This Week’s Quote:
“When wealth is passed off as merit, bad luck is seen as bad character. This is how ideologues justify punishing the sick and the poor. But poverty is neither a crime nor a character flaw. Stigmatize those who let people die, not those who struggle to live.
– Sarah Kendzior
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Tag: Events
Your Weekly Dose of Sanity-Saving Good News! 5-year-olds to the rescue!
General Good News!
This week’s good news starts off with the story of how one five-year-old kid named Xander is saving the world, one act of kindness at a time.
This week’s inspirational read is “The Optimism of Uncertainty” from Howard Zinn. We think he’s talking about the Xanders in this world.
(Excerpt) “…Revolutionary change does not come as one cataclysmic moment (beware of such moments!) but as an endless succession of surprises, moving zigzag toward a more decent society. We don’t have to engage in grand, heroic actions to participate in the process of change. Small acts, when multiplied by millions of people, can transform the world. Even when we don’t “win,” there is fun and fulfillment in the fact that we have been involved, with other good people, in something worthwhile. We need hope.”
The Onion has given us a gift. We’re guessing parts of this will show up in Snopes queries far into the future. Continue reading “Your Weekly Dose of Sanity-Saving Good News! 5-year-olds to the rescue!”
This Week In Resistance – “The Not-so-Innocents Abroad” Edition
In what universe did Jared think setting up a backchannel to the Russians was OK?
“Frequently, people who go along a treasonous path do not know they are on a treasonous path until it is too late” – Former CIA Director, John Brennan testifying at House Intelligence Committee
Trump traveled to far-away places, and stuff still happened here…
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Urgent! Protest in Santa Barbara while Trump’s Interior Sec. Zinke’s is speaking on his offshore drilling plans for Santa Barbara!
Trump’s Secretary of Interior Ryan Zinke will be at the Reagan Center in Santa Barbara, Monday, April 17. He’s speaking at 6:30 PM.
Zinke and Trump are working to open our channel to new OFFSHORE OIL DRILLING, not to mention selling America’s national parks and public lands, getting rid of the Federal Endangered Species Act, etc.
We can’t let Zinke come to Santa Barbara, with our history of oil spills, without making a statement of opposition. So let’s RESIST!
When: Monday, April 17th, 6 PM
Where: Reagan Ranch Center, 217 State Street
This Week in Resistance – Events, Town Hall Announcement and Exciting News!
“To sin by silence, when we should protest, makes cowards out of men” – Ella Wheeler Wilcox, Poet, 1914
Today is the day we demand Trump’s Tax Returns – join millions around the country – meet us at the Government Center in Ventura 2-5 PM! More details here.
RSVP NOW for this Rep. Julia Brownley Event – before it fills up!
April 19th – Congresswoman Julia Brownley’s Community Engagement Forum – space is limited.
Your Resistance in your Pocket!
Download Indivisible Ventura’s brand-spanking new Mobile App! Get your important Calls to Action directly to your phone – the easiest way to combat the Trump Agenda!
Events
April 17th & 18th – Help Flip the House Blue – phone bank party to flip Georgia seat
April 18th, 6 PM – Indivisible Ventura Election Committee Meeting, Coffee Bean and Tea Leaf, 4360 E. Main St. #3, Ventura – All are welcome!
April 19th – Congresswoman Julia Brownley’s Community Engagement Forum – space is limited, RSVP now!
April 20th – Indivisible Ojai’s Speaker Series: How Ventura County will be affected by climate change. Ojai Valley Grange Hall, 6pm
April 22nd – March for Science – Santa Barbara – Los Angeles – Washington DC
April 23rd – Democratic Club of Ventura Meeting
April 24th – National Free Press Appreciation Day Petition and Rally
April 29th – Workshop: First Steps to Run for Office
April 29th – Ventura Climate March
May 1st – Women’s March on California Solidarity Strike
May 2nd – Understanding Protest and Resistance in the Trump Era
May 6th – 7th – Nonviolent Organizing Workshop
Let us know if you have an event to add by emailing us at indivisibleventura@gmail.com. Same e-mail if you are interested in carpooling to any event – we’ll do our best to hook you up!
New and Ongoing Actions
Swing these States!
No matter where we live we can help change the face of Congress by helping with upcoming special elections. Here are some current opportunities: Continue reading “This Week in Resistance – Events, Town Hall Announcement and Exciting News!”
RSVP for Congresswoman Julia Brownley Event! We’ll see you there!
Congresswoman Julia Brownley has invited us to join her at a community engagement forum to discuss the critical issues facing our country.
We need a huge Indivisible Ventura presence on this one people!
When: Wednesday, April 19, 2017, 6:00 PM – 8:00 PM PST. Doors open at 5:30.
Where: California State University, Channel Islands – Grand Salon
1 University Drive, Camarillo, CA 93010
Due to limited seating, everyone must RSVP through Eventbrite. Hurry!
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Our Mobile App is Up and Running! Download it Now to Make your Resistance Even Easier!
We all want to be in the habit of doing our weekly Indivisible Ventura actions. But it’s hard to take down the Trump Agenda if we feel like we’re acting alone.
Join us on the Amplify mobile app. We update it every day with our daily calls to action, and you can call members of congress right from the app. You can also see actions taken by other members, and press the “cheer” button to cheer them on.
It’s extremely easy to use:
1. Install the app for iPhone (http://apple.co/2o8cQAG) or Android (http://bit.ly/2neIpnw)
2. Press ‘Create New Account‘ to sign up
3. Enter the Indivisible Ventura invite code: 340-050-206
4. Take action & cheer others on!
Let’s Take to the Streets to Demand Trump’s Taxes! Ventura Joins 100s of Cities Across the Nation
This is soooooo important – a nationwide effort to insist that Trump show his taxes! Much would be revealed to the American people.
Join us at the Government Center in Ventura as we join hundreds of communities across our country in solidarity.
When: Tax Day – Saturday, April 15th, 2-5 PM
Where: Government Center, 900 S. Victoria
Bring: Your signs, your enthusiasm, your American flags – and your friends!
RSVP: Let us know you are coming by hitting the “Going” button here
See you there!
This recess, we’ll march with our friends at the @taxmarch and we’ll tell our MoCs #CongressMustRequest Trump’s tax returns. pic.twitter.com/mURH3b6l3d
— Indivisible Guide (@IndivisibleTeam) April 8, 2017
This Week in Resistance – Events, New and Ongoing Actions, More!
Your weekly guide to resistance! Never surrender!
Events
April 8th – Help Flip the House Blue – phone bank party to flip Georgia and Kansas seats
April 11th – Ventura District Office Open House w/Monique Limón
April 13th – Volunteer Training – Assisting Undocumented Parents
April 15th – Demand Trump’s Tax Returns March – Ventura – Santa Barbara – Los Angeles
April 22nd – March for Science -Santa Barbara – Los Angeles – Washington DC
April 23rd – Democratic Club of Ventura Meeting
April 24th – National Free Press Appreciation Day Petition and Rally
May 6th – 7th – Nonviolent Organizing Workshop
Let us know if you have an event to add by emailing us at indivisibleventura@gmail.com. Same e-mail if you are interested in carpooling to any event – we’ll do our best to hook you up!
New and Ongoing Actions
Swing these States!
No matter where we live we can help change the face of Congress by helping with upcoming special elections. Here are some current opportunities: Continue reading “This Week in Resistance – Events, New and Ongoing Actions, More!”
This Week in Resistance: Upcoming Events, Ongoing Actions and More!
We need your help! Become a team member of Indivisible Ventura’s Social Media Warriors. The more the Warriors share, the more calls to our Members of Congress get made, and the closer we get to defeating Trump’s agenda! Let’s go viral!
How? It’s so easy!
– SHARE, like, and comment on our Facebook Calls to Action DAILY. http://facebook.com/IndivisibleVentura
– RT our tweets at http://twitter.com/IndivisibleVent (do this daily on ALL Calls to Action)
If you have any questions, email us and we’ll be thrilled to help you out.
Events
April 4th – Indivisible National Web Seminar: Reclaim Recess Round 2
April 7th – Resistance Light Brigade in Ventura
April 15th – Demand Trump’s Tax Returns March – Los Angeles
April 22nd – March for Science – Continue reading “This Week in Resistance: Upcoming Events, Ongoing Actions and More!”
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