterday–and we made new buttons for the Quiet Evening at home and future campaigns. We also perfected the links to our fundraisers (see below). PLEASE SEND THESE LINKS around to friends so we can start moving funds towards Virginia.

Item 1: Auction Link (to send an intern to Virginia).

Item 2: Also to support our efforts in Virginia. Copy and paste the information below and send to your friends.

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Help Flip The Virginia State House and Senate Blue in November 2019 with a 

QUIET EVENING AT HOME 

Virginia Primary Day: Tuesday, June 11th

No need to fight for a scarce East Bay parking space. No need to dress up. 

Just contribute $20 or more at our Act Blue link that will directly fund the Virginia campaign efforts in State Senate District 7 and House of Delegates Districts 83 and 85. For your donation you’ll receive

• One teabag to take you comfortably through the evening of the primary
• An authorized, collectable and handmade button from our Indivisible Elmwood group
• Information regarding 3 important Virginia elections so you can understand the primary results

In order to receive your gifts, let us know you’ve contributed and the address to which you’d like our appreciation to be delivered.

Impeachment discussions are heating up. At our May 26 meeting, the consensus of our group was to support Marin Indivisible’s Public Statement on Congressional Oversight calling for impeachment hearings if Trump stonewalling of congressional subpoenas continues.  Mueller’s statement Wednesday added pressure on Democrats to take a stand on impeachment. An action item for local Indivisibles this week is to urge Members of Congress to “support Rep. Rashida Tlaib’s Impeachment Resolution (H.Res.257);” Barbara Lee is already a co-sponsor, so ours would be calls to support her position. Finally, the May National Indivisible Leah/Ezra letter newsletter makes the case that regardless of the political pros and cons, “it’s the constitutional duty of the U.S. House of Representatives to begin impeachment proceedings.”

We are focused on Virginia for the November election. We are supporting 3 candidates, two to flip districts and one to hold on to one we flipped in 2017.

We are mostly fundraising. This is very important because GOP is energized there, angry because of 15 flips in 2017 House of Delegates races, because of Congressional flips last year, and because of old southern racism that still festers there. They broadcast “black-face” antics of two executive branch, elected Democrats to hopefully get them to step down and at least scare away outside support for VA Dems. So we need to step up and not back down.

We are scheduling events for fundraising

June 15, Block Print Making (notice follows)

June 22, Ice Cream Social

https://www.facebook.com/events/2422438667991465/?ti=icl

I am sorry I missed the meeting.

We meet this Sunday May 26th at our usual time and place (4:30-5:45, 2745 Elmwood Ave) to discuss Indivisible impeachment support, work on our fundraisers and hear updates from our East Bay Activist Alliance liaison Bill. Special spring treat: Sangria!