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East Bay Activist Alliance

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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.

Meeting Reminder: May 26th

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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!

Sacramento Report; Action Items from Jiggy Athilingam

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WHAT HAPPENED TO OUR PRIORITY BILLS?

Yesterday (May 16) was do-or-die day in the legislature with the occurrence of the much anticipated #SuspenseFile hearing. The suspense is now over; the following bills will live to see another day (aka. will be headed for floor vote imminently):

  • AB 392 (Police use of force, non-fiscal and didn’t go to approps)
  • SB 29/ AB 4 (Health4All)
  • SB 200/ AB 217 (Clean drinking water)
  • AB 32 (Ban private prisons)
  • AB 1217 (Issue ad disclosure)
  • SB 47 (Ballot disclose act, this actually skipped suspense)
  • ACA 6 (Free the vote, though this likely won’t start moving until mid-June because it’s a constitutional amendment that’s exempt from deadlines)

ACTION: INDIVISI-CALL IN WEEK NEXT WEEK

Now that we know what is headed for a floor vote, it’s time to let our legislators know how we want them to vote! ALL of our legislators will be voting on all these bills (except ACA 6) in the next few weeks. To pack the biggest punch, we’re coordinating a call-in week next week to drive calls about a different bill every day.

I’m also excited to announce that we now have a patch through number to the legislature that will send you to your state legislators after entering your zip code. This will allow us to track how many calls we all make so please use it for calls! We have everything you need for call-in week in this TOOLKIT including call scripts, sample tweets, and graphics! CALL IN WEEK TOOLKIT!

LAST CALL FOR LOBBY DAY SIGN UP Indivisibles will be there live in Sacramento during one of the most exciting times of the legislative session for our Indivisi-Lobby Day on May 29th! This is the last call for sign-ups! Please RSVP by Monday, May 20th! RSVP for May 29th Lobby Day

Quiet evening at home

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Our invitation to a quiet evening at home is ready. Copy and paste the invitation below the line into your own email. The information sheet on the election can be downloaded from the Download button below. (The Act Blue link should copy into your mail, but it will not copy into a Facebook page. If you are using Facebook, copy the link separately.)

Virginia BeachDownload

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.

Thanks for a great meeting!

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We set in motion both of our fund-raising efforts and they will go live later this week.

  1. Everyone will be sent a link to our Political Memorabilia on-line auction by the end of the week so we all can start passing the link on the political mavens we know. Thanks for all the terrific donation and the help organizing the 20 lots.

2. We’ll also be sending everyone the invite link and file with printed summary of the Virginia Primary) for our Quiet Night At Home fundraiser. To start selling these (minimum donation $20), you’ll need to print out the primary info file as a one-page sheet, find your own tea bags, and add one of our buttons (we made the first 60 at our meeting) and put in an envelop. If you do not have any of our great new buttons, please email me about picking some up. They will also be available at our next meeting, Sunday May 26th at our house.

Kick-off meeting this Sunday

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This Sunday May 12th 4:30-5:45 at our house (2745 Elmwood Ave) we will officially kickoff our next set of Blue Wave activities, starting with our fund-raising for Virginia. We’ll have our new buttons, new postcards and new energy. Please plan on attending. Bring all donations for our on-line auction and any friends looking to get active preserving our democracy. What we launch on Sunday is the Blue Wave that will take over the White House!

East Bay Activist Alliance

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This is the newsletter from the group. I want to share the latest info on Virginia with you. The link for the plan gives a detailed picture of what’s going on in that arena. The link for more info about internships gets some detail about that program.

Bill

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2019 is an important election year in Virginia! Our plan is here.  To help flip Virginia blue, pick 1 action:

Donate to Virginia candidates:

Alex Askew for House of Delegates in District 85: 
Donate here: http://bit.ly/2OH086o or text “ca13” to 555-888

And Nancy Guy, for House of Delegates in District 83:

Donate here: http://bit.ly/2DOESHY 


Sign Up for a Virginia Summer Internship/Externship:  

You or someone you know looking to make a real difference and has a few weeks this summer… say, a student age 16 or older, or a retiree?  Please contact Bill ASAP!  Our Virginia campaigns are looking for volunteers to do fieldwork, office work, events, and other activities that build resumes and utilize your specialized skills!  Training and local housing in Virginia Beach provided.  Alternatively, if you’d like to sponsor an intern/extern, also contact Bill!
 
Click here for more info; Contact:  bmarth50@gmail.com

 

RSVP to future phonebanks to activate local supporters:  

Please RSVP to attend phonebanks where we will help our Virginia candidates activate their local supporters and build their ground game – these are easy, super important calls! Regularly scheduled on Second Saturdays plus additional times as available.
 

Thursday, May 9, 3:30-5:30pm, Berkeley

RSVP: https://demaction.us/

 

https://demaction.us/events

Thursday, May 16, 3:30-5:30pm, Berkeley

RSVP: https://demaction.us/

 

Don’t know what to pick?  
Come to our Reactivate and Network Event

Sunday, May 19, 4:00 to 6:00 Sports Basement, Berkeley

RSVP at: https://demaction.us/events/

 

Not only do we have elections in Virginia in 2019, but we also have to start laying down the groundwork for the 2020 elections now by getting people registered to vote.  Come down, bring your organisers, activists and friends, and talk to other activist groups in the East Bay, big and small and let’s coordinate our actions for maximum impact.

This is for everyone looking to re-activate themselves back into the ground game.  Primarily, come to network and find out from other groups what plans we have and are making going forward.  We will also make a webinar training for Reclaim Our Vote available. For those of you not yet familiar with Reclaim Our Vote, this is a nonpartisan effort to reach out to under-represented voters who may otherwise be removed from the voting rolls. We can help combat the voter suppression efforts happening in Virginia and other states by sharing information with impacted voters. Learn more about Center for Common Ground: http://centerforcommonground.

Thanks and see you all out there!


The East Bay Activist Alliance Team

A Logo?

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A recent call from the California Statestrong Indivisible folks asked us to sign onto a group letter (opposing a bad state bill) using our chapter name and logo. Until something better come along (comments and suggestions are welcome!), we plan to use this: