Tag: Indivisible Ventura

Sunday 9/29 & onwards: We have so much to do! Mark your calendars – SIX (6) actions!

While our ethically-challenged president is mired in a mess of his own making, we are pushing forward. Here are six hands-on, educational or inspirational immigration-related actions that will make our community better. Join in!

Action #1: THIS SUNDAY- 9/29: Volunteer, help spread the word and/or donate to our local free citizenship fair – Swap Meet Justice! 

What are we doing? We help our neighbors turn their green cards (permanent residency cards) into citizenship. We also help renew green card and DACA applications and sign up new voters. Come help!

Thinking about being a volunteer? You don’t have to be a lawyer. You don’t need to speak a foreign language, but that extra skill is appreciated. You don’t have to be a citizen and you don’t have to be over 18. Teen volunteers are great! Note: First-time volunteers MUST take a 1-hour training course at 8:30 am.

  • More details here!
  • Where: Oxnard Community Marketplace –  Oxnard College Campus.
  • When: We are open from 8am-3pm, last application starting at ±1:00 pm.

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Wed. 9/25: Vote “NO” on “pay-no-attention-to-anything-I-wrote-or-did” guy. Vote may be tomorrow!

Action: Tell your senators that Steven Menashi is not welcome on our highest courts.

President Trump announced his intent to nominate Steven Menashi to the Second Circuit Court of Appeals for the seat previously held by Thurgood Marshall, and most immediately held by Judge Dennis Jacobs. He was unpopular inside and outside his nomination hearing. This guy was not even supported by his home-state senators from NY.

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Tues 9/24: IMPEACH. Rinse, Repeat.

Action –  Flood their phone lines! Apply pressure. That’s our power.

“It’s time for people who think that President Donald Trump should be removed from office to get on the phone and tell their senators and representatives. Now is when it matters. And yes: That kind of direct contact really does make a difference.” – Jonathon Bernstein

Minimal Script for our representatives: I’m calling from [zip code] and I want to thank Rep. [Brownley/Carbajal] for supporting the impeachment of President Donald Trump.
(Check here to see if your representative is already on board.)

Minimal Script for our senators: I’m calling from [zip code] and I want Senator [___] to publicly call for the impeachment of President Donald Trump.

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Tues 9/24: Your activity plan for today!

Action #1 – Join us for NATIONAL VOTER REGISTRATION DAY! 

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Empowering young voters is important in this political climate. We will be visiting local colleges to make sure that students are aware of the importance of their vote in the upcoming elections. Today, we’re at Ventura College to engage with the great students there.

If you have never joined in on a voter registration event, this YOUR opportunity to make a difference and – don’t worry – there will be experienced folks on hand to teach you the ropes!

Time:  10 am-2 pm
Event: Register Ventura College voters
Address: Ventura College – 4667 Telegraph Rd, Ventura, CA 93003
Location: MCE/MCW Quad on the east side of campus past El Camino High School (see map below)
Look for our tent!
Questions? Email Veronica at indivisibleventura@gmail.com

Ventura College map 

Action #2 – Remind the Ventura County Fairground Board that we want the gun shows to stop.

Dedicated community activists are gathering together to make public comments to the board. Yes, your voices matter. The Ventura County Fair Board is supposed to represent the interests of the local community, not out-of-state gun show owners.

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Mon 9/23: The Resistance strikes back! – Two comments for this evening!

Both of these actions are due by 11:59 EST TONIGHT!!!

So much skullduggery, so little time!
Remember, you can write a lot or just a couple of lines. The key thing is to sound like you! Copies will be ruthlessly eliminated by the moderators. Petitions for these actions aren’t useful, as, no matter how many names are attached, the government just counts them as one (1).

Action #1 – Comment to oppose the spread of “Expedited Removal”.

is this the line?

Remember, you can just write a few lines. Numbers count! Right now there are only 774 comments! WRITE!!!

Comment here

  • Here is the proposed rule here.
  • Here are other people’s comments for inspiration only: here.
  • See our  whole post with information and links here.
  • Fast read: here and here.

Action #2 – Comment  on the “Revision of Categorical Eligibility in the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program” Cuts food benefits to 3,000,000

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Kids in school lunch programs would have to apply separately for the program. Read the text – USDA claims that billionaires are getting food stamps.

Comment here.

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Mon. 9/23: Asylum America – Write a comment today! Deadline 11:59 pm EST.

Unless our people came here unwillingly, or were standing on the shore watching the first ships land, we are beneficiaries of asylum – our people were refugees from failed crops and starvation, from joblessness, from poverty, from corruption, from religious persecution and from threats against their lives. (Even Swedish German former brothel owners were welcome to return after being banished from the country of their birth for draft dodging.) In our forefather’s shoes, we walked down a gangplank into America and a new life.

We owe a debt, those of us who got here before cruel immigration limits kicked in, for there was nowhere else to go. Pay it back by standing indivisible with the people coming here now. They too, are running from failed crops and starvation, from joblessness, from poverty, from corruption and from threats against their lives, and they need our help.

Action: Write a comment to oppose Trump’s proposal to further bloat the anti-American “Expedited Removal” rule. Due tonight!

“Expedited removal . . . represented a dramatic assault on the due process rights . . . . [It grants] extraordinary and unprecedented power to low-level immigration officers to remove individuals without review and without a fair hearing.” – ACLU

Your voice matters and is needed now more than ever. Your comment doesn’t need to be long. A few sentences are fine. It just needs to sound exactly LIKE YOU.
PLEASE, PLEASE, PLEASE, don’t copy anyone else’s comment verbatim. It will be thrown out by the moderator. Don’t bother with petitions either, as all the signatures only count as “1”.

Comment here

  • Here is the proposed rule here.
  • Here are other people’s comments for inspiration only: here.

Basic Information

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Sat 9/21: “We the People” rally today! – Across the nation, we are coming together to remind lawmakers who they work for…

Indivisible Ventura will be registering voters! Volunteer to help!

Saturday 9/21 – “We the People” will rally and Little Donnie will fly!
Join in at Plaza Park in downtown Ventura –  starts at 10 am!

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Amy Siskind, author of “The Weekly List – This is How Democracy Ends” and KA McRae created a mission statement for this grassroots protest that fights against Trump’s attempt to divide us. There is room is this statement to include each person’s passionate reasons to fight against this corrupt administration. We are a nation of people with ties to every corner of the earth. That diversity is the basis of our strength and we are stronger together.

Mission Statement: “We the People are marching to be seen and heard. We are marching to remind our elected of cials that they work for us. We are marching because the current regime is a threat to our democracy and values. We are marching to demand action. Silence and inaction are complicity.“

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Fri 9/20: Climate Strike is TODAY! This is an “all-hands-on-deck” march with our present and future world leaders in charge.

Note: Indivisible Ventura will be manning a voter registration table at Climate Strike in Ventura. Volunteers welcome.

Action – “If a Kid Says Help, You Help” – Your presence = support and respect. It’s really that simple. 

(from Ventura County Climate Hub) Join to learn, unite, and march to demand immediate climate action. This is just the beginning! We are a cross-generational coalition of Ventura County students, organizations and businesses in solidarity with the Global Climate Strike. Young people and adults will strike all across the US and world to demand transformative action be taken to address the climate crisis on Sept. 20, three days before the UN Climate Summit in NYC.

Come to Mission Park and join the strike to demand that leaders declare a climate emergency and act now to slash greenhouse emissions and draw down carbon dioxide. Questions? CONTACT: Adam Vega, 805-312-6875, adamvega12@gmail.com

  • 12:00 – Meet @ Mission Park
  • 2:00 – March to City Hall
  • 2:30 – 3:00 – Activation @ City Hall
  • 3:00 – 4:00 – Walk back to Mission Park + Wrap

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Thurs 9/19: “What can I do? I’m just one person.” Answer: “A lot. Join in.” Today is 3rd Thursday – Pizza, Camaraderie, & Postcards!

Action #1  – TODAY! Meet at Santino’s for pizza, camaraderie, and social justice – every Third Thursday starting at 11:30 am

Action #1: Virginia: We’re going to send 300 postcards to the good folks in Henrico County, VA to remind them to vote in the Virginia State elections on November 5th!

A postcard stamp is $0.35. (500) postcards equals $175. Donations to help fund this or rolls of stamps are gratefully accepted! We provide pizza, and properly marked postcards.

Action #2: Send birthday greetings to President Carter!: We’ll have cards or bring your own. If you can’t come today, send a birthday greeting to him here, or send one, snail-mail, to
The Carter Center
453 Freedom Parkway
Atlanta, GA 30307

Action #3: Letters to legislators: Depending on time and how many people show up, we’ll have a number of issues we can address with our legislators. 

Where: Santino’s Pizza. It’s at 4231 Telegraph Rd., Ventura, 93003

When: Thursday, Sept. 19th, 11:30am – 1:30pm.

RSVP: Nope. Just come. Invite your friends.

What to bring: We provide the pizza, postcards, stationary. If you prefer, you may bring your own stationary. Donations of stamps are always gratefully accepted.

Questions? Email indivisibleventura@gmail.org

We eat, we write, we talk, we plot, we share. Come and join in the fun!

Thurs 9/19: Trump has declared war on America’s future in favor of the fossil-fuel industry. But he’s not the only one. What you can do now… Part 1

Action #1 – Tell Governor Newsom to pass SB-1 NOW!

Click here for information and contact information.

SB-1

Action #2 – “If a Kid Says Help, You Help” – Get ready for Friday’s Climate Strike

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