Starting with a little music…and a tool kit to start your own Resistance Choir.
These Spelman and Morehouse college students kids used old-school resistance tactics on their college administration. They went on an actual hunger strike to call attention to food insecurity on campus—and convinced both schools to offer 14,000 free meals to students each year. #WhyWeStrike
Continue reading “Sanity-Saving Good news – Pull some more chairs up to the table!”
Reject Ideologues for the Federal Bench
Minimal script: I’m calling from zip code […..] to urge Senator Harris/Feinstein to reject ALL 50 of Trump’s picks for the Federal bench. Without exception, each of these nominees is an unqualified, right-wing extremist.
Senator Feinstein: DC (202) 224-3841, LA (310) 914-7300, SF (415) 393-0707, SD (619) 231-9712, Fresno (559) 485-7430
Senator Harris: DC (202) 224-3553, LA (213) 894-5000, SAC (916) 448-2787, Fresno (559) 497-5109, SF (415) 355-9041, SD (619) 239-3884
Other Senator Contacts: http://www.phoneyourrep.com
Short read (from Rogan’s List)
Politico tell us that “Trump has nominated 50 candidates to lifetime appointments to the federal bench — including a man who asserted transgender children were evidence of “Satan’s plan,” one deemed unqualified by the American Bar Association and a handful of prolific bloggers. No Republican senator has voted against Trump’s judicial nominees so far this year, either in committee or in confirmation votes on the floor. They are planning to pick up the pace even more in the coming months.” Here are three (3) egregious nominations that Democrats are trying to derail: 1) Jeff Mateer, nominated to a federal
Continue reading “Radical extremists in black robes. Call to stop them.”
Lego welcomes the women of NASA.
First, let’s talk about this 11 year-old girl who’s been worried about the Flint water situation since she’s been 9. Along with playing piano, swimming, fencing and taking dance lessons, she has invented the cheapest, most effective test for lead in water and won “America’s Top Young Scientist”. God, what was I doing when I was 11?
Then there’s Ames Mayfield, who in 14 years or so, will be running for office. Put in on your calendars now.
Continue reading “This Week in Sanity-saving Good News – “The Kids are Alright” Edition…”
Lin-Manuel’s advice works for everything, actually. This was a hard week where we wonder about our basic humanity. But then all this happens and, well, it helps a bit.
San Juan Mayor Carment Cruz does not back down.
“This terrible and abominable view of him throwing paper towels and throwing provisions at people, it does not embody the spirit of the American nation.” –San Juan Mayor Carmen Cruz on 45’s trip to Puerto Rico
Racial slurs were shouted at a Nevada Union High School student in Grass Valley as he walked down Mill Street, according to his father on an amazing Facebook heart-to-heart to the white people in his community. Concerned local residents, including the police and the Nevada Union High principal, asked the community to do better and stand up to racism. And this happened.
As Peace is Loud’s founder Abigail Disney wrote about violence prevention efforts in Kenya, “Please try to remember that if ‘nothing’ happens today, it will only be because of all that has happened before today.
“[In 2016], Kaepernick lit the match.”
And now we have fire… Continue reading “Sanity-Saving good news – “Where can I get me one of these hats” – Edition”
Now more than ever we need to stand in solidarity with our neighbors! With Trump’s threats to end DACA, we need to turn to our leadership in California to protect the vulnerable among us.
When: September 7, 2017
Time: 9 am – 4 pm
Where: State Capitol 1315 10th St, Sacramento, CA 95814
There will be buses leaving late the night before from the Oxnard area.
Food will be provided. More information will be sent upon submission.
Fill out this form register and to reserve your spot on the bus. More information will be sent upon submission.
Join the ACLU, Indivisibles Ventura, Ojai, Conejo (among many, MANY others) and ICE Out of California Coalition for a statewide day of mobilization at the state Capitol as we urge assembly members and Governor Jerry Brown to support the California Values Act (SB 54). The time for state leaders to protect immigrant communities from Trump’s deportation machine is now!
The California Values Act will help to fight against Continue reading “Road Trip! Join us in Sacramento on September 7 for SB 54 (CA Values Act/Sanctuary State) Statewide Day of Mobilization. (Buses available!)”
If you haven’t seen this video, it is the most powerful lesson we’ve ever seen about why these statues must go. Please share it with anyone who remains in confusion and/or denial about this issue. Like the Germans after WWII have already done, it’s time that we Americans learn to deal honestly with the truth of our history.
Minimal Script: I’m calling {Sen.[2 calls] (&) Rep [1 call]} to insist that statues honoring the Confederacy be removed from the National Capitol to the Smithsonian or some other appropriate repository. Continue reading “Monuments from the Jim Crow Era Must Go: Remove Statues Celebrating the Confederacy from the Capitol Building – Fri. 8/25”
Script: I am writing (https://www.justice.gov/doj/webform/your-message-department-justice ) to urge Attorney General Sessions to support Sens. Mazie K. Hirono (D-Hawai‘i) and Maria Cantwell (D-Wash.) request to create an interagency task force to address the tragic increase in domestic hate crimes.
The recent outburst of violent racism and domestic terrorist activity by white supremacist organizations and individuals in Charlottesville, Virginia, has made the senators’ call for action even more urgent.
Minimal Script: I’m calling to ask {Sen.[2 calls] (&) Rep [1 call]} to require that the Countering Violent Extremism program stays focused on white nationalism, and that CVE grants are fully funded.
(Additional script if you want to: A substantial portion of CVE grants are awarded to respond to the threat of white nationalism. We need a Department of Homeland Security that fights domestic terrorism on every front—including white nationalism—and they need to have the budget to do it.)
Call Senator Feinstein: DC (202) 224-3841, LA (310) 914-7300, SF (415) 393-0707, SD (619) 231-9712, Fresno (559) 485-7430
AND Senator Harris: DC (202) 224-3553, LA (213) 894-5000, SAC (916) 448-2787, Fresno (559) 497-5109, SF (415) 355-9041, SD (619) 239-3884
AND Rep. Julia Brownley: (CA-26): DC (202) 225-5811, Oxnard (805) 379-1779, T.O. (805) 379-1779
OR Rep. Salud Carbajal: (CA-24): DC (202) 225-3601, SB (805) 730-1710 SLO (805) 546-8348
Not your people?: http://www.phoneyourrep.com
“This is a massive awakening. We’ve already seen an awakening taking place in the last few years. It will intensify. We’ve seen marvelous demonstrations in a variety of different cities… I think that we have to have a real sense of commitment to being a hope in such a bleak moment. And we can turn things around.” (Dr. Cornel West, Professor of the Practice of Public Philosophy, Harvard University)
Embed from Getty ImagesIf you missed our last “Weekly Dose of Sanity-Saving Good News – “Look for the Helpers” Edition on Charlottesville, click here. It includes maps of where the vigils for Solidarity-with-Charlottesville took place, as well as some local pics of our own event. There were nearly 700 events across this country. Amazing!
The best of America is still alive and kicking. Continue reading “Your Weekly Dose of Sanity-Saving Good News! – “We are braver than we thought we were” Edition”
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